Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-16
CROPS FOR 1910
BELOW AVERAGE
HarveSts Ample for This Years
Requirements of the
Country
NORTHWEST SUFFERS MOST
Energy of AgricuIturiStS Is Well
Repaid in Abundance of
FoodStuffS
SUFFERS MOST
Especial to The Herald

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Nature has been
prodigal in her yields of grains, for
age, vegetables and fruits, but has
given us harvests this year ample for
the requirements of the country, with
out exhausting the supplies from for
mer harvests. The year has been I'M
propitious at times, and, as usual, cap
tious in localities. While the south
west suffered discomfort in small yields
on account of the drouth last season,
the northwest has been the sufferer
this season. The winter rigors greatly
reduced the increased acreage in the
winter wheat section, but the yield Of
the remainder was far above the aver
age, and what at one time promised
to be a calamitous wheat crop ended
| in a generous one in this variety of the
| chief breadstuff. The spring wheat
crop has been cut short through the
| disastrous drouth of North Dakota and
portions of the other states, but on the
whole the total wheat outturn exceeds
the demand for bread and seed.
The freakish warmth of the early
| spring, which caused a vigorous growth
| Of wheat and oats, induced earlier
corn planting. The long cold period
| that settled over the continent in the
month of May and a portion of June
| caused frequent replantlng of the corn,
| and for while made a gloomy OUT
look. But the big portion of the belt
| recovered quickly, while the western
| section passed through a dry season,
and when despair of making crop
was settling in, timely rains and cooler
| weather came to the relief OF the
| stricken section and this great cereal,
upon which so much of the nations
prosperity and support depends, prom
| Uses an excellent yield.
TOTAL WHEAT CROP
The reports indicate total wheat
crop of 657 900 bushels, or 100000
bushels less than last years record
production, but equal to ten years
average production. Corn promises
yield of 3,OOO,OO00O0 bushels, or 225,-
900, 900 bushels above the previous
| season and rs per cent over ten years
average crop. The oats yield Will ex-
coed last years excellent production
with a total of 1,O71,OOO,OOO bushels
| 200, OO0, 900 bushels over the ten-year
average Barley will equal last years
crop of 12S, 000, 900 bushels, and rye Will
| exceed the previous season, being 3D.
| 100000 bushels, comparing with $4,000
900 bushels. The total production OF
| these grains, as reported, is 4,9O6,-
| 600 900 bushels, while the ten-year aver
age is 4.431, OOO. 600 bushels. Cotton con-
dition indicates a crop OF ll,OOO,0oO
bales, OF 100000 bales above last year.
Agricultural investment and energy
is we'll repaid, for seldom has year
of such changeable conditions resulted
| in so large a production OF roodstuIIs:
| The farmer has cause for rejoicing, ana
the nation for thanksgiving, that its
material affairs will be preserved and
expanded through the sufticiency of It's
| food supplies.
The chief feature of the ample crops
| is the surety of reinstatement or the
til, 1aoz hnn
| below the normal number the past
| three years. on account Of shortage OF
/ food and excessive demand. The inn
/ nairment of our herds and focks was
a cause of great alarm year ago. put
| the large corn crop last year. desplt9
its inferior shipping quality. enabled
| the farmer to increase his hogs ana
cattle This years crop of corn and
| oats PROMISES ample food to bring the
| stock to maturity and to provide for
further increase.
SHORTAGE IN HAY
There has been small shortage OF
hav over most of the country. but TINS
| great forage crop is up to the aver
| age of go, 100000 tons and the supphes
| from former years are estlmaleQ at
| equal to a full years demano' ~ -
one crop that is stored on the farm
| from wear to year to provide against
| contingency of q short growth. Inc
cold Weather in the later spring and
carly summer, which made the great
| wheat Yields, cut off the nay crop
and later the west was helo PACK ~
| the drouth and the NORTHWEST AOS' -
| crop almost entirely. - 1t.
| Potatoes are smaller in yieid-agaln
tho influence OF the alternate cold ana
drv seasons. While the production VIII
fan below last years excessive crop,
fine total will be above the ten-year
average of 27S000,0OO bushels anu tlleie
| is no cause to anticipate excessive
| nrices or famine shortage or supply
The south promises a better COTTON
| oron than last year, but the south Is
breaking away from the donindtIon "
| this one staple; the boil WeeVll anu tne
uncertainty of last years crop leo 10 d
| larger wheat acreage ana a gredsly
l n.ao cod corn acreage. Yields of both
these grains have been phenomenallyA
| large especially corn, the soutnern
s+a3es almost doubling the crop OF last
wear. and the value Thereon Hore In@lA
| exceeds the difference petWeen :"
hummer and a short cotton crop inc
southern states are promising TO tano
| q MORE important place in the agrlcul-
4,,raI nroduction of the country since
- has been found that oats, corn
.uheat and alfalfa pay better Tor tle
investment and the labor than cotton.
| r1bo diversification of crops may impair
| the worlds cotton supply out II WIZ
make the south as strong ana as GER
tain each year or proiltaple
as the north and west - +ba
The berry crop was reduced by the
cold spring. the fruit crop in many
sections being hurt by the late trosts'
hut these are minor farm products.
The country is so large ana c onol.ions
| co varied that the favored sectiolls
And i'm their fruit crop a compensation
for the curtailment of other produce,
and the unfavored their compensation
in the great yields Of the cereals.
While there is disappointment IN
some localities, it is to be Remembered
That cron damage somewhere is the
common order of nature. and that
average crops have been the basis so OF
our past prosperity. The crops OF tsA 9
will show a good average yield anu
fully support the buying power OF tn0
great agricultural districts.
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