Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-04
Says Danger From Frost Is
Over and the Crop Will Be
Largest Since 1900
FARMERS sUPREMELY HAPPY
Crop May Not Equal tho Bumper Crop
of 1900 in Yield, but tho Price and
Value Will be Higher - The General
Crop Yield for the Present Season
is Good.
Special to Timcs-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dcs Moines. Oct. With the corn
crop of Iowa practically out of the way
of the frost, and the prospects good
for favorable weather for some days.
the farmers Of the state arc certainly
in u very comfortable position.
Mr.. j. X. Sage. the veteran crop
statistician, says. that In his opinion,
tho danger from frost is over, and that
favorable weather for the next few
days will have n tendency to I'LL out the
corn so that the grade Will be very
generally improved. As to the damage
done by the few frosts which have
moist places, he is not inclined to
think 1T will be very great. In fact
ha says that Iowa has certainly cX-
perienced much better year IN the
crop line than 1t has had since 1900
and, while the total yield of corn may
not equal the record yield which was
345. 055,040 bushels in 1900, yet the
December price will undoubtedly be
much higher than it was on Decem-
Der LIST that year While the December
price in 1900 was only ~ cents bush
ell, the December price this year will
undoubtedly be over so cents n bushel,
if the present market indications may
be relied upon. 1t is probable that the
corn crop this year will not fall much
short of 300,000.000 bushels In Iowa,
and those best posted are disposed to
believe that what little soft corn there
Is, will be quite valuable for feeding
purposes. Mr.. Sage also reports that
the oat crop, especially In the northern
part of the state is very good. The
only crop In the state that has not
come up to expectations was the wheat
crop, and as only about three quarters
OF n million acres was devoted to that
crop this year. as against nine million
to the corn crop, 1t will be seen that
the wheat has in great measure ceased
to be one of Iowa's staples This crop
was damaged by the rust so that 1t is
probable that the yield instead OF
being about twelve million bushels as
was expected. may not be much over
half that amount. On the whole, how
ever, Iowa has had a good year, ana
Iowa farmers may we'll feel IN good
humor.
There is no place on the farms or
Iowa, or for that matter, among Iowa
citizens anywhere, for calamity this
year. Not only are farm products
abundant and prices good, but the pro-
duce of the dairy, the hen coop. the
barn yard, the hog pen and the past
ure lot, all bring good equivalents IN
the coin of the realm. OF course ev-
cry farmer remembers that this has
not always been true. Eight years
ago, and even four years ago, prices
were not what they are now. Stat
istics are as n usual thing dry reading.
but at the same time they often point
a moral. In 1895. for example, when
crop conditions We're ideal. and when
there was an average corn crop of 3s
bushels per acre. and oats As bushels
per acre, and the aggregate cereai
products Of the state amounted TO
521,63S,000 bushels, the average De-
cember 1 prices, in the local markets
Of the state were: Corn II cents, wheat