Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-30
NEW RECORD FOR CORN CROP
Present Year Beats the Former Top FiEurs
by Two Hundred Million Bushels,
SUPPLY ALMOST ENOUGH FOR TWO YEARS
Large surplus for Export and Also an
Assurance of Plentiful supply
for the emands of


WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-Experts Of the
Department Of Agriculture have been busy
making calculations upon the addition to
the wealth Of the nation that is to be added
by the harvesting Of the corn crop of the
present year. There Is no longer any dan
ger from frost. The work OF gathering the
early crop has been commenced In some
sections, and the estimates on the years
production can now be made almost to the
bushel. These estimates show that the
record in the history Of cereal productions
is about to be broken. Figures are avail
able nov TO show the crop for the present
year will exceed $500. 900, 600 bushels.
enough to supply the needs Of the world for
this year and next even should there be a
total crop failure in 1903,
In 1900 the United States raised . 600. OO0,-
900 bushels OF corn; in 1901. 1900. 900. 900
bushels. IN 1895 the crop was near to the
present bumper yield, making 2,2S5, 00O, 900
bushels. Last year. because Of the scarcity,
corn sold at excessive prices. In Kansas
the farmers obtained 30 cents a bushcl for
the crop. The average price was 60 cents.
The whole crop sold for S929,55 ,76S. In 1899,
when the crop was twice as large. the
price obtained by the farmers was 1929, 210,
10. The value of the corn crops last year
was $40 an acre, while in 1896, the greatest
corn year prior to this one. So was the aver
age price obtained by the farmers. In 1889
corn sold in some parts OF the United States
for 10 cents a bushel, the lowest price ever
known.
Value of Exports.
The corn crops of the United States are
worth from $500, 900, 900 to 5000, 900, 900 every
year. The exports average from S175, 900.
900 to 5000, 000, 900 annually, or one-tenth OF
the yield. Only % per cent OF the corn
raised is exported from the states where Il
is grown. Some states never raise enough
corn to supply the home needs. The middle
west states are the principal corn produc-
ers. Illinois is the principal exporter.
Figures Of the Agricultural department on
the corn crop and its result and wealth are
bewilderingly large. One OF the corn ex-
perts today made the following statement:
While We raise more wheat than any
other people in the world, we produce FIVE
times as much corn as wreat. We raise
three bushels OF corn for every bushel OF
oats. Our corn crop is about four-ffths OF
the worlds crop. Indeed. this cereal Is
practically our own, since many countries
Argentina, Mexico, Egypt and the Balkan
states-must unite their harYests to make
up the infnitesimal total which is not pro-
duced within our national boundaries. It's
value is our own discovery. The soil and
climate conspire to make the Mississippi
basin a rich field for its growth. Iowa, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Illinois can each be de-
pended upon to produce more than 200, 900. =
900 bushels per annum in prosperous years,
and other states in this belt are not far
behind in the work of running up the coun-
try's great total.
IF we have an immense crop Of corn we
shall be assured of a large export trade.
BY diligently advertising this grain we have
at last succeeded in creating a market for
1t in Europe, when we have 1t to spare, at
a fair price. In the governments fiscal
year 1900 We exported 209, 600, 900 bushels OF
corn and in 1901 about III, OOO, 900. The trade
then reached a value Of more than $50, 900,
900 annually. Last year we could send
abroad only 26, 900. 900 bushels, Of an esti-
mated worth of SIC, 200, 900. The large crop
means more cattle and hogs, and cheaper
beef, bacon and all kinds Of meat products.
1t will invigorate the carrying trade on
the railroads and on ocean freight lines, and
will in a variety of ways contribute to the
industrial prosperity Of the country.