The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-07

of Oklahoma City. The yield of corn
will be less than last year while the
output Of wheat will probably be doubled.
II is expected that the total value OF
corn, cotton, wheat and oats win &C
above that of 1909, when it reached one
hundred and twenty-one million dollars
1871 ,OOOOO0).
Everybody Happy in Colorado.
prices are up and everybody is
happy in Colorado" reports Lutte viii
cox, Editor OF Field and Farm OF Dem
! Ter. The crop conditions are fully as
good rs were expected and there has
been enough rain. TO keep up the grass
on the ranges. Colorado has four mil
lion acres under irrigation and the
water supply has been adequate. The
while live stock is in the pink of con-
dition.
montana is in position to buy
heavily and pay cash." says r. w.
Sutherlin OF The Rocky Mountain Illus
bandman. Montana has had bounti-
ful crop.
The corp conditions Of Washington
are 4 little below the average on wheat
and barley but high on oats and re-
markably high on fruit. The apple
crop will run from five to six million
dollars while peaches. pairs and melons
make as good Il showing.
The general agricultural conditions
in California are good and the yield has
been immense and the prices profitable,
A conservative estimate OF the crop
value will bring it almost to two hun
dred ard forty million dollars ($240,
A000 000) not including live stock or
poultry, according to The Orchard and
Farm of San Francisco. The oranges
are perhaps 25 per cent lighter and
aprcots about so Per cent but prices
almost double thoN> &C last year.
There are good crops on peaches pears,
nuts and hay.
Oregon Crops Never Better.
There will be tremendous yield
from the millions of fruit trees in
Washington and Oregon. Washington
expects 800 per cent crop. Other
crops are good The whole season has
been ideal and from a monetary stand
point the conditions of farmers and
fruit growers were never cquallcd.
The crop conditions in Kentucky are
good according to The Home and Farm
of Louisville. The wheat crop was
fully up TO the average and corn will
he 4 record breaker. The final yield
of cotton is not yet known The farm
section OF the south will be more pros
porous than ever.
B. Kirk Rankin. publisher of The
Southern Agriculturist of Nashville,
reports that the Tennessee farmers are
getting Sl.00 a bushel for their wheat.
The corn crop will be the best Tennes-
see ever produced and the hay crop is
bountiful. Mr.. Rankin says that bust
ness men who feared poor crops in the
South because of the early drouth
should be treasured by the present con-
ditions which point to the unexampled
prosperity.
Dir. TAFT Butler, editor of The Pro-
gressive Farmer at Starkville, Miss,
says that the cotton crop of the entire
South is better than last year and that
corn will probably yield more than
for several years.
Country Should Enjoy Great Prosperity.
From the above reports, it can be
readily seen that this country is in a
position to enjoy one of the most pros
porous years in business that was ever
known. The bounteous crops cannot
help but have stimulating and in
MIGRATING effect upon all branches of
business and industry. The business
man can go ahead with the feeling
that he will enjoy a good year and
every branch of business should profit
from this unexampled prosperity.