The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-09

Gals give these figures. after having made
liberal allowance for damage from grass
hoppers, hot winds and other natural in
fluenees that ought to be reckoned with.
The railroad men, as well as the farm
ers, are beginning to worry, for 1t Is 60
ing to be a serious problem to get cars
enough to transport the crops. The I'm
ion Pacific. the Burlington and other
roads for several weeks lave been leas-
ing or borrowing all the cars they can
get, and there is a prospect that this will
result in a car famine, so far as the re-
mainder of the country is concerned.
Throughout Minnesota and the Dako-
tas the wheat crop is reported to be sim
ply gigantic, aud thus far Throughout all
that vast country only in one or two re-
gions Of small area have u~nfavorablo
weather conditions affected the grain.
The product Of the great corn belt, which
extends from Illinois through Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, Is equally large.
One OF the corn kings In Kansas,
Frank M. Baker, through whose eleva-
tors passes 10 inconsidcrable part of the
crop along the Union Pacifc's central
branch, sal, In his Office at Atchison and
did some immense figuring on the now
maturing crop. He showed that 1t would
take 10000 cars to movo this crop. That
means $500 trains.
When Mi. Baker figures on 10000 cars
to move this years crop from the 30 sta
tons of 1.-THE corn road of Kansas" he
counts only that proportion Of the crop
which win naturally go to market as
corn. One-third of the corn raised in
the territory considered will be fed to
- E-l. a Tft.~ .o~-otrsaa fxrA-4hfrIc
will go in original form.
Fortunately for the peace of mind Of
the transportation people the demand
for the 10000 cars will be well distribut-
ed. The farmers will begin picking in
October and shclling in November. They
will be at it all winter and into next
March. The moving of the crop will be-
gin in November, and it will continue I'M
til next summer, taxing the ability of
the officials to furnish cars. When hot
weather comes again, half Of this great
crop, Mr.. Baker estimates, will still re-
main a reserve in the handss9f the farm
ers and of the local dealers along the
road.
All sorts Of yarns about huge corn
stalks are being circulated. One Is to the
effect that on a farm in western Kansas
is a single stalk which haunts Its feathery
tassel 1G feet above the ground in which
its roots are sunk. Tales Of corn pickers
who have broken their necks by falling
from lofty cornstalks may soon be ex-
pected.
The chief outward exposition Of Joy
over the big corn harvest will find vent
Ut the great corn carnival which, Is to be
held in Atchison beginning Sept q. The
city will be decorated, and corn in a
myriad Of forms viii be employed. In
dividual ingenuity Is given full play. The
business houses vie with each other In
elaborate devices to do honor to the
great cereal. Then there are corn cos
tunes. Last year 1000 people clad In
garments and headgear devised from
corn walked the streets.
The king Of the carnival rides In a
chariot under a canopy Of ~cornstalks
drawn by horses. over tho heads Of which
nod great pluines of husks. His army Is
battalion after battalion Of marching
corn shocks. Nothing more novel was
ever seen In a street parade than 200
corn shocks marshaled In companies and
moving in time behind Che chariot Of the
king.