Show 1953 harvest almost equals 52 near record washington helped a 1 long by nearly ideal weather U S farmery are completing harvest of crops which almost equal last years second largest volume in history reporting this in its monthly crop report tuesday the agriculture department also said prospects for the fall sown winter win wheat are considerably better than a year ago the report did not change prospects that secretary of agriculture ri benson will set up acreage planting allotments for nex next years corn crop the naw new estimate for this years corn crop was bushels down 16 million from the forecast a month earlier the total supply of corn is large in relation to needs allotments lot ments would be designed to limit production next year production controls already have been set up or proposed for next years crops of wheat C otton cotton major types of tobacco and peanuts the department said that in the important great plains area winter wheat prospects vary horn excellent and the best in years in the texas wheat area to favorable with good growth in oklahoma mostly satisfactory and better than a year ago in in kansas colorado and new mexico and mostly good in ka |