The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-14
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
Farmers Balance Sheet.

Farmers Balance Sheet.
Secretary Mohler of the state board
OF agriculture has compiled report
which includes the value of all t Q
products Of the farm. The report is 8
follows:
''Of6cial statistics compiled in this
Office from returns Of assessors Of Kan
sas and the correspondents of the board,
show the value Of the total output of
Kansas farms, together with the aggre-
gate value of live stock. to be as follows
Cereols-Wheat, corn oats. rye. bar
ley snd buckwhess. Aggregate
Other field crops-Po;;atcee:.;. castor '' w
beans. sorghum, Gotten, fax.
hemp tobacco, broom corn, mil
let tame and prairie hay. Aesre-
Products e Of live stock-wooi, ''''''' .
cheese. butter. animals slaueh-
tered and sold for slaughter, milk
cold. poultry and eggs sold. As-
greGdfe value Of. l5,12i7o9 81
Miscellaneous products - Garden
and Horticultural products sold,
wine, honey and wax and wood
sold. Aggregate valu. Of -. 2,ssl,4I7 %
Total :: sie0, Ell, 81 II
The increase in horses and the num-
Der turned INTO cash each year is
not given BY the assessors. Bya
conservative estimate We place
this at one seventh Of the whole
number OF hofses. or In. $50
which. 81 per head. givss. IS s.s1es75 o.
Grand total SITS, ~ SAT II
'This represents the value Of the total
output of Kansas farms for the year
1891.
"The aggregate value of all the live
stock Of the state is placed by the cor
respondents Of the board at SIT, 674,-
$3.50. Adding this to the preceding
amount 1.-THE total value of farm prod
ucts, ETC., we have grand total Of
1895, 500, 30S.67.
'This amount is properly divided into
two parts:
'First-Working capital;
"Second-Available surplus.
"First-The amount invested in live
stock ($117,674,9 61.5O), horses, cattle,
sheep and swine, needs to be kept on
hand by the farmer, and is, therefore,
properly accounted working capital.
"By liberal estimate, 12,5OO,OO0
bushels of wheat will be needed by the
farmers for bread and seed for the year
This amount at 70 cents per bushel is
So, 100000, which is to be regarded as
working capital.
''If We allow three-fourths of all the
corn, oats, rye, barley, hay and sorghum
grown in the state to be fed to stock
on the farm this is liberal estimate),
we have an amount consumed equal in
value to $54, 943,361.Ss. This also is
properly accounted as working capital
"rhe value of animals slaughtered
and sold for slaughter is reported by
the assessors for the state at $751;, 922,-
1872. From this amount must be de-
Quoted the meat consumed by the farm
ers of the state.
"In the report of the United States
department Of agriculture for 1890 We
SEQ that the department statistician esti-
mates the annual consumption Of meat
per capita at ATS pounds. Placing the
rural population OF Kansas at 10000
We have, on the basis of consumption
given, It's, 100000 pounds for the farm
population, which, at a cents per pound,
amounts to $7,S75,0OO.
'This amount the farmers Of Kansas
must keep On hand, and it also is classed
as working capital.
s.From tho above estimate we see that
the total working capital
of Kansas farmers is as follows:
I. In live stock Silt 81, ISL 50
2 Bread and se,d e,7S0,O6 %
3. Potatoes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sos, AIS 70
ghum, etc. .................... 54oaS.s 80
:. Meat Observation-Disclosures. 7,e7b, 900 70
Total working capital. .... .$192 27e. 726 Al
"Deducting this amount from $685.
S06 3OS 81 tho GROSS aoOrerafe IF va1ne