Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — GREATEST CORN CROP FORECASTED FOR 1920 [ARTICLE]

GREATEST CORN CROP FORECASTED FOR 1920

The greatest corn ewtl in the country's history is in prospect for this gear's harvest. Forecast *of production based on Septeibber 1 _ conditions was placed at/3J.31,<H)0,000 bushels today by the United States department of agriculture. Such a yield would exceed by sir million bushels the previous, largest crop on record, which was an 1912. A crop of even larger proportions will he harvested if frosts hold off until late ah 4 permit ms* turity of much late com now rated •*■ as of doubtful promise. * . . - Tobacco also is a record crop this year and will probably exeeed the best previous production by 114,000,000 pounds. Forecast of production places this yeai£s crop at 1,553,000,000 pounds. August growing conditions proved highly beneficial to tttbifrofthe country's important. *• * result production forecasts generally warn, /higher itv -jt*<hafiiH»epoit than the forecasts a month ago. Corn improved to the extent of 128,000,000 hn»hels;. ;i asts forty million , bushels: white potatoes; eleven million budieUr; gweet potatoes, one million busheli; tobacco, ten million pounds and apples, ten million bushels. Spring-wheat, however, suffered a, lpss x of 2&000,000 bushels because of drought and flax lost 2,500,000 . bushels Jrom the same cause.