Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-30
Nebraska
CORN CROP BRINGS
MONEY TO FARMERS
Shortage Elsewhere Causes Good
Demand for Nebraska Grain,
Adding Wealth to State.
PRICES HOLDING UP WELL


Regardless Of the fact that some
OF the late corn in the Nebraska
fields was caught by the frost last
fall and injured so that it was des-
ignated as soft" corn, the farmers.
assert the grain dealers, are realiE-
ing more out Of the crop than any
one previously raised.
After the first killing frosts came
last fall, in some localities in Ne
braska there were areas of consid-
cradle extent where the late corn
was caught. However, this did not
apply to the state as a whole, for
through nearly all Of the central and
-porthern sections the corn crop was
pretty we'll on toward maturity
when the first killing frost came.
In sections where the corn was caught
by the frost. both farmers and grain men
at the time expressed the opinion that
the corn would hardly be marketable,
and II so would grade so low that the
price received would hardly pay for the
harvesting and marketing.
weather Helps Out.
However. the warm weather that fol-
lowed the frost end the cold that subse-
ouently came along worked wonders. The
corn dried and without shrinking very
much or becoming chaffy. The weather
seemed ideal and continuing until late
in the fall. IL added hundreds of thousands
of dollars to the wealth of the farmers OF
the state. for it made the entire corn crop
in nearly every locality marketable.
Added to the perfect weather conditions
that prevailed 10 aid In curing and ma
turing the corn crop, It was gathered
without being subjected to the SHOWS OF
winter and went into the cribs in the best
shape OF any crop in years. The result
OF all of this mas been that when the Ne
braska corn raised during the season of
1915 reached the market there was very
little OF il that was classed as soft"
II states Largest Crop.
In bushels The 1915 corn crop of Ne.
braskt was the largest ever raised. There
were few poor spots, so, as a whole, the
bumper crop was general over the state
all the way from the river to the Colorado
line and from Kansas to South Dakota
Many OF the states to the east and
south that IN past years had been raising
corn had almost a complete failure dur
ing 1915. This resulted in an enormous
demand for the Nebraska corn and con-
sequently changed the course that for
merly It had been taking when going to
market
In past years the corn raised in Ne.
braska went to the extreme south or to
Chicago. In the south it went TO the
plantations. and when II went to Chicago
1t was sold by brokers' there to go east
Or for export.
Prices Hold Up.
Last year, however, the conditions
changed and the cattle feeders and grain
Sealers OF Minnesota, Iowa. Illinois. WIS.
5onsin and Indiana, usually all bumper
contrasting states, came TO Nebraska Il
buy corn to take home to feed or work
lp into cereals. As a result most of the
9i5 Nebraska corn crop has been sold OIL
the market and az prices equal to, If not
higher. than during former years. Be.
'ides this, 1t is estimated that during 1911
he average yield of corn per acre in Ne.
'raska was close to ten bushels in excess
II any former year and raised without
my additional cost aside from picking
md hauling to market.
Best Paying Crop.
The high prices that farmers received
Nor their corn and the extra quantity that
hey raised per acre. on the whole. made
he crop the best paying one they evei
Slsnted and harvested
At this time on the Omaha market Ne
5raska corn is selling at 60a71 cents pc;
aushei, with the bulk of the sales being
made at around e5d6S cents.
One year ago new corn was a little
higher, some OF the best grades selling
up as high as 70 cents per bushel. though
most OF the sales were made at srounC
70 cents per bushel.
1t was figured that the increased yiels
over the 1915 crop has more than mad,
up the difference between the prices nov