Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-12-08
THE FARM AND RANGE
This Years Unprecedented Crops.

In the hTst annual report oI his mira
term Secretary of AgrlcuiluT" WILSON
presents an array of hpurUs and state
menIs representing the products and
profits OF the farmers oi III" country
which he admits ''dra:ns nf wealth
production could hardly equal.
-Four crops make new high records an
] TO valuc-corn. hay. wheat and rice
although In amount nf production III"
corn crop iS the oniy one that exceeds
previous yields. In every crop III" gen
"ral level OF production WAS hlsh anu
that Of prices Still higher.
Besides tho enormous yield Of
wealth. tho secretary estimates that
/ the farms of the COunITy hsv" in-
creased In value during the past nVc
years to present aggregate Of sG.iii.'
UU0.D
Every sunset during the past hVo
years" he says. has registered an In
crease al sj.I01.o0o In the vHlu" uf III"
farms OF this country" This Increased
value. the secretary susg"atN. ~ IN.
vested Letter than In bank deposits or
even In tn. silLcdgcd bonds uf prtNai.
| corporations.
| AnaiyEing the principal crops for tn"
year. Secretary Wilson HnyS that corn
reached Its highest production with =
70s. GOT. 900 bushels. u snin Of I:.n"n.
900 over the next lowest year. 1889.
/ Hay IL second IN order of value. at
though cotton held second place dur
ing the two preceding years. TIL" hay
crop this year In valued at $685.. .""o.o1o.
Cotton comes third. with II valuation
OF 5Is.o00. 900: wheat. 5.5.p"n.noo:
oats. s:S: 900. 600; potatoes. siiS.n"".'
| 900; barley. sbS.VOb. Geo: tobacco. f5:.'
| 600. 600: sugar cane and sugar brCis.
| $50. 600. 900: rice. Sij.S9: 600. dairy
products. sGG5. 900. 900. mn incr"As" nf
| So. 100000 over last year.
''1h. farmers hen" the seer 'aTy
! says. ''iE becoming u worthy companion
/ to his COW. The annual production of
! eggs In now n score Of billions. Poultry
/ products have climbed to a place OF
more than sbUo. .DOJ.u 900 IN value. no IN"
farmers hen completes with wheat for
! precedence.
There are more horses. with a larger
| aggregate value. than ever before, not
! withBtanding. as the secretary ilyS.
they were first threatened by the 'bi-
cycic.and Inter by the suburban trolley
and the automobile. lie cStimHtcH ThCir
value at $1,000 100000. or nearly as
much Ms the corn crop.
| Although niilsh cows arc INCREASING
In number and value. the report states
that other cattle and sheep hnv" Tor
several years been decreasing. Th"r"
arc I7.jI0.OOO milch cows. vH!ncd at
| SiS2, ,00O.O 900. Other cattle are mum.
/ bcrcd mt I3.GG3. 900. with n value OF
/ siC2, ,OOO. .O0O Swine number - SCI 900.
| valued at s2S3 .bI 900. In the agGrc-
gate tho value Of farm animals has In
creased Few pIilllon dollars within tho
year and since the census Of 1900 nine
pcr cent.
The exported farm products during
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1905.
had n value Of sS27. 100000. which was
less by s5l .OOO.O0D than the average
exports for the five preceding years. In
accounting for this the secretary says
owing to the short wheat crop there
was n decrease In the export Of that
cereal amounting to Sil 100000. of So
000. 900 IL the exports Of packing house
products. and another S5.0Oo.Ooo In
| fruits and other minor Items.
| The. Increase included S9.35o.0po In
| cotton, LOO. 900 In oil cake and oil
cake meal: 81 100000 In vegetable oils,
and s2,0OO.000 IN rice and various
! minor products.
During the last sixteen years" Sec.
! rotary Wilson says. the domestic cN-
ports of farm products have amounted
| to $4,000, 900, 900. or $1,000. 900 900
roads of the country at their CONNER
cial value. and this of n mere surplus
for which there was no demand at
home.'
Secretary Wilson points out that the
| farmer Is taking an important part in
| developing the manufacturing inter
csts of the country by furnishing raw
material. and that he has also become
a banker. The farm contributions TO
manufactures during the year were 81.
| G19. 900. Under the recent amend
mcnt to the national banking act al.
lowing the establishment of banks
| with a capitalization Of less than 500
900, there have been i.75i such banks
established in the last year. nearly cv-
cry one of which Is located in "A rural
| community and the capital furnished
by farmers. Speaking OF the increase
in deposits in banks by farmers. the
secretary stated:
IN the north central states farmers
have been dcpositing money in the
banks until the rate of interest en- de
posits has fallen SO low that they have
diverted a large portion of their saw
| ings to permanent investments. In
spite of the fact that the banks do not
| receive and keep all or most of the
farmers savings. the increase of bank
deposits in agricultural states ana re
gions is most extraordinary.
still more remarkable Is the banf
statement for the sosth central states.
Deposits increased lS.l per cent. in
Texas.
For the first time in the financia.
history of the South deposits In the
banks of that region now exceed ST.
900 900, 900.
"The foregoing remarkable increases
! in hank depOsits in agricultural states
as well as the increase in the number
of small country banks, are directly
and indirectly because OF the profits
| thnt hayn Come to the farmers from