DECREASE IN WHEAT CROP
ESTIMATES IN UNITED STATES. CONDITION UNUSUALLY POOR. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. - Washington, Dec. 20. The Department of Agriculture stated to-day that indications point to a 1933 winter wheat crop of less tharr 400,000,000 bushels, compared with an estimated crop of 462,151,000 for 1932. The area sown in winter wheat this fall is estimated at 399,020,000 acres, the smallest sown in any year since 1923. The condition on December 1 was reported to be 68.9 per cent, of normal, the lowest for December 1 since the department began issuing its report in 1863. In the past, the statement continued, conditions below the average on December 1 have been followed by more than average yields per acre.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1932, Page 5
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