| Show I. I FIVE LEADING GRAIN r CROPS SHOW BIG GAIN I I CHICAGO HICACO BANK ISSUES REPORT Yield Estimated at Bushels in Excess of That of Last Y Year ar CORN STILL REMAINS KING KINGI I Country Said to Be in Position to Feed F ed All Europe if Necessary I The following is a general summary of or the annual crop record of ot the Continental Continental Continental Con Con- and Pond Commercial National bank banI o of Chicago ft MM t M M f f M fT M t I M It t M ft f M I H Ii YIELDS nELDS t Crop Estimated 1915 4 q 4 Wheal t Bushels Corn orn Bushels 1 4 Ota Oat Bushels 4 Rye tTe 4 Bushels 4 Barley 2 Bushels 44 4 I 4 K- K KHay H Hay y Tons r rf Cotton CoLton I. I Bales Dt t t f f t t f f t H-f H I M 4 H i 4 f M t M 4 The prod production notion of ot tho the five Ive leading gralli ln crops of ot tho the country countr surpasses year years cars b by over ocr bushels in the tho aggregate ate is tho the largest In tho country's history possibly not In InI I n yield per pcr acre but in gross nn amount the increase In acreage giving the unusual record In production Tho summer hr vests have havo beon Attended with great difficulty in mAn many sections on account of tho frequent Ir rains ains and for tor this reason moro more than I laud I caro care has been used In gathering I the crops an and tho stimulation of or the igli prices that resulted from tho the war w las caused extra exertions to bo put orth forth by the farmer Jarmer to secure his The harvest of or wheat and oats f 18 s completed over oyer two-thirds two of ot the I area urca and tho final stages stag of or tho the ripen ripen- ng period have havo been passed In the portion of ot tho the countr country Only tho corn remains subject to about a month of ot growth and the estimates of ot our corro correspondents pon are aro based baRed on the Harvests este completed and under wa way to together to to- gether ether with estimates of ot re- re of ot the tha growing crop based on the present condition Bushel Wheat brat Crop In country's For or the tho first time Hmo tho the tho the wheat heat crop tops a sl billion bushels The Tho high of last years year's on that lond d with tho the early earh weeks ki- ki kit of t- t tho tho- tho war war- war with tho h tho certainty that wheat would bo be needed in largo I quantities for tor export caused the acre acre- ago aso o of tho the fall Town wheat to be lar largely large large- ch c- c ly h Increased tho the countr country over o Also further additional land was seeded in inthe inthe the tho northwestern states this spring for tor tho late wheat harvests and yet yot ot this acreage on account of or the lateness of ot otlIe the lIe pring in that region and the unfavorable unta- unta weather for Jar field work during most of ot the tho se seeding Un period was ns less than had been contemplated Our reports show a n. total acreage of ot In wheat a a. gain of ot near nearly acres over oer year car Tho yield is 18 given us us' us as ns bushels comparing with tho the final gov- gov OV fl figures ures for tor last year ar of ot bushels on the smaller area The rue average yield I ld per acre Is about bout the name arne as last year ear the tho increase being Jn In tho the acreage Winter Inter wheat yields Ields a total of ot bushels and spring wheat heat bushels There Thero Is a loss oss of two and n one half bushels on on tho average yield leId of ot winter whiter wheat anda and andl a n gain aln of or six bushels per vel acre acro in the spring wheat re region lon Tho winter wheat crop was matei materially mate mate- i I cut down by tho the bad harvest j weather and antI as a large percentage of or i the crop has not yet et been threshed omo some further loss ma may develop but ItIs it itis is js likely to be bo in tho direction of ot quality Sty ity rather rether than quantity Tho The crop will not be as good for tor milling purposes as usual the tho rainy w ather leaving an anI excess of ot moisture In the grain and I the delay e r. r in n threshing l Ing adding to the tho flower quality j j Tho The spring wheat harvest has not noth h been en so subject to unfavorable unta weather er r and tho yield while high in quantity quantity quan quan- tit promises to bo be equally equall high h In Duality BO so that on tho the whole the tho entIre entire en- en tIre wheat crop i is 11 about an e avrea-e Jn iSn Its milling character Yields In tho the winter wheat t region have been excellent excel excel- lent for tor three thre successive years Ir while the tho ho spring wheat crop equals that of ot 1912 for tOI yield per pel nero acro and ana follows two years ears of ot small yield leId and consequent de depression de- de among tho thu farmers in that section Surplus Enough for En rope Last years year's crop of bushels bush bush- els lS gave Bravo an exportable surplus of ot bushels hels and at nt th tha highest at which wheat at had b ben been n sold Ince tho the season Beason of at 1897 1891 Thin Thlu year OAr a n. supply of ot the tho old crop of ot G.