Optimism Shown Over Bumper Crop Conditions
As Government Makes Final Survey tor 1945
Wheat Leads Off With
Largest Harvest Ever
Grown in the Country
America's 1945 farm outlook gives
promise oj a total production higher
than for any year on record except
the bumper seasons of 1942 and 1944.
Some 350,000,000 acres are due to
be harvested, with record or near
record productions indicated for a
number of crops. Many above aver
age acre yields are anticipated, with
a record yield of 147 7 bushels per
acre expected for potatoes, a near
record for rice and an exceptionally
high yield for oats, over 7 bushels
above the 10-year average and close
to the 1942 record. Above average
yields are expected for barley, rye,
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sugar
cane, dry peas, tobacco, sweet pota
toes, and a number of the vegetable
crops. Milk production may total as
much as two to two and a half bil
lion pounds more than in 1944 for a
new record.
N. E. Dodd, chief of the Agricul
tural adjustment agency which has
the job of helping U. S. farmers
work out acreage goals, reports that
1945 goals appear to have been met
or exceeded for wheat, oats, rice,
dry peas, tobacco and peanuts and
that both flaxseed and sugar beets,
while not reaching hoped-for goals,
are well above the 1944 acreages.
Preserving the Land.
Despite the hard use to which the
land has had to be subjected during
the war years, it is still going
strong, Dodd said, one of the main
reasons being the influence of in
creased use of soil building and soil
and water conserving practices. A
considerable part of this year’s ex
pected harvest, he emphasized, can
be traced directly to improved meth
ods of handling soil.
JLasi year set new records, ior ex
ample, for acreage under contour
cultivation and that planted to green
manure and cover crops. Acreage
of small grains and other drilled
crops grown on the contour more
than doubled over 1943, and still fur
ther increases are seen for 1945.
Lime and superphosphate being used
to establish soil improving crops are
showing rapid increases and would
be far greater, according to Dodd, if
larger quantities of these vital ma
terials were available. As it is, 87
per cent more superphosphate was
used on legumes and grasses in 1944
under the AAA program than the
average for 1939-43, and nine times
as much as in 1936.
Terracing, strip-cropping, irriga
tion. weed control and many other
improved farming practices are also
doing their part in holding the fer
tile top soil on fields and in conserv
ing moisture.
Crop Prospects Reported.
Naturally, farm production cannot
be calculated as accurately as in
dustrial production. Even if factors
such as labor, machinery, storage
and marketing, repair parts, fertili
zer, and soil conditions are favor
able, the farmer cannot be sure that
the weather won’t upset his well
laid plans. The present harvest is
late in some sections due to un
seasonable spring weather that in
terfered with planting schedules
and in some cases necessitated last
minute crop shifts. Drouth, floods
and inroads by insects and pests of
various kinds can still throw the
farmer’s entire production schedule
out of line. But here’s what this
year's outlook on individual crops
is:
Wheat — Largest crop of record,
and the third U. S. billion-bushel
crop. Estimated at 1,146,000,000
bushels, this year’s indicated wheat
harvest is 67,000,000 bushels above
Loading alfalfa hay on a Wiscon
sin farm. This year’s hay crop
promises to be the second largest
on record
Hay and corn have been strip-c
to protect the soil from erosion and
the previous record crop of 1944. It
is 43 per cent greater than the 10
year average for 1934-43. Winter
wheat production is up 14 per cent
over last year. Estimated acreage
of all wheat for harvest is 64,961,000
acres, 9.5 per cent above 1944, with
winter wheat acreage substantially
above last year in nearly all impor
tant producing states.
Oats—Oats production is expected
to be the largest since 1920, a total
of 1,546,032,000 bushels. This is 33
per cent above the 1944 crop and 45
per cent above the 10-year aver
age. Indicated yield per acre is 36.9
bushels. The estimated planting of
45,911,000 acres in 1945 is the largest
of record. This is the sixth consecu
tive year in which the oats acreage
shows an increase for the country as
a whole.
Corn — Marked improvement in
prospects during July has resulted
in an August 1 estimate of about
2,844,000,000 bushels of corn in 1945.
The current estimate, while below
three successive 3,000,000,000-bushel
crops in 1942, 1943 and 1944, exceeds
production in any year except 1923
and 1932 of the two preceding dec
ades. The average yield of 30.8 bush
els compares with 29.1 bushels esti
mated a month ago, 33.2 bushels last
year and the average of 26.8 bushels
per acre. Most important corn grow
ing states had “corn weather” dur
ing the latter part of July, favoring
better than average progress —
called "remarkable” in some sec
tions—to bring an increase of 159,
000,000 bushels in prospect since
July 1.
