The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-15
KANSAS FARM WEALTf4.

i-irursa From the board OF AgrIruiturs
zhoUirE f'roductiou1 and Reserves a.
working ca ttGL
OmcisI statistics compiled from re-
turns CT assessors and correspondents
Of the hoard 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--W heat, corn, oats, rye, bar
ley and bucEwheat. Aggregate value
Of SOS, ESQ, 1T2 05. Other deId crops:
Potatoes, castor beans, sorghum, cot
ton, fax, hemp, tobacco. broom corn,
millet, tame and prairie nay. Aggre-
gate value of, SIG. 465, DISH. Products
OF live stock, wool. cheese, butter, ami
mails slaughtered and sold for slsugE-
ter. milk sold, poultry and eggs sold
Aggregate value Of e45s 754s 7g9-2ls
Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures and
horticultural products sold, Wine,
honey and wax and wool sold. Aggrs-
gate value of, s., 891, ztz.2O.
The increase in horses and the num-
Der turned into cash each year is not
given by the assessors by. d conserve
tive estimate this is placed at one sew
eIith Of the whole number OF horses, or
iiO, 932, which at SIS per head gives S.
80, 955- Grand total S1T5 18f, SAT. IT,
This represents the value OF the total
output OF Kansas farms for the year
1871. The aggregate value of all the
A4HB Stock OF AAAG state is placed Ak LEll
correspondents of the board at SlI-,-
GA, 96l-50. Adding this to the preced-
log amount (thc total value of farm
products, etc. we have a grand total Of
E205, 500, sos. 81.
This amount is properly divided in
two parts Working capital aud avail
able surplus First, the amount invest
ed in live stock (S1l7, GA, 961 5O}, horses,
cattle, sheep aud swine. needs 20 be
kept on hand by the fsrmer and is,
therefore, properly counted working
l capital. BY a liberal estimate IL, 500, o
! 600 bushels of wheat will be needed by
/ the farmers for bread and seed for the
/ year This amount at 20 cents per
/ bushet is s., $50, 600, 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 a liberal estimate) the
| amount consumed equals 6, 404, $50.
/ This also is properly accounted as work
/ ing capital
/ The value of animals slaughtered and
/ sold for slaughter is reported by the
assessors for the state at S3T, 922, 1872.
From this amount must be deducted
the meat consumed by the farmers OF
( the state In the report of the United
! States department of agriculture foI
[ 1890 it is seen that the department
statistician estimates the annual con-
sumption of meat per capita at Ia
pounds. Placing the rural population
Of Kansas at 1,OOOs 600, we have. ON the
basis of consump tion given, 175, 900, OOc
/ pounds for the farm population, which,
at a. cents per pound, amounts TO ST.
SIS, 600. This amount the farmers OF
Kansas must keep on hand, and it ais,
is classed is working capital
From the above estimate it is seer
that approximately the total working
capital OF Kansas is as follows In Hv,
stock, SI1T, ga, 041.5O; bread aud seed
IS, $50, OO0s potatoes, 50, O88, as. O9i corn
oats, rye, barley, hay, sorghum, etc,
S54, 945, 36I. IS; meat, 81, SOS, COO; tota
working capital, Si92 2T6, 1921. De
Quoting this amount from S2g5 sos SOS.G7
the gross aggregate value OF all farm
products aud Of all the live stock of tht
state, there is a balance of SIOS 529,
5T3 20. This amount less the cost oil
needed groceries, clothing etc, repre-
seuts the available surplus of Kansas
farmers for this year.