| Show AUTHENTIC STATEMENT special to THE EXPRESS BADSON BABSON DISCUSSES THE 1953 CROP OUTLOOK DABSON BABSON PARK MASS ASS june 25 although it is too earl early in the season for roe me to make a comprehensive forecast of the 1053 crop prospects there are a afew few highlights that thalmay may be of 0 interest but first I 1 can say that as of june I 1 the outlook for most pt the country was fairly fairty good another bumper wheat C crop lop wheat crops of a b billion bushels el s or wore more have been commonplace in this country during recent years the 1053 1953 crop sh should id be no exception to the ru rule le the very poor outlook in certain d dry sections things would look V bright rig ht er r for the wheat farmer it if the otal total crop were smaller since storage space at the peak of the harvesting season will be at a premium this makes it biffl cult alt if it not impossible for some farmers armors to avail themselves of the government loan supplies of old crop wheat are also heavy this all adds up to burdensome total supplies for the season and may well presage some form of government control on 1954 production I 1 expect another relatively small rye cr crop this year perhaps ba ps moderately ey larger man than the 1952 outturn of bushels but well below the t tn year average of bushlen b bush les however it should suffice since imports from canada caned probably will take up any slack stack despite floods and other setbacks in the southern rice area another big crop Is 0 on n the way and will be needed to meet a good prospective domestic and export demand good corn and soybean clays IF last spring farmers 1 I 1 ed d that they intended to plant almost as much acreage to corn this year as in 1952 1932 when the final outturn amounted to bushel bushels the second largest corn crop on record although excessive rainfall and cool weather delayed plantings in a number of important areas the setback has been largely made up given favorable growing weather and no widespread read frost damage later on we should have another big corn crop this year toil this should bo good news to hog bog raisers ral sers since it should help to maintain a profitable corn hog ratio in the case of soybeans I 1 I 1 have very little as yet on which to base a reliable fore lore cast however private reports reaching me indicate that punted acreage acre aige thila year did not dur very much from that in 1832 1932 and that the crop la is developing well last lad years production amounted amouri ted to bushed bush elsi the second largest on record both soybeans and corn are we al marketed more or less heavily in to the tall fall for lack of storage place at that lime time I 1 expected downward pressure on prices of corn and soybeans cotton colton prospects at this early stage I 1 would not hazard a forecast as to tho the probably size ol 01 the 1953 US cotton crop p PLuit ings adly badly delm delayed in komu sections ti by ay inclement weather but my amy guess Is thai that cotton farmon got in a fairly largo large acreage n nevertheless ah the erwe support program alone offered them a good gow inducement to plant rather generously I 1 should not be at all surprised tf if this years crop clop turned out t to bo be well above average barring severe weevil or ather other damage following a big carryover or another large crop dv would necessitate more price support flaxseed is ar another bother oilseed crop the odds are that a fairly large crop is in the altering since farmers last spring expected to acreage 20 ier per cent I 1 am inclined to doubt however that the final outturn will come up to the ten year average of bushels large carryover stocks are am in harals chiefly in the form onn of linseed 1 I what about auturo prices prices of farm products have been declining sor ar move more than two years yean in fact they are am down per cent from january 1931 but still are mv 38 36 per W cent above june 1950 the month in which the korean war began nils this drop occurred despite government price drops continued large production dwi dwindling tufting exports and wa are a combination hard hwd to beat thua again ds the old law low of supply and demand confirmed farm fann prices primp in general will be under pressure this skimmer and fan tag but I 1 dont expect theato ther fito collapse farmen Flar merB dawd wa be able to buy all that they need although perhaps less than they want which may prove sai salutary lutary in the long run A new light bulb designed for killing insects has recessed pockets to hold insecticide the ile insecticide sect icide vaporizes vaporizer orizes when the b bulb gets hot and kills kith insects which fly around the light |
