Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1919 — THE WHEAT WINTERED WELL [ARTICLE]

THE WHEAT WINTERED WELL

Abandoned Acreage Is Smallest on Record, Says “Modern Miller.” Chicago, Maych 24. —The Modern Miller’s crop outlook bulletin says: Where deterioration in the winter wheat fields of the southwest was reported a few weeks ago, special advices are of many sections partially recovering their losses. Abandoned acreage because of winter kill will be the smallest on record, and will be confined mainly to the northern section of the belt. Condition of growing plant may safely be placed at 92.93, yet some are placing it as low as 90. A winter wheat crop of 750,000,000 to 775,000,000 bushels is indicated. Less spring wheat will be put out, it is believed, as farmers realize that corn must be grown for meat production. Farmers are marketing corn a little more freely with better roads in some sections. Argentine Corn is coming out in goodly quantities. They will endeavor to market all surplus wheat before new crop is available.