Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-10
wheat YIELD
TO Be greater
Crop Expert Predicts More
Than Ever, This Year
., ,;s 20 In Estimate

Chicago, Aug 9.--'Yields OF 739,73O.-
900 bushels of wheat, $500, 90. 900
bushels of corn, 1908, 266, 900 bushels
OF oats and 14.72O. 900 bales of cotton
are estimated for this season in the
annual report prepared by the Cont.
mental and Commercial National
bank. The final yield Of, rye is fig.
ured at 3~6,S54.oOO bushels. barley at
200, 527, 900 bushels and hay at $685..
900 tons.
Wheat, the worlds greatest need"
says the report, "has not only been
a good crop, but an exceptional one.
The aggregate yield OF 7~39.OOO.O0O
bushels tops last years record Of
730,00Q,0G0 bushels and with 10000. 900
more bushels in store in elevators.
mills and on farms at the beginning
Of the crops season, there is available
a larger supply per ssapita than at any
time in recent years. There is over
and above the doestic need 10000
900 bushels and for the second con
secutive year the United States he,
comes a heavy exporter Of wheat
Oats Second Domestic.
"The second Of the crops that fg-
ure in the domestic use is that of
oats. Last year this crop reached the
unprecedented figure of l,4l5, OOO. 200
bushels. This year conditions we're
unfavorable to the fullest possible
yield. SO that the total crop does not
exceed 1000, O00, 900 bushels. Only
twice before did the, crop pass the
1 900. 900. 900 mark. SO that the yield
is above the average. Iowa q little
affected by the weather conditions.
being practically normal and the
state comes close to raising its maxi.
mum of 200, 00O, 900 bushels Curious.
ly, right across the Mississippi the
Illinois product is barely above half
a bumper crop. A like variation ap.
pears between Indiana. short, and
Ohio. moderate in yield. In the south.
west the late ripening Of oats caused
the yield to fall much below that OF
wheat on a proportionate scale. Mich.
iean. Wisconsin and Minnesota viii
produce big yields. the two latter
states probably exceeding a year ago.
The Dakotas suffered from the same
causes that injured the wheat crop.
No Record in Corn.
"This years corn crop will not be
a record one. Our correspondents
early in the month before the burn.
ing temperatures swept through the
southwest and Ohio valley, figured on
a repetition of last years crop, but
we cannot ignore the heavy damage
that has occurred in Nebraska, Kan.
sas. Oklahoma, Texas and portions OF
Missouri and Illinois since that time.
which has cut at least 300. 0OO, 900
bushels from the prospect and re-
duced the estimate to $500, 900, 900.
These conditions are good through
Northern Indiana, Illinois, practically
all Of Iowa and northward and east
ward from Ohio. The rest Of the
corn belt has had little or no rain
of Importance this summer. In Kan
sas possibly the smallest yield Of
years will be had. August rains can
be very helpful over q. large part q
the dry area. but where the high
temperatures occurred at the time
the pollen was bursting out Of the
top Of the plant, no recovery is to
be expected.
Hay ! Rival. M
The great rival Of corn In weight
and value Is hay and to q large ex-
tent 1t can take the place of corn
when there is a shortage OF that
grain. They hay crop has been above
the average. There have been some
losses In the yield in the dry area.
but In the main the crop is the sec.
ond largest on record with Z total
OF 66.6l0.000 tons as against last
years yield Of 1851. 900 tons. This
large crop with at least one-third Of
Hast years crop still on the farm.
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