Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-16

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Hgurss Fron the Board Of AsricultaSe
showing Preiuctiens and Reserves =
Working Capital
Official statistics compiled from 10
turns of assessors and c respondents
of the board of agriculture show the
value of the total output Of Kansas
farms, together with the aggregate
value of live stock to be as follows:
Cereals-Wheat, corn. oats. rye, bar.
ley and buckwheat- Aggregate value
of, sos, 230. 112 O5. o her field crops:
Potatoes, castor beans, sorghum, cot
ton, fax. hemp, t,bacco. broom corn,
millet tame and prairie hav. Aggre-
gate value of, SIG, 465. O7S.71. Products
of live stock, wool. cheese, butter, ami
mails slaughtered and sold for slaugh-
ter. milk sold. poultry and eggs sold
Aggregate value of, S45. 754, 7092L
Miscellaneous products-Garden and
horticultural products sold, wine,
honey and wax and wool sold. Aggre-
gate value of. 81, s91. 417.20.
The increas In horses and the num-
Der turned into cash ea-h year is not
given b. the assessors By conserve
tive estimate this is placed at one sew
enth of the whole mum Der OF horses, or
no, 932, which at S!5 per head gives S.
80, 975. Grand tai. S17S. 131, S47. 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
corresp ndenls of the board at Sl17,-
674, 96l.5O A ding this to the proceed
ing amount 1.-THE total value of farm
products, etc. we have grand total Of
1926, SOC, 3Os 81.
This amount is properly divided in,
two parts. Working capital and avail
able surplus. First, the amount invest
ed in live stock (SlI7, 674, 96l. SOY. horses,
cattle, sheep and swine, needs to be-
kept on hand by the farmer and is,
therefore, properly accounted working
capital. By liberal estimate IL, 500, )
600 bushels of wheat will be needed by
the farmers for bread and seed for the
year. This amount at 70 cents per
bushel is S., ESQ, 900, which is to be re-
garded as working capital. If three
fourths of all the corn, oats. rye, bar
ley, hay and sorghum grown in the
state is allowed to be fed into stock on
the farm this is liberal estimate) the
amount consumed equals S., 494, 1886.
This also is properly accounted as work
ing capital
The value of animals slaughtered and
sold for slaughter is rep rted bv the
assessors for the state at S37, 922, 1879.
From this amount must be deducted
the meat consumed by the farmers of
the state. In the report of tine United
States department of agriculture for
1890 it is seen that the department
statistician. estimates the annual con-
sumption of meat per capita at IT'S
pounds Placing the rural population
of Kansas at LOCO, 600, we have, on the
basis of consumption given, ITS, 600, 900
pounds for the farm popu ali n. which,
at AZ cents per pound, amounts to ST.
S75,0 ZOO. This amount the farmers of
Kansas must keep on hand, and it also
is classed as working capital.
From the above estimate it is seen
that approximately the total working
capital of Kansas is as follows; In live
stock, Silt. 674. 941.50; bread and seed,
SIS, $50, 900; potatoes, So, 033, 4l3 %; corn,
oats, rye, barley, hay, sorghum, etc,
$54. 943, 1851. Ss; meat, 81. $50, 900; total
working capital 1912. 276, 739.47. De-
Quoting this amount from 1895, sos, 30s.67,
the gross aggregate value Of all farm
products and of all the live stock of the
state, there is balance of $l03. $685.
This lace ho = If
needed groceries, clothing ETC., repre-.
sents the available surplus of Kansas
farmers for this year.