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The average farm price of corn this year, on December first, 

 was ten cents more than the price one year previous. If the corn 

 could all have been sold at that price, it would have yielded the 

 farmers $23,000,000 more money than the crop of the previous 

 year; however, this crop will perhaps bring the farmers less money 

 than the previous crop. A very large percentage of the corn crop 

 of this State is fed to live stock, and most of that fed to hogs this 

 year will be fed at a loss, because 4-cent hogs will not yield a profit 

 on 50-cent corn. 



Wheat. — The wheat crop of the State for 1907 was a full aver- 

 age, though not up to the crop for the previous year. The plant lice, 

 or "green bugs," which caused so much loss in the southwest, did 

 only a small amount of damage in this State. A few counties in 

 the southwestern part of the State were damaged some on this ac- 

 count. The quality of the grain at the time of harvest was usually 

 good, but excessive rains after harvest, and before the crop could 

 be threshed, caused considerable damage. 



The acreage sown in the fall of 1907 for the crop of 1908 is 

 estimated at 8 per cent, below the crop of 1906, making the present 

 cultivated acreage 2,110,669. The greatest decrease in acreage is 

 in the northeast section, where there is a loss of 13 per cent. The 

 largest acreage, compared with the previous year, is in the central 

 section, where it is 96 per cent. The decreased acreage is due 

 largely to droughty conditions during the season of planting, mak- 

 ing it difficult to prepare the land for seeding. 



WHEAT HARVEST CALENDAR OF THE WORLD. 



The following shows the months of the wheat harvest in the 

 different wheat-growing sections of the world : 



January — Australia, New Zealand, Chili, and Argentine Re- 

 public. 



February and March — East India, and Upper Egypt. 



April — Lower Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, Persia, Asia Minor, India, 

 Mexico, and Cuba. 



May — Algeria, Central Asia, China, Japan, Morocco, Texas, 

 and Florida. 



June — Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South of France, 

 California, Oregon, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, 



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