Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27
The Hens Work Hard.

is becoming a worthy companion to his
COW. The annual production of eggs is now
a score of billions. Poultry products have
climbed TO a place more than a half billion
dollars in value, the farmers hen com
petes with wheat for precedence"
There are more horses and with larger
aggregate value than ever before notwlth-
standing. as the Secretary says they were.
hrst threatened by the bicycle and later nv
the suburban trolley and the automobile He
estimates their value at 81 POO $50 600 or
nearly as much as the corn crop, and tho
value of mules at $3.50 900 $50. In the ap-
gregate the value of farm animals has in
creased a few million dollars within the
year, and since the census of 1890 have IN
creased per cent.
With this enormous production, the Sec
rotary says, the wants of So .000000 people
have been supplied, with a remaining sur
Plus constituting generous contribution
to other nations. The exported farm pro-
ducts during the fiscal year ending June 30
1865 had value of 1897. 100000, which was
less by SOL 0o0 goo than tie avera ge exports
for the five preceding years. In accounting
for this the Secretary says owing to the
short wheat crop there was decrease in
the export of that cereal amounting to SAL
100000; of $5,000,000 in the export of pack
ing-house products and another So 900 900
in fruit and other minor items
Secretary Wilson points out that the
farmer is taking an important part in de
veoping the manufacturing interests of the
country by furnishing raw material, and
that he has also become a banker. The
farms contributions to manufa ctores dur
ing the year were $2.6I90 100000.
Increase of Bank Deposits.
I'm the north central states" he says,
farmers have been depositing money in
the banks until the rate of interest on de-
posts has fallen so low that they have di-
verted a large portion of their savings to
permanent investments. In spite of the
fact that the banks do not receive and keep
all or most of the farmers savings, the in
crease OF bank deposits in agricultural
states and larger regions is most extraordi-
nary. In Iowa and South Dakota the In
crease was 14.9 per cent; Nebraska, 1875;
Kansas, 81; North Dakota, %. Bank de-
posts in the great capital state of Massa-
chusetts increased 81 per cent.
Still more remarkable is the bank
statement for the south centra, states De-
posits increased 1S.1 per cent in Texas 81. 4
in Oklahoma. 24.1 per cent in Arkansas
and 45.7 per cent in Indian Territory, while
throughout the geographic division the in
crease was 22.S per cent. The general
average increase for the United States was
1875 per cent.
For the first time In the financial his
tory of the south deposits in the banks of
that region now exceed 81, 600, 600 COO"
Analysing the increase of the value of
farms, Mr. Wilson says:
Figured in dollars of gain per acre. the
increase during the five years past of me-
dunn farms as in the north central divi-
sion SLIPS; in the western division, IS SO;
In the North Atlantic $3.50; in the South
Atlantic division, s4.93, and In the south
central division $4.66- The average in
crease for the United States was $7.31 The
cotton farms have increased in value $780,
100000. Hay and grain farms show an in
crease of 81, 900 ,OO0,0 900; live stock farms a
still larger gain; dairy farma, 1863, 600 600;
tobacco farms. s57. 100000, rice farms,
S. BOO, 600; fruit farms, s97, 600. 900, and
vegetable farms, s113, .000.'
The report concludes: