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Show WINTER WHEAT CROP IS LARGE Forecast of Harvest Is Made By the Government Washinton. Winter wheat production produc-tion this year was forecast at 5S4,-703,(XK) 5S4,-703,(XK) bushels by the department of agriculture which announced the condition con-dition of the crop on May I as 83.5 per cent of normal and the area remnlning to be harvested on that date as 38,131,-00() 38,131,-00() acres. The rye production forecast was 79,-lf)'J,(Xo 79,-lf)'J,(Xo bushels and condition 01.7 per cent. Hay production was . forecast nt 103,579,000 tons with the May 1 eon-Jition eon-Jition 00.1 percent and the area 74,-845,000 74,-845,000 acres. Stocks of hay on farms May 1 were 10,792,000 (tons. Pastures condition, 84.5, May 1. Spring plowing, 63.5 per cent completed. |