The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-18
CORN TO BE KING AGAIN.

Torn Will assume Its old title of
king of American crops this year.
We have had some enormous crops
in the past, hut the largest of all
that of lS9l--will be surpassed
by the one D0w in the field. That
at least, is the way things look at
present. Never before in the his
tory of the country has this cereal
looked more promising i'm July than
it is to-day. Rains may beat whole
fields of it down. Floods and
winds may dO Il great deal of dam
age in localities. Chinch bugs
may reduce the yield here and there.
Drouth too may come, but making
due allowance for all probable los .
ScS from these and other causes, we
can hardly fail to produce more
corn than we ever did before from
IA single year crop.
i Our largest acreage of corn here
tofore was in 1S9l-76. 2O4 900
acres. The average yield per acre
was - bushels, the highest we
have had in many years. if not in
the whole history of the country.
I The total yield was .O6O. l54 600
huShels-over 4OO, 900. .OOO bushels
more than the next highest. This
wear ; crop covers 81 BOA 600, acres.
We have, therefore, an advantage
Of over 5000, 600 acres. Com
pairing the conditions of the two
crops in the field on the LIST of
July, aS reported by the Agricul-
tural Department. We find this
years average 99.3 and that of IS-
81 only 92.S. We can lose 10
points III condition and still pro
duce the largest corn crop ever
grown III amy country.
Present estimates based on ac-
erage and condition of crops as
given in the last Government re-
port make this years WELD over
200, ,OO0,O bushels ~ almost
double last years production. Ii
seems impossible for any combi-
nation of disasters To happen that
will reduce the total WELD to last
year Sproduction. In many sections
the crop Is now practically beyond
the danger line. If the condition
OF the entire crop averaged over %
two weeks ago, it does TODAY.
What ever damage has been done
Is confined to few localities and
will not materialally affect the gen
eral average.
Iowa heads the list of states i'm
acreage with s. ..JO4 900 acres. and
the condition of her crop is ~
ported to be- 100. Kansas i a
good second with S,426. 900 acres
IN almost aS good condition. aver
aging lO4. Kansas crop is well
advanced and she may be counted
on to produce the largest ever
grown west of Missouri. Another
state that Is likely to beat her rec
ord as a corn producer is NebraS
ka. The condition of her cropay-
erages % and she has nearly 8. OOO-
600 acres.
Missouri will probably take
fourth prize in total yield, although
her acreage is little below that Of
Illinois. Missouri has 6.6I3.OOO
and Illinois 6,S22 900 acres in
corn this year so far this States
crop looks better than our neigh
bOr'S, though each averages well
The condition of Illinois crop i
placed at % and that of Missouri :
at lO9. No state except Texas has
a finer looking crop at this time
than Missouri. Unless all signs
fan more corn will be produced in
tins state from our growing crop
than was ever grown here in sin
gle year before.
Texas, the queen of cotton
states, promises some day to lead
also as corn producer. Her corn
crop seldom fails. No crop eve~