Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1904 — Condition of the Crops. [ARTICLE]

Condition of the Crops.

The government crop report made public during the week was more favorable than generally and shows a splfendid agricultural basis for prosperity. The statistics indicate the wheat crop to be 550,000,000- bushels, and the corn crop 2,400,000,000 bushels. Cotton is estimated at between 11 and 12 million bales. Altogether the crops of the country are in excess of other years, in spite of the decrease in the yield of wheat. Unofficial estimates are made placing the total value of the agricultural products fully $200,000,000 in excess of any recent year.