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BOY ATTEMPTS TO
KILL HIS FATHER
BULLETS WERE OF SMALL CALI
BER AND MAY NOT PROVE
FATAL
QUARREL STARTS OVER WAGES
Father Requests That Boy Might Not
Be Arrested; Man's Condition
Not As Serious As First
Thought
Billings.—J. E. Hiber, rancher, whose
place Is about a mile west of Shepherd,
Is in St. Vincent’s hospital suffering
from bullet wounds inflicted by his
son, Lee, 16 years old, during a quarrel
between the two at the Hiber ranch.
On the father’s supplication, the boy
was not arrested. It was thought from
Mr. Hiber’s | apparent condition on ar
rival at the hospital that he was dan
gerously wounded.
There are four bullet holes In the
man’s abdomen, but it is thought that
all the punctures were made by one
bullet, having penetrated through folds
of flesh when Hiber was in a crouched
position. A bullet also clipped the
ends of two fingers on his right hand,
the middle and ring fingers. The bul
lets struck near each other a couple
of inches to the left and about as far
below the naval. The two lower punc
tures are in the groin. From the fact
that a small caliber pistol was used.
It was thought that the wounds were
not deep. Apparently a bullet ’skipped*
along the surface. There was only
one hole In the man’s clothing. One
puncture was a large one, with the ap
pearance of having been a point of
exit for the lead.
The father and son had quarreled
over the subject of wages, and the lad
made a declaration that he would leave
home. The quarrel developed and Mr.
Hiber leaped around the table, seized
the boy, and took a rifle which he had
away from him. At that, according to
the story given the officers, young
Hiber drew a .32 caliber pistol from
his pocket and fired. As near as could
be learned, two shots were fired.
YOUTH IS HEIO FOR •
MURDERING COUPLE
Accuser Declares Pair Were Slain for
His Sake in Belief They Were His
Affinity and Her Stepfather
New Brunswick, N, J.—Clifford
Hayes, 19, was held Incommunicado In
the Somerset county Jail at Somerville,
on a wnrmnt charging him with first
degree murder of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hull and Mrs. Eleanor Rein
hardt Mills on September 14.
But if the authorities who caused his
nrrest have any evidence which would
show a logical motive for his alleged
act. they have carefully withheld it.
The explanation of Raymond Schnei
der, 22. whose accusation caused
Hayes’ arrest, was that It was a case
of mistaken Identity. Hayes, he said,
thought he was shooting 15-year-old
Pearl Ballmer and her stepfather,
Nicholas Bahmcr.
But the only motive he advanced for
the reckless crime was a sort of qulx
otlclsm on Hayes’ part—n desire to
right n supposed wrong done a friend,
Schneider, who, nithough married, ad
mits he Is in love with Pearl.
naves’ retort was that Schneider
was n “damned liar." He admitted
going with Schneider to the deserted
Phillips farm, where the bodies were
found, In senrch of Pearl and her
stepfather.
They heard shots and screaming, he
snid, and ran toward the crabapple
tree whence the shots seemed to come,
observing an automobile dash away ns
they ran. Beneath the tree, he de
clared, they found the minister and the
choir singer dend mid. he added,
Schneider bent down and stole the
minister’s watch.
‘UNCLE JOE’ CANNON
SAD AT QUITTING
Danville. 11l. —Wenry after a life
time of public service hut Just n bit
sorry afler nil of his decision to retire
from public life, “Uncle Joe" Cannon,
who enme home from Washington by
automobile over the same route he
traveled westward In hts mother’s arms
82 years ago. sat down to contemplate
a future in his private life. Ills public
service Is not quite ended, for he plans
to go back to Washington In December
to serve out his thirty-third term In
the house of representatives. His 40
Tears of service will expire March 4.
Woman Elected City Manager
Daytona, Fla. —Dr. Josie M. Rogers
hns been named by her fellow city
commissioners ns city manager of
Daytonn, the first woman ever to hold
tb'e office. Mrs. Rogers was elected
to the city commission several months
ago.
Katy Railroad TtW Up
Wichita Falla, Texas.—Traffic over
the Katy branch lines hns been tied up
owing to federal Inspectors condemn
ing 12 locomotive*, pronouncing them
unfit for service.
