Evening times-Republican., 1920-12-17
CROP VEL Ds SMASH MARK.
Value. However, Nearly s5.ooo,ooo
Less Than That Of Last Year.

Washington Dec. 15.--I4oss OF near
ly $4,000, 900. 600 in the country's farm
crops from the high value of last
year is indicated by the final report
of the department of agriculture, is
sued by the government late yester-
Gay. The total valuation is s9,14S,-
$4,000, compared with total of $14,-
0S7, $4,000 for the year 1919, or a de-
crease of "a 4,sss.477.000.
This vast shrinkage in values rep
resents the farmers contribution to
the readjustment OF prices toward
normal pre-wa levels.
The acreage devoted 70 the impor-
tant crops was s5l ,Gs2, 40s, compared
with 3oS.ls2,1l2 last year.
Valuations Of the five grains ag-
gregatel $l.271. .2ag,oo0, compared
with s3,7s5, ,0So. .ooos last year. The
average valuation fo- the 1914-1s
season was s5,s44.s3s.00o. or s1.57s,-
5000 more thane the total for 1920.
The report showed the largest ng-
gregate yield of the five principal
grains In the history of the country
and was a distinct surprise to the
grain trade, as well as to the pro-
duccr. IA.
The total yield Of wheat, corn. oats.
rye. and barley is 5,sls.000.O 900 bush
els, corn furnishing more than half.
This is an increase OF 145.00O.00O
bushels over the November prelinin-
ary estimates, 543, ,0GU,o00 bushels
more than the revised figures Of last
year, and 250,oo0.ooO bushels in sex-
cess of the final returns in 1911.
which were the largest on record up
TO this year.
An Important feature of the final
returns was the. increase of 80 1000. .0I0
bushels In wheat, 33.e00,000 bushels
Of corn,. and 10000, 600 bushels of oats
over the preliminary returns. This
throws oil former calculations as to
wheat supplies out Of line, and shows
that, taking all actual export sales
into consideration, together with the
amounts sold but not yet cleared, the
United States still has 120,000.000
bushels OF wheat available for export
to July l, and for carryover into the
new crop. The average carryover is
$4,000, 900 bushels.
There is more grain this year than
the railroads can move before anoth-
er harvest. There are plenty Of cars
available, but the grain movement is
below the average.
The wheat crop has been exceeded
only three times in the history of the
country, while the corn crop is the
largest known by 10S,OO0,0 900 bushels.
The oats crop is one of the four larg-
est known.
The extraordinary character Of the
| harvests, which have been the most
abundant in the country's history, de-
spite an unfavorab]e start and a poor
early promise. is emphasized by the
! December revisions of estimates.
Increased yields over early esti-
mates on winter wheat come from
nearly every state, the largest gain
being 100000 bushels in Kansas
the largest wheat producer in the
country. This was due to an increase
Of more than 1,00000 in the acreage.
The total returns are 4S.OO0,O0O bush
els more of winter wheat than were
claimed carly, more in line with
many. private reports. Spring wheat
decreased 5000 900 bushels.
The corn crop of 232,367, 900 bush
els is the largest on record by 10S,-
100000 bushels, and the yield per
acre of 800 bushels exceeds last
years by 2.3 bushels and the average
by "a bushels there being only one
previous year when the average yield
has been more than 80 bushels.
Despite the record yield for the
crop, the valuation Of $2,1S9,7 900
shows a reduction of $1,6s2, 100000
from last years, when the crop was
374, 000. 600 bushels smaller. The price
paid to the farmer on Dec. 1 Of 67.7
cents per bushel. compared with
s1349 last year, offsetting the in
crease in the yield.
There is an abundance Of all food
and feed grain, and the crop of pota-
toes, at 430,45s,O00 bushels exceeds
last years by 72.916,oOO bushels, and