Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1882 — THE WHEAT CROP. [ARTICLE]

THE WHEAT CROP.

The following figures indicate what appears to be the probable yield of wheat in thirteen of the principal*grain-growing States, compared with that of 1879 : Cenaua, Eat. 1882 buahels. buahela. Kansas 17,321,000 37,500,000 Missouri 25,966,000 35,000,000 Minnesota 33,610,000 48,000,000 Michigan 35,532,000 37,80 ,000 Illinois 51,110,000 55.030,090 Indiana 47,284,000 51,800,000 lowa 31,154,000 36,000,000 Ohio 46,014,000 52,000,000 Wisconsin 24,881,000 25,000,0 0 Kentucky 11,356,000 17,000,1X10 California 29,017,000 50,000,000 Dakota 2,830,000 12,500,0)0 Nebraska 13,840,000 22,500,0(0 T0ta15369,912,000 481,100,000 These thirteen States yielded in 1879 369,912,000 bushels, while the crop for the whole country was 459,479,000 bushels. The yield of these S ates was in that year 80% per cent, of the total crop. If this year also these selected States embraced 80% per cent, of the whole crop, then the 480,100,000 bushels which the above estimate suggests as the probable yield in these States would represent 596,400,000 bushels as the probable yield for all the States. It is proposed to build an underground railroad in Paris. The cost of its construction is put at 330,000,000,