Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-12-06
NEW VOL. 42.--NO. l
Immense Production Of American Farms.

Secretary James Wilson in present
ing to the President the annual report
of the Department Of Agriculture
states that "the time of the man and
the yield of the acre become more re-
spousive as more imperative demands
are made upon them
The farm products of the year have
a farm value of very nearly So 500.
600, nearly $5OO,0OO,OOO above the
value of 1905 and exceeding by more
than $4,000, 100000 the figures for
the last census.
Corn remains by far the most val
liable crop, estimated at 81 100000
600. Next comes cotton, which, In
Guiding seed, should be worth to the
growers nearly $640,OOO, 900 The
value of hay approaches $500, OOO,-
600. Wheat, the fourth crop, may
be worth s45O,OOO, 900; oats, $780,
100000; potatoes. $3.50 900, 600.
Barley, with value of $4,000, 900,
shows a gain of q per cent. In pro-
ductiou in the last seven years. The
tobacco crop will be worth about S55..
100000. A remarkable development
is that Of the sugar beet, now the ninth
crop in value. The production in
1906 is placed at $4,000 long tons,
valued at $34. 100000. Seven years
ago the value OF this crop was 81 ,OOO,-
900. The value OF all kinds OF sugar,
syrup and molasses aggregates $75,.
100000.
The farm still overshadaws the
mill, the factory and the workshop in
providing exports. For the fiscal year
ended July 80, 1905, this surplus has
been exported to the value Of $685.
100000, the largest amount ever
reached by agricultural exports for
this or any other country and exceed
ing the export value of 1901, pre-
viously the record year. Among chief
exports cotton maintains a long lead,
with value of 500, 100000. The
packing house products exported
amounted to value OF $207 900 600
The imports of agricultural pro-
ducts amounted to 1854, 900, 900.
These included packing-house pro-
ducts, 500 100000 sugar and molas.
ses $50. 100000 coffee, $73, 900, 900;
silk, $54, 100000; vegetable 6bers,
$50, 100000; wool, $50. 900 900; to-
bacco, go, 100000; fruits, $2l ,0O0..
600; tea $l4,O00,000. In forest pro-
ducts, 1906 shows an import value ex-
ceeding $4,000, 900, against total
value of exports Of similar products
amounting to $4,000, 900.
For 1906 the agricultural exports
exceeded similar imports by $433,-
100000, while products Of all other
industries secured balance in our
favor of only $S5, 100000. During
che last II years the exports of the
farmer have exceeded the agricultural
imports by $4,000, 100000, while all
other producers find themselves at the
end of the same period with total on
the debtor side amounting to $780,
100000.
If real estate, domestic animals, 9TH
er live stock, implements and machin-
cry are included, the farmers capital
has increased since the census valua-
ton by probably $S.o0o,0o0.0Oo, the
present valuation being probably $685..
100000, 900.
In the last census year, 1900, 3d.
$4,000 meat animals were slaughter
ed and exported. Every time the
clock ticks a second during 10 hours
of workday, the farmer drives nine
meat animals to the butcher" Meat
contributes one.third or more Of the
total assimilated nutrients Of the ma
tionsl dietary, and at average meat
prices and with the meat consumption
Of 1900 the national retail meat bill
that year exceeded 100000, 900.
Every increase Of one.fourth Of cent
per pound in the national average re-
tail price Of meat raises the total
yearly expense to consumers by 4l,-
$4,000.
mo Miracles" says Mr.. Wilson,
would be required to double or even
treble the production Of cotton per
acre. The corn crop can be increased
by one-half per acre within one-fourth
Of century and yet without reaching
the limit, and the same may be said
of wheat and many other crops. One.
fourth of the dairy cows Of the coun.
try do not pay for their feed, and more
than one-half Of them pay no profit.
The egg production per hen will be
increased by 1t least a dozen year
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