The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-26

:1eco0c) bushels by the State Bureau oi
Labor. 10 z-S.o.1lo by grain dealers The
1 first IL generally considered too conssrva
| tive and the latter too optimistic
| ILLINOIS CROP SAFE.
! ". G. Ca-Tard. Secretary OF the IIlino!.
| Board Of Agriculture. says frost has don.
no damage in this State In Central and
| Northern Illinois considerable corn is still
/ in danger. but II viii take n heavy frosr
TO hurt IL Light frosts. he says. would
| bc beneficial.
l.. J. Gutherie. in charge Of the Illinois
| Weather Bureau. declares there is nc
Justification for the reports that have
been sent out by alarmists regarding Hi
| nois.
! Kansas keeps up iis reputation by COZ.
| tributing the only really discordant note
| In the cheering symphony from the fields
| The weather OF the last two weeks -
from PsGa IRON o q sas Saes
again TO -. has been damaging to the
corn. nearly all Of which IL late In ma
sonds D Wsy sna o, ne he, neayy . ra.ns ans q,
acres OF corn were not cultivated until
August. and. because OF the wheat har-
Now. when the ear should he perfectly
made much Is still in the milk or roast
ing-esr stage"
KANSAS SHORTAGE SMALL.
After this characteristic complaint. the
dispatch goes on TO say that the best
judgment OF men who know conditions
IS that this years total Yield will be
iso.oco.o bushels. This is only 1zcccro
short OF the crop Of Is9-the year when
Kansas increased It's hank deposits more
rapidly than in any similar period Of their
history.
planting, uneven growth and a drought in
July and August. i;s crop will be cut pos
sibly - per cent On ? total estimated area
OF .-J's.%iz acres The acreage Is smaller
q h.a 1Innffif-Iat
mat. on yield reduces the last years pro-
duction by i3.csee,, bushels. The Govern
! indicated se.0ooO bushels this year. Tne
figures give the c-osker. all that IS com
Ing TO them by any sort OF calculation
mates are D. O. e.S hn.bels Th..e f,gures
are considered too Low by the grain men.
who orer estimates os J.0c.-O bushels
against an average crop In six years Of
tloo.ovo bushels. The estimate of 49,
v".Odo for Indiana Is that OF Mr.. johnson.
State staiisticiar. on latest sdvices- With
the exception Of corn on marsh ground the
crop Is practically safe from injury bv
Frost The quality OF the grain Is much
better than that OF IS13.
Guesses for South Dakota. which has
no official statistical department. run from
+psI,.o9 10 4s.eOtg 90 bushels. The Govern
nlent figures are iz Sz2.oO bushels. Nearly
the entire crop will b. OF fine quality
MISSOURI YIELD 1.5.ccocp.
For Missouri. George B. Ellis. sec
re;a-y Of the State Agricultural Board.
predicts I.5 90. compared with :1s. CO.,
90 bushels year ago. The acreage Is
$1,000. and the present indicated average
yield twenty-se-en TO twenty-eight bush
els an acre Thirty per cent OF the crop.
says NJ. Ellis. needs two weeks o. favor
BILE weather for the hest possible results.
although light frosts will do no serious
damage.
John 81 True. secretary OF the Wiscon-
SIN Board OF Agriculture. says his State
will produce =. 600 600 bushels at the lowest
calculation Grain men are inclined to
add 5..0.0o bushels 10 this estimate.
which would bring the figures up 10 the
Government basis Frosts have done prac
t!caIiy no harm any place In the State.
For the minor corT-ralsing States not
specially mentioned here. the trade Sener-
ally is willing TO give credit 10 the yield.
as indicated by the most recent Govern
ment data on conditions For some of
these States the figures deduced are
thought 10 be too high and for others too
low. Crop officials Of many States will
ofer no figures yield confning them
selves as the Government staiisticians. on
condition percentages