R. R. LABOR UNION
SHIFTS LEADERS
New Demands Will Follow Up; Grable,
Who Staved Off Walkcut, Beaten
By Rival By 3,000 Votes
Detroit.—Overthrow of E. F. Grable
of Detroit, as grand president of the
International Brotherhood of Mainte
nance of Way Employes and Railway
Shop Laborers and announcement by
his successor, F. H. Fljozdal of Dau
phin, Man., that a new demand “for
Improved working conditions and a
living wage” would be made by the
organization upon the United States
railway labor board, marked a recent
session of the brotherhood’s triennial
convention here.
President Grable, credited with hav
ing averted a strike of the 400,000 rail
way maintenance men of the country
last summer, after they had voted over
whelmingly in favor of joining the
shopmen’s walkout, was defeated by
more than 3,000 votes of a total of ap
proximately 86,000. each delegate cast
ing as many votes as there were mem
bers In the local union he represented.
In a statement made through his per
sonal representative. Frank Finnson of
Detroit, the president-elect ' declared
bis opposition to a strike of the main
tenance of way mon at any time in the
future, but announced that “the union
membership might be prepared to walk
out If improved working conditions and
Adequate wage Increases were not
forthcoming.”
Mr. Fljozdal. It wns announced by
his representative, is prepared imme
diately upon assuming office to make
nn appeal to the labor board “setting
forth the needs of the maintenance
men for higher wages and imnrovod
working conditions, and that the or
ganization is prepared to prove to the
public, ns to the board, the justice o'
our demands.”
ARimfwvnT
OVER GRAIN GAMBLES
Federal Trade Commission Making In
vestigations of Variation of Wheat
Prices; Will Report to Senate
Chicago.—The federal trade commis
sion. conducting hearings here pursu
ant to a senate resolution requesting
information as to whether recent vari
ations in wheat prices were occasioned
by manipulations or were the result of
the unhampered operation of natural
causes, completed Its investigation here
and the members left for Washington.
Members said that upon their return
to Washington they would go over the
evidence obtained at hearings in Wash
ington. New York and Chicago and
then prepare a report to be submitted
to the senate, without conducting any
further hearings.
They will also consider the point
blank refusal of J. Ogden Armour ,to
furnish the commission with records
of his purchases and sales of grain or
the future transactions of the Armour
Grain company from July. 1920, to
May. last. When Mr. Armour appeared
before the commission, he refused to
give the Information until he had con
sulted hfs attorney, and later he told
the commission that/ on advice of coun
sel, he would not reveal his trans
actions.
Girl is Shot; Slayer Suicide
Centralia. Wash. —Ed Stoltz. 62. shot
and killed Margaret Parflt. 18. and
then killed himself, according to a re
port made to the police by Albert
Finer, who said he was with the girl
when she was slain.
Einar’s story was that he and the
girl were returning from an automobile
ride, when Stoltz stepped Into the road
halted their car and began firing. Five
wounds were found In Miss Parfit’s
body. Einar’s coat was torn by onp
shot. Stoltz was found dead In his
yard by officers seeking him after
Einar had reported the affair. It is
said Stoltz recently made offers of
marriage which the girl rejected.
Near© Cavalry on Way From Islands
Manila.—The Nlneth United States
cavalry, a negro regiment. Is enroute
for the United States aboard the army
transport Logan. Fifty Filipino wives
accompanied their trooper husbands.
The (Philippine scouts replaced the
cavalrymen on duty nt Camp Stolps
burg.
Bozeman Rancher Cannot Be Found
Bozeman. —W. C. Hale hes been miss
ing from bls ranch for severgl days
and a careful search made by neigh
bors and a posse formed by the sher
iff’s office has failed to locate him.
Members of the family do not know
what caused him to leave his home.
And know of no reason why he should
remain away.
Montana U. Has 1,321 Students
Missoula. —Total registration at the
state university nt the end of the first
week of school wns 1.321, nccnrdlng to
President C. H. Clapp. This includes
students who registered Inst spring but
who hnve not pnld their fees this fall.
Board Vessels Dry
Washington.—Shipping hoard ves
sels will remain dry regardless of the
outcome of the injunction proceedings
brought In New York on behalf of the
American privately owned ships, It
►’•s said by Chairman Lasker.
