The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-14
The Years Cereal Crops.
From the Baltimore American.

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From the Baltimore American.
The crop reports for October OF
each year. given out by the statistical
bureau Of the Department OF Agrlcul-
ture. are generally regarded as being
nearer to accuracy in estimating the
size of the respective cereal yields for
the year than is furnished through any
other SO rec. All the grain crops OF
The United States are matured when
the October statistics are gathered;
and, While further damage and loss
are possible from exposure to wealth
err conditions, 1t is only minor per-
centaee OF the bread staples that will
so 10 waste for want OF timely housing.
Based upon the governments tabula.
lion &c averages, In the carious wheat
growing areas, the spring wheat yield
of the United States for 1907 is now
placed at 2l5,G7S,OpO bushels and the
total wheat yield for the year at G25,-
$4,000 bushels. This years wheat
yield, according to the October esti-
mates, totals nearly 100000 bush,
els less than that of last year. The
wheat crop lpr this year Is, however,
considerably larger than the ten year
average, counting back to 1897. The
1904 wheat crop of the United States
WIS 5!2,8ae,6 900 bushels, Or nearly 75,.
100000 bushels less than the estimates
for this yenr.
The national bureau reports indi-
cate that the corn crop for this year
will fall short of the phenomenally
large yield Of last year by about 1885,
100000 bushels, but notwithstanding
this 1t will be well beyond the two BIZ.
lion bushels mark. the compilation
from the governments figures indi-
eating total yield for the country
of 2.+91,715,000 bushels. In 1895 the
corn crop of the United States for the
first time passed the two billion bush.
els mark, the yield for that year hav-
ing been Psi 100000 bushels. while the
crop for the Immediately preceding
year had been f,2f2,d66,0G0. The year
1895 was regarded at the time rs hay.
ing furnished high corn record thar
would not be again touched INA de-
cadc. but 1t was surpassed the very
next year. Now two billions of bush.
els as total corn. yield for the Unit.
ed States is regarded as a low water
mark, and It is confidently expected
that the yield will. before the close OF
another decade. pass permanently be-
yond three billion bushels per annum
as an average annual yield. The coun-
try's corn crop, 1t will be noted. came
near TO touching the three billion bush.
cl mark last year. Corn is the most
valuable of the country's plant crops
the only crop which during the past
five years has averaged more than ST.
000,O0O0O0 in value.
The somewhat remarkable fact per.
tains to the wheat and corn crop Of
1907. rs well ms to the cotton yield for
the current year, that, though they arc
smaller in quantities this year than
they were last, the lesser bulks will
sell for more money in the markets
than the greater yields did last year.
Standard grade red wheat has been
quoted in the Baltimore market this
week around SLOT per bushel, as com.
pared with about so cents at this time
last year. Computed at the advanced
value, the wheat crop OF the present
year Is worth sGGS,0O0,OOO, while the
larger yield of last year totals up
value of only s5SS.0oO.0OO. Corn also
Is fifteen cents the bushel higher than
1t was this time last year. and the
smaller crop OF 1907, computed Mt the
advance prices per bushei, indicates
total value of about l25,OOO,O00 In
excess of that pertaining to last years
yield. The higher price of corn I'm.
doubleday accounts for the marked ad.
vance that has taken place in the price
OF meats, as pork and beef are but
transmitted forms Of corn. While the
principal staple crops-wheat, corn
and cotton--faii below the average in
yield when compared with last year.
all appear to be up to the average
computed upon the basis of the yields
Of the past ten years.