The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-30
GOOD GRAIN PRICES
H. Herzer Figures That Coun-
try's Crop Is Shor;
DROUTHlN EAST AND NORTH
viii Cut Down Yield Many
Millions of Bushels

81 expect to see the new crop of wheat
bring a pretty good price and as foI
corn, Kansas will never again see the
time that corn will sell for 10 cents like
it did in the early settlement of this
country"
The above was the expression of H.
Herzer yesterday He is one of the prom
inent buyers of grain for export in this
city. Mr.. Herzer was sitting in his
! office talking with some friends about
the outlook for the new wheat crop.
When asked for the grounds upon which
| he sustained his conclusions about the
| price of grain, Mr. Herzer said:
Il figure that the United States will be
short of the estimate on wheat one hun
| dred million bushels. The dry weather in
| the northwest is hurting the spring
wheat and the indications are that there
| will be another shortage of estimates in
| that section of seventy-five millions. In
| the state Of Missouri wheat will only
| make about eleven bushels 10 the acre.
| Illinois, one to ten bushels. In Ohio. In
diana and all the eastern states, they had
drouth Of forty days duration, while
we were having big rains, and the wheat
in those states has headed out about a
foot above the ground. People who know
something of wheat will understand that
means light crop.
Kansas and Oklahoma have good
wheat, but not as much of it as we
have been counting upon. The soft wheat
in the eastern part Of this state has been
! injured by the excessive rains the same
as in Missouri so that even Kansas
may fall considerably below the estimates
placed upon her wheat crop. 1t depends
somewhat on how Europe is fixed. but
1 do not see how the new crop of wheat
need to sell very cheap. It is not to the
interest of Kansas and Oklahoma to
over-estimate their wheat crop, because
it has tendency to make lower prices
THE oats crop in this state is the
finest ! have ever seen, and if the farm
ers viii stack it and not allow it to
stand in the shock TO be turned black by
the showers and dews, it will bring a
good deal of money. It is a sin the way
a good many people in this state take
care of their oats. If this fine crop is
properly taken care of there will be
demand for it, and probably at good
prices.
THE corn crop may turn out all right
in Kansas and Oklahoma, but there is a
shortage in the acreage and we are not
going to have big surplus Of corn.
Kansas uses an immense amount of corn,
and the people will not again have occa-
sion to burn it for fuel, like they did in
the early settlement of the Arkansas
valley.
Corn is fed to horses. cattle, hogs
chickens and it is used to make whisky,
starch and glucose. In some of the
southern states it is very largely used for
bread the year round. A wonderfully
large amount of corn is required to sup
ply the regular demand. and l cannot see
any cheap corn in the very near future.
If l had the ear of every farmer in the
state of Kansas and in Oklahoma I
would whisper in it: Take care of your
crops, and they will bring you lots Of
money to swell the wave of prosperity in
this favored land of the west. "