AMERICAN CROPS
GREAT MAIZE HARVEST EXPECTED.
(BSITS3 PRESS ASSOCIATION.—CO?XRI«IIT.) (ADSTKAMAH-NEV ZEALAND CABLB ASSOCIATION.) NEW YORK, 9th August. A three-billion (3,000,000,000) bushel crop of corn (that is, maize), for the third time in the history of the United States, is estimated by the Department of Agriculture. August is a critical month for the great com belt in the middle States, but there has been an improvement in all the Start.es except Illinois. The spring wheat was severely affected in July by rust, and the production was reduced by twenty-nine million bushels to a total of 262 millions. The preliminary estimate of the winter wheat is increased by fifteen millions, making the total winter and spring crop 795 million bushels.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 36, 11 August 1920, Page 7
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118AMERICAN CROPS Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 36, 11 August 1920, Page 7
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