Show BUSINESS SHOULD BE IMPROVING One of the most competent of ot writers on business conditions finds in the present harvest harvest much to to in indicate In- In Indicate indicate a general improvement throughout the country In re re- reviewing revIewing reviewIng viewing the tho crop conditions he of of- offers offers fers this encouraging analysis Official estimate of the value of the agricultural production Is Ia made on the bass basis of December 1 prices In Iu the past two j years ears crops crops' exclusive of or those those fed f d to animals together with livestock and animal products have amounted to an av av- average average ay- ay of ot It is safe sate to say now that this average will be maintained and probably exceeded The Tho assurances assurances' of or this is all that business can ask from front agricultural production lon Crops are never neer ne er dis evenly over the whole country But the distribution this year ear Is s equitable those equitable those hose sections that did not fare are well a year ago will wm have more money this season beason While the cotton colton crop does not ot approximate ap ap- approximate ap- ap approximate proximate that tha of 1927 present In let Indications indications are that its money value to the tho producers win will m be bo from front to more than the crop of 1327 1927 19 7 Corn prices at Chicago are arc about 15 per cent high higher er or than a year yur ago azo while the tho oti official cial estimate Is for a crop less than 2 per cent below bolow the previous one For Tor the most part port farm Income from corn comes in the form of ot livestock and its products Cattle are bringing prices that are records for all times except those of the war period Hogs have been moving ing log up from the low 10 point of June The monthly average at Chicago was 1050 This is under the average av average of a year ear ago but should show liow profit In feeding corn There Is nothing at present in the situa situa- situation situation situation tion to indicate any falling off of in Inthe inthe the livestock returns Wheat prices are lower than a year ear ago but the entire crop should give the farmers farmers farmers' as much money as the former one Tho The northwest has lisa a splendid wheat heat crop Only Onh twice In history has It been exceeded and those I times were during the European I war That section of the country seems favored above all others this season in all crops Some of those states are lire also heavy heLvy feeders of ot livestock and therefore will market mar market ket their feedstuffs to good an ad tage Their farm income will be bo measurably larger than a year jear ear ago For some years jears ears the purchasing ing log power of ot the farm dollar has ranged below cents If If in the present crop year jear It works nearer the top lop so as to give the producer a a. profit without injustice to the consumer business big and little should rejoice with the farmers even as they rejoice now at the improved crop outlook |