New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-30
WEALTH IN AGRICULTURE
Some Astonishing Figures PrssS"'S"
h, Cecreforg Wilson.

49,, ,orn ouening the annual re-
q +ta recruitment of Agriculture. winch '- ~"
80. nublic to-day Secretary wilson 49, vear's
80 NJ the more important features "a with
,-ork Among them are extensive w ,raln,inary
r,c,,lt,,ral stations. tie tahHs .1as,,g ex-
stens TO conduct feeding " the cot
,.. the war waged asaAlet &c
periments. TIE orainst cattle mango
U- - s,,a+4on OF engineers In lo' - -
,,,o.,on Of a hardy orange -, ~ =. I,,a1,la
1,,o-'a, orange and the japanese - b-o.d the
-, &, successful shipping Oh ~ s,, So
-. AZ nitrogen fixing bac'ei'"' .e.1, araas as
FAiu0 " ,,sns suited TO light ralhlaii a. ea9
oucuoH "a - ,,re food standards, the eXteh7ioh
taO'isii - destruction to island possessions "
O ,hsrn 70 supply the country WIN $-V'''S0'V'
80, ~ domestio products now hnpo''eu 'i'l
abroad -, =. q O-,culture In the
,o,r,,,s industrial life. The corn crop oil lSt ne
-. eorro value greater than ever before
- -. oo,,Id from the proceeds Of this single
- ,, ,be national debt. the interest thereon lor
ono year and still have enough le1i 10 pay coh-
siderable norton OF the governments yearly ca
,,onses The cotton crop. valued Tor mt ana seeu
e. ss,0 on 600 comes second. while hay and wheat
.ar,.n5 Cor the third place. Combined, these two
80. will about equal in value the corn crop. Not
,rs-hstandng the wheat crop shows a lower produc-
non than any year since 1900. the farm value is
,he highest since 1881 Potatoes and barley reached
thsIr highest production in 1904; save IN 1yOZ tho
ost crop was never so large by 6eONW0 bushels'
The present crop Of rice-promses yleld OF s"V0"-
foo Tounds-soO 600 more than ever before Horses
and mules reach the highest point this year. with
an aggregate value exceeding slS540O'@o. on the
other hand cattle. sheep and hogs all snow shght
decline.
The steady advance in poultry leads to some as
,onishfnr figures. The farmers hens now produce
ov and rWo-third billions of dozens of eggs and at
r. tib .ye-age price of The year the hens in their
t,,s,. season lay enough eggs in a single month
70 nav The years interest on the national debt.
.fter q careful estimate of the value OF the
nroducts Of the farm in 1905. made within the
CENSUS scope il is safe to place the amount at
q 4,a GOO 900. after excluding the value of farm
crops fed 10 livestock III order to avoid duplication
az values This is SO per cent above the product
ri 1903 and q IS per above that OF the census
year 1855
Some comparisons are necessary to the realiza-
zion OF such an unthnkable value aggregating
nearly $500, coo. The farmers of this country
have in two years. the Secretary says, produced
wealth exceeding the output of all the gold mines
Of the world since Columbus discovered America
This years product is more than six times the
amount Of the capital stock OF all national banks,
# lacks only three-fourths Of billion dollars of
the value Of The manufactures Of 1900 less the cost
Of materials used: 1t is three times the gross earn
ings from the operations OF the railways, and four
times the value of all minerals produced IN this
country.
The year 1904 keeps well up to the average OF ex-
ports of farm products in the five years 1899 1903
amounting TO more than $3.50 900, while the aver
age for the five years nearly Co., In the
last fifteen years the balance of trade in favor OF
this country all articles considered, exceeded &'
3s4 100000. but taking farm products alone these