Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — FORECASTS FOR HEAVY HARVESTS OF CROPS [ARTICLE]

FORECASTS FOR HEAVY HARVESTS OF CROPS

Washington, July 19.—Forecasts of heavy harvests of the country’s principal farm crops marked the July report of the department of agriculture today. The prospective yield in most instances is larger than the average production for the five years, 1914-1918, while tobacco and rice production promises to be the largest on record, tobacco with 112,000,000 pounds more than the previous largest crop, and rice with 11,000,000,000 bushels more than ever produced. Compared with last year’s output this year’s winter wheat, rye, corn, sweet potatoes ,peach and hay crops give indications of being smaller. Larger crops than last year are forecast for spring wheat, oats, barley, white potatoes, tobacco, flax, rice and apples. Throughout June the prospects of every important crop increased. The spring wheat crop is larger than last year’s by 82,000,000 bushels but the winter wheat crop is 114,000,000 bushels smaller, altho ft is only 45,000,000 less than the five year average production. Wheat of last year’s crop remaining in the former’s hands on July 1 was reported as 47,756,000 bushels, or more than 5 per cent of the crop. That added to this year’s prospective production, makes available about 856,000,000 bushels of wheat which according to officials | will be ample to irfeet domestic re--1 quiremenis and have a surplus for ! export.

With no circus, no celebration, no Rensselaer attractions so far this summer, we have felt that it was rather quiet in out good town but now we have the promise of a good attraction from The Mutual Chautauqua, good, clean and wholesome entertainment, that every live town needs, remember the dates, July 21st to 25th. Rev. F. A. Sheets, pastor of the U. B. church at Mt. Ayr, has tendered his resignation to the church board, same to take effect at once, to accept the pastorate of the Christian church at Remington. Rey. Sheets gave as the cause for his action the discouraging Condition existing in the church circles of Mt. Ayr, together with the disposition of the Aix church not to help in financial matters.