The north Mississippi herald., 1920-11-19
CROPS LARGEST IN
CGUNTRY'S HISTORY
CORN YIELD AGAIN EXCEEDS
THREE BILLION BUSHELS

- ~ht2AiAANG loN, NOV O.-AIuGrI-
can farmers broke production rec
ord We crops this year. Pre-
inn stimates announced today
BY ment of Agriculture show
the Of corn, tobacco, rice, sweet
posa nd the pear crop surpass-
cd i those of any previous year
IN \ lntry's history.
ion, very large crops were
gro some instances closely ap-
pros 'e records, of oats, barley,
rye, t3es, apples and hav. The
S'a@ beat production record, how
eyes stood since 1866, with this
yeaa more than 100000 bush
els it. Final crop production
ilg0 i'll be announced next
moo
q ng of all crops and of
VIII United States grows more
thai cent of the worlds out
put, I'd the enormous total of
14le 90 bushels. That is T5,-
Na}900 bushels more than ever be-
fore grown in any year This is the
thirc corn crop to exceed 5000 000,-
00o bushels, the previous record hav-
ing been made in 1912, while the crop
Of 1917 was the second largest.
in point of value, this years crop
will not equal that of last year when,
based on the Dec. ! price of corn,
which was S1.33 a bushel, it was
worth $3,934.234,0 1000. The crop of
1872 was valued at $1,502, 2,454, 900
on the Dec. price of 48.7 cents a
bushel and the 1917 crop at $3,920,-
2z8 900, with the December price al
most S1.30 bushel.
The value of this years crop, based
eli the November price, which was
S7.3 cents a bushel, is estimated at
S2992,S37, 600.
sEowa's corn, crop is the largest of
any state, at "A; 100000 bushels.
Illinois ranks second with 302 ,634,-
900 bushels, and Nebraska third, at
.250, 200 bushels.
- y"1, lbacco crop this wear. placed
x Nn}44,o0O pounds by the pre-
~ estimate, is 87o0ooo0
Eercakre asfn grown last year
- n evae22. t-s-e,s 'sss .. resa'sais r.
Sn.A Virginia, North Carolina ana
Routl Carolina exceeded their last
! ears production. While Kentucky 5
CROP this year is 36,000,000 pounds
gess than a year ago.
Production of rice this year eX-
ceeds by II 100000 bushels the pre-
vious largest crop in 1917. The out
nut this year is placed at 52.298, 200
bushels. almost half of which was
grown in Louisiana.
The sweet potato harvest will show
105. 5.676 600 bushels. which is 2,000,-
900 bushels more than grow" +
year when the crop exceeded all pre-
vious years. production. A'abama's s
on Mt is larger than any other state.
The crop of pears this year is plac-
ed at l5558,000 bushels. The pre-
yious largest crop was that of 1917,
when 13281.000 bushes were pro-
duced California produced more
than 100000 bushels, while New
y York's production is almost 2,250,0OO
bushels.
A month ago the corn crop was
forecasted at 3,21G,192,000 bushels,
while last years production was 3
t7,450.000 bushels, of which 142,-
2l1,O00 bushels, or 40 per cent of
the crop, remained on farms Nov. ]
this year, compared with 1885, 900
bushels a year ago and 82,6l8,O0O
bushels. the average of the preceding
FIVE years.
Preliminary estimates of this years
rrod1l"tio cf wheat, oats, barley.
rye, hay, rice and peaches were an
nounced asst month.
Production of other crops as
shown by the preliminary estimates
follows:
Buckwheat. 1921 600 bushels.
compared with 15,633,000 bushels
forecast last north ard 16,30l, 600
bushels produced last year.
Potatoes, 421 1852. 900 bushels, com
pared with 414,986,000 last month
and 357 900 list year.
Sweet potatoes, 105.676 bush
els, compared with 103,579,000 last
y 'sIi Tobacco. 1.47e,444,Ooo pounds,
with 1.478.788,000 last
month and 1,3S9.458.000 last year.
Flaxseed, 10.736,000 bushels. com
pared with 11,704,000 last month and
s 8.919,000 last year.
Apples, 236,187 900 bushels, com
pared with 227, ,978,000 last month
and 147, ,457, 900 last year.
Sugar beets, $4,000 tons, com
pared with 8,970,000 last month ana
6 ,421 900 last year.
Peanuts, 37.499.000 bushels com
pared with 39,217,O0O last month and
33, ,263, 900 last year.
Weight per measured bushel was
announced as follows:
Wheat, 57,4 pounds, compared
with 563 last year.
Oats, 33.1 compared with S1,1.
Barley, 46.O, compared with 45.Z'
Production of corn, according TO
the preliminary estimate in the prln-
cipal producing states follows:
Ohio, 154,105.00 bushels; Indiana
190,431 900; Illinois, 302 ,634' 'oOo;
Minnesota, 115,050, 900; Iowa, %1l,- ~
100000 Missouri, 21l,8O8,OoO
South Dakota. 1O0.800,000; Nebras-
ka, 25O,988,0O0; Kansas, l5l ;o3o,-
OOo. Kentucky, 96,624, 900; TeXas,
II $50, ,000; Alabama, 63'Sl 4'Oo
Misl ssippi, 64,768,ooO Louisiana, d ana
Sc 80 900; Oklahoma, 1,l4o,uVV