Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1919 — THE 1919 WHEAT CROP [ARTICLE]

THE 1919 WHEAT CROP

If weather conditions in this country are favorable there will be a record wheat crop in 1919. And every bushel of this wheat under the government guarantee will bring the farmer $2.26. This guarantee has back of it an appropriation of a billion dollars made by congress for the purpose of supporting the wheat price. It is possible that the loss to the government may not be as great as anticipated. Mr. Hoover informs us that Europe will need more wheat than the estimates have called for. There will be no wheat raised in Russia, Serbia or Bulgaria, so these countries, which are usually exporters, will be obliged to import wheat, The Australian wheat crop for 1919 will be small, and the Argentine crop will not exceed the usual amount.