Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-08
ESTIMATES THE GRAIN
ON FARMS march |
Department of Agriculture Also BE.
ports Per Cent of Corn in 1915 OF
Merchantable Quality.

Owing to the heavy export of wheat
and corn since the last harvest season,
much interest centered in today's De-
partment of Agriculture monthly re-
port announcing the amount OF wheat
of last years record crop remaining on
farms March l.
The departments crop reporting
| board from reports OF its correspond
ents and agents throughout the coun-
try. estimates the amount of wheat,
corn, oats and barley on farms. with
omparisons of preceding years, the
proportion of each crop which Will be
shipped out of the counties where
grown. and the percentage of the 1915
| corn crop which was of merchantable
quality. as follows:
Wheat-About 241, 717,o00 bushels. or
23.9 per cent of the 1915 crop, remain
ed on farms March ]. 1916. compared
cent of the 1914 crop on farms March l,
1915; ISL, 795,000 bushels, or 1873 per
| cent of the 1913 crop remaining in
1914. and 156.4S3.000 bushels, or 21.4
per cent of the 1912 crop remaining in
| 1913.
! About eli per cent of the 1915 crop
will be shipped out of the counties
where grown. against 60.7 per cent of
| the 1914 crop SO shipped, and 53.9 per
| cent of the 1913 crop SO shipped, and
61.6 per cent of the 1912 crop so ship
| ped.
Corn-About 1.13S,773,O01 bushels, or
37.S per cent of the 1915 crop. remained
on farms March !. 1916. compared with
| the 1914 crop: on farms March l. 1915;
| S66,332.O00 bushels. or 35.4 per cent OF
the 1913 crop in 1914, and 2s9.65o.0o0
bushels, or ALB per cent of the 1912
crop in 1913.
! About 1S.6 per cent of the 1915 crop
will be shipped out of the counties
where grown, against 1876 per cent OF
the 1914 crop so shipped. 17.2 per cent
of the 1913 crop SO shipped and Els per
cent of the 1912 crop so shipped.
| The proportion of the 1915 crop which
| is understandable quality is about ia
per cent. compared with S4.o per cent
| of the 1914 crop, SOL per cent of the
| 1913 crop and SIS per cent of the 1871:
crop.
Oats-About 5s6,sO0.OOO bushels. OF
1851 per cent of the 1915 crop, re-
NAMED on farms March /. 1915. com
pared with 379.369,000 bushels. or 49,:
March |. 1915; 419.4s1,0O0 bushels, OIL
S1.4 per cent of the 1913 crop in 1914
and 604, 81 1000 bushels, or 42.6 per cen
of the 1912 crop. in 1913.
About 80 per cent of the 1915 croI
will be shipped out of the countie.
where grown. against 29.4 per cent O
the 1914 crop SO shipped, 26.5 per cen
of the 1913 crop so shipped and 80.
per cent of the 1912 crop so shipped
Barley-About 60.511, 900 bushels, OF
| 25.5 per cent of the 1915 crop remained
on farms March l, 1916. compared will
! 42.SS9.000 bushels. or % per cent of the
1914 crop, on farms March /, 1915
| 44.126.000 bushels, or 24.S per cent Of
the 1913 crop, in 1914. and 62.2s3,00
bushels, or 27.6 per cent of the 19I:
crop, in 1913.
| About 43.1 per cent of the 1915 Gro,
Will be shipped out of the counties
| where grown against 45.1 per cent o
the 1914 crop SO shipped, 4S.4 per cen
| of the 1913 crop SO shipped, and So
per cent of the 1912 crop SO shipped.
The next grain report of the burea,
of crop estimates will be issued Friday
| April 1, at 2:15 pm, eastern time.