The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-27
TIE GREATEST CROP IN
TIE WORLD.

n Qu0AtlOh WIuOiy ulScuDecO 1nVOlV-
ed the relative value Of wheat, cotton,
tea and hay crops of the world.
Which of these products employs
the greatest amount of the worlds
Cap'tol9 It 10 said that hay leads
the rest, and the itoma that entsr In
to the amount AZ stated are sorae-
what startling, and will make Gran
GERS hair stand on an end. Cotton
and tea are LEGAL crops, while hay is
produced svcrywhsie the world over,
and thus the Kay crop greatly eat
weighs either Of the Uthcr two. The
aggregate reported value ofall pre-
ducts for 1870 was %, 447, 538. 658;
but as this includes additions to
stocks, "bctterments, "&c, it is prob.
ably to high. Now tho hay crop for
that year-thAt is the grass dried
and cured for use or solids report
cd at over 81, 900, 600 tens' This at
half the selling price in the large cit
les would amount to $4O5 600, 600,
and is far greater than the aggregate
homr-vaIue of he cotton crop or any
other crop. But the cured ''hay' is
bu' a portion Of the grass crop. The
other portion is used on the ground.
and it requires considerable calcuIa-
ton TO get at the value so used, even
in the toughest way.
la the first place live stock, inclu-
ding horned cattle, horses, sheep,
swine. &C.. 10 the value of l,525,-
600, 600, were fed from it that year.
Averaging the lives of these at tive
years we have onr-ffth Of that sum
as representing the grass fed TO them
In 1870, namely; $2o5,0Oo. 600;
next ne find the value Of the animals
slaughtered for food in that year TO
be 500, 600 600, and as this is an
annual produce. the whole of il will
for the present be credited 10 the
grass crop next we find that the
butter crSp of 1870 wAs 5l4, 100000
pounds. which at the lowest average
Of % cents. amounts TO 1928, 000,-
600 and this goes TO the credit of
graz" next we have 235,0O0,O0O|
gallons Of milk. which, averaged at
the low estimate of 10 cents per
gallon. de $25, 900, 600 more to the
credit of the grass crop; then we
have loo, 600, 600, pounds of wool a.
20 cents pound, adding $25, 900. ooo
more; and, finally So, 600, 600 pounds
Of CHEESE It 10 cents. adding over
$1,000, 900 to the total of these credits
10 The grass crop of 1870, which
aggregates 1887, ooo,o 900.
Now let us add the value of the
''hay" crop as given above-viz.:
$4O5, 900, O00-nnd we have a
grand total for hay aud the pro
duct. Of grass consumed on the
grsu~d amounts to $l,282,000 900.
This Is, OF course, suhjecs 10 the de
ducilon, AS the meat, butter, milk
shecse, and wool producing anin,vls
consume other food besides grass aud
hay. To make ample allowance for
this, we deduct the entire value CT
corn and osl-crops of 1870, estima-
ted at S270, 600, 600 and this leav 81
remainder of 81, 082. 900, 900 TO be
credited to The hay and grass crop
OF thar year, when the reported ag-
gregare of all farm products was So
A 1913, 658 II our estimate make
even the toughest approach TO ac-
curscy, the value of that crop was
Two titIhs Of he aggregate value OF
all farm products, and hence we may
Infer that rwO fifihs OF the CAPITAL
the" invested in sgriculru al pursuits
\ AS devoted to the grass-crop, and
this IN the United State equa's GuI
round numbers) $4.575 900 600
From these figures the deduction j.
p"Ipable that King Cotton is un.
crowned dethronod; and we NAV be
forced to admit that all flesh" and
all else is h'y. if not g ass,'' :
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