The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-20
REPORT on HECROPS
AMERICAS GRAIN VALUED AT
s2,4ss,o o4, so3.
Government Estimate shows that
Uncle SANS Prosperity Springs
from the soiI--Mnny u DwindlinS
MortgaEe VIII BE Paid on.

That the prosperity of America
springs from the soil Is demonstrated
/ once more in the government estimate
Of the grain crops Of 1907. Those fig
! ure$, 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 $2,45S,OO4, SOB.
Comparisons of the government eSti-
mate Of this year with the similar pre-
diction made Il year ago shows falling
| off of 3S,OOO,COO bushels out of a total
Of more than 4,OO0,00O,OOO bushels, but
| 1t Is believed the difference will be
more than wiped out by the higher mar
llet value of grains, leaving clean
| Of the tardy spring.
The government estlmators have
placed the probable yield of winter
wheat for the current year at 374, 1885,
Geo bushels, valued at the present price
Of 92A cents at $345, 157,oS7. The pre-
dlction for the yield Of spring wheat is
3,GG7,OOO bushels with a value of
1924, IT,, S07.
Wheat Crop Worth $500, 93O,705.
This places the total wheat crop at
CIT SD 900 bushels, worth 1868, T90.
The actual yield Of wheat for the SIM
liar period last year was 1876, POI 900
bushels which, figured at the market
price one year ago Of 1913 cents, was
Tr+h SS-I SInrn fhn apt1no1
Yield, however, exceeded the govern
uent estimate by 27,OOOOOO 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 probabil-
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 Avindled rapidly In the
recent years of prosperity, will see their
finish.
While the estimate falls below the
prediction made a year ago by 10000
600 bushels out Of total Of 2,5OO,0 OO,-
600, the market price Is ~ cents per
bushel higher than last year at this
time. The estimate on corn is yield
fof 2,517, 222 900 bushels, with a value,
at the market price to-day, Of 54B
cents, of $780,, 446,407. The actual
yield Of last year was 1927, 100000
bushels, valued at $1,543,50O.
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 in each instance similar estL
mates made a year ago, showing that
the present conditions Indicate larger
crop than they did then.
A yield OF 919,537 600 bushels of oats
Is predicted by the government experts
for this year, which will be worth, at
the present price, 1875 cents, $401, 14S,-
O16. Last years prediction was for
S14, $4,000 bushels while the actual
yield was 964 ,905, 900, with valuation
Of 1850 e94. $50, the current price a year
ago being but 1875 cents a bushel.
Altogether the report Is considered
one likely 10 turn the whole country to
optimistic reflections.