Rye—Indicated production or 27,
883,000 bushels is up slightly more
than 2,500,000 bushels over last year,
the result of a higher per acre yield
since the acreage for harvest is 7
per cent smaller. This is still only
two-thirds of the 1934-43 average
production.
Rice—If the indicated harvest of
76.000. 000 bushels is realized, it will
be the largest rice crop on record,
and more than 8 per cent above last
year’s record level. A prospective
yield of nearly 50 bushels an acre
plus a near-record seeding of 1,511,
000 acres, is credited with the new
high. Acreage increases are re
ported in each of the rice producing
states — California, Louisiana, Tex
as and Arkansas — with farmers in
the first two named exceeding re
ported March intentions.
Barley — The expected harvest of
270.000. 000 bushels will be 5 per cent
below the 1944 production and 1
per cent less than the 10-year aver
age. Shaip declines are indicated in
all of the major barley producing
states, except California. The entire
acreage seeded, an estimated 11,922,
000 acres, is about 17 per cent less
than 1944 and 19 per cent below av
erage.
Dry Beans—The smallest produc
tion since 1936 is anticipated for
1945, the indicated total of 14,714,
000 bags of 100 pounds each < un
cleaned) being more than one
fourth less than the record-breaking
crop harvested in 1943. Bean plant
ings in Michigan and New York
total 711,000 acres, the smallest since
1939 and less than were planted in
Michigan alone in 1941. Farmers ap
pear to be reducing their plantings
to about the level of the years before
the present war.
Lima bean production is expected
to be a little larger than last year,
California’s 178,000 acres marking
an increase of 8,000 acres over 1944.
Dry Peas — Although considera
bly less than last year’s big crop,
the 1945 production will probably be
about double the prewar average tor
a total of some 5,500,000 100-pound
bags (uncleaned). Acreage this
year, also double the prewar aver
age, is concentrated mainly in the
Ask REA Aid for Wind-Driven Farm Generator
A wartime development — a four- '
bladed wind-driven generator that
will charge its heavy storage bat
teries in a 5 mile wind, and with an
average wind velocity of only 10
miles per hour, will provide 1,000
kilowatt hours of dependable pow
er per month.
This is enough to provide lights
for house, barn, chicken houses and
pig brooders, in addition to operat
ing an electric refrigerator, a water
system and other household items
The entire cost of these systems is
in maintenance and repayment of
investment. A large percentage of
farmers, unable to secure electric
service, due to cost of installing
power lines, will profit by the four
bladed wind-driven generator. Steps
are now being taken to secure the
approval of the REA so that the
generator may be purchased under
some form of REA loan, by those
who do not have access to rural
power lines.
ropped on this North Carolina farm
to help increase crop yield.
1 Pacific Northwest About 514,000
acres are expected to be harvested,
with yield indicated at 1,074 pounds
per acre, below 1944 and 10-year
average.
Soybeans — A total of 13,283,000
acres grown alone for all purposes
appears to be about 46 per cent
larger than the 10-year average.
Eighty-three per cent is in the north
central states. Indications are that
about 10,392,000 acres will be har
vested for beans, only 3 per cent
less than the 1943 record. It is still
too early for conclusive production
forecasts. But August 1 conditions
point to a crop of 188,284,000 bush
els.
Potatoes — A crop of record pro
portions is indicated for 1945—some
420,206,000 bushels. Only in 1943 and
1928 has the production of potatoes
exceeded the crop now in prospect.
Acre yield may set a new record,
if expectations of 147.7 bushels per
acre for the United States are real
ized. The previous high for yield
was 139.6 bushels in 1943. Total indi
cated acreage for harvest is 2,845,-,
600, slightly below last year and
about 190,200 acres less than the
1934-43 average.
Sweet Potatoes — Fewer sweet
potatoes are in view, about 11 per
cent less than the 1944 crop. Acre
age is down but yield per acre of
94.3 bushels is expected to be the
highest since 1929. Total production
in prospect is 67,133,000 bushels.
Sugar Beets — Expansion of plant
ings to 780,000 acres, almost 23
per cent over 1944, carries an esti
mated production of 9,332,000 tons at
the indicated national average of
13.1 tons of beets per acre. Al
though the acreage is 12 per cent
less than the 1934-43 average,
a higher than average yield per
acre is expected to put total pro
duction at only 7 per cent below the
10-year average. Sugar recovery of
about 1,300,000 tons is predicted.
Sugar cane — Acreage for sugar
and seed is up about 2 per cent over
1944 for a total of 302.700 acres. 5
per cent more than the 1934-43
average. Louisiana, which normal
ly accounts for about 90 per cent of
the national acreage, increased 1
per cent oyer last year and Flor
ida 13 per cent* Production of sugar
cane for sugar and seed is indicated
at 6,976,000 tons, about 12 per cent
above the 1944 total tonnage.
