The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-08
Amount of Wheat on Farms
Largest i'm Years.
Growers Also Have Large Pro.
portion of Corn.
IN SPITE OF HEAVY EXPORT
All Crops Show More Kept at
Home This Year.
Much of 1916 Grain Will Be
Shipped Out.

Washington, March Sowing to
the heavy export of wheat and corn
since the last harvest season, much
interest centered in today's depart
ment of agriculture monthly report
announcing the amount of wheat of
last years record crop remaining on
farms March l. The departments
crop reporting board, from reports of
it's correspondents and agents through
out the country, estimates the amount
of wheat, corn, oats and barley on
farms, with comparisons of preceding
years the proportion of each crop
which will be. shipped out of the coun-
ties where grown, and the percentage
of the 1915 corn crop which was of
merchantable quality, as follows:
Wheat-About 241, 900 bushels,
or 23.9 per cent of the 1915 crop re-
manned on farms March l. 1916, COM
pared with 152, 9O3,0OO bushels or 17.2
per cent of the 1914 crop on farms
March l, 1915, Isl, $4,000 bushels or
1873 per cent of the 1918 crop remain
ing in 1914, and 156.4SS.0 900 bushels,
or PA per cent of the 1912 crop re-
naming in 1918.
About 61.7 per cent of the 1915
crop will be shipped out of the coun-
ties where grown, against 60.7 per cent
of the 1914 crop so shipped, and $50
per cent of the 1913 crop 80 shipped
shipped.
Corn-About 1,13S,773, 900 bushels.
or S7-3 per cent of the 1915 crop re-
manned on farms March 1, 1916 COM
pared with O,S94.O0O bushels, or
34.1 per cent of the 1914 crop on farms
March 1, Job, S66, 1852, 600 bushels, or
35-4 per cent of the 1913 crop in 1914.
and 1889, 655, 900 bushels, or Alb per
cent, of the 1912 crop in 1913.
About 1876 per cent of the 1915 crop
I ho hi
where grown, against 1876 per cent of
the 1914 crop so shipped, 17.2 per cent
OF the 1913 crop so shipped and 21S
per cent of the 1912 crop so shipped
The proportion of the 1915 crop
which is merchantable quality is
about 71.3 per cent, compared with
S4-5 of the 1914 crop, SOL per cent of
the 1913 crop and $50 per cent, of the
1912 crop.
oats: About 276. 100000 bushels,
or 2s7 per cent of the 1915 crop re-
manned on farms March 1, 1916, com
pared with 79,369.000 bushels, or
49, 2 per cent of the 1914 crop on
farms March 1, 1915, 419.4S1, 900
bushels, or 37.4 per cent OF the 1913
crop in 1914; and 6O4, 216, 600 bushels.
1913.
About 80 per cent of the 1915 crop
Will be shipped out of the counties
where grown, against 29.4 per cent of
the 1914 crop so shipped. 26.5 per
oei IL VI the 1913 crop so shipped, and
800 per cent of the 1912 crop so
shipped.
Barley-About 60,57O,OOO bushels.
or 25.5 per cent of the 1915 crop.
remained on farms March 1, 1916,
compared with 42,SS9.OOO bushels or
% per cent of the 1914 crop on farms
March 1, 1915, 44,126,OOO bushels or
248 per cent of the 1913 crop in 1914,
and 62,2S3,000 bushels or 276 per cent
of the 1912 crop in 1913
About 43,1 per cent of the 1915 crou
will be shipped out of the counties
where grown against 45.1 per cent of
the 1914 crop so shipped, asa per cent
of the 1913 crop so shipped, and 53.7
per cent of the 1912 crop so shipped.
The next grain report of the bureau
Of crop statistics will be issued Friday,
April Z, at 2:15 p. M, eastern time