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Show WINTER WHEAT PLANTINGS ABOVE LAST YEAR The first official report on the 1945 wheat crop indicates that farmers increased their seedings of winter wheat by 3,240,000 acres over last fall. The total of 49,589,000 acres seeded is the largest since the fall of 1937 and indicates that the national wheat goal for 1945 will be exceeded. Kansas has retained its position posi-tion as the leading State for winter win-ter wheat acreage with 13,621,-00 13,621,-00 acres. Oklahoma is next with 5,779,000 acres, followed by Texas with 5,028,000, and Nebraska Ne-braska with 3,611,000. |