217 ON FLAMING
SHIP RESCUED
FREIGHTER PICKS UP REFUGEES
AFLOAT IN BOATS BY
FIERY CRAFT
Converted German Liner Gigantic
Blazing and Smoking Pillar.—
Those Aboard Her Are Put
O's Early
NOT A SINGLE LIFE IS LOST
San Francisco. —Ail the passengers,
officers and crew of the bunting steam
ship City of Honolulu, which was aban
doned, are safe, according to wireless
advices received by the Federal Tele
graph company from the freight steam
er West Earn kin.
The West Fnrnl«»n reached the scene
shortly after the fire started and had
taken most of the people aboard early
In the afternoon. The City of Hono
lulu carried 72 passengers and 145 of
ficers and members of the crew, a
total of 217.
Wireless messages reported the
transport Thonms proceeding south
ward at full speed toward the scene
of rhe burning steamship. Extensive
preparations arp being made to take
cure of the passengers and crew of the
ill-fated liner.
The transport Thomas will take the
passengers nnd crew aboard and bring
them to San Francisco, nnd the Matson
liner. Enterprise, will continue Its voy
age to Honolulu, according tn a wire
less wes«age from the West Fnralon
The fire which broke out aboard the
City of Honolulu spread so rapidly that
all those on hoard had to take to small
boats. The sea wns like glass when
the ship was abandoned. The ship
was homeward hound to San Pedro,
Cal., from Honolulu and was 1.405
miles east of Honolulu and 670 miles
sinthwest of San Pedro when the fire
broke out.
FRENCH SHIPS TO TAKE
BOOZE TO HIGH COURT
If Supreme Bench Turns Them Down
Will Appeal to World tribunal
At Hague
Paris -The French Hue Ins decided
tn r ight th»- Washington t tiling ngnins
carrying liquor by forelgn-owned linen
within American territorial waters, and
tn the event of an adverse decision
in the (Jolted States supreme court
will move ro obtain appeal to rh<
international court nf Justice at Th<
J Ingue.
“Liquor ns usual” up to »he three
mile limit wns the decision rhe board
of directors• of the French line made
after two long sessions. “Then sea)
up the bars and let ini vriiational law
take Its course.”
The British lines are understood tc
be in perfect hannpny with the French
company In this matter. The first test
rase N likely to arise when the Whitt
Star Liner Majestic, which Is sched
uled tn sail from Cherbourg, October
18, reaches New York. The steamer
Homeric, which has cleared from Cher
bourg and the French liner La Fayette
sailing sonn, are with'.!) the limit set
by the Washington edict.
Lone Bandit Robs 68
Chicago.—Sixty-eight Chicago bound
passengers in sleeping cars wen?
robbed of their jewels and money by
a negro bandit who boarded the Santa
Fe California limited train out of
Kansas City, Mo., according tn official
railroad reports received here. The
bandit, bis face covered by a handker
chief mask, boarded one of the sleep
Ing ears as the train pulled out of the
Kansas t’lty station, the report said
“Gnost” of Antigonish Proves Insane
Halifax. N. S. —Memories of the
ghost of Antigonish, for which experts
ami psychic* sought fruitlessly several
months ago. were uncodbred when It
became known that Mary Ellen Mc-
Donald. the 15-year-old girl whose stor
ies of the phantom were largely in
strumental In the systematic search
for It, had been admitted to the Nova
Scoria hospital for the insane here.
Portuguese Flyer Not Assassinated
Rio De Janerlo. —A wireless dispatch
was received here from the steamer
Porto, signed by the Portuguese avia
tor. Capt. Sncadtirn Cabral, saying that
he was well and thi’t the trip from
Rio* de Janeiro thus far has proved un
eventful. A report was In circulation
that Captain Cnbrnl had been assassin
ated on board the Porto, which is
bound for Lisbon.
Reporters Are Teachers of Best Type
Chicago.—The most efficient teach
ers of the day are the newspaper re
porters. K. W. Howe, Atchison, Kan.,
publisher, declared In nn address be
fore the Medlll School of Journalism
of Northwestern university.
Motor Firm Defendant
Chicago.—An involuntary petition in
bankruptcy has been filed against the
Elgin Motor Car company In the fed
eral district court here. Three Chi
cago banks are the petitioning cred
itors.
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS
Frank Foster, a milkman, was In
>tanily killed on a railroad crossing
tn the southern edge of Laramie.
