Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — BAD YEAR FOR FARMERS. [ARTICLE]

BAD YEAR FOR FARMERS.

Report of the Agricultural Department Is Not Encouraging. In the report of the Agricultural Department the total value of the corn crop for 1893 is p aced at $591,©51627, and although tho crop is only about 9,000,0; 0 bushels less than that of 1892 its money value on the farm is $50,500,000 less. The value per acre is $8.21, the lowest figute for ten years, except for the years of 1880 and 188!). The falling off in tho wheat crop for the year is even more marked. The total product, as estimated, amounts to 390,131,725 measured bushels, which falls below the average for the ten years 1880 to 1889 to the amount of 53,553,304 bushels, ard is 84,(48,956 bushels less than the average crop for the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive. There has also been a fall in the price of wheat, so that the farm value of the crcp is estimated at no more than $213,171,381, which is believed to be the lowest ever recorded. The crop of oats in 1893 was 22,180,150 bushels less than in 1892, and the farm value was $21,077,519 less The report also shews a corresponding decrease in the crop of potatoes, rye and barley, not alone in the production but in the price.