The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-14

TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 1l.-Summafy
Of the value Of Kansas farm pro
ducts, live stock, etc., for 1891, work
ing capital aud available surplus,
being ofleisl statistics compiled
from returns Of assessors OF kansa:
and the correspondents OF the board
Of agriculture, show the value OF the
total output Of Kansas farms, TO.
gether with the aggregate value oil
live stock TO he rs follows:
Cereals-Wheat, corn, oats, rye,
barley and buck wheat. Aggregate
value of, fl05, 230, 172.05. Other HELD
crops: Potatoes. castor beans. sor-
ghum, cotton, fax, hemp. tobacco,
broom corn. millet, tame and prairie
hay. Aggregate value OF, sic, 465,
O7511. Products of live stock, wool.
cheese, butter, animals slaughtered
and sold for slaughter, milk sold,
poultry and eggs sold. Aggregate
value Of, s45, 75i, 709 81.
Miscellaneous produets-Garden
and horticultural products sold,
wine. honey, and wax and wool sold.
Aggregate value of, s., 39l All -
The incsease I'm horses and the
number turned into cash each year
Is not given by the assessors. BY Q
conservative estimate this IL placed
at one seventh of the whole number
of horses, or ITO, 932. which at SIS per
head gives Ss,3l0,gI5. Grand total,
Sis, 13l, 347.17. This represents the
value of the total output Of Kansas
farms for the year 1891. The aggre-
gate value Of All the live stock OF the
state Is placed by the correspondents
of the board at $l11, 1914, $751; so. Add
ing this 10 he preceding amount
1.-THE total value of farm products,
etc.) we have a grand total OF $3.50
SOC, 3QS 81.
This amount IL properly divided in
two parts. Working capital and
available surplus. First, the amount
invested in live stocks 1lI ,614 ,s6l Oh,
horses, cattle sheep and swine, needs
to be kept on hand by the farmer
and Is, therefore, properly accounted
working capital. BY liberal estl.
mate II, 5O0,0 600 bushels Of wheat will
be needed by the farmers for bread
and seed for the year This amopni
at 20 cents per bushel is ss,I50,OOO,
which IL to be regarded as working
-apital. IL three-fourths OF all the
corn, oats, rye, barley, hay and sor.
ghun grown in the state Is allowed
10 be fed into stock on the farm (this
il a liberal estimate) the amount
consumed equals S., 1874 1886. This
also Is properly accounted as work
ing capital.
The value OF animals slaughtered
and sold for slaughter Is reported oy
| the assessors for the state at S3I ,S22
1872. From this amount must be de-
Quoted the meat consumed by the
farmers Of the state In the report
of the United States department oi
agriculture for 1890 it Is seen that the
department statistician estimate:
/ the annual consumption of meat pei
capita at Us pounds. Placing the
rural population of Kansas at 1000,
600. we have on the basis of cOnsump
ton given, I15, 600, 600 pounds for the
farm population, which, at Az cents
per pound, amounts to T,sI5,OOO
This amount the farmers Of Kansas
must keep on hand, and 1T also II
classed as working capital.
From the above estimate 1t Is seer
that approximately the total Work
| ing capital of Kansas IL as follows
In live stock, $111, 6I4, 94l so; breat
and seed, IS, 75O, 900; potatoes, SO, o33,
| 4I3 Os; corn, oats, rye, barley, hay
sorghum, ETC., s54 953, 1861 .SS; meat
a.. S65. 600; total working capital
| 1872 276, T39.47. Deducting THU
amount from $295 500, 30S 81, thu
| gross aggregate value OF all farm
products and of all the live stock o
the state, there Is balance OF $lO3,
529.5 72 20. This amount less TIT
cost of needed groceries, clothing
ETC.. represents the available surplus
| of Kansas farmers for this year.