- G. 1 bushels less the tho p-es p present nt crop Ica on em last years year's ears ear's basis basla would provide an exportable of ot surplus bush- bush ell or four firths of at th the total amount by tho the Importing countries rl Inthe in inthe inthe the so season on which ended with August t 1 Tho The country is therefore In a position to feed all nIl of at Europe If It it lieu Id become bo- bo como come necessary I However the thc conditions which save gave this country Its big crop operated opera In I. I Canada to raise its exportable c surplus bushels and and with a t. t l lug rop crop forecast In Australia th the first st country countr of ot tho the southern hemisphere to toI harvest I cst r the present season the tho sup supplies sup sup- plies JUc for tor Europe are more than ample and 1101 there thoro is no reason renson to expect the Marco largo return realized upon tho the crop atthe of at the previous season The Tho higher cost of ot wheat t last season sea sen- son affected our own people as wen well I us as those of ot Europe and while tho the thoi money i of or tho exported i surplus figured moro mora largely in the tor foreign I trade than tijan that of ot any an other product r C tho the country countr the tho high h price at home II at itt a a. period when work worl was as scarce I weighed heavily upon the bulk of or the population The large e crops in tho the ex exporting ext ox- ox t porting countries this year yeal assure cheaper hellum bread a 1 reduction In the con CORt I of ot living 11 and a. a larger expenditure for tor- products of ot tho the manufacturers For the first time in many years e the south needed considerable lm land to wheat and ho tho results fairly good somo sarno of tho states showing yields Ields wheat region I as ns high hl-h as tho central and while tho the quantity is not r ll large e. e it has shown tho the planter that diversification lI tion of ot crops 10 it feasible and that hIRland hIR land nd will grow row foodstuffs as ns well as ascot cot cotton t 0 fl Lar Large e Crop Tho oats crop Is I. the second largest Jarest of ot record tho the yield per aero acm falling helo below 1912 and that t through the bad weather eather at harvest time In tho the principal principal principal pal states stateR in tho the central re region lon ElsewherE Else Else- wherE tho yield Iel Is up to the tho previous phenomenal measure Tho The average a per acre is 34 bushels an and our correspondents corre corro- give a n. total acreage harvested harvested har bar vested or ready for or harvest of ot 30 which Is acres under tho the amount reported seeded by hy the tho agricultural a deportment department at t Washing Washing- ton Tho The crop i is 18 estimated at 1 bushels or ot bushels bush buSh- els over that of ot last year car L Like ko wheat tho the oat crop suffered from rainy weather at harvest time and quality has been Impaired more moro than quantity In Komo omo sections harvesting was W at attended attended atton at- at ton tended d with great difficulty and has h been delayed up to t this ls time Um in man many sections The acreage e evan van wan over o last year ear b by I- I of ot which tho the south contributed el elfair f. f fair portion Tho strong demand tar for or oats by Europe last st season has hns caused a. a z general exhaustion of ot the theold theold 01 old crop and as the tho oat harv harvests ts fI Abroad d axe ate again poor tho the exports are lIkel to run large and with tho the ne- ne c t 0 of replenishing depleted d stocks tn In n Roll nil positions tho more mora bushels will not Hot bo be a very en serious drag upon the tho marketing of or the crop Brighter Weather weeded Needed X Corn Corn tile tho great crop of ot tho country coun coun- try Is try Is still In the making tho cold weather w which developed lato iato in th tho spring when tho the planting of ot the crop B set t In not only delayed operations but dwarfed early carh growth th The Tho continuous rains of May anI and Juno added to the difficulties attending tho the care cale of ot the tho growing crop and the summer mid t temperature without nn any warm weather eath eather er or except in tho the extreme south has hu seriously interfered with tho the proper development of ot tho the plant Tho The condition condition condition con con- Is excellent In the tho central states thou though h there thero aro are sections where the overflow o of ot streams caused c much Injun in- in jury lury Cultivation is not as ns perfect as usual and this may ma later on on affect the yield In uIn the northern portion of at the tho belt the tho prospects are not very Yen bright and andt It t will take tako a lon long and warm autumn to maturo mature tho the crop Our correspondents correspond correspond- cats have havo taken en these things into consideration consideration con con- in making their local estimates estimates esti esti- mates and thoy theY report the prospect of ot a crop of ot bushels on an aWa aren of ot acres which is Js a million acres in excess of ot that reported by br tho the government correspondents at nt tho outset of tho summer On this acreage e tho estimate Is for tor a crop of or bushels more than last year wh which which ch would woul give tho the second largest crop of or record ThA uncertainty of ot tho the final yield Is In tho the weather during tho the fall tall months Henry flen Enrico Earing Reported One of ot tho the compensations of ot tho the unfavorable un- un favorable climatic conditions is la re reported resorted re- re port sorted ported d In tho ulu unusual amount of at ear- ear re-I re ing ng