The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-09-17

ESTIMATED YIELDS

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The production Of the five leading
grain crops Of the country surpasses
last years 10y over six hundred milton
bushels. and In the aggregate Il the
largest In the country's history. pos
sihly not IN the average yield per
acre. but In gross amount. the in
crease In acreage giving the unusual
record In production. according to the
annual crop bulletin prepared last
week 10y the Continental and CONNER
cinl National Bank Of Chicago The
GUNNER harvests. however. have been
attended with great difficulty In many
sections. on account uf frequent rains.
Biilion Busbcl wheat Crop.
For the first time In the couutry's
history the wheat crop tops a billion
bushels Reports show "a total acre.
age Of 50. 400. 900 In wheat. gain 81
nearly 5000. 600 acres over last year.
The Yield H. given us AZ zoos. 600. 600
bushels comparing with the final gov
eminent figures Tor last year 81 sei.-
600 oO0 bushels on tho smaller area.
The average Yield per acre ~ about
the same ne last year the increase he
| ing in tho acreage Winter wheat
Yields total of ss3 .ouo. 600 bushels
and spring wheat 10000. 600 bushels
There H. loss uf two and a half bu-
shells on the average Yield uf winter
wheat ana gain of siX bushels per
acre In the spring wheat region.
Last years crop of Ngt .0oO. 600 bu-
shells gave an pNpurtahlp surplus ~
$50. zoe. 600 bushels and at tho highest
price at which wheat had been sold
! since the season OF isa7-N This year
/ with a supply ~ the old crop ot 2b.-
/ 600 600 bushels less. the present crop.
on last years basis. would provid" an
eNportnblc surplus ~ t2O.Oo0. 600 bu-
shells. 'of four-nfths of tho total taken
| by the importing countries In the scn-
son which ended with August tst, The
| country b. therefore In position To-
/ feed All Europe. ~ Il should become
necessary However. the conditions
which gave this country its blk crop.
operated in Canada Ca raise its cN-
portable surplus 100. 900 600 bushels.
and with u large crop forecast In AUS
/ trnlln, the first country Of the Sou
| thcrn Hemisphere 10 harvest the pres.
cnt season. the supplies Tor Europe
are more than ample, and there h
mo- reason a. expect the large return
realised upon the crop ~ IN" pre-
Vious season
The higher cost ~ wheat last sea-
son affected our own people as we'll
a. those ~ Europe and while the
money of the exported surplus figured
more largely In the foreign trade than
that ~ any other product ~ the coun'
try. the high price nt home, at a peri
I..N 49, HH.salfH Nssfl
heavily upon the bulk ~ the populn,
ton. The large crops iu the export
ing countries this year assure cheaper
bread reduction Ia the sost ~ liv'
Ing and larger expenditure Tor th,
products of the manufacturers. For
the first time In many years the South
seeded considerable land Ca wheat
Large Oats aud Corn Crop.
Tn, oats crop is the second largest
OF record. The average per acre %
thirty-four bushels ana estimate
give a total acreage harvested oi
ready for harvest ~ 3s.6iO,0Oo, which
Is $4,000 acres under the amount re-
ported seeded hy the agricultural de
partment az Washington The croI
il estimated az l,352.0Oo,0O0 husheli
} or 100000. OOO bushels over that o
lart year Excessive rain has affect
ed quality more than quantity
Corn-the great crop of the coun
try-ls still In the making. Tho cole
weather which developed late In tn
} spring when the planting of the crol
set in. not only delayed operations
hut dwarfed early growth. The con
} tinuous rains OF May md June adde'
To- the difficulties attending the car
of the growing crop, and the mia
summer temperature Wlth"ut an
warm weather except In the eNtrem
South. has seriously interetered VIII
Central States, though there are see
. lions where the overflow OF stream
caused such injury Cultivation " NO
as perfect as usual, and this may Ia
. ter on, affect the yield In the nor
thern portion OF the belt, the prospect
are not very bright and Il VIII tah
. a long and warm autumn 10 matur
the crop. The prospect II Tor Gro
} Of ass, zoe, 900 bushels on an area O
|. mo 82l. 900 acres. which is 100000
acres in excess Of that reported 10y IN
) government correspondents at b
. outset of the summer on this acre
age The estimate h for a crop OF $40
, 600 OOO more than last year Whl'
, would give the second largest crop q
record. The uncertainty Of the iln'
yield is In the weather during IN
, fall months.
. Good Yields Of small Grain
Barley has sustained lis record VII
: an estimated yield OF 224'OOO'OOO h'
, shells. comparing with ls4'OOo'oOo n'
!. shells last year. or the minor sIall
: I'VE has been as prominent as whe'
; I'm the worlds price market ana u
!. crop this year Is an excellent one TT
acreage Is always small in this coul
; try because OF the light requirement
!. and last year was the first that an e
mort demand developed. Farmer
, however, made very little effort
!. Increase the acreage, the crop beiI
= estimated at 45.7OO.O0O bushels
, against 42.7OO,0o0 bushels last year