The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-19
WHEAT AND CORN
 CROP WORTH
 $8,500,OO0,0OO


 
 Three billion bushels of corn, i,50O- 100000 bushels of oats, and 1,000,000,- 900 bushels of wheat are in prospect for this years United States harvest. Tho record crops of rye, white and sweet potatoes. rice and hay are al- so predicted for the prosperous farm CTS. who have planted S10,5t6.0O0 acres. or 1O.O0o,OOo acres more than last year. to their principal crops, as shown by the Department of Agri- cultures August report issued yester- day
 The wheat crop, the greatest ever grown in the country, will be worth more than Sl.OO0,O0O,OOO, while the corn crop may reach S2.5OO,0O0,0Oo. The surplus of wheat is more than 400.OOOOOO bushels, the largest this country has known.
 Total 5,547ooo,ooo Bushels
 Five leading grains, wheat, corn, oats. rye and barley have an aggre- gate yield Of 5.547, 1000 bushels, an increase of l1zt. .000.000 bushels for the month ol July or a little over per cent. and 269.O0O.OOO bushels. or near l ly five per cent. larger than last years final returns.
 In August last year the wheat was estimated at S11,000.OOO bushels. in- cluding 675.OOO.0OO bushels of winter and 236.000O0O bushels of spring what while corn was then estimated at o. 6S4 100000 bushels, and oats at 1.1sS- OOO.OOO bushels. The final returns were increased 1OOOO.OOO bushels Of winter wheat. making the aggregate crop S91.OO0OOO bushels.
 Corn finally was increased nearly 4O,OO000O bushels. and oats decreased 3.00.0OO bushels. from the August, 1914 estimates.
 Increase s,ooo,oOo Bushels
 An increase of 3,OOO.OO0 bushels of wheat was made in the figures in August this year compared with the ones given out in July, the winter wheat estimate being cut down 9,OO0.- 900 bushels. and the spring wheat in- creased 100000 bushels. There has been some loss from rains over the winter wheat country since these l- gures were made up.
 The corn estimate was raised 140.- 100000 bushels for the month and oats increased S.O0O.OOO bushels. The corn crop is the second largest on record, the highest previous figure being in 1913. Then the final aggre- gate was S.125.OOO,OOO bushels.
 Big Gains In iillnoio
 Features of the corn crop are the gains of S0OOO.OO0 bushels in Illinois 24.0Oo.O00 bushels in Kansas. 26.00O.- 900 bushels in Oklahoma. l50OO.0OO bushel in Nevada, 14,OOO.OO0 bushels in Iowa and 10,0oO.OOO bushels in Tex as during the last month. The seven surplus corn states have a promise of 1.522.OOO,O0O bushels. or 92O00.O0O bushels more than month ago. com pared with 1,S31.OO0,OO0 bushels in the record year of 1912
 Kansas. which raised 176.0OO.OOO bushels Of wheat last year. will not equal that record this season. It's loss last month was 100000 bush els. Oklahoma lost e.OO0.OOO bushels, Nebraska 100000 bushels and Mis-. souri 3.OOO.OOO bushels. while Ohio and Indiana gained S.OOO00O bushels each and Illinois gained S.OOO,OOO ap- proximately.
 In the three Northwestern States where the bulk of the spring wheat crop is raised there are 239.OOO.OO0 bushels. an increase of 100000 bush els during last month. and comparing with a crop of 154.0O0.0OO bushels last year North Dakota has a promise of i16.O00.00 bushels. while it's record made in 1912 was 144000,OO0 bushels.
 Huge Gains In Oats
 An oat crop of the present size is 26S.O00.OOO bushels more than last years. Iowa and Illinois. which raise more oats than any two states. have 4O.O00,O0O bushels, a loss of 2O.000.- 900 bushels in July and gain of 50,- 0OO.OO bushels over last years final returns
 The loss was largely made up by an increase of 16.OOO,OOO bushels In the three northwestern states. which { have 25S.oo0oOo bushels. or 64.0O0.- 900 bushels more than last year.
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