Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-26
RBPoRToNTHE CROPS
AMERICAS GRAIN VALUED AT
$2,45s.oo4.so3.
00vernlnen Estimate Shows that
Encfe Sans Prosperity Springs
fro~n the Soil--Nfnny n
Mortgage VIII BE Paid on.

That Ae prosperity Of America
springs from the soil is demonstrated
once more In the government estimate
of the grain crops Of 1907. Those fig
ures, based on tAe market prices to-day,
place the value Of the grand fetal yield
Of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley for
che year at $2,45S, oO4, 500.
Comparisons of the government esti-
mate Of this year with the similar pre-
cfction made a year g shows a falling
of of 3S,OOo,OOO bushels sut of q total
Of more than oo,oGO,O 600 bushels, but
It is believed the difference will be
more thar wiped cut 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 374,155,-
600 bushels, valued at the present price
Of 92A cents at $345, ISL 1887. Fhe pre-
dlction for the yield of spring wheat Is
243,667 900 bushels with a value Of
$224,772,S07.
SAph
This places the total wheat crop at
617,s22,oe bushels, worth $563, $50, 795.
The actual yield of wheat for the sim
liar period last ear was 735,26l,OOO
bushels which, figured at the market
price n year ago Of 1915 cents, was
worth $574,4 22 ,656. Since the actual
yield, however, exceeded the govern
ment estimate by 27,OOO,oO0 bushels it
Is not unlikely that the present yeaFmay
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 a year ago by 10000
0CO bushels out of a total of 100000
1890
geo, the market price is ~ cents per
bushel higher than last ear at this
time. The estimate on corn is a yield
Of 2,517, $4,000 bushels, with a value,
at the market price to-day, Of 54M
cents, of $1,362, 446,407. The actual
yield Of last ear was 2,927,OOO,o0O
bushels, valued at 81, 543, 500.
Oats, y 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 esti-
mates made a year ago, showing that
the present conditions indicate a larger
crop than they did then.
A yield Of 919,537,Oo0 bushels Of oats
Is predicted by the government experts
for this year, which will be worth, at
the present price, 1875 cents, $4o1, 148,-
DIG. Last years prediction was for
514, 1873 5000 bushels, while the actual
yield was 964, 905 900, with a valuation
Of 1862, 694,556, 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.