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SoyT3eanS i> According to the October 1 government crop report, soybean pro- - 

 duction is eetlinated at 206,868,000 bushels. This is a slight reduction from last year. 

 The average yield in Illinois will be about 21.5 bushels an acre; production, 75,250,000 

 bushels. This is an increase over last year. However, there was a 2-million-buBhel 

 decrease. in the Indiana output; 1 million increase in Ohio, and no change for Iowa. 

 Illinois still produces more beans than any other two states ccmbined. Conditions for 

 harvesting were ideal up to Wednesday, and literally millions of bushels were cccibined 

 in Illinois. Because of unfavorable growing conditions in the latter part of the 

 season, some of the beans were smaller than normally, but the moisture content was so 

 low that practically all of them graded No, 1, and brought the maximum price of $1.86. 



During the past week or two the transportation system has become so heavily 

 taxed because of a heavy movement of farm crops, including grains frcm Cginada, plus a 

 heavy flow of war materials that dealers were not always able to get all the box cars 

 they needed. In some cases, this has forced some fanners to provide for temporary 

 storage space. Farmers are urged to give special attention to such temporary storage 

 facilities as empty horse stalls, oat bins, unused corn cribs, and space ordinarily 

 used for machinery storage to make sure that the walls are tight and that there is 

 sufficient strength in the floors and frame work, and also to guard against moisture. 

 It is reported that prefabricated wooden bins, which were used last year in the south- 

 ern part of Illinois, will be available from the Agricultural Adjustment CcBimittees . 

 They are reported to have kept beans well. In the meantime, the Association of American 

 Railroads has attempted to divert i<-,P00 box cars into the Northwest to transport wheat 

 from congested producing areas and furnish relief to distressed feeding areas in the 

 East. The Office of Defense Transportation has premised to divert cars to the soybean 

 areas, but to date many sections have not yet received any additional cars. Every 

 effort should be made to prevent spoilage to this valuable war crop until the trans- 

 portation situation can be cleared up. 



Com production estimate raised ^ According to the October 1 crop report, we 

 shall have a com crop of 3,055,605,000 bushels. This is slightly below last year's 

 record harvest of 5,175 million bushels, but it is one in four times in hiortory in which 

 the corn crop exceeded 3 billion bushels. The estimate for Illinois is^ 14-U6 million 

 bushels compared to ^55 million bushdls a year ago. In view of the great increase in 

 livestock on farms, the increase in the estimate for corn production is ir^eed good 

 news. Total feed grain production is expected to total about 115 million Lons or about - 

 9 million tons below last year's output, but above that of any other year since 1915. 

 Estimates for principal crops for the Uhited States are as follows: 



191^5 I9U2 



Com - — — 3 055 605 000 bu. 5 175 15^ 000 bu. 



Wheat- - 835 816 000 bu. 98I 3^7 000 bu. 



Oats 1 ikQ 692 000 bu. 1 358 730 000 bu. 



Barley - 336 212 000 bu. ^26 I50 000 bu. 



A Soybeans — — - 206 868 000 bu. 209 559 000 bu. 



