Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — FULL BINS FOR FARMERS. [ARTICLE]

FULL BINS FOR FARMERS.

Country's Corn Crop Promises to Equal that of Last Year. Information regarding the growing corn crop has been received at the De IKirtment of Agriculture in Washington. There is every indication now that the crop of the country will equal the enormous crop of last year, which was 2.151.130.000 bushels. That was the largest crop the United States has produced for mauy years. The crop of 1804 had only l-cen 1,212,000,000 bushels, and it was but a trifle more in 1803 and 1802. In ISOI it reached beyond 2,000,000,000 bnshe's. The extent of the corn crop of the United States this year is about 1,000,(XMI acres less than it was last year. Then it was 82,000.000 acres. In 1894 it was only "ti. 000.000. The average acreage in the principal corn Ktates is reported as follows for the two years: 180 ft. 1895. Ohio 1(111 104 Mh-hignu toil .100 Indiana 103 104 Illinois ~!(« ]ofi low* 97 108 Missouri 99 107 Kansas 105 117 Nebraska 102 107 Texas Kt 112 Tennessee 04 ]O7 Kentucky 07 102 The, official method of the Government for communicating the state of growing crops to the public is to take a basis of 11X1 ns a reasonable standard of excellence. Averages in excess are exceptionally good, and averages below 100 become less encouraging the lower they go. With this explanation the statements of the officials of the Agricultural 'Department become plain to those outside the Board of Trade. The. reports received justify the fidlowing estimates of the average condition of the .crop in the leading corn States, which are given alongside the averages for July, 1895: ISM. 1895. Ohio loti 91 Michigan .., Kai til Indiana lib 95 Illinois PH 92 lowa 94 105 Kentucky 97 9(1 Missouri Hl 1011 Kansas 102 104 Nebraska ..103 95 Texas 93 118 Tennessee 90 98 For the entire country the present average is 112.4, against 99.3 in July; 1895. The condition of the entire cron of winter wheat throughout the United Stiite-i is 75. G. against (15.8 in July, 18'15, distributed as follows: 189(1. 1895. Now York 70 78 Pennsylvania 70 88 Kentucky (14 85 Ohio M co •Michigan 73 09 Indiana (Id 52 Illinois 80 50 Missouri 75 (J 8 Kansas 75 42 California 100 82 Oregon 95 95 Washington 100 93 The reports received by tin* d(>|Mirtment in a general way on till crops iirb 1 , ciYeohrnging. This ought to be a prosperous year for fanners in most sections of the country, unless some great calamity befalls the harvest. Generally poor condition of fruit throughout the cotintry is announced in the agricultural report. Apples declined in condition fropi 71 to (14.0 during June. The peach erdp promises to be of medium proportions. During' Hie flSot month n fall of IXU aiulpls has taken place, leaving the gencthil average n<hv 51.8.