Gale Sims, Ic, was instantly killed
under a freight train in the Evanston
yards. He had evidently been riding
the train, and. it is supposed, fell be
tween cars.
The Quality Clothing store at Bums,
owned by C. H. Bastian, was entered
and robbed cf goods valued at $2,500
a few days ago. The robbers made
their entrance by means of a rear win
dow and got off with IK) suits of
clothes. 25 overcoats and many pairs
of shoes.
7’he Initial gusher to be brought In
on Teapot Dome, United Slates naval
reserve, just south of Salt Creek field
and located forty miles north of Cas
per, ratue ia with a flow estimated at
15,000 to 20,000 barrels daily. If the
latter figure Is correct It will be the
largest well In Wyoming.
Captain Clarence Williams of cav
alry troop F, is alleged by several per
sons to hnve beaten a cavalry horse to
death with a club neur the public
school grounds at Cody. The horse
was one of a team bitched to a wagon,
and It balked. Constable Harry L.
Ward says one of its eyes was beaten
out entirely and the other partially so.
A transfusion of blood from her hus
band s veins failed to save the life of
Mrs. Mary Harvey of Casper, after
nineteen of her teeth had been ex
tracted. After the dental operation
physicians were unable to stop the
flow of b’.oo'J from Mrs. Harvey’s
mouth and fain- had bled nearly to the
point of succumbing when the transfu
sion was resorted to.
Dr. Clarenbach was called to Hu
lett to attend Wylie Driskill, who was
found In a dying condition from tail
ing Into a threshing machine. An op
eration was performed but the man
passed away about four hours after
the accident. une leg bud been man
gled, the entire length, and it required
more than an hour to get him out of
the machinery.
“A ghasll) sight inet the eyes of
Rock River U. I’. employes when a
freight engine pulled in with the cow
catcher covered witli what had all the
appearance of blood. The train crew
explained, however, that they hud run
into a push car loaded with groceries,
including a quantity of Jam. What ap
peared to be blood wns in reality only
blackberry Jam.”
Glenrock, in Converse county, is the
first Wyoming city to actively start
u campaign looking toward the secur
ing of the proposed Wyoming Tuber
culosis Sanitarium, funds for which
were provided by the last Legislature.
The county, not the city, in which die
hospital will be located, will be chosen
by the voters of the state at the elec
tion of November 7. After that date
the State Board of Charities and Re
form will choose the best available
site in die county so selected. Platte,
Goshen, Big Horn and Johnson coun
ties have also filed papers making
them eligible as sites for the hospital.
The newspaper editors of Goshen
county have invited their fellow edi
tors of Converse, Niobrara, Albany,
Platte, Goshen and Laramie counties,
to meet with them at Lingle, on Fri
day, October 20. The invitation comes
from F. S. Puvltt, C. F. Yeager and H.
H. Pease, who are nt the helms, re
spectively, of the Torrington Telegram,
the Goshen County Journal and the
Lingle Family News Review. The an
nounced purpose of the meeting Is to
form an organization of the editors of
the counties mentioned, there being at
present no similar body in this state.
The host-to-be promise that a “grand
and glorious time” will be hud by all
who attend.
That for die past eight year Platte
county has been at nn almost constant
expense as a result of cattle rustling,
and that now the board of county com
missioners is going to back the prose
cution of all rustlers to the limit, is
the statement made by County Com
missioner William L. Ayers. He was
echoed In this sentiment by Messrs.
Diimm and Cave, the other members
of the board.
Because Wyoming has been forced
to place a quarantine against the impor
tation of dairy cattle from Colorado to
keep out tubercular cattle, which quar
antine Is still In effect, Dr. B. F. Davis,
state veterinarian for Wyoming, keeps
a watchful eye on dairy and cuttie
conditions across die state line. Dr.
Davis, tn a communication to a Colo
rado publication recently said be saw
improvement In the conditions that
caused the quarantine, and prophesied
that in the neur future these restric
tions could be done away with. Con
tinuing, he urged that die Colorado
legislature mrke adequate appropria
tions for the fight against bovine tu
berculosis, and advised a more vigor
ous prosecution of the fight against
this evil.
In true wild western style. Dr. Ar
thur Griswold Crnne, the new president
of the University of Wyoming, on his
way from Edinboro, Pa., to Laramie,
was taken from his automobile about
two miles from town, by thirty stu
dents from the university, placed in
an old Black Hills stage, drawn by ft
horses, nnd brought to the city.
