Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — SAYS WHEAT LOOKS BETTER [ARTICLE]

SAYS WHEAT LOOKS BETTER

Juns Condition Indicates Improvement—Of All the Small Grain Crops Rye Showa Best Condition—Apples to Be Plentiful. Indianapolis, June 11, —Indiana crop prospects for the present season are described In a report of George C. Bryant, field agent of the co-operative crop reporting service for Indiana, which was made public. The report In part is as follows: “The June 1 condition figure for winter wheat Indicates a. crop of approximately 21,000,000 bushels. This is preliminary and subject to change later. The general appearance of the rrop Is fairly good and looks better than a month ago, but the Hessian fly ravages are beginning to show up. The spring wheat acreage has returned to about the usual acreage. The condition is only fair and on the June 1 figures a crop of about 42,000 bushels Is indicated. The oats acreage for the state as a whole shows 2 per cent above last year and amounts to 1,862,000 acres. The condition June 1 was 84 per cent of normal and Indicates a crop of approximately 61,000,000 bushels. The acreage of barley, wvhlch is very kmall, Increased but little over last year. On the figures reported for the first of June a production of about 1,500,000 bushels is indicated. Of all the small grain crops rye shows the best condition at this time, being 85 per cent of normal. On tills figure the production will amount to about 5,000,000 bushels. Apples show the best prospect since 1915. All trees that were given proper care will bear an exceptionally large crop this year. Present figures indicate a production of 6,600,000 bushels. Last year the total production amounted to only 1,700,000 bushels. The condition of the hay crop shows a slight decline from the May report, with the total production amounting tor about 2,900,000 tons. The clover acreage is 4 points under last year. Alfalfa also shows two points’ decline In acreage compared with last year. t The condition is very good, however. The labor shortage has seriously interfered with the production on onions in some sections. The condition is slightly better than average, however. The prospects for peaches and pears are the best for five years. Present condition figures indicate a production of 770,000 bushels of peaches and 562,000 bushels of pears. Blackberries and raspberries show a condition of 90 per cent of normal, which Is about average.”

Seventy Young Women Graduate. Terre Haute, June 11.—Degrees and honors were conferred on 70 young women at the seventy-ninth annual commencement of St. Mary-of-the-Woods academy and college, in the conservatory of music. Two continents and nine states were represented by the 16 graduates, to whom bachelor's degrees were conferred, and the graduating class of 42 from the academy included residents of 15 states and Washington, D. C. Certificates in art. music, secretarial workarid Latin were awarded to 12 graduating pupils. Housing Meeting Called for July. Indianapolis, June 11. — A state conference on housing and home-owning will be held under the auspices of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce in Indianapolis Thursday, July 8, according to announcements made by B. R. Inman, manager of the stole chamber. Sessions will be held during the morning, afternoon and evening for the discussion of all phases of community and industrial housing and industrial home owning. Practical methods of financial community housing projects will be a feature of the conference.