Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-10
Big Gain in Crops Shown by Re
port of Secretary Of Agri-
culture Wilson
CORN FAR EXCEEDS IN VALUE
Farm Products Of the Year Valued at
$e,7s4, 900 ,ooo-Bis Increase Over
Last Year-Exports Exceed Those of
All Former Years-Marked Improve
ment in Conditions.

Secretary Wilson of the department
Of agriculture in presenting to the pres
ident his tenth annual report indicates
the position of the producer from the
soil In the development OF the country.
He reports him as making progress in
the sciences and arts of agriculture,
aided by the researches Of the depart
nent and of the experiment stations.
and states that 1.-THE time of the man
and the yield Of the acre become more
responsive as more imperative de-
,mands are made upon them" The re-
port says:
1.-THE laws made by congress at its
last session to be put in execution by
the department have required and
have received special attention. The
meat law is being enforced with but
little friction. Inspection Is now made
in about 1000 houses, and about 1900
experts have been added to the inspec-
ton force Of the bureau Of animal in
dustry. Rules have been made, as re-
quired by congress, for the execution
of the pure food law.
Economic revolution in the art and
science of agriculture continued during
1905, with tremendous effect upon the
nations prosperity. Crops SO large as
to be beyond any rational comprehen-
sion have strained the freight carrying
ability Of railroads. The farmer has
become aware Of the Importance Of
the place that he occupies in the repub-
lie, and, in the pride Of his occupation,
he Is ready to offer this yearly account
Of himself to the people. Preliminary
crop estimates, subject to modification,
must be used in the following review
of the years farm production in ad-
vance Of the final estimates Of the de-
partment to be made little later. The
estimate Of total agricultural wealth
production has been continued from
previous years and Is again presented
as an indication of the financial results
Of the years operations. All attempts
in the past by subtracting from this
grand total Of value such products as
are used wholly or In part in the max
ing of other farm products In order
that the farmers net wealth production
might be ascertained, have given no
indication Of what that net production
was and have only obscured the mat
ter. Taken at that point in production
at which they acquire commercial
value, the farm products Of the year,
estimated for every detail presented
by the census, have q farm value Of
$6,794, 100000. This is $4S5, 900
above the value of 1905, $685., 100000
above 1904, $S77, O0O, 600 above 1908 and
$2O77, 100000 above the 1899 census.
Corn remains by far the most valu-
able crop, and the figure that 1t may
reach this year is $1.1OO,O00,000 for
1881, 100000 bushels. The cotton crop,
fiber and seed combined. follows corn
in order Of value and should be worth
to the grower nearly S64O0O0,000.
1.-The value Of hay, which is third In
order, approaches 5000, 100000.
Wheat, the fourth crop, may be
worth over $450.oo0OOO. Oats. $780,
OOOO 600; potatoes, $780, 100000. Seventh
among the crops in order Of value is
barley, a cereal that has gained 81 per
cent in production in seven years. The
145, 100000 bushels grown this year
may be worth $65,0oo,o0O. The tobac-
co crop, 1t is expected, will be worth
SIS, 100000, or perhaps 100000 more.
A remarkable development has been
made within few years by now the
ninth crop. beet sugar. The production
in 1905 is placed at 345,O00 long tons,
with value supposed to be near 1884,
100000. Seven years ago the value of
this crop was about 100000. The
value Of all kinds Of sugar, strip and
molasses reaches a total Of SIC, DOC, 600.
ION the whole, crop values have been
neither notably high nor low in compar-
ison with recent years, but the crops
are 80 many in number that losses
meet gains, and the crops have been
on such a high price level in the gen.
eral average that they have raised the
total crop value somewhat above 1905
and the high preceding years. To reach
a still higher point in this extraordi-
nary series Of high annual values than
had been touched before is an achieve
ment that deserves attention.
ssThe farm still overshadows the mill,
the factory and the workshop in pro-
viding exports, and with his surplus
beyond the nations need the farmer
has loaded the fleets Of oceans. These
products were exported to the value OF
$976,OOO,O 900 during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 19O8-enough to build a
high class railroad half way around
the earth. This is the largest amount
ever reached by agricultural exports
for this or any other country and ex-
ceeded by $24,0ooooo the extraordi-
nary value of 1901, which had pre-
viously been the record year. Among
chief exports cotton maintains long
lead. with a value of $401, 000,O 600.
Packing house products exported
amounted to $207, 100000.
1.-THE imports Of agricultural prod
ucts consist mainly Of the same arti-
cles year after year and reached their
highest value in 1906 - 1854, 600, 600.
These included packing house prod
ucts. S9e,o00,oo0 sugar and molasses,
$50, 900, 600; coffee, S73,0o0,OOO; silk,
S54.Ooo.OOO: vegetable fibers. $4,000
ooo. wool $40 600 GOO: tobacco $22,-