South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
To PROVIDE LAND
FOR 100000 SETTLERS
To Arrive in This Country on
Conclusion of War-WiII be
Given Small Tracts of Land
Local Banks Report.

The monthly condensed crop re-
port was issued Thursday by the
AIishawaka Trust * Savings Co, and
among other things says:
Although IL does temporarily bene-
tit the people who live in towns 70
have large crops and low prices, the
greatest benefit 10 the greatest num-
Der comes from large crops and high
prices. This. however. is a condition
hard TO bring about as a liberal sup
ply must naturally mean a less urgent
demand, and therefore, lower average
prices.
AT this time, the European war
came at just the right period to en-
able the farmer TO realize an in
creased price for his products. Had
the war come two months later, q
large part OF the crops would have
been in the hands of the brokers,
dealers and commission men and the
profit would have been theirs while
the farmer would have realized only
ordinary prices which were, at the be-
ginning or the harvest rather low.
THE cotton crop Is given at 1852
thousand bales, exclusive of linters.
compared with 1884 a year ago, in
dicating a production Of 200 pounds
per acre compared with 1872 last year
and a 10-year average Of 1S7. The
average price Of cotton at the plan
tation is 6.3 cents compared with 13
cents a year ago. Including linters,
the crop will run nearly 3 million
bales OF at least a quarter Of a mil
lion bales over last year and three
quarters of a million bales over 1912.
The apple crop is estimated at 259
million bushels compared with 145
a year ago. the average price of ap-
pies at the farm being 90 cents COM
pared with SO cents year ago.
Crops Show Gain.
Among the crops which show a gain
in production over last year are APP
pies. lemons, grapes, cranberries.
cantalOupeS, raspberTies, watermelons,
apricOts. grape fruit, oranges, peaches,
pears, prunes, Strawberries, tomatoes,
onions. celery, caulihower. cabbages,
beans, lima beans, alfalfa, broom
corn, hemp. kafr corn, millet. sugar
cane. sugar beets. walnuts peanuts,
olives, almonds. The only minor crops
showing a less production than last
year are clover seed, clover hay, al
falfa seed, pineapples, lines and
blackberries.
The production of all crops in the
United States is 1928 per cent of
average, while for the As states, the
crops Of 33 are above average and
of ID are below average. Those states
having total crops more than 10 per
cent above average are Maine. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut New York, Mary
land, Georgia, Florida, Michigan. Kan
sas. Alabama, New Mexico and Ne
Vada. The states in which the crops
this year fell 10 per cent or more be-
low average are Virginia, Illinois and
Missouri. The banner crop state for
the year IS Kansas with a production
144.2 per cent of average, the second
position being held by Nevada with
1856 per cent of average and Maine,
third. with 1854 per cent of average
The low record goes to Missouri with
crops only S4.6 per cent of average,
while Illinois comes very near 10 tax
ing bottom place with crops S5.3 per
cent OF average.
People Go West.
The prime reason for the de-
crease in the value OF farm lands be-
ginning at the Atlantic coast and con-
tinuing westward, which has been go
ing on for several generations is that
the people have trekked westward "a
get fresh and fertile soil. While much
is being done in these older farming
sections TO rejuvenate the soils, more
can be done and must be done in the
sections in which the soil is still good
but is being rapidly destroyed by the