Show seed worry over outlook for corn damage from freelin freezing g still in doubt chinch bug threat seen supplied by the college of agriculture university of illinois service threats ot of a serious seed corn situation Itu atlon brought on by record freezes jeeves dominate the outlook shua tion lon for corn as farmers look forward ward to tho the planting season earlier in the season before the record winter had bad taken its toll in seed a slightly increased acreage of corn was in prospect tor for tho the country given normal weather conditions in the spring how much the seed corn in some states will alter this prospect is not known likewise the full extent of the chinch bug threat cannot be measured until a more accurate checkup can be made of what the record winter has done to these pests one of the relatively new outlets for corn as farmers plan their 1930 1926 is the distilled spirits in justry which used more aba than bushels or about tour four fifths of I 1 per cent of the crop in 3 5 and promises some additional although not large increase in 1930 1936 tills years corn crop will follow a domestic harvest of bushels in 1035 which was about SO per cent of the 1928 1129 32 average the increase of WO over 1931 1031 production was partly the result of 0 an increase but more so of better acre yields last year illinois increased its corn acreage over that in 1931 by about 11 per cent but the 1935 1015 acreage was aas still 17 per cent less e than the 1923 1928 32 average the 1935 1937 production of corn in illinois was bushels more than the low harvest of 1934 1034 but more than bushels less than the 32 2 uve five year average aie rage weighing ban he heavily aIly in in advance drance plan for the years corn crop Is the fact that feed supplies and the number of farm animals are now in the best balance in several years with no more live stock than there are now and with normal yields yi elds from an acreage of corn as large as last years there might easily be a surplus of corn and the danger of low prices plans for tills this years corn crop are affected somewhat by the fact that although the quality of the 1933 1035 harvest wins was generally good tile the crop was poor in some sections of the country soft corn must necessarily be utilized for feed or otherwise consumed before warm spring weather furthermore it must be fed more liberally than sound corn to produce the same result |