While the Senate pothered over future crop production (see above), in other quarters of the capital the more realistic and troublesome problem of last year's wheat crop came forward and was met with a temporary solution. The 1928 crop was a bumper, close to 900 million bushels. On March 1, there still remained 355,563,000 bushels undisposed of, bulging in elevators and farm bins. It was the largest surplus since 1919, To make matters worse, the 1929 crop promises to surpass 1928's to run well above the 900...
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