The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
VALUES SHRINK
FOR farm CROPS
Harvest of Year Proves Abundant.
RECORDS ARE BROKEN
siEotal Worth Placed at Five Billion
Dollars Less Than
#t Last Year


placed their total worth this year at
ALMOST $5,000,0O0,OOO less than last
year although the 1920 harvest was
yQne Of the most abundant in the ma
sdon's history with half a dozen crop
breaking records.
The important farm crops which
comprise about 80 per cent. of the
value of all farm crops, were valued
this year at $9,148,519,OOO by the de-
Ipartment of agriculture today in it's
final estimates. Last year these
crops were valued at $14087, 1885, 900.
Acreage devoted to the important
crops also decreased, the total being
1851 ,062,409 this year as compared
with 356,162,122 last year.
1.-THE extraordinary character of
the harvests, which have proven to
be among the most abundant in the
country's history Notwithstanding
beginning about as unpromising as
ever known, is emphasized by the
December revisions of estimates. I"
the department said in statement
conmentin gon today's report. "The
final outcome Of the 1920 wheat har-
vest, winter and spring combined, is
now estimated at 789, ,878, 900 bushels,
compared with 934,365,O 900 bushels in
1919, this being an increase over the
earlier estimates for 1920 of 39,23O,-
900 bushels.
Development of Wheat
The 1920 acreage abandoned from
winter killing was less than was ex-
pected and indicated by the very bad
and unpromising conditions on May
l, and the increasingly favorable
character Of the later season per-
mitted much wheat then considered
hopeless to develop and come to har-
vest. The report of increase over ex-
pectatlons of winter wheat produced
come from almost every important
winter wheat state. The greatest
vain, 100000, is in Kansas, the
leading producer Of winter wheat
In that state the increase was help
ed by an area of over 100000 acres
Of volunteer wheat sprouted from
shattered grain in the autumn of
1919 which despite it's unpromising
beginning and doubtful prospects in
the spring of 1920, came finally to
harvest
"In general it appears that the re-
duction in crop acreage in 1920 be-
low 1919 is less than was thought
and reported at the beginning Of the
crop season. Notwithstanding the
early unfavorable condition for farm
work the efforts Of the farmers to
fully seed their fields assisted by
favoring days that came late in the
planting period, resulted in paintings
greater than anticipated"
Increases in almost every crop were
reported in the revised production
figures, as compared with the pre-
liminary estimate announced in No
vember. Corn, with record crop,
shows an increase of about $4,000 900
bushels; winter wheat, an increase of
almost 48,OO0,O0O bushels; spring
wchat, a decrease Of 100000 bush
els; oats, an increase of almost TO-
100000 bushels; barley, an increase Of
almost 100000 bushels; potatoes,
increase of 100000 bushels, and to-
bacco, increase of 100000 pounds.
The yield Of corn per acre set
record with an average production of
300 bushels Only once before has
the average yield per acre exceeded
80 bushels, and that was in 1906 when
1913 bushels was made.
Record Corn Crop
While the corn crop is record one,
it's value this year is $1,GG2 900, 900
less than last years crop, which was
smaller by 374,00O,O0O bushels. The
price being paid to farmers for corn
on December ! was announced by
the department as GIT cents bushe.
as compared with $1.349 year ago.
Final estimates Of crop production
and value for this year were an
nounced as follows:
Corn, 3,232 1867, 900 bushels and $2,-
189, ,801 900.
Winter wheat, 58O,513, 900, and
$8G6,711 900.
Spring wheat, 2oo,3G5,OoO, and
273 3,465,O0O.
Goats, 1923, ,o55,ooO, and $71o,882,-