in the tile good fields ls two to three ears appearing on a stalk where there usually has beon been one ono ear The moisture in tho the soil son has lias given ghen the plant more mOle than ordinary vigor Igor and with a fair amount of or sunshine from now T on on the estimated yield will be bemore bemore bemore more than fulfilled The uTho south has hns been boen chiefly bIo blo lo for tor tho the large largo increase of ot acreage OVe last year r. totaling of ot which acres was contributed by tho the cotton states Tho The south has always been more or less lean a grow corn corn corn- rowIn row row- In ing ng section and when tho the necessity of ot reducing the area of or cotton became ap apparent apparent apparent ap- ap parent it was natural that tho the l people ople should turn to the one crop crp of ot which they have havo full knowledge of ot cultivation atlon and ample facilities for tor harvesting and marketing The crop In that section Is made and Is being harvested The Tho yield in nearly ever every state Is up to the large arge avera average o of ot recent years although only about half holt that of tho corn grown rown In n tho the heavier soils of ot tho north There Theres Is s only ono one section complaining of ot drouth covering a a. portion of or tho the Gulf Gult states where corn was M hurt somewhat but when considered with tho the entire southern crop the th Injury was small Tho The south adds bush bushels cIs to toler her ler corn crop antI and anI Is IE in a position to marl market et some somo of ot tho the surplus in the northern states Tho The previous two years of or small corn production has pretty well cleaned up the tho country's surplus supply and ana the now new crops at nt tho increased volume Is not likelY to be bo burdensome Small nn nn Barley has sustained Its record with an estimated yield of ot 22 bushels bushels bush bush- els comparing with bushels last year car The Tho crop cro ha hrut has mostly been harvested under favorable con conditions as the bulk of ot It Is grown In the northwestern north north- western states and on the tho Pacific coast The demand Is always up to the crop supply and with o a fair export In Inquiry In- In Wiry tho the market Is an assured oneat one Of at tit tho minor grains rye Te has been as prominent as S wheat heat In the worlds world's price market and ond the crop this year ear Is Isan isan an excellent on one Tho The acreage Is al always always al- al ways was small In this country because of or tho the light requirement and last year I was 9 the first that an export demand I developed Farmers however made I very pry little effort to increase tho acreage acreage acre acre- age tho the crop crep being estimated at 45 bushels versus bushels last year oar liar flay Crop Good GooeL Both the tho 0 acreage and yield of ot hl hay wore larger this season than last The crop for tor two years had been badly hurt b by drouth drenth and supplies had beon well run down Clown when the tho season opened I The cool sprint spring and tho the rains gave sao a luxuriant lux lux- growth the country over and heavy y crops wore harvested harvest d In sections that l have a bt big yield Tho The quality ity IW W WOE was somewhat Impaired b by by tho ex excessive ox- ox c f moisture and the tho difficulty In curing but tho the volume i h Is so largo large as asto asto asto to leave ll no doubt of or a n. surplus to bo be carried on the tho farms The estimate IB Is for fOI tons comparing with Ith 70 tons last year oar The forage tora-o cro crops a of at the semiarid res regions Ions of or the west were never so good as this year Cotton Acreage Reduced cJ The war upset the cotton grower last lat summer Just as he was preparing to gather the lar Largest est crop of ot record The worlds world demand had been heen increasing lag ing rapidly for tor some Jomo years and crops which In previous periods had burdened burdened bur bur- donld the market wore were taken nt st In Increasing increasing In- In creasing prices Europe Europe 2 n s the tho chief consumer of ot cotton and tho the United States grows three-fourths three of 0 th the commercial com com- mercial supply of ot the world The out out- break of the tho war demoralized tho ex export export ex- ex port trade and the now crop was vas sellIng selling sell- sell Ing Ing- Ingon on the plantations at less than coat of ot production In tho fall months When the tho warring naU nations ns settled down to changed conditions tho the ex export export export ex- ex port trade developed and the price advanced advanced advanced ad ad- to a a. barely barcly remunerative bu bunot but not a a. profitable point Tho The total exports exports ex ex- ex- ex ports at t the en end of or the season Augus Augus 1 wore I-wore wore only bales less than the previous year but the crop having been in excess of bale bales the south has nearly nearh bales to carry Int Into this season on The area In cotton was curtailed d 16 per Iler cent cont am and tho the use lse of fertilizers cut in halt half with the tho result that tho the present outlook on our estimate Is for tor a a. crop around 10 10 bales b The Tho continuance of ot the tho war wIll wll maintain last seasons season's demand as tho the use of tho the staple for tor explosives is ts as large as the disuse |
