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turer's prices, which enables us to sell them at these prices :
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Nearly 5,000,000 Acres, Sown to
Wheat for this Year's Harvest,
Has Been Abandoned; Condition
oi Crop.
The total wheat area, according to
government reports from the depart
ment of agriculture, In cultivation on
May 1, is placed at 27,103.000 acres,
being 4,SGS7000 acres or 15.2 per cent
less that tho area sown last fall. This
estimate, by the way, it is explained,
will not be modified, as it is not con
sidered necessary. This Is interest
ing, because it leaves tho trade and
I bo agiicultural Interests generally In
a delightful state of uncertalnity as
to the real proportions of the acreage
planted last fall. It Is announced
also that tho department's final grain
report for 1901 will bo issued on Fri
day, May 23, but whether ho figures
then given will be revised in accord
ance with public ideas as to tho
yield in recent years, based on cen
sus rpturns, does not appar.
The present report indicates that
of the nearly 5,000,000 acres aban
doned, about two-fifths, or 1.S35.000
acres were in Kansas; 270,000 acres
each in Texas and Tennessee; Indi
ana, 205,000 acres; California, 402,-
000 acres; Oklahoma, 325,000 acres,
and Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ken
tucky, Nebraska, and Washington,
each between 100,000 and 200,000
For the area remaining under culti
vation the average condition on May
1 was 70.4, against 94.1 on May 1,
1901, SSJ) at tho corresponding date
in 1900 and 83.2 the mean of the May
averages for the last ten years. The
present condition is tho lowest May
condition a-ith tho e.rci-!in f tl.
years 1899. 1893, and 1888 since 1885.
The average condition of winter
rye on May 1 was S3. 4 as compared
with 85.4 on April 1, i302; 94.6 on
May 1, 1901; SS.5 at the correspond
ing date in 1900, and 89. the mean of
the May averages for the last ten
years. The present condition is the
lowest May condition since 1893, and
the lowest with that exception In
twenty years.
Tho figures of cnnriiMons and acre
age here given rre taken as indlcat-l
lng a crop of 341,000,000 bushels otj
winter wheat, an amount smaller by,
about 71,000.000 thnn tho estimated!
yield of winter wheat, made up on j
tho basis of last j car's agricultural!
department returns. It is, however;)
fully 44,000,000 bushels larger than;
the estimated actual yield of winter
wheat in 1S99, when, it will bo ro-j
called ,tho census showed a crop ofi
6iS,000,000 bushels gathered. This
much can, therefore, probably boj
said at this time: A falling off fromj
Inst year's winter wheat yield Is oasl-,
iy to be predicted. At present prices
for wheat tho temptation to plant)
heavily of spring wheat Is strong, j
and no important decrease In thisj
crop's area Is likely. I
The acreage in oats, from unofllel
clal -estimates, will bo largo, and
crop conn.tlons are quite good. Much
of tho area plowed up in winter
wheat will be devoted to corn, tho
ncreagc in which will probably break
all records. The outlook, therefore,
is for compensating increases in
other crops, offseting whatever de
crease may ultimately appear In
wheat. If tho good crop reports from
Gormnny, Franco and other parts of
Europe are correct, It may prove best,
after all, that a bumper crop of
American wheat should not bo pro
duced this year.
The West Coast Trado, In rovlow
ing Puget Sound conditions, says:
T'io markets hold steady. While
tho week has shown something of a
slump at tho cast, tho local export
quotations aro still fairly maintained
and thero is a little business being
worked from week to week, though
naturally of a restricted character
because of tho limited amount of
stock nvnllablo. Present quotations
of CG cents for club and 07 cents for
bluestein aro satisfactory to holders,
and with tho present splendid im
provement in crop prospects granar
ies aro. being emptied of remaining
stocks to a degreo seldom approach
ed. Wheat receipts at Tacoma for tho
week aggregated 170 cars, or 159.S00
bushels. For May Tacoma grain re
ceipts wero 778 cars wheat, 100 cars
oats, 24 cars barley and 2 corn. This
brings wheat receipts from Septem
ber 1 to date to aiv aggregate of 13,
940 cars, or 13,093,000 bushels, com
pared with 10,19 cars, or 9,242,100 j
bushels for the nrst nlno months of ,
tho crop Benson of 1900-1901. '
Two cargoes wero cleared during
tl.o week with n total of 243,5911
bushels wheat, with ono loaded and
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in uic Hueiuu. i rup novuva iruni
the Interior continue of n highly fav
orable character, tho lino rainfall
during May right up to tho close, do
ing much to make a flno harvest n
certainty.
Tho tonnage situation shows no
change, though all disengaged ves
sel' in Pacific Northwest waters havo
been picked tip, tho last chartor be
ing at tho very low rate of 23s 9d.
Just at present nothing Is doing In
new crop engagements, though ex
porters continue to offer about a 30o
limit.
Speaking of tho statistical condi
tion of stocks, Hradstreet's says;
"Visible grain statistics show snmo
interesting features, pointing as thoy
do a rapid lessening of stocks from
week to week. Of late the decrease
in tho aggregate American nnd Cana
dian supply east of tho Kocky moun
tains has amounted to fully 4.000,000
bushels a weok, and tho result 1b
that present total supplies aro S.000,-
000 bushels smaller than last year
and nearly 15,000,000 bushels smaller
than In 1900, whilo only 4,000,000
bushels larger than In 189D and 17,
iO.OOO bushels more than tn 1898,
tho year of high prices."
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A sewing machine
Is a necessity in ovory homo and parents should
not neglect teaching their ehildron how to sow. A
good investment is mado when you purchaso a
Standard, Whito or Wheolor & Wilson. Thoy aro
tho highest standard of sowing machine excolloney
nnd aro tho most improved made.
Don't send your money for a cheap machine- for wo
huvo them for .$'20.00, so if you want a ohoap ma
ehino eomo in and seo ours. Don't buy ft "pK "l a
bag." Oil, noedlos and extras for all machines.
Jesse Failing,
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Sowing machines, furnituro and carpets.
CLOSING OUT SALE! I
Everything in My Store Must Go. Nothing Reserved.
Great Bargains in Groceries
I have disposed of my fixtures to Lee Teutch, and will retire July 1st. The sooner I dispose of my
stock of groceries the better I will be pleased, Prices will be cut to the lowest possible figure, and cash
only will be accepted. No Credit will be given.
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All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me will please call and settle in cash
or by bankable paper before Joly i. All unsettled accounts July t will be ptft in the hands of
my attorney for collection.
The Comer Grocery
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KEMLER
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