The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-27
FARM YIELD in BILLIONS
American Products Not Fed to Stock
Worth A,5OO,O00,OOO.
OUR ENORMOUS COTTON EXPORTS.
More Than 5000, 000,0t0 Pounds the Average
Annual Rec Since 1897 Wheat Exports
Have Grown-4Large Increase in Orchard
Area-The Report Also Takes Up COMPETE
ton In Foreign Markets.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD The
Department of Agriculture has issued
report on THE Nations Farm Sur
plus prepared by George K. Holmes,
chief of the division of foreign mar
ket. 1t gives $4,000, ooo, 600 as con-
sentative estimate of the value of the
farm products of this country not fed
to live stock in 1908, on the basis
of the census valuation. The value
of the exported farm products of this
country was, in 1908, $57S,47o,45I, and
the higles: value reached during the
last II years was $o5I ,62S,33I in 1901,
due chiefly to cotton. The value of
the exported farm products of this
country is concentrated mostly in
few principal products. Of it in 1908
cotton constituted 60 per cent, grain
and grain products rs per cent, meat
and meat products and live animals
"a per cent, these products equaling
over IS per cent. of the exports OF
farm products last year. Adding to-
DdCCO, WHOSE SNpOItS WClC NdiuSu al
over $55,ooo,o 900, oil-cake and oil-cake
meal SIo,S3e,27o, fruit and nuts over
$I8,ooo,ooo, and vegetable oils over
SI6,ooo,ooo, gives total OF eight
classes Of products, each with an ex
port value of over $Io,ooo,ooo, that
comprises almost GO per cent. of the
entire farm exports of 1908
Within recent years, ending with
1908, the cotton exports have been be-
tween three and four millions of
pounds, and the exported fraction of
the crop has been between o2 and II
per cent. for long series of years.
The fraction of the wheat crop ex-
ported in the last dozen years has
been about 81 to Al per cent, and the
exported wheat and wheat -four have
yearly averaged somewhat more than
2oo,ooo,ooo bushels since 1897, before
which period for many years the guam
tity was Usually 100000 to 1oo,-
100000 bushels less. Only a small
portion of the corn or maize crop is
exported as corn, the highest per-
centage, II per cent, being for 1895.
Notwithstanding the small percentage,
the exported bushels reach Ioo,ooo,ooo
to 200 100000. The beef exports
WelRneQ 3oS,OOO.OOo, pork exports ssh
900, lard exports 100000, 900, oleo
oil exports I2o,ooo,ooo pounds, and
tobacco 36S 900. Butter and cheese
exports have decidedly declined with
in two or three years.
The report also takes up the COM
petition of this country in foreign
markets, showing that this country
furnished 81 per cent. of the Unsted
Kingdoms imports of farm products,
thus leading in these imports. The
United States has long lead over
its competitors as purveyor of meat
and meat products and live animals,
is likewise pre-eminently conspicuous
in the United Kingdoms imports of
cereals and cotton, but is far behind
its competitors in dairy products. In
German imports the United States
leads, with ~ per cent, in all farm
products, IS per cent. in cereals, fur
nishes barely three-quarters of 1 per
cent. of dairy products, contributes the
principal portion of imported maize,
two-hfths of the oil cake and oil-cake
meal. but is exceeded in wheat-hour
supply by Austria-Hungary and makes
a bare showing in barley and only
little over per cent. in fruits.