The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-03
THE LAW OF COMPENSATION.

trained observers portion OF tue corn oe
that the law Of has TO the rescue o.
the Western Although Il reasonably certain
that the crop will be only twothds large as las
the very conditions responsible for its shortage have
given the farmers in the the most wonderful WIN
ter wheat harvest in the history of the country by wha
appears be special dspensaon of Providence the sec
ons that have been hit hardest by the great drouh Ju
broken the that show the most remarkable increase
in wheat production.
The shortage in corn fairly uniform in nearly all the
big States single exception being Tennessee where
the crop will be a little larger than it was last year
Missouri has suffered far than any other State anc
will undoubtedly show shortage of bushels II
comparison with last years crop Iowa Kansas and Illinois
have also been badly hit by the weather conditions Mis-
souri, the State affected by the drouh and until the
downpour of last Saturday Sunday there had been nc
general rains in the State since april In Columbia MO-
the OF belt in that section the rainfall from
March TO July barely nine inches The average
rainfall annually for past years between those dates
has been twentyone and half inches This is fair sam
pie of what the douh has done for most of the corn belt
States.
If this weather condition however has brought loss and
shortage of the crop has also been the principal
of piling up the amazing winter wheat yielc
ever known
The drouth Kansas just this winter wheat
being harvested and though it disastrous to the
brought with ideal conditions for harvesting II
OF the States where winter wheat planted the whole
has been saved in perfect condition again illustrating
the theory that favorable for winter wheat almost
always unfavorable for corn.
In single week since planted this year has
there been normal of moisture in the ground and
when the of the drouth the plants left with
supply to draw But Kansas, that shows
falling off of ~ per from last years crop of has
bushels of winter wheat by far the greatest
showing in its history and hreshng reports prove that the
quality is better than ever before
Oklahoma will have least 100000 bushels of winter
wheat Missouri which stands the head of all the States
far shortage concerned and which has
been counted much of wheat State will this year have
bushels of cereal. while Nebraska which unit
three winter wheat ALL and has
been eckoned wheat State any time shows the
return of 4o,ooo,ooo bushels of magnificent wheat
The harvest for spring wheat already begun
Nebraska and South Dakota and bens carried fa
north the Red river valley The high temperatures
drouh have materially shortened the crop in these States
but they the only three that have been all damaged
this respect In Minnesota and North Dakota where the
bulk of spring wheat grown the crop almost read,
to harvest with prospect of equang the best records
yet made.
Unless some disaster occurs in these States within yer,
few weeks the spring crop of the country will
~ be bushels while the winter crop
at very low estimate will reach 4ss,oooooo bushels
total altogether of over 7asooo,ooo bushels.
1t is necessary only remember that the highest pre-
vious wheat crop for any year in the history the
United States 6soooooo the 1893 to realize
the enormous gain in the production of this within
last twelve months AS far values be egtimately
estimated thus far in advance market prices the farming
the history of the country notwithstanding great damage
that has been wrought throughout the belt
The drouth territory of the belt enlarged steadily
from the beginning of April Conditions have been alarm
ing not only in Nebraska and Iowa but Central and
Southern Indiana Adyces received up this time nd
cate that the drouh in Southwestern Ohio unbroen
and be taken for granted that whatever damage has
been done these localities will intensified until the an
pearance Of rain In these localities good rainfall within
week or more will practically the crop
There is question that the downfa of last Saturday
and Sunday through the part OF the belt has
saved at least bushels of will now most
certainly reach to bushel crop The total
crop OF the belt for according the final bule
tins of the agricultural department Washington was
s64raoSsa bushels In calculating conditions how
ever must be borne in mind that years returns did
not come within per cent of a full crop
Missouri and Kansas this year only as per cent OF
tul crops Arkansas Texas IS per cent South
Dakota, per and Iowa and illinois, 6s per cent
Tennessee which will have bushels more corn than
lad last year the only State showing an increase will
with its estimate of 6ooooooo bushels for 1901 have only
rs per cent OF full crop,
Winter crop in 1900, $4,000 600 bushels
Winter crop in 1901 4asoooooo bushels Ia low est;
mate).
Highest previous crop the history of the United States
3So,ooo,ooo bushels in 1893
Spring wheat harvest for 1901 estimated) ooo
bushels
Total wheat crop for 1907 (over) 7asooo 600 bushels,
Highest previous total crop 1898, 67s.oooooo bushels