The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-11-13
Farmers Break
All Records
Corn, Tobacco, Rice, Pear and
Sweet Potato Crops-Others
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! Washington, Nov S.--Americap
farmers broke production records of
rve crops this year. Preliminary es-
Inmates announced today by the de-
partment OF agriculture show the corn
tobacco, rice, sweet potatoes and pear
crops surpassed In size those of any
lpreNlous year in the country's his
tory.
! In addition very large crops ap-
preaching records, of oats, barley.
rye, potatoes, apples and hay. The
buckwheat production record, how
ever, has stood since 1866. with this
years crop more than 5000, 900 bush :
els under 1t. Final crop production
! figures will be announced ne, month
Corn, King OF all crops aEu "r
which the United States grows niVv"
! than 20 per cont Of the worlds out
| put, reached the enormous total of
IS,199, 1876 900 bushels. That is 10000
900 bushels more than ever before
grown in any year. This is the third
! corn crop TO exceed 5000, 600. 900
bushels, the previous record having
! been male in 1J12, while the crop OF
1917 was the second largest.
The tobacco crop this year.. placed
at 1,i76, $4,000 pounds by tho prelim-
mary estimate, is S7,000,000 pounds
more than grown last year when ;li
previous records were broken, Nir-
ginia. North Carolina, and South Caro-
lima. exceeded their last years pro-
duction, while KentLcky's crop this
year is 36,OO0,000 pounds less than n
year agoI .'.r-. ~.
Production of rice this year exceeus
by 12,OO0,0o0 bushels the previous
largest crop In 1917. The output this
year ~ placed at So, 28S ,0OO bushels.
almost halt of which was grown H.
louisiana.
The sweet potato harvest will show
lOb,676, 900 bushels which is 2,0UO,-
900 bushels more than grown last
year, when the crop exceeded all pre-
vious years production. Alabama's
output Is larger than any other states
The crop OF pears this year is placed
ut 16,66S.O00' bushels. The previous
largest crop was tina, ot 1917, whom
lS2Sl,oo0 bushels were produced
California produced more than 3,0O0.-
600 bushels, while New York's pro-
duction is almost 2,250,000 bushes.
Prelimms~y estimates OF this years
production OF wheat, oats, barley, rye,
hay, rice and peaches were announced
last month. fr.' .. 49,, '.v" .
Production Of other crops, az shown,
by the preliminary estimates today
follows: f,.. =, N g.. ......
/ Buekwheat 14.331, 600 bushels, COM
pared with 1852, 600 bushels forecast
hast month aud 1e,30l 900 bushels
produced last year
Potatoes i21,252, 900 bushels, COM
pared with 414.DS6, 600 last month AMI
57,eol,000 last year.
FlaSseed 10,i36,O9O bushels, COM
pared with 1l.704,000 last month and
S,9J9,00U last year.
~ Apples 236, Isl, 900 bushels, compar.
cd with 227.a7S, 900 last month and
l37407 900 las' year. .-.
Sugar bcets $4,000 tons, compar
cd with $4,000 last month and G.
4a1 600 hast year.
Peanuts Si,A9B,O0o bushels, com
pared with 900 last month an,,
33,263,O00 last year.
The preliminary estimate Of the
production Of corn in southern states,
follows.
Virginia 45.6Oo. 900 bushels; North
Carolina '62,G4O,ooO; Georgia 6s.4O5.-
600.
Tobacco. VirSiDia l79,G5G,0O0
pounds; North Carolina, 3SJ.922,OOO; {;
South Carolina $3.50. 600; Florida, A.
$4,000.