Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — Argentine’s Wheat Crop. [ARTICLE]

Argentine’s Wheat Crop.

Reports from the Argentine state that weather conditions are ideal for the growth of wheat. The official preliminary estimate is for a crop of 240,000,000 bushels. The large crop of 1915-16 was 173,000,000 bushels, and the average for the five preceding years was 149,000,000 bushels. Domestic requirements are ibout 70,000.000 bushels. The large crop now growing will be available some time after January 1 if transportation is furnished. The Argentine oats crops is estimated at 88,000,000 bushels, or 12,000,000 bushels more than the crop of 1915, of which 57,000,000 bushels were exported.