The age-herald., 1901-08-31
CORN CROP BETTER
 THAN WAS EXPECTED
Loss by .Orouth WiI Not be
 More Than 5 Per Cent
lBRADSTReE T MAKES REPORT
Yield of Not Less Than 1,4oo. 100000 Bushels Is Indicated for 1901. General Business Will Not
 Be Seriously Affected.

New York. August 30.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 Late adyices as to the probable corn crop yield and as to the resulting eHect upon the general business of the counssy have made possible far saner view ot the subject than could have been taken some six weeks or two months ago, when the intense dry heat wave prevailed ana when crop insects ragged up and down the land seeking what they could destroy II might be added that the corn crop suf- fered severely at their hands, but the plenteous rains and better weather since that time have quite perceptibly repaired some of the damage which the crop sui fered from various sources in the fevsred days of July.
 It was with the idea of getting clearer view of tthe actual situation in the closing week of August that Bradstreet's sent in- quiries to all its offices and correspond ents, not only In the surplus corn growing States, but in the leading Middle 6nd Southern States as well. This inquiry contained questions as to the probable yield as compared with a year ago. the pTlCe DclHB pdlu OIl tliC lOi VIM SCAAA now as compared with year ago, the sit- uation as to the wheat yield and the pro5- able effect ,of the crop outturn on the course of general trade the coming fall and winter
 Touching the question of ultimate yield it must, of course, be kept in mind that estimates as to the probable output made now must be in high degree tentative because of the fact that harvest is still some weeks away, and the prospect of further improvements in plant conditions may be balanced by early frost. This lat ter feature within fact renders the weather conditions during the next two weeks of more than ordinary interest
 Report IS Favorable.
 The genaral tenor of the report as a whole is quite favorable. This was true of places where the plant was not so far gone as to be beyond help and even where this latter conditions existed the effect of timely moisture upon the other crops has been so good as to deserve special notice.
 A consolidation of the replies from sew eral surplus states of Iowa. Kansas, Me- braska, Illinois, Missouri Indiana and Ohio, percentages of increase or decrease by states being based upon the reported yields as reported by the department of Agriculture point to a reduction in the yield of those states of not far from 636,- 100000 bushels from a year ago. Similar decreases are likewise indicated in the smaller corn producing states like Tex as, Tennessee and Kentucky. sufficient to swell the shortage by perhaps 1000, GOO bushels. Against this Is to be noted larg CT reductions reported in such states as New York, Maryland, Virginia and South Dakota, which, while not sufficient to offset these decreases, still limit the fall ing off so that shortage of not to ex- ceed 675, O0,000 bushels in the country's to- tai crop, Is to be looked for. The contin- uance of the improvement noted in the late planted corn crop, with the holding off of frost may still further operate to enlarge the total yield
 1,4oo,ooo,oco Is Expected.
 On the face of the returns, however, a yield not less than 400, ,000,0 900 bushels is indicated for 1901, a decrease of about 90