Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31

receiving better prices for their products
than at time in the past five years The average of
all farm prices for October per cent of the pre-
average compared with 1873 per cent in October
1924 The real significance of this Improvement in prices
better indicated by the relation of this change prices
of farm products to the changes in the wholesale prices
of nonagrcultura products. The purchasing power of
the prices OF farm products in terms of the prices
nonagricuura products has risen from &c. the lowest
point OF the depression period to 81 in October compared
with the pre-War average of 100.
], The current crop season has, as usual shown some
contrasts In sections there distress In Others
good and prices higher than any time since
1920 In the great area from northern South Dakota to
the Rio Grande and west to the Rockies drought serious
" reduced crop yields The same is true in the
tending from the Ohio and Potomac Rivers southeast
central Georgia and east to the Atlantic In certain
strcted portions of these the drought broke all
records and farmers face the difficulties that follow
when practically all crops fail.
Outside of the Is States chiefly affected by drought
crop yields in 1925 were good but they were not quite
large enough fully offset the reduction in the drought
stricken Because of this yields in the country as
whole slightly below the average during the last
10 years.
For the growers of winter wheat this has been sea-
OF disappointment fairly large acreage plant
ed but the killed by unfavorabe weather conditions
during the winter amounted to nearly 100000 acres
225 per cent of the area With the exception of
of the fields left for harvest had thin stands and
the final harvest averaged only 1877 bushels per acre
the lowest average yield since 1904.
Spring wheat looked very promising at first but
from rust, and the harvest 1873 bushels per acre
This is about bushe per above the veyear aver
age, but 26 bushels below the splendid crop
of 1924 In comparison with last year. however, the
ducton in yield offset by the large increase in the
acreage planted in the Pacific northwest where spring
wheat substituted for the winter wheat killed by
the unusual cold
Of all wheat winter and spring varieties combined
the country harvested total of 69 100000 bushels or
175000000 bushels less than in the preceding year. The
crop the smallest since 1917 In proportion to popula
ton the smallest wheat crop since 1890 Further
of this years crop nearly 100000 bushels
duru variety which is rarely used for bread fours
The corn crop of 3,O1S,OOOOOO bushels was
nearly oneourth larger than that of the previous year
and of much better quality than the average
quality harvested in the preceding four years. In the
central portions of the Corn Belt and practically every
where north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers excel
lent crop obtained but nearly failure in
the Southwest and the average yield was low in nearly
along the western border Of the Corn Belt.
Al total of 1,470O00OO0 bushels of and 227 600
600 bushels Of barley harvested these totals being
respectively IL cent and 25 per above the
age production of the past five years
The hay crop of 1925 only 49, 100000 tons, the
smallest since 1918 Allowing for 100000 tons on
hand May l. 1925 and for probable holdings of, g.
1925 crop good) the quantity fed will probably be
about los 100000 tons. year ago the crop was 112
100000 tons and the quantity used close to 100000
600 tons.
The cotton crop of 1926 is expected to be 900
bales and ranks with the crops of 1911 and 1914 one
OF the three largest record No crop since 1914 has
approached it in size record acreage and lack of e
cessive moisture during the growing season. with
panylng slight bolWeevil damage important fac
tors in producing this crop Good yields obtained
generally throughout the belt with the exception of south
central ana the PIEDMONT the CarOlinaS
and Georgia The quality of the crop materially low
cred by weather damage during the latter part of the
picking season Prices generally lower than year
ago. but for the belt WHOLE this years income from
cotton seems likely to equal that of last year.
The faXseed crop of 22,300,000 bushels is much be-
low the quantity harvested last year because of sharp
reductions in both acreage and YIELD but the crop was
about so cent greater than the average production
of the preceding five years.
Buckwheat was fairly good CROP and rice produc
ton not far below average. Rye sugar beets and
clover seed all gave low yields.
The potato crop of 346,500,OO0 bushels was the
smallest since 1919 and in proportion to poulation it
even smaller than the crop of that year Although
the 1925 "a cent less than that of the pre-
vous year and of unusually poor quality the guam
tty actually utilized for food may not be proportionaey
decreased because the 1924 greatly in
of domestic needs and many million bushels were fed to
stock used for starch other ow-value purposes
The shortage has, however been sufficiently great to
substantial increase in the price of potatoes and
probably increase in the demand for substitute
foods. The low production owing partly to reduc-
ton in following several years of excessive pro-
ducton and low prices well to losses from
freezing which occurred before all the crop was dug