Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — WILSON TELLS OF CROPS. [ARTICLE]

WILSON TELLS OF CROPS.

Secretary Asserts There Will Be a Shortage of Corn. Secretary Wilson, who has just returned to Washington from a trip that included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, said that while the farming conditions are generally good and some of the crops have a large yield, the corn crop will be short. “The abnormally cool weather,” he •aid, “has retarded the development of the corn crop. Along the valleys and high waters the crop has been destroyed, and on the level lands that have been saturated the corn will not mature. The best corn is along the dry rolling lands, but even there th* cool sensoo has prevented the crop from bejpg what It should be at this time. We may have an average crop. If the weather in the future Is favorable, but If It continues cold It ia hard to say to what extent there will be a shortage. “The grass crop will be the finest for many years. The cool weather hae favored the growth of oats, wheat nnd barley, and that clnss of products. The wheat crop Is generally good. The outlook for the farmer is good. We have been paying $8,000,000 annually for macaroni. We are growing all of our own macaroni this year.”