Show THE CORN CROP CHOP WE ARE far enough along now to get a pretty good idea of about how the nations corn crop la Is going to turn out and since the entire country lg Is vitally interested in this crop and much of its prosperity depends upon it nothing could be ot of greater interest according to government forecasts this years production of corn will be the lowest since the disastrous drought of 1901 when the yield fell to bushels the government estimates the yield this year at bushels a little below the lean years of 1924 and 1912 tn in 1001 1901 hot bot winds served to play havoc with the yield this year the reduction Is attributed to the cold wet spring which prevailed in practically every one of the corn growing states of the nation while better prices will serve to offset the crop shortage to a certain extent it must be remembered that thousands of farmers raise corn totted to teed to hogs and feeding high priced corn to hogs that increased in price proportionately Is a money moncy losing venture those tn in position to know state that they do not expect to see corn much below the dollar a bushel marls mark for some time to come but bui even at this price those who grow it solely tor for hog fattening purposes will have a hard time keeping on the tight right side of the ledger however lt it may serve the good purpose of demon that even a short crop Is better than overproduction over production and future plantings may be carried on along more conservative serva tive lines |