Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1918 — States That Have More Than 1,000,000 Acres. [ARTICLE]

States That Have More Than 1,000,000 Acres.

Washington, December 17. —In states that have sown more than a million acres of winter wheat, the percentage of increase and the condition of the crop on December 1, follow: Pennsylvania, 1,652,000 acres, 8 per cent increase, condition, 98; Virginia, 1,326,000 acres, 1 per cent increase, condition, 94; North Carolina, 1,625,000 acres, 1 per cent decrease, condition, 91; Ohio, 2,374,000 acres, 1 per cent increase, condition, 104; Indiana, 2,891,000 acres, 22 per cent increase, condition, 101; Illinois, 3,152,000 acres, 25 per.cent increase, condition, 100; Missouri, 4,243,000 acres, 36 per cent increase, condition, 103; Nebraska, 3,511,000 acres, 12 per cent increase, condition, 96; Kansas, 1 1,1 84,000 acres, 13 per cent increase, condition 9*B; Texas, 2,1 09,0'00 acres, 30 per cent increase', condition, 100; Oklahoma, 3,590,000 acres, 10 per cent increase, condition, 100. Washington showed the largest percentage of increase in acreage, it being 135, with the acreage, 992,000. lowa showed 100 per cent increase, with 750,000 acres. In -Oregon and California, the condition of the crop Was-iloO, and the increase in acreage 25 and 42 per cent respectively.