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Show IVKAT THE CORN MARKET DiO IN 1925 nCn0UC'trLWEEKLY TREN0. 0F CASH C0RN PRICES "ECEIPTSI TOTAL AT CHICAGO JAN FEBMARftPR MAY JUN JUL! AUG SE p OCT iNOvlDFr ,PJllARy IN BUSHELS 5 j j 9,750,000 ; 9.000000 ll'ji II U 8,250,000 f l sis $U5 i ! U PRICES , M ,ennn.n 1 j Hlr -i ' -jf- IrlPMoo l-Aifl il I It 6,750,000 . j Lj-Lj. H f ft . 5.250,000 U j I J !fY .500,000 1 LI I I )ij I 3.750,00Q 854 receipts! ; i I 1 rji 1 Vk 1 '2 j ; m Jk 3.000,000 'i ntti'?!-" - XJ LlifyJ 2,250,000 ' vvl.lwl Ittai 'J I I I I I ' 5E ARS-ROEBUC K AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATjN 1,500,000 'TP WEXTV pe. cent more corn was produied in liJiiG Uiuu .in -iccortl 'K to f'e corn survey of the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation An increased production of 587.S3C00O bushels brings the 1925 figure to 2 900 -,81 OHO bushels. This, plus the carry-over of 1924, makes the general marketMlilp 1925 corn crop of 2.901,581,000 bushels the largest in five years While 'the corn crop was nearly a failure in the Southwest and the aTernge yield was low In almost the entire cotton beit. the corn belt itself, In practically all sec tlons north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, produced an excellent crop of fine quality. The large excess production, however, and the fact that there is fewer live stock on the farms and some curtailment In feeding operations have made corn plentiful and low in price. Prices dropped steadily from the top price In January of $1.32 to R2 cents in November in Chicago. Receipts fluctuated violently vio-lently with an up-turn grade beginning In October. , The United States Is the corn nation of the world, producing 7o"perent of the entire crop. New uses fur cum promise to Increase consumption of this grain appreciably. Particularly significant Is the manufacture of corn sugar, which is increasing in commercial importance. |
