Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
REPORTON THECROPS
AMERICAS GRAIN VALUED AT
sass, oo4, sos.
Government Estimate shows that
Uncle SANS Prosperity Springs
from the SoiI-ASany n DwindIiEg
Mortgage viii Be Paid Off.

That the prosperity of America
springs from the soil is demonstrated
once more in the government estimate
of the grain crops of 1907. Those dg-
ures, based on the market prices to-day,
place the value of the grand total yield
Of wheat, corn. oats, rye and barley for
the year at s.. S,004,S03.
Comparisons of the government esti-
mate of this year with the similar pre-
diction made year ago shows a falling
off Of 100000 bushels out of a total
of more than 4,OOO,O00,000 bushels, but
it is believed the difference will be
more than wiped out by the higher mar
ket value of grains, leaving a clean
margin of gain for the farmer in spite
of the tardy spring.
The government estimators have
placed the probable yield of winter
wheat for the current year at 374, 1885,
600 bushels, valued at the present price
of 9214 cents at S345,157 1887. The pre-
| diction for the yield of spring wheat is
243, $4,000 bushels with a value of
| 1921, az, SO7.
Wheat Crop Worth $500, 93O,.95-
This places the total wheat crop at
617 $4,000 bushels, worth 569930, 795.
The actual yield Of wheat for the SIM
liar period last year was 1920, 600
bushels which, figured at the market
price one year ago of 1915 cents, was
worth $574, 422 500. Since the actual
yield, however, exceeded the govern
ment estimate by 100000 bushels it
is not unlikely that the present yearmay
furnish a surprise fully as welcome.
This is a possibility that is bringing
broad smiles to the tanned faces of the
farmers of the Northwest.
Corn, the banner crop of the country,
is equally replete with happy probable
tiles, and in spite of soggy grounds and
overcast skies that kept the planting
back this spring, the outlook is that the
few slim remnants of mortgages on the
homesteads throughout the great corn
belt that have dwindled rapidly in the
recent years of prosperity, will see their
finish.
While the estimate falls below the
prediction made year ago by 10000
| 900 bushels out of a total of $500, 000,
900, the market price is 115 cents per
bushel higher than last year at this
time. The estimate on corn is yield
of 2,517 Do, coo bushels, with a value,
at the market price to-day, of 541s
cents, of S1,362, 446 401. The actual
yield of last year was 2,927,0000O0
bushels, valued at 81, 543 800.
Oats, rye and barley have suffered so
little because of an inclement spring
that the government prediction, while
less than the actual yield of last year,
exceeds inseach instance similar esti-
mates made a year ago, showing that
the present conditions indicate larger
crop than they did then.
4 yield of 919,537 900 bushels of oats
Is predicted by the government experts
for this year, which will be WORTH at
the present price, 1875 cents, S401, 14S,-
DIG. Last years prediction was for
S14, 733, 900 bushels, while the actual
yield was 964,905,000, with a valuation
of $685., 694, 500. the current price a year
ago being but 1885 cents a bushel.
Altogether the report. is considered
one likely to turn the whole country to
optimistic reflections.