Fruit — Although the apple crop
appears to be headed for a record
low production, the 1945 peach crop
is setting a record high with an esti
mated 82,650,000 bushels, 6 per cent
greater than the peak harvest of
1931. A good pear crop is also in
prospect, some 33,162,000 bushels.
The thfee Pacific Coast states, where
about three-fourths of the nation's
pears are usually grown, expect a
record combined production of 26,
031,000 bushels — 11 per cent more
than last year and 30 per cent above
average. The cherry crop is down
considerably from last year's level,
and the apricot pick is estimated at
only about 210,500 tons compared
with last year’s record crop of 324,
000 tons. A prune crop of some 152,
600 tons (fresh basis) is indicated
from Washington. Idaho and Ore
gon. Grape production appears to be
a little above last year with an indi
cated pick of 2,801,900 tons, of which
some 2,598,000 tons will come from
California.
Hay — Second largest fiay crop
ever produced in the 0. S. is ex
pected this year — a total produc
tion of all tarpe and wild hay vari
eties of about 104,000 000 tons. Only
1942 has seen more hay cut on
American farms. A probable 12,
000,000 tons carried over from crops
of previous years added to the 1945
production would provide a supply of
116,000,000 tons.
Flaxseed — Indications are that
a flaxseed crop over half again as
large as the average for 1934-43 will
be harvested in 1945, a total of 33,
972,000 bushels. This would be 44 per
cent greater than the 1944 crop. Nine
of the 17 states for which flaxseed
acreages have been estimated show
increases over 1944, ranging from 1
per cent in Iowa to 81 per cent in
Texas. In the four major flax states
— Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Montana — where ap
proximately 88 per cent of the 1945
crop will be produced, the increase
this year is 49 per cent.
'WKV
THE BATTLE OF TIIE
TINKERS
“Galway, Eire.—The annual finals in
the battles for the championship of the
Tinkers will be held tonight. The
Tinkers are caravans of gypsies. They
precede the main bouts by competitions
in drinking poteen and boasting, after
which the bare-fist fights begin."—News
The tournament began shortly
after 0 p. m. Padriac O'Feeney, a
top Tinker, began the boasting. “I
kin lick any bucko in the glen with
me arms in a sling and me feet In a
cast,” he declared, baring his chest.
4‘I°was niver in bitter shape since
the night I kilt the four bullocks with
slaps from the palm of me left
hand. Bring on me opponint!”
"Why the foul-mouthed ... Ml"
roared Finley Mulligoweneagh, 6
foot 5, and built like the Irish gods
of old. “A sissy he is! 'Twas me
dium-sized bullocks he kilt an’ it
took him five minutes. 1 could of fin
ished all four with the thumb o’ wan
hand. Let me at him!”
"I could bate the likes of ye fresh
off a sickbed and without a drink
in me system,” barked O’Feeney.
“Did ye iver hear o’ the time I
took on the sivin mad stevvidores
of . . ."
The bell rang for the first round,
after two hours of this, and Terry
Moolthahn, the referee, called,
"come out for your instruckshins!”
“Put a more respictful tone to
your words,” snapped O’Feency,
glaring: at him.
“Now I want ye both to come out
flightin’,” began the referee.
“The likes of ye tellin’ me what
you want!” roared Mulligowen
eagh, flooring him with one punch.
Numerous referees being always
carried as "spares" at the Tinker
fights, Garry Finnerty took his place.
"Now in case of a knockout,” be
gan Finnerty.
"In case!” bellowed O'Feeney,
giving him the butt. "In case of a
knockout? Hear the mon!"
ROUND I.
Whereupon the two principals
tore out of their corners. They had
a little trouble finding each other.
Finally they met accidentally and
fell into a clinch. The referee tried
to part them but found he was sep
arating two spectators by mistake.
ROUND II.
O’Feeney fell on his face three
times as he came from his corner.
His opponent, falling but twice, was
the sharper as they got to their
feet. Both swung haymakers at the
same time and landed on the
referee, who was saved by the bell.
ROUND III.
O'Feeney’s eye had been cut. His
seconds had leaped in to put a
patch on it, but they put the patch
on an innocent bystander in their
general uncertainty. The bell for
the round failed to sound as the of
ficial timekeeper had become en
gaged in a brawl of his own. There
were 30 or 40 other fights in prog
ress all over the glen now. The spec
tators began to yell for action.
Here the spectators became dis
orderly.
Cries of "they’re stallin' ” and
“throw the sissies out” rang
through the fields.
The fight was then stopped as a
FAKE.
But it took 27 referees to stop it.
* • •
MORE ABOl’T HORSE SHEDS
Our recollection of old-time horse
sheds at Mansfield Grove, hard by
the East Haven river, before the
days of trolley cars is shared by Bob
Stevenson.
