The Glasgow courier., 1915-08-27

The total value of this years food
crops in the United States will be over
$5,3OO.OOO.OOO OF this total wheat
makes up $1.135, 100000. corn $1.75O.-
100000. oats $s41, 600 900 and hay $685.
100000.
Uncle Sans harvest for this year
would
Finance the construction of thirteen
Panama canals. complete and ready
for operation. at an estimated cost of
$4OO. 100000 apiece.
Pay for the cost of the whole Euro
pean war for more than three months.
Build the United States feet of
80 super r-Dreadnoughts at $17OOO.OOO
per ship.
The actual quantities Of grain and
forage involved would feed every SOL
dier under arms in Europe and supply
grain and forage for their horses for
rather more than ten years and would
similarly feed the entire United States
army TOT nearly Z.UUO years.
This years wheat crop in the United
States will probably form one-fourth
Of the worlds total, the years corn
crop three-fourths Of the worlds total
and the oats crop nearly one-third Of
the worlds total.
No nation in the history Of the world
ever harvested crop remotely to be
compared. either in bulk or in value.
with the harvest Of grain and fruit
which the farmers of the United States
are preparing to gather. A large part
Of it will be sold to Europe's hungry
and lighting millions.
Remarkable as was the crop of 1914,
in itself far excelling all previous rec
ords. the reports Of the experts Of the
department Of agriculture show that
the harvest Of 1915 will exceed 1t in
almost every particular. The apple
yield alone among important products
will fall below the 1914 harvest.
The wheat harvest this fall may pos
sibly. for the first time in the history
of the country. go above billion BUSH
els. The present and conservative es-
Inmates of the department of agricul-
ture call for yield Of 966, ,O0O. 900 BUSH
els. On the markets experts on prices
calculate this crop will stand the coun-
try in about $1.135. 100000. The farm
ers are expected to put 5000. .OO0,0 900 of
this directly in their own pockets.
Due to Big Acreage.
The increase In the wheat crop ia
practically entirely due to the increas.
ed acreage under cultivation this year,
as the average yield per acre Is ex-
pected to fall slightly below that OF
last year. being put at 1863 bushels to
the acre. where last years yield was
1866 bushels to the acre.
The corn crop, like the wheat. Is
threatening to pass another memorable
mark by turning out 5000. .0OO. 900 bush
els. the advance estimate now being
2,918, 100000 bushels. This Is an In
crease over last years yield Of PAS,
100000 bushels. Marketed at 20 cents
bushel, this crop will be worth 81.
&c. O.9O0O 600 to the country.
The expansion Of the corn crop Is
due at once to increased acreage under
cultivation, and to a better yield pei
acre. the acre yield having been in
creased, in spite of the wet weather
from 25.S bushels to 26.7 bushels. This
crop will probably represent close tC
three-fourths the worlds total produc
ton.
The oat crop. the third Of the three
| kn~ l,~nu lac,
years record by nearly 25 per cent. the
figures being for this year 1.4O2. 900 .OO(
bushels; for last year. 1,141.OOO, ,OOO(
bushels. Placed ON the market the
crop will bring. it is estimated. abou,
$S41. 100000. Thus these three crops
alone represent 4 marketable addition
to the nations wealth Of nearly 81.
O0O.O0O.OOO.
othsr Record Harvests.
The years barley crop will. 1t is esti
mated. amount to 217.OOOOOO bushels
or 100000 more than last year: tn,
rye crop has been increased from 43.
100000 to 44.00O. 900 bushels; the ric,
crop from 100000 to 100000
bushels. Eighteen million bushels o.
buckwheat have been raised. as agains
100000 In 1914.
Smokers will be pleased to know tha
the department Of agriculture esti
mates that there will be harveste,
1858 O00. 900 pounds Of tobacco In tn
= United States. where but l.O35. 900 .O0(
, pounds were gathered 10 1914