Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1913 — CROP REPORT SHOWS GREAT CORN LOSS [ARTICLE]

CROP REPORT SHOWS GREAT CORN LOSS

August Bulletin Estimates Lou Of 300,000,000 Bushels During the Hot Weather. Drouth Over many states Is assigned as the cause of a great decrease in the estimated yield of corn, the king of American (props. The August report, just published, makes an estimate of decrease 300,000,000 bushels since the report of July Ist. The total production predicted for the United States is 2,672,000,000 bushels, which is 452,000,000 less than last year. On Jrily Ist the crop was estimated at 86.9 of normal. The latter estimate is 75.8 of normal. Kansas was hit the hardest by the drouth, which extended over many states. There the estimate dropped from 81 per cent to 30 per cent. Oklahoma came next in the damaged states, with, a reduction estimated at 44 against 87 in July. Nebraska was next and fell from 91 to 67. The wheat production Is estimated at 511,000,000 of winter wheat, which is the largest the United States evej. had, exceeding the crop of 1902, the record heretofore, by 10,000,000 bushels.There is also an increaes in spring wheat productioh.