Winter Wheat
Crop Estimate
Drops In Report
WASHINGTON-UPI-A 1950 win
ter wheat crop of 763,590,000 bush
els has been forecast by the agri
culture department.
This estimate it 121,068,000 bush
els less than the 884,656,000 bush
els indicated by the department'!
first report, issued last Dec. 20.
It compares with last year's win
ter wheat crop of 901,668,000 bush
els and with the 1939 48 average
of 758.821,000 bushels.
No forecast was given for spring
wheat, inasmuch as much of it is
yet to be planted.
The average yield of winter
wheat to the acre was forecast at
14.4 bushels, compared with 14.5
indicated last year, and with
ten-year average of 15.7 bushels.
The portion of the seeded acre
age of winter wheat, not expected
to be harvested was put at 18.8
percent, compared with 11.1 per
cent last year and 10.8 per Cent
for the ten-year average.
The production of milk in March
was reported at 0,996.000,000
pounds compared with 8.671,000,
000 in February, 9,616,000,000 in
March last year and 9,448,000,000
for the ten-year March average.
Production of eggs in March was
reported at 6.429,000,000 compared
with 5,217,000,000 in February,
6.143,000,000 in March last year and
5,858,000,000 for the ten-year March
average.
Stocks of wheat on farma totaled
199,169,000 bushels or 17.4 percent
of last year's crop. A year ago
stocks were 246.024.000 bushels or
18.7 percent of the previous year's
crop, compared with 216,243,000
bushels and 22.2 percent for the
ten-year average.
The indicated production of win
ter wheat this year and last, re
spectively, by major producing
states included:
Nebraska 75,981,000 and 53,316,
000; Kansas 179,491,000 and 164,
208.000: Oklahoma 55,053.000 and
88,725,000; Washington 57,694,000
and 48,172.000; Oregon 16,254,000
and 17,302,000.
Organization Of
More Reserves
Is Plan Of Army
WASHINGTON- -The army
has disclosed details of its plan
to achieve by 1956 the minimum
force of organized reserves deemed
necessary in an emergency to
round out 25 divisions and provide
the nucleus for 25 more.
The units that would be rounded
out immediately in an emergency
are the 10 existing divisions of the
regular army and 15 of the 27
existing national guard divisions.
.Together with the remaining guard
divisions and the contemplated
skeleton divisions of reserves, they
would give the army the trained
framework for a total of 62 divi
sions. Karl R. Bendetscn, assistant
secretary of the army, told re
porters that a minimum strength
of 367,000 officers and men in the
organized reserve cannot b e
achieved "with a magic wand."
He said the program depends
on the lawmakers providing funds
for costs at a rate rising from
1115,000,000 in the pending budget
lo a peak of tl80.ooo.ooo in ijb
and an average of $153,000,000 a
year thereafter.
In addition to these outlays for
training pay, equipment and other
recurring expense, the army has
asked congress to authorize Wo,
000,000 of armory and other con
struction for reserve training pur
poses. An army itatement on the pro
gram said 146,000 officers and
956,900 enlisted personnel would
be necessary to bring required
units of the organized reserve to
full strength. The army said it
realized this would be impracti
cal in any peacetime program.
It added that a desirable
strength would be 100 per cent of
the officers and 50 per cent of
the enlisted strength of required
units, or 146,000 officers and 478,.
400 enlisted personnel.
Aberdeen Boys' Club Can
Issue Traffic Tickets
ARKRDEEN, Wash., IVt
Members of a Boys' club at Aber
deen high school have been given
authority to issue traffic tickets, i
in a move to cut down violations, j
Police I'hief A. M. Gallagher !
said 10 or 12 members of the I
Golden A club's traffic committee i
would be empowered to issue tick- i
ets. He said the club members j
would pay particular attention to
speeders and violations at school
crossings, pedestrian lanes.
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