Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
REPORT ON II CROPS
AMERICAS GRAIN VALUED AT
$2,45s, oo4,sos.
Government Estimate Shows that
Uncle Sans Prosperity Springs
from thu soil-Arnny "a Dwindling
Mortgage VIII he raid on.

That the prosperity OF Ameries
springs from the soil is demonstrated
once more In TIE government estimate
Of the grain crops Of 1907. Those fig
sros, based on tss market prices to-day,
place the value of the grand total yield
ef wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley for
tAe year at $2,A5S,0o4,S03.
Comparisons OF the government essi-
mate Of this year with the similar pre-
Aiction made q year ago shows a falling
~ Of 3S,OOO,0O bushels out Of a total
u more than 4,Ooo,OCO,O 900 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 ut 374,1o5,-
600 bushels, valued at the present price
Of 92A cents at S~345,157,9ST. The pre-
dictlon for the yield Of spring wheat is
243, 687 900 bushels with a value of
1924, T2,S07.
Wheat Crop Worth $56o,o3O,79H.
This places the total wheat crop at
GIT ,S22,OOO bushels, worth So66,530,f55
The actual yield Of wheat for the sim
liar period last year was 735,26l,O0O
bushels which, figured at the market
price one year g of 1913 cents, was
worth $574.422,656. Since he actual
yield, however, exceeded the govern
ment estimate by 2T,OOO,ooO bushels it
is not unlikely that the present yearnay
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 r Of the country.
Ls 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 tbs
homesteads throughout the great corn
| belt that have dwindled rapidly in the
recent years Of prosperity, will Gee their
finish.
While the estimate falls below the
prediction made a year ago by 10000
300 bushels out of a total OF 2,5OO,OOO,-
900, the market price is Ia cents per
bushel higher than last year at this
time. The estimate on corn is a yield
of 2,517,o22,OOO bushels, with a value,
at the market price to-day. of 54A
rents, Of $1~,362,446,4O7. The actual
yield Of last year was 2,927,0O0,oOO
bushels, valued at $~1,543,5O0.
Oats, rye and barley nave suffered $ o
little because OF an inclement spring
that the government prediction, while
less than the actual yield of last year,
exceeds in each instance similar esti-
mates made a year ago, Glowing that
the present conditions indicate q larger
crop than they did then.
A yield Of 919,537,O 900 bushels OF oats
ls predicted by the government experts
Tor this year which will be worth, at
the present price, 1896 cents, $4O1,14S,-
DIG. Last years prediction was for
B14, 10000 bushels, while the actual
yield was 6 4,sO5,O0o, with a valuation
Of $780,, 94,556, the current price q year
ago being but 1885 cents a bushel.
Altogether the report is considered
| one likely to turn the whole country to
! optimistic reflections.