. Agriculture outlook ... Agriculture. 645 Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates, Leon M. Estabrook. Chief. December 31, 1914. THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK. CONTENTS. Page. Yearls crop summary, 1914 1 Winter wheat and rye sowings and 7 The apple crop 8 Forecasts of average sugar and cane yields in Louisiana, 1914 10 Florida and California crop report 10 Onion and cabbage estimates 11 Trend of prices of farm products 12 -:\gricultural pro<iucts shipped into cotton States 12 Page. Calil'ornia barley shipped to New York 13 Cold-storage holdings of apples 14 The wheat crop of t
. Agriculture outlook ... Agriculture. 645 Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates, Leon M. Estabrook. Chief. December 31, 1914. THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK. CONTENTS. Page. Yearls crop summary, 1914 1 Winter wheat and rye sowings and 7 The apple crop 8 Forecasts of average sugar and cane yields in Louisiana, 1914 10 Florida and California crop report 10 Onion and cabbage estimates 11 Trend of prices of farm products 12 -:\gricultural pro<iucts shipped into cotton States 12 Page. Calil'ornia barley shipped to New York 13 Cold-storage holdings of apples 14 The wheat crop of the southern hemisphere 15 Purchasing power of farmers 18 .•\crcage, yield per acre, production, price, and total value of principal crops, 1914, and acre- age and condition of winter wheat and rye (tables) 24 Prices of farm products (tables) 38 TIME OF ISSUANCE OF LIVE-STOCK REPORT. On Monday, January 18, 1915, at 2 p. m. (eastern time), the Bureau of Crop Estimates, Department of -\griculturc,willissue an estimate of the number and value on January 1,1915, of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine on farms and ranges of the United States. Detailed estimates, by States, will be published in the February issue of the Agricultural Outlook. YEARLY CROP SUMMARY, 1914. FOURTEEN CROPS AND 92 PER CENT OF AREA. In this issue of the Agricultural Outlook may be found detailed estimates of this season's production of the principal crops of the United States. The 14 crops whose production is estimated yearly cover about 92 per cent of the entire cultivated area of the United States. The total area harvested in 1914 (300,782,000 acres in 14 crops) is about the same as in 1913 ( per cent largor), and about per cent larger than the area harvested in 1912. In the three j^ears the wheat area has steadily increased, and corn and flaxseed decreased materially. The cotton acreage fell moderately short of the large acreage of 1913, but was considerably larger than any other year. Acreages of oth
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