WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.
AMERIGANS-E^TIMATE. HUGE . jMri; ,:,;:.:. HARVEST.'" ■ - -'., u-.-y.i<.' .uh(O') v:.'(: ■,-.--IL.:, ■ , .. ' •'• (Per'WeSS 1 Assbclation Copyrignt.) 'i\ ;P!'':!,f,.NEw!!^OßE: 5 Ajigu^t' g;; " \, A ihree' bililipn ( bush'e.l cc^rh cirbp for -.the. -third time in "the . history^'-of ■ihe United States is estimated By tithe Pe-; ; partment of Agriculture. ",' { August is the critical month' for the great corn belt in thefSliddle States, but there has been an improvement in all States except Illinois where spring ;wheat r was adversely affected by the July rust. and production reduced by 20,000,000 bushelb to a total of 262,000,000 bushels. ' The .preliminary estimate of winter wheat has. been increased by 15,----000,000 bushels, making a- total winter a.nd spring crop of 795,000,000 busheh. ■■■■: ■ ' ' .."■ ••' :'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9290, 11 August 1920, Page 5
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113WORLD'S WHEAT CROP. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9290, 11 August 1920, Page 5
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