Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — 47,500,000 Acres of Wheat Should Be Sown This Fall. For 1919 Liberty Harvest [ARTICLE]

47,500,000 Acres of Wheat Should Be Sown This Fall. For 1919 Liberty Harvest

A great liberty wheat harvest in 1919 is asked of American farmers in a national growing program issued by Secretary Houston after full consideration of the increasing needs foi this essential food at home and in the allied nations. .* Not less than 45,000,000 acres of winter wheat is called for in this fall’s sowing and Secretary Houston sug; gests that approximately 47,500,000 acres could be sown if conditions are especially favorable. The larger acreage, it was pointed .out, would better meet the estimated needs of the allied nations and the population at home. From the minimum acreage called for, which is only about the average of the five years 1913-17, it is estimated 636,000,000 bushels of winter wheat might be expected; from the suggested larger acreage, approximately 667,000000 bushels should be harvested. These production estimates are based upon an average yield of 15.7 bushels an acre and an abandonment of 10 per cent in the area sown, on account of winter kill. «...