Only five Wyoming counties, Platte,
Goshen. Big Hern, Johnson and Con
verse, are eligible as the site of the
Wyoming Tuberculosis Sanitarium,
having filed the necessary papers be
fore Sept. 28.
FEEDING IS MOST IMPORTANT IN
GETTING PROFITS FROM POULTRY
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Profits Are Greater When Houses Are Kept in Sanitary Condition.
(Prepared by the United State* Department
of Acricnlture.)
Next to good breeding and health,
good feeding is racist important In get
ting profitable yields from the poultry
flock. A few simple suggestions on
feeds and practices, such us those in
the following paragraphs from the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, will help build up the egg yield.
Principal Grains Used.
The principal grains fed to poultry
are corn, wheat, oats and barley. Corn
and wheat are the most popular. Corn
Is the best and most economical single
teed, but is very fattening and should
always be used with some other grain.
Wheat Is the safest to feed alone. The
usual practice of successful poultry
men Is to feed a part of the dally grain
ration ground. This is on the theory
that It Is easier to digest. Soft feed,
while it is a little more economical,
must not be‘overworked. Too much
soft feed may cause digestive trouble*
Ways of Feeding.
Methods of feeding differ, but a
good rule to try to follow is to have
empty crops in the morning and never
have them quite full until It Is time
for the chickens to go to roost. For
the .first feed, grain scattered in the
litter In the morning Is l>est, the soon
er after the birds leave the roost the
better. This Induces them to exercise.
Feed about one-third- of the scratch
mixture in the morning and the other
two-thlrds in the afternoon. A light
morning feed keeps the hens hungry
and exercising all day. Have the litter
from three to six Inches deep and dry.
It may be of straw, hay, leaves or any
other material of this sort.
Indicates Health of Fowl.
The condition of the droppings Is a
good Indication of the hen’s health.
They should be of enough firmness to
hold their shape, but not solid. The
MULCHING THE SOIL
TO SAVE MOISTURE
Covering Must Be the Kind That
Will Not Blow Away.
Dust and Straw, Except In Orchards
or Berry Patches, Not Satisfac
tory; Water Will Evapor
ate Quickly.
(Prepared by th* United St a. tea Department
of Agriculture.)
Thirty years of investigation by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture and the much longer experience
of practical fanners have demonstrat
ed that about the only way of con
serving soil moisture for the use of
agricultural plants In the regions of
scanty rainfall Is to provide a suitable
seed-bed for their germination and
early growth and to prevent useless
weeds that would otherwise compete
with them. Theoretically, covering or
mulching the soil for the purpose of
preventing the loss of soil moisture Is
very efficient; practically. It has very
narrow limitations.
There are several things required
of a soil covering or mulch besides
simply preventing the loss of mois
ture. Among these may be mentioned
the following : It must “stay put” ; that
Is to sny. It must be of such charac
ter that It will not be blown away by
the high winds common to all arid re
gions. This rules out all dust and
straw mulches, except possibly In or
chards or berry patches, and, In them,
the straw mulch is frequently objec
tionable on account of its harboring
rodents, especially field mice. A soil
covering must let rain Into the soil.
This rules out the dust mulch which
is almost, If not quite, impervious to
ordinary rainfall, as It puddles pro
ducing a sheet of paste over the sur
face that prevents th* water from
reaching the roots of the crop plants.
A straw mulch, If thick enough to
prevent the growth ot weeds, will ab
sorb most, If not all. of an ordinary
rainfall. The water thus absorbed
will evaporate very quickly, as soon
as the rain censes and the sun begins
to shine on the mulch, never reaching
the roots of the crop plnnts.
The heating of the soil by the sun’s
rays and Its aeration by exposure to
the winds are imfrortant factors in
the growth of agricultural crops.
Many wild woods and swamp plants
thrive without these conditions, but
nearly all of our agricultural plnnts
have been developed through long
periods of time In soil open to the
free access of the sun and the wind,
and these conditions seem to have be
•ome necessary to their fullest devel
•penent
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 192?.
normal color is dark, shading off into
grayish white. Droppings that are soft
or pasty and of a yellowish or brown
ish color Indicate too much fat or a
lack of meat. If the droppings are
watery and dark with red splashes of
mucus in them, too much meat is
being fed. A greenish, water diarrhea
usually Is evidence of insanitary con
ditions, either In the surroundings, the
feed or the water.
