The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-08-17
OF This Huge Sum II Is Said That the
Farmers Will Get $96o0o0, ,ooo-All
Products Except Apples Show Tre-
mendous Increase In Bulk and Value.
The Governments Figures.
YIELD. BUSHELS.

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 $1,750,-
100000. oats SS41, 100000 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 Il feet of
$40 super r-Dreadnoughts at $17.O00,000
per ship.
The actual quantities of grain and
forage involved would feed every sol
der 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 for nearly 1000 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 1t will be sold to Europe's hungry
and fighting 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 it 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.000 bush
els On the markets experts on prices
calculate this crop will stand the coun
try in about 81 1,135, 100000 The farm
ers are expected to put $960,000 600 Of
this directly in their own pockets.
Due to Big Acreage.
The increase in the wheat crop Is
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 1853 bushels to
the acre, where last years yield was
1876 bushels to the acre.
The corn crop, like the wheat, is
threatening to pass another memorable
mark by turning out 000,00O,000 bush
els, the advance estimate now being
2,9lS,000O00 bushels. This is an in
crease over last years yield of 245,'
100000 bushels. Marketed at GO cents
n bushel, this crop will be worth ST.
750,S00.000 to the country.
The expansion of the corn crop Is
| due at once to increased acreage under
cultivation, and to n better yield per
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 to
three-fourths the worlds total produc.
ton.
The oat crop, the third of the three
great leaders, has increased over last
years record by nearly 20 per cent, the
figures being for this year l,402 ,OO0,O 900
bushels; for last year, 1,141, 900, ,000O
bushels. Placed on the market the
crop will bring, It is estimated. about
$S41, 100000. Thus these three crops
alone represent a marketable addition
to the nations wealth of nearly $4,-
OOO.OOOOOO.
Other Record Harvests.
The years barley crop will, 1t is esti.
mated, amount to 2l7,OOO.OOO bushels.
or 22,0O0OOO more than last year; the
rye crop has been increased from 43.-
100000 to $4,000, 900 bushels; the rice
crop from 24,OO0,OOO to 3O,OOO.0OO
bushels. Eighteen million bushels Of
buckwheat have been raised. as against
100000 In 1914.
Smokers will be pleased to know that
the department OF agriculture esti-
mates that there will be harvested
loss, 100000 pounds of tobacco In the
United States, where but l,O35. 900, 900
pounds were gathered in 1914.