, 1873-06-02
CORN.


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Prospects OF t1ao Crop.
osAnoA, ILL.,, May 81, 1879.
h ths Editor qr Tho Chicago Tribune:
B1R. notice, In your Issue OF yesterday, an
EXTRACT from d lotter from Eureka, which charges
homebody with trying to got up Boaro On corn.
Having oxprcBaed m opinion in your columns
yesterday, will say fow words moro OH tho
subjeot
"A grain-lcnlor, on rcading tho said extract, OK
claimed, In my lcnrfngs s1ll bot that follow
Ina sold short" However that nay be, pre-
Huno ho may havo told very noarly tho truth 40
far as Ills locality is concerned (though 1t may DO
slightly colorel by hia manner of expressing it),
as Eureka Ia located In n higl-rolling, woll-
drained soction; but tho writor will not clatm
that Eureka furnishes tho ontiro cor1-supply.
:Thoro ia no doubt but q large portion OF tho
marketable corn Is still IN tho hands Of tho farm-
ers; and, II wo 'nro to lavo q short crop Of
corn. truBt 1t will remain With them until they
realize tho natural and inevitable appreciation
of valuoB resulting thorefrom. Tho farmors aro
tho ones WHO most mood, and aro bost entitled
to, any advance In prices TINT may result from
amy shortage, as they will 10 tho lending sulfor-
ora from failure of crops, and aro heavily In
debt for what they 1ayo on hand. It is for tho
heat good Of all olaasos that tho farmers roailzo
all they can. Mechanics, merchants, and donlers
OF all kinds, aro staggering under tho burden Of
carrying them; aud, If they roallzo hotter
pricca, thcy can pay moro dobts, and atl kinds
Of busInoas will be proportionatoly relieved;
% to aaa the @
vance accrleB to tho doalore and epooulators,
tho benefits to business gonorally and tho State
will be comparatively small. I do not say that
tho few encouraging reports from different Reo-
tionB aro prompted by doalors to got up q scare
f]guros, but do hopo that viii not DO tho result,
and am froo to say that prefer TINT tho farm
ere should realize tho ndyanco, II my occurs.
There may be 5o,0oo.o00 bushels Of corn to
como to market. II 30, overy cent per busho!
advance means $500, 900 and tho most direct
liz farmer 3rat. So aGviso tho farmers to hold
on to their corn for tho prcsont. But to tho
point at issue:
Our Town-Asseasor informed mo yesterday
posed corn-land is plowed at this date;; He has
had good chance to ascertain tho actual aitua-
Il wished to show up tho darkest sido,
have Just begun to plow for corn for instance,
last "Wednesday, woll-to-tlo farmer told mo ho
wished to plant 150 acres Of corn, but had just
begun to ,plow that morning the 2sth): a
friend told mo Of QUO Of Ills netghbors who
planted 200 acros In corn last yoar, and ho had
hot turned f1,rrow up to last Tuesday.
"A reliable man from IN adjoining township
told mo yesterday that not more than ono acre
In twenty .yas planted in tint township md
aucA cases could DO giyen I'D ibitum. Doubtlesa
the farmers SEQ tho darkest Bide things will
turn out somewhat botter than they anticipated,
for many nre fearing total 1aa1o ,i3 but at tho
4 gentleman from this plnco took q little trip
this wook, and ho reports, from Chicago to To-
ono eHa around Sta4 t. ; poomHge 9t and FS 9hs
road, - evorythns @ Is backward; pSsas arc fuli
old stalks standing in tho helda; !; but a small
portion of the land plowed, &c. This includoB a
tract Of country equal to about 100 lulcs square,
or 10 900 square nlilos out OF tho most produc-
tive portion Of tho great corn.bole. From AT
lanta to Chonoa OH tho Alton d st. Louis Rail-
road, he reports tho condition as much botter,
and prospects fair; corn nearly all planted. 20.
one idea should bo borno In mind, to-wit tho
lands that can't bo planted until very late, II at
all, aro those that .givo the largest yield, md
honce the avorago will DO greatly reduced: :.
that Of laat year. with favorable Weather; he but
eau wo expect everything favorable9 Yesterday
wo had soverl houra' hard rain, clearing Oh
ground so full OF water, q vory nttlo rain stops
work, and woods will grow whether corn does o.
Our pralrics will stand dry Weather; I havt
any rain from planting time to harvest; but tor
much rain caaseB entire falureB, and, II wo havt
not started in we'll for wet soason, am not q
judge. "
OF corn means In Illinois. In 1870 I saw a1
estimate in THE TRIBUNE Qrom tho United stato!
Statistics, I thinl) pluclng tho corn-crop Of
Illinois for that year at 256 00o, 900 buahcla. L
recent issue TIE TRIBUNE puts tho crop Of 187.
at 200, ,0Oo, 600. Ind thought the crop Of 1877:
about tho same rs that Of 1870, but smaller than
1871. But, putting the crop (ayerago OF thret
yearB) at 200, 600, QUO bushels por nnnun, half
crop means LOO, 100000 bushels.
estimate tho amount Of our surplus for mar.
kot (oror what is ted at home) to lie about ono
fourth to one-third tho whole crop. Calling /
ono-third, NO shall hayo consumed at homo 133,
100000 bushels, and had for aale 67,000, ,00(
bueho1s, por annum. With half a crop for th'
coming season, We should need to draw on OIL
iea7ng only 100000 or 81, ,oo6, ,o9o bushels, 10
rnarket for this year and next; Or In other words
ne shall havo LOO, 600 bushels Of corn loss tt
market In tho no1t two years thnn we hay
marketed during tho paat two years.
haVo been gradually aocnrnu1ating tho Burplu
for three yours past, aud that no have muo
moro corn Oh hand than one year ago. thini
this is mistake. There aro q few lots Of OIL
corn on hand, but can find but very fow farm
ers who report az much corn on hand as o yea
"A few days Of this cold weathor, and corn vii
rot in the ground A continuation Of we
weather, aud the crop cannot bo cultivated
Only with the most favroable weather can "
expect even half as much rs the average for tn
three past years. So repeat tile Mivico
farmorH: Hold your corn till you got what it coz
you to raiao 1t. IRoQUoIa.
BILLIARD EXHIBITION.
a feW hours wero spent worry pleasantly
Foloy's last evening, by q number Of lailicH on