Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — Statistics Show Crops arc Greater This Year Than Heretofore. [ARTICLE]

Statistics Show Crops arc Greater This Year Than Heretofore.

Bumper crops, led by corn with the greatest harvest ever gathered, were produced by the farmezof the United States during this year. In a general review of crop conditions issued today, the bureau o? si.atisf.ics of the department of agriculture says: “The harvests of 1910 have been practically complete 1 with results exceeding the expectations during the growing period. Preliminary estimates have been made of the production of most of the important crops, from which it appears that the aggregate production of crops in 1910 are approximately 7.6 per cent greater than the crops of 1909—and about 9.1 greater than the average annual production of the preceding five years Prices for important ci’ops averaged on November 1 about 5.4 per cent lower than a year ago."