The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-31
FOR BIGGER CORN YIELD.
Rrndstreets Reports show Probable
Increase.

Brndstreets Reports show Probable
Increase.
New York, Aug, 3o.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Late advices as to the probable corn
crop yield and as to the resulting eff
feet upon the general business of the
country have made for a rather saner
view of the subject than could have
been taken some six weeks or two
months ago. With the idea of getting
a clearer view of the actual situation
in the closing week of August Brad
streets sent inquiries to all it's officers
and correspondents, not only in the
surplus corn growing states. but in the
leading Middle and Southern states as
well.
A consolidation of the replies from
the seven surplus states of Iowa, KAN
sas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Indi-
ana and Ohio, percentages of increase
or decrease by states being based upon
the reported yields as indicated by the
Department of Agriculture. point to a
reduction in the yield of those states
of not far from $50, 100000 bushels from
year ago. Smaller decreases are like
wise indicated in the smaller corn-pfo-
ducing states, like Texas, Tennessee
and Kentucky, sufficient to swell the
shortage by perhaps 25,000,000 bushels.
Against this is to be noted larger pro-
ducts reported in such states as New
York, Maryland Virginia and South
Dakota, which, while not sufficient to
offset these decreases still limit the
fol inn off CO hot Oh -fafx x.f a.
exceed 5000. 900 bushels in the coun-
try's total crops is to be looked for. A
yield not less than 1.400, 000 900 bushels
is indicated for 1901, a drop of about 80
per cent. from a year ago.
Replies to the question of farm
prices bring out the fact that present
prices per bushel are fully 40 per cent.
higher than year ago. The farm
price for the entire United States a
year ago. as reported by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was in the neigh
borhood of SO cents, and 40 per cent.
increase in price would point to at least
81 cents per bushel being realized this
year, which. applied to a total yield of
l, 400, 600 900 bushels, would net total
return of about $715, zoe, 900 this year,
against $751; 100000 a year ago, a de-
crease of only $36.000,000, or less than
5 per cent.
Special interest, of course, attaches
to the answers as to the probable ef-
feet upon general business the coming
season of the shortage in corn, and IL
is in high degree encouraging to learn
that Bradstreets agents the country
over in the majority of instances look
for little that is hurtful to flow from
the corn shortage this year. The fact
seems to be that the agricultural inter-
ests are In pretty good shape at pres
ent. The wheat yield generally has
been good. in some districts very large,
and the prices received have been very
good. Those sections sending the poor
est corn crop reports, in fact, send the
best advices as to wheat yield and re-
turns.
The results of the inquiry are. there
fore, to indicate that far from being the
failure earlier indicated. fair crop
of corn will be gathered and that,
thanks to the good wheat and other
crop yields and to the prosperous con-
dition of the farming interests. what
would in years of depression be regard
ed as a very poor crop outlook exercises
little adverse effect.