Evening star., 1928-12-01
1928 YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT
JARDINE STATES IN REpORT T
Need OF Legislation to Remedy Recurring
Surpluses of Farm Products
Is Seen, However.

late in 1926, and by last Midsummer
reached the highest average level ever
recorded in peace time. Hog prices
early in the year touched the bottom of
a long decline which had started l8
months previously and are now in the
upward swing of q new price cycle
Lamb prices were well maintained not
Wlthstanding increased production.
WOOL prices were higher. Range condi-
lions generally were fair to good
tnrougnout the year; all sections were
1ree from serious droughts. Abundant
supplies OF corn, hay, and other feed
stuffs were harvested"
Corn Production Good.
Crop production in general, the re-
port asserts, was good In ali parts of
the country except in the eastern and
central parts Of the cotton belt, in
parts OF the eastern corn belt. and in
an area affected by drought, compris-
ing most OF South Dakota, Western
NeDraska, Eastern Colorado, New Mex
leo and Southern Texas.
Sharp changes In Temperatures in
the Spring destroyed the Winter wheat
seeded on fully 100000 acres and
thinned the stand on large addition
al acreage" 1t adds. "Reseeding was
complicated by cold and wet June. In
the late Summer and Fall the South
Atlantic States had torrential rains
tnat set new precipitation records at
many stations. These adverse condi-
ions, however. were largely offset by
generally favorable harvesting weather
IN the more important agricultural
All the three major American crons
Wneat, corn and cotton, are estimated
as showing high production in COM
paflSon with last year, but heavy losses
70 cotton were noted because of the
boil weevu and bad weather. and a
severe price depression was reported in
the wheat market. -
Increase In Wheat.
Our wheat production exceeded ann :
uVO,O0O bushels for the first time since
1919" the report says. "The increase
was mostly in hard Winter and in
durum wheat. Indications are that the
worlds supply of wheat for the 1929
marketing season will be about per
cent greater than that of the 1927-S
season.
I'm the last two months wheat prices
IN the United States have AVERAGED
ABOUT 23 per cent lower than those oi
the corresponding period in 1927. This
depression Is doubtless to some degree
q result OF the increase in the worlds
production Of wheat. The present sea-
son resembles 1924 in its wheat sup
ply position, and may resemble it also
IN its wheat price movements. In 1928
wheat prices fell during the early
marketing, but advanced as the sea.
son progressed"
a.
about 2,900, ,000,0 900 bushels, the larges;
crop since 1928. Corn. which fl,rnishss
ABOUT nall our grain supply, has grown
this year on an acreage a little larger
than that harvested last year, and the
yleioS, although uneven, averaged a lit.
Tie better. Iowa had a record crop and
good yields were raised also in Illinois
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
1noiana'S crop was about equal to the
average OF the last 10 years and Wis
conSinS crop slightly above the 10.
year average. In other important corn
raising States the yields were diSap-
pointing.
Cotton was planted on about As
7OO, 900 acres, an increase of ll.4 pel
cent over the acreage planted last year
Losses from the boil weevil, however
were the heaviest since the first few
years after the pest spread through the
cotton belt. Weather conditions were
unfavorable. In consequence, the cot
ton crop in October was estimated al
less than 100000 bales, compared
with 17,977,000 bales in 1926. Last
years small crop Of 1885, 900 bales was
held down by acreage reduction, boil
weeyil damage, and the Mississippi
floods"
Dairying and poultry production, the
Secretary said, have shared in the gen
eral prosperity of the live stock indus
tries, dairying having been particularly
aided by tariff protection on butter
cheese and milk, and poultry farming
by specialization and breeding improve
ments such as coal stove brooders and
mammoth 1ncubators.