The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-05-26
The Department Of Agriculture
Has Issued a Report on
the Matter.
VALUE IN 1909, $500, ,ooO, 900
The Exported Farm Products of This
Country In the Same Year
Was Worth S878, ,47t,451.
II Constituted SO Per Cent. Grain and
Products, rs Per Cent. Meat and
Products and "a Per Cent.
Live Animals.

washington, May 23.-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued re.
port on "The Nations Farm Surplus"
prepared by George X. Holmes, chief
of the division of foreign markets. It
gives $4,000, 900 900 as a conservative
estimate Of the value of the farm
products Of this country not fed to live
stock in 1903, on the basis of the cen.
sus valuation. The value of the ex.
ported farm products of this country
in 1903 was $S7S.479,45 and the high.
est value reached during the last II
years was $95l ,62S,331 in 1901, due
chiefly to cotton. The value of the
exported farm products of this country
is concentrated mostly in few prin.
cipal products. or It In 1903 cotton
constituted 36 per cent, grain and
grain products 25 per cent, meat and
meat products and live animals "a per
cent. these products equalling more
than S5 per cent OF the exports
of farm products last year. Adding to.
bacco, the exports Of which were val
ued at more than S35,O0O,OOO. oil cake
meal $l9.S39.279, fruits and nuts more
than slS0O0,000. and vegetable oils
more than $4,000 900, gives a total Of
eight classes of products. each with an
export value of more than $4,000. 900.
that comprises almost SO per cent OF
the entire farm products of 1903.
With recent years. ending with 1909,
the cotton exports have been between
three and four billions OF pounds and
the exported fraction of the crop has
between 63 and II per cent. for a long
series of years. The fraction OF the
wheat crop exported 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 200,0OOO0O bushels since
1897, before which period for many
years the quantity was usually $4,000.
900 to 100 1000 900 bushels less. Only
small portion of the corn or maise
crop Is exported as corn. the highest
percentage, IL per cent, being for
1898. Notwithstanding the small per-
centage. the exported bushels reach
100, 100000 to 200,000,000 The beef
exports weighed 3S5000.0 900 pounds,
pork exports 551 100000 lard exports
400, 900 900. oleo oil exports 1876 900 900
and tobacco 36S 100000 pounds. But
ter and cheese exports have declined
decidedly within two or three years.
The report says that within a few
years the results Of an enormous ex-
tension Of orchard planting will begin
to appear and some Of these results
may be in much increased fruit sup
plus for export. The exports of ami.
NAL matter are losing ground relative
ly with a corresponding gain by vege-
table matter. Taking up the destina.
tion of the surplus, the reports says
the United Kingdom takes about one
half Germany about one-sixth and
France the Netherlands, Belgium, Can
ada and Italy from to per cent.
each. China in recent years takes a
million dollars worth annually.
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The arrival in Paris of enormous
quantities of American gold, in pay.
ment of the Panama canal purchase,
excites the wonderment of the Pari.
SLAMS. large crowd gathered at the
st. LaZare railroad station there to
see the freight train of four cars car.
rying ITS barrels of gold. being ship.
ment of $9,00O,OOO.
At Tangier. Morocco, John II. Per.
dicaris, wealthy American. and Mr..
Varley, an Englishman, were kid.
naped by brigands and are held for
,.on
will be sent to Tangier to back up
Consul Gummeri in his demand upon
the Moorish government for the re.
lease Of the captive and the punish
ment of the abductors.