The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-04-23

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According to Washington correspond
ent, every man, woman and child in the
United States is entitled, through the
bounty of Providence and the energy of
the American farmer, to the following
food supply during year: Thirty-tive
bushels of corn, 121a bushels of oats.
SA bushels of wheat, 1% bushels of
barley, one-fifth bushel of buckwheat.
3.29 pounds of rice, 800 bushels of po-
tatoes, G.54 pounds of sugar, half gal
Ion of syrup, one-fifth of a bushel of
beans, half ishel Of sweet potatoes,
three-fourths c. Il cow, four-fifths of a
fat hog, half sheep, 2.79 bushels of
orchard fruits, fifth OF a bushel of
onions, $1.30 worth of garden truck, 3
cents worth of nuts, IL cents worth of
semi-tropical fruits, one-fifth of n calf.
one-third of a spring lamb, seventeen
dozen eggs, three and one-third fowls,
tour-hfths OF pound OF honey, 1850
pounds OF fsh, 20 pounds OF oysters,
half pound of shellfsh, 96 gallons OF
milk, 1872 pounds OF butter, S12 pounds
OF cheese, IA pounds OF condensed mix
and one-sixth OF bushel OF peanuts.
Tears ago nearly every American
family was food producer as well as
consumer. The conditions are chang
Ing constantly, the number OF food con-
sumers becoming relatively greater than
that OF producers. In the htty years
between 1So0-19OO> the ratio OF growth
OF population was S.2S, while tne rauo
Of increased production OF corn, barley,
wheat, oats, potatoes and moiasses mas
been greater. The production OF sugar,
sweet potatoes, rice beans, cattle, miich
cows, sheep and swine has increased IN
q smaller ratio than the population. FOR
commodities like sugar. coffee, tea, choc-
olate, rice, fruits, fish. oil. salt. spice.
tarinaceous products and liquor the Uni
ted States has had TO go abroad, though
most of these things are produced within
the borders of the country and the entire
supply of certain items could be pro-
duced at home.
Depends on Last Harvest
For the solid stuff that keeps the
world alive the United States is the
granary and packing-house of the world.
But, as pointed out by Professor Blodg-
ett of the Agricultural Department, who
compiled the figures showing the rela-
lions of population and food products in
the United States, the world is not far
removed at any time from dependence
upon the last harvest. A lean year is
sorely felt. no matter how many fat ones
have preceded it.
Illinois leads all other States in the
production of corn. with nearly 400, ,O0O.-
BOO bushels in 1900. She also leads in
pats Minnesota raises the most wheat,
California the most barley. Louisiana the
most cane sugar, California the most beet
sugar, New York the most onions and
Virginia the most peanuts.
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio are
leaders in apple production, each pro-
aucing more than 20,OO0!O00 bushels in
1899. Pennsylvania raised more cher
'ies than any other State. California pro-
luced more peaches than all other States
combined. California also leads in
pears, and as for prunes, she turns out
more than all the rest of the United
States. California produces practically
all the apricots. Maryland leads with
strawberries, New York with raspber-
hes, Illinois with blackberries. New York
with currants and Massachusetts, with
sranberries and Indiana proudly takes
the pie for gooseberries. California Is
1t the head of the grape-producing States
and also furnishes most of the oranges.
lines, grape fruit, guavas. lemons, olives.
ags, citrons, almonds and English wal
nuts Florida produces most pineapples
and eocoanuts. Texas yields more than
half the pecan crop. As for market gar
ienng, density of population and trans
portatio1 facilities make New York and
New Jersey the leaders.
Texas Leads in Cattle.
Texas has many more cattle than any
pther State, her figures in 1900 reaching
Aearly 100000. But she has fewer
per square mile than dozen other
States. The old States, indeed, hold
their own in the number of cattle per
sQuare mile. Nevada has more cattle per
sapita than any other State, and half
dozen Western States are able to give
away great numbers. New York has
been in the lead for years In the number
IT mich cows, with Iowa and Illinois
next. The large corn States have also
the largest number of swine, Iowa, be-
ing first, Illinois next and Missouri, Ne
braska, Indiana and Kansas following.
In the cider States and also in the States
south of the Ohio River there has been
: decline in the number of hogs All the
States along the west bank of the Mis-
Iissippi and Texas show enormous gains.
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