“We remember those sheds. We
used to hold the annual great family
picnic there, with the uncles and the
aunts and the cousins and the great
aunts, and the grandmothers and
the grandfathers and heaven only
knows how many kids of all sizes
and degrees of inevitable addiction
to falling off the rocks into the sea,
getting lost in the far meadow
reaches, or adventuring in some
boat to look for pirate treasure or
distant Thimble islands,” writes
Bob.
"The New Haven members of the
clan would roll out in the grandeur
of the finest that they could hire at
Kirk’s livery, with fringed surreys,
red-striped yellow wheels, shining
black - enameled dashboards and
ribbon-tied whips in flare sockets.
“Aunt Eliza made the clam chow
der in an iron pot braced on stones
over a driftwood fire, enough for the
entire picnic. The rest of the food
came in large, heavily laden bas
kets, traveling under carriage seats.
But any further recollections of what
we had to eat at those long grove
tables would only make us sadder in
these days of rationing.”
Elmer Twitchell suggests that we
let Japan keep the emperor and one
end of the horse. Or maybe we
should take him off that horse and
put him on a mouse.
NO DOUBT OF IT.
If Hirohito is a god.
Then when he passes oat
He’ll meet two other fellow gods,
Adolf and Ben, no doubt.
If Illrohito is a god
Then "Hit and Muss” of course,
Will be Included In the act
Called "Three Men ou a Horse.”
Contour Cultivation
Grows on U. S. Farms
Bigger Yields Result
From Soil Protection
!
Expansion of contour cultivation
under the Agricultural Adjustment
agency program has been rapid dur
ing the war years. Assistance for
contour practices was given on a
record total of 29,217,806 acres last
year, including contouring Inter
tilled crops, contouring drilled
' crops, contour listing, furrowing,
chiseling, and subsoiling, and con
tour strip cropping
This method of farming ’ around
the slope” instead of up and down
the hill cuts down erosion by pre
venting water from carrying off the
soil. It increases acre-yield of crops,
maintains their quality by holding
the fertile topsoil in place, and in
creases the moisture content of the
land. Combined with other better
farming practices, it has been found
to add to their effectiveness.
States in the north central area
more than tripled their acreage of
contour drilled crops and almost
doubled their acreage of contour in
tertilled crops, reports show. Three
southern states — Arkansas. Okla
homa and Texas—raised their acre
age of small grain and other drilled
crops on the contour by about 80
per cent.
Studies have brought out that
when contouring cuts the speed of
Ideal contour arrangement.
the water run-off in half, for ex
ample, its capacity for carrying soil
drops about 75 per cent.
Some startling increases in acre
yield have been reported in specific
areas as a direct result of the con
servation of moisture, soil and plant
nutrients through contouring. An in
crease of 23 bushels more corn an
acre in one Iowa area, 6.2 bushels of
soybeans per acre in Illinois, 44
more bushels of potatoes per acre
in New York, an increase of four
bushels of wheat per acre in the
Great Plains, and 29 pounds more
cotton per contoured acre in Texas.
Postwar Machinery
Haymaker
The haymaker cuts the uay and
passes it directly from the mower
cutter t>ar by means of a pickup
attachment to a pair of rollers to
crack the stems.
The haymaker, designed by John
Bean Manufacturing company, has
a seven-foot cut, with mower built
into the machine, operated from the
power takeoff by any full two-plow
tractor. Has hydraulic lift and re
duces the time of drying at least 50
per cent.
Ideal Leather Punch
Belt Punch Made of Cartridge Shell.
By using the size rifle cartridge
shell desired, leather punches may
be made. Holes cut In the side of
the shell enable tbe emptying of
leather without trouble.
Treat Pullet Ills
Pullet flocks often are affected by
a strange malady known as Pullet
Disease, or Blue Corj|b. Individual
birds may show darkened combs,
labored breathing, inactivity and
sleepiness and the legs have a dry
withered appearance. Rutgers uni
versity recommends for an emer
gency treatment that 2 tablespooiv
fuls of muriate of potash be placed
in each gallon of drinking water. To
prevent the disease 1V4 pounds can
be added to 100 pounds of mash.
Pansy and Pineapple
Doilies ‘Topnotchers’
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-*■ inch pansies crocheted in shad
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really a beauty and the 20-inch
“pineapple” doily is one of the
laciest and most delicate looking
you could possible wish to have!
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Largest and one of the oldest
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24th. 50 cows, 30 bred heifers, 20
younger heifers, 10 herd bulls. 20
high grade females. Health cer
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Roy E. Dillard, Manager,
Satina, Kansas.
FARM SEED FOR SALE
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buy all klnde of Farm aeoda Booth
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