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Show YOAKUM SAYS CROPS WILL BE FAIRLY GOOD NEW YORK. Aug. 1, B, P. Yoakum, president of the St. Louis & San Francisco Fran-cisco Railroad company, gave it as his belief tonight, on his return from a short western trip, that tho crop yields this year will bo about those of last year, despite damage In some quarters. "Anxiety over crop reports from the southwestern states has greatlj' subsided." sub-sided." he said, "on account of good rains. This year's Kansas wheat crop Is estimated esti-mated at 07,000.000 bushels, against S7.-000.000 S7.-000.000 bushels last year, but largo crops of hay and oats will probably bring the tola! crop yield of that state up to last year's figures." |