Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1910 — HARVEST OF 1910 SETS UNITED STATES RECORD. [ARTICLE]

HARVEST OF 1910 SETS UNITED STATES RECORD.

Total Yield of Cereals Is Swelled by Bumper Corn and Oats Crops— Ntftthwcat fe Sufferers Bumper yields of corn and oats have swelled the ' total harvest of cereals this year to by far the largest aggregate in the history of the country: The total crops of wheat, corn, and oats alone as reported by the government in its October report issued Monday, are 4,765,000,000 bushels, or 249,000,000 bushels more than the big harvests of 1909, and the largest aggregate yield on record. While the total yield of spring and winter wheat was not of record proportions, the indicated harvest of corn and oats shatters all previous high marks. The October corn promise is for a crop of 2,977,000,000 bushels, or about 205,000,01)0 bushels more than the big crop of last year, and 50,000,000 bushels more than the previous high mark of 2,927,000,000 bushels .secured in 1906. The government reports again lifted the estimate of the oats crop, this time making it 1,096,000,000 bushels, or practically 90,000,000 bushels more than the yield of 1906, which itself shattered all previous records. The figures sent out Monday give promise for the most successful year the American farmers have ever had. Prices are not so high as last year, but generally the higher yields more than make up for this and the fact that bumper yields of all the leading cereals have been obtained means that prosperity on thd farms will be widespread and not confined to any one section. About the only section that suffered severe crop losses was in the northwest, where the midseason drought caused much damage. This was especially the case in North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Yields of all grains were small, but, even with the curtailment as the result of drought and hot winds, there was nothing like the calamity confidently predicted by the crop killers who flocked to the spring wheat, fields last summer. Nothwithstanding the enormous losses suffered by the Dakotas and Minnesota, the three states which raise the greater part of the spring wheat crop will harvest about 180,000,000 bushels, which a few years ago would have been considered enormous. Moreover, the wheat is of excellent quality. The yield of corn estimated at 2,977,000,000 bushels, is about 80,000,000 bushels more than was figured Sept. Ist, the extraordinarily favorable weather conditions during September working wonders in conditioning the cereal. As the crop is now safe from frost, the final estimate by the government will show probably as much or more corn than the October figures. A continuation of present weather conditions for a few weeks more will give a crop of the finest quality, as well as the largest yield on record. All the leading corn states have the promise of big yields. The general condition of the crop is placed at 80.3 against 78.2 a month ago, and 73.8 a year ago.