The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-28
The Years Crops.

The Agricultural Bureaus estimate of
this years corn crop differs widely from
some private estimates, The average per-
centage reported by the government is
based on only about so per cent of the total
acreage, the other 20 per cent having been
cut for fodder. The government estimate
Of the total yield Is, therefore, only little
more than loo, 900, 900 bushels instead Of
l 1884. .600, 900 as at first reported by sew
eral papers. Private estimates are nearly
all higher. The Cincinnati Price Current
figures out yield OF | 500, 900, 900 bushels
from Its reports. This is only little be-
low last years crop, which amounted to
1918, ,496, ,0OC bushels. The probability Is
that the yield will be between these
amounts, somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of 300, ,000, 900 bushels. Nebraska
has suffered the most, and Iowa and
Kansas next. Iowa's crop will, however,
be about 10000, 900 bushels, according to
the report of the Agricultural Bureau Of
that state. which is scme 100000 above
the Washington estimate.
QMissou9i ranks with Ohio above Min
nesota, Michigan land Wisconsin, but
there is this difference between our state
and Ohio: Although tie latter will ra'se
nearly 10 per cent more corn this year
than she did last and Missouri about 80
per cent less than she did
in 1898, our crop will be considerably
larger than 0hios. The increase in the
crops east, south and southwest Of us will
almost make up for the shortage west,
north and northwest. Indiana's crop
will be 30.O00,e00 bushels larger this year
than it was last. While a gccd deal of
corn has been cut for fodder in illinois.
there is enough left TO give the state a big
ger crop than she produced hast year.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas
will all have good corn crops this year.
II corn we're our only crop, the country
would be no worse of ths year than it
has been several times before within the
last 20 years, and only little better Of
than it vas in 1887 and 1890. Fortunately
cur prosperity as nation does not depend
upon the success of any one crop. Every
year is bad one for some crop or other,
and we nave never had year in which all,
or even half. of our principal crops have
failed. Besides corn crop almost up to The
average. wehaye raised more wheat this year
than we did last, and the prospects are ex.
cellent for an increase in cur cotton, to-
bacco, oats and rye crops. Both cats and
re are in betterscondition than last year. 1
C ops were in September. Tobacco is
rl,ed at "a. 5 in the last Government re-
port, while last year the average in Sep.
timber was only 72.3.u Oats and rye ars
eleh 3 points above last years 6gures, and
cotton more than Q points,
Taken as a whole, therefore, cur crop:
are all tha, we could reasonably expect.
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Tennessee. Kentucky, and Illinois have
been especiall. favored, and they are al
States that do very considerable portion
OF their huying and selling In ST. Louis
The larger FortioG of cur oxn state ha,
had good crops on the whole. and north
Of Us Iowa iaised big crop of whea,
which Will make up, in part a, Least, for
her loss in corn st Louis Republic