Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-23
Estates CORN CROP
IS ABOVE NORMAL
1921 REPORT SHOWS.
ILLINOIS STANDS SECOND
AMONG coMMoNWEALTHs OF
U. s. A.--IoWN IN FIRST PLACE,
ACCORDING ro AGRICULTURAL
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\ Statistics OF the Illinois corn yield
for 1921, prepared by s. d. Fessen
den, AGRICULTURAL statistician, indicate
that II Is l.5 per cent above nor
NAL.
7 The average Weld, according to the
report received here today, is 352
bushels per acre.
These estimates show crop Of
about 304.55O, 900 bushels compared
with 29416S000 bushels last year.
The average production for five years
from 1916 to 1919 was 346,330,O 900
bushels.
Illinois Ranks Second.
Illinois ranks SECOND among the %
corn producing states this year, Iowa,
with an estimated crop of S,274,0O0
bushels, an average of AZ bushels per
acre, leads. 4
The estimated corn crop Of the
United States this year is 3.l5l $685.
600 bushels, an average of 2S.9 bush
els per acre. The nations corn crop
In 1920 was 3,23g, 1867 900 bushels. The
1--WE year average from 1915 to 1919
was 2,797 ,625 900 bushels.
ut is estimated that rs per cent of
the crop. or 23T62g 600 bushels, is of
merchantable. quality in Illinois, Fes-
sender said and 81 per cent, or
2,647,6S0,0 900 bushels in the United
States"
Although fars below the states of
the Mississippi valley in total produc.
ton of corn, PENNSYLVANIA has the
highest estimated yield per acre.
Pennsylvania corn raisers are expect
ed to produce an average of As bush
els per acre this year Georgia, which
Is expected to produce about $4,000.
600 more bushels of corn than Penn.
sylvania, has the lowest estimated
yield per acre II is expected to run
about 10 bushels. This Is the aver
age yield in Georgia for the past ten
years.
Nebraska, the third corn producing
state OF the nation, has total esti-
mated yield of 200 $500 bushels or
Is per acre.
Climate Favorable.
''ln Illinois the climate conditions
through the growing season were ia.
vorable as a tule," Fessenden said.
"The crop started with an excellent
stand and made remarkable growth
Many troubles developed as the sea
son progressad9 which tended to re.
duce the expected unusually high
yields. Chinchebugs did less damage
In western counties than during the
preceding year3but were worse in a
number of cengal eastern and south
eastern countiea Towards the close
OF the season high winds in numerous
localities causea the plant to go down
badly. Rain when the corn was in the
shock in manyRsections retarded the
drying out of Che grain. The corn
ear worm which, due probably to an
open and mild winter. has been pres
ent In large npnbers in all sections
of the state has done much damage
to the grain. Mplds and rot have also
been unusually prevalent and the
proportion of understandable corn
in the crop is large"
Nine per cent, fthe 1920 corn crop
was stu held On Illinois farms Nov.
l. The percentage of the stored crop
In the United States was ST. per cent
This is between two and one-half and
three times the average amount stor-
Ell during The previous five years.
About 3 pei cent of this yeaN'rcrop
has gone into silos, making the av-
erage yield of silage about tons per
acre.
Using Nov. 1.prices as a basis he
pointed out that Illinois farmers were
receiving 35 cents bushel this year.
while the price a year ago was II
cents. The average price in the Unit.
ed States Nov. ] was Ill cents. A
year age 1t was S72 cents.
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