The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-27

eAtlgLl4A ever attained IN this
or any other country-S6, AIS. 900 600"
IN the first annual report OF his third
term Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
presents an array of figures and state
)1hent representing the products and
profits Of the farmers Of the country
winch he admits dreams of wealth
production could hardly equal
Four crops make new high records as
TO Yalue-cOrn. hay. wheat and rice. al !
though in amount of production the
corn crop is the only one that exceads
p'eNlous yields. In every crop the /
!. frheraI level OF production was high |
ana mat OF prices still higher.
y Increase in Farm Values.
Besides the enormous. yield Of wealth |
the secretary estimates that the farms /
vi the country have increased in value |
curing the past five years TO a present
aggregate of s6.1J3.0 000
livery sunset during the past five /
years he says, has registered an
increase of 50. 1000 in the value of
the farms of this country"
rms Increased value. the secretary
Eussests, is invested better than i'm
Ddhh deposits or even in the gilt-edged
oohds OF private corporations.
Crop Report Leak.
In dealing with the crop report
leak, Secretary Wilson. after refer
ring TO the gross breach of trust on
me part OF one OF the employees of the
bureau of statistics" says:
fhs department acted with visor
ana despatch when l. got evidence of
wrong doing on the part Of its own |
ohiciAIs' but We have no evidence of dis
clplhary or preventive action at the
traders end OF the line where gamblers
interested neither in the production nof.
consumption disturb values to the in
jury OF both and make loud outcrv
Wheh creatures of their own kind cor
Iupt oiflcials TO betray confidence for
The love of money.
Crack at Stock Gamblers.
The responsibility for this leak"
~ shared by everyone, who. 10 pet
money without work, gambles In farm,
products. When this form OF industry
ceases these parasites who tempt de-
paftlneht officials viii have to work for
their bread"
The method of handling crop reporrs
he says. has been thorouebIv rerssf
during the year. There also has been
a decided change in the methods of
Work prescribed FOR field agents Each
agent Is now confined 10 a definite ,
sfoup OF states with which he becomes
month. y
The Great Crops.
Analyzing the principal crops for the ,
year the secretary SAYS that corn {
reached its highest production at 7OS
Ye'oCo bushels, gain of ~, 100000 over
IHe lowest year, 1899; hay is second
order of value. although cotton held
como place during the two preceding .
yNdrs. The hay crop this wear is val
u9d at Se05,OO0.OOO. Cotton comes third.
with a valuation of $3.50, GOO 900: wheat
Sozo'0OO,OOO; oats, $2S2, eco 600: potatoes. ]
Sl5S.OOO.OOO; barley, sos 900 600; tobacco. e
SI1'VO0,OOO; sugar cane and sugar beets y
so0'OO00OO, rice. Sl5.Sg2. O0O: dairy pro j
ducts, S665,OOO0OO, an increase of S54-
U0O,oOO over last year.
Poultry Products.
The farmers hen" the secretary v
says. lis becoming a worthy conpan- I
ION TO his COW. The annual production =
of eggs is now a score of billions ( a
Poultry products have climbed To a o
pace or more than "a half billion dol |
lars IN value, SO the farmers hen COM 1
petes with wheat for precedence" 8
mere are more horses and with a {
larger aggregate value than ever be-
Tore Notwithstanding, as the secretary :
says. they were threatened by the hi "
cycle ana later by the suburban trolley
and The automobile" He estimates 7
their value at $1,000 900 GOO, or nearly
as much as the corn crop.
Livestock.
Although mich COWS are increasing
IN number and value, the report states II
that other cattle and sheep have fo- y
several years been decreasing. There In
are lG0tOOOO mich COWS. valued az e,
S4S2 600 900. other cattle are numbered n
at 45,66S. GOO, with value of S462 600 OOO II
Swine number 4I,S21, eco. valued al S2SS.- q
$4,000. In the aggregate the value of -
farm animals has increased a few mill a
lion dollars within the year and since %
the censCs OF 1900 have increased per fl
cent With this enormous production W
the secretary says the wants OF So, OO0- 1 ~
uO0 people have been supplied with =,
remaining surplus constituting a gem / I'M
erous contribution 10 other nations. | n
The exported farm products during the b.
fiscal year ending June 80 1908. had 81 | 81
value OF $50 600 000 which was less by
S6l, 0OOO 600 than the average exports for
the five preceding years. In account
ang for this the secretary says owing 10
the short wheat CrOD there was a de- H.
crease IN the export of that cereal
amounting 20 S4l GOO 600 OF s.. 600. 900 i'm
thC exports of packing house products
and another 100000 i'm fruits and 9th
'er minor items. The increase included u
S9.505.000 in cotton. 81. zoo. 900 I'm oil cake 81
and oil cake meal, 81 000. 900 in vegeta- 10
bic oils and $4,000 600 in rice and vari- u
Gus products. al
Exports Of Farm Products. be
During the last sixteen years" the pu
secretary says, 1.-The domestic exports Of &c
farm products have amounted TO Sl2.- ~
600, GOO 600. or $1,000 100000 more than 9T
enough 10 buy all the railroads of the de
country at their commercial value and
this with mere surplus for which a.
there was no demand at home" v
Secretary Wilson points ont that the
farmer is taking an important part in A,
developing the manufacturing interests p"
If the country by furnishing raw ma
terial, and that he has also become a
banker. The farm contributions to
during the year were 81 Cl
$4,000, 600. Under the amendment of the "
national banking laws authorizing the "a,
Incorporation of banks with a capital l.,
Of less than $4,000 there have been 104 -
such banks established ia the last year, -.
nearly every one OF which is located I'm Va
2 rural community and the capital fur re-
alEheo by farmers. Speaking of the u