A ration must necessarily be based
on local conditions and prices, but any
of those quoted below will be found
satisfactory.
Ration No. 1.
Mash. Scratch Mixture.
100 lbs. corn meal. 60 lbs. cracked
40 lbs. meat scrap. corn.
6 lbs. wheat bran. 60 lbs. wheat.
6 lbs. wheat mid- 60 lbs. oats,
tilings.
Ration No. 2.
100 Iba corn meal. 100 lbs. cracked
35 lbs meat scrap. corn.
60 tbs. oats.
Ration No. 3.
MO lbs. corn or bar- JOO lbs. cracked
ley meal. corn.
M> lbs. wheat bran. 50 ibs. oats.
60 lbs. wheat mid- (jo ibs. wheat or
dllngs. barley.
50 lbs. meat or fish
scrap.
Ration No. 4.
100 lbs. corn meal. 100 lbs. cracked
6u lbs. middlings. corn.
50 lbs. bran. 60 lbs. wheat.
30 lbs. cottonseed or 60 lbs. oaU.
gluten meal. 50 lbs. barley.
20 lbs. meat scrap.
Ration No. 5.
GO lbs. corn meal. 100 lbs. cracked
50 lbs. bran. corn.
35 Ibs. meat scrap. W Ibs. wheat.
50 lbs. middlings. 60 Ibs. oats.
50 lbs. ground oats. 50 Ibs. barley.
Ration No. 6.
100 lbs. corn meal. 100 lbs. cracked
26 lbs. bran. com.
J 5 lbs. middlings. 60 lbs. wheat
20 ibs. meat scrap. 60 lbs. oats.
HOW MANY SEEDS IN POUND?
United States Department of Agricul
ture Makes Count of Number in
Various Kinds of Grasses.
Counts to determine the relation
between the number of grass seeds to
the pound nnd the number of pounds
required per acre to assure n good
stand of grass, have been made by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. In general the flne-seeded
grasses require fewer pounds of seed
to the acre than do the coarse-seeded
varieties.
The work of the department shows
that timothy on the average has 1,200,-
000 seeds In a pound. Kentucky blue
grass has 2,400,000 nnd Redtop, 4,000,-
000, while Sudan grass has only 50,-
000. Orchard grass has 500,000; Can
ada blue grass, 2,700.000; tall meadow
grass, 150,000; meadow fescue, 240,-
000; foxtail millet. 200,000; sheep’s
fescue, red fescue, 500,000
seeds; Italian rye grass, 280,000;
perennial rye grass, 280,000; and Ber
muda grass, 1,800,000.
Timothy usually is seeded at the
rate of 15 pounds to the acre; Ken
tucky blue glass, 14 to 18 pounds;
Redtop, 10 pounds; and Bermuda
grass, 5 pounds. Orchard grass Is
usually sown at the rate of 25 pounds
to the acre; Canada blue grass, 15
pounds; and tall meadow oat grass,
40 pounds. Meadow fescue requires
25 pounds to the acre; foxtail millet,
12 to 25 pounds; sheep’s fescue, 28
pounds; nnd red fescue, 30 pounds.
Italian rye grass Is sown nt the rate
of 30 to 40 pounds pet acre; peren
nial rye gross, 30 pounds; and Sudan
grass, 12 to 2b pounds per acre.
There are some 6,000 distinct spe
cies of cultivated and wild grasses In
the world but only about 20 of these
are of importance In the United
States.
DECREASE IN GRAIN CROPS
Reports Indicate Smaller Yields of
the Principal Cropa in Eng
land and Wales.
The production of wheat in England
nnd Wales for 1922 is estimated by
the British ministry of agriculture to
be 03,040,000 bushels from an area of
1,960,000 acres, according to a recent
cablegram from the London represent
ative of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This estimate
is 6,736,000 bushels less than the es
timated production lost year.
The area sown to barley was re
ported ns 1,862,000 acres and the yield
as 40,720.000 bushels, compared with
42,472,000 bushels last year. The oats
area was given as 2,161.000 acres and
oats production as 74.320,000 bushels,
compared with 80,264,000 bushels last
year.