The Ordway new era., 1906-12-07
FARMING LEADS
pRopucr or isos NEARLY SEVEN
DlLLioN DOLLARS.
SECRETARY WILSON SAYS
Half a DiilIon Over Crop Values o.
Last vssr-0iilIon Dollar Corn CROP
Sugar Beet Crop Reaches Thirty

Sugar Sect Crop Reaches Thirty
four Millions.
Washington-Sec Wilson IN
lhis tenth annual report takes occasion
Ito indicate tho position OF tho producer
from the soil In the development OF
the country. He reports him as max
ling progress In the sciences ana arts OF
agriculture, aided by the researches OF
1.-The department and OF the experiment
stations, and states that "the time OF
1.-The man and the Yield OF the acre be-
come more responsive as more i'm
perative demands are made upon
Them
The laws made by Congress at It's
last session. to be executed by the de-
partmeDt, have required and received
special attention. The meat law Is
Ibeing enforced. and inspection IL now
made In over 1000 houses. Rules hayo
lbecn prepared for the execution OF the
pure food law Good has followed tho
operation OF the law for the extei nina,
tion OF the cattle fever tick In some OF
the southern states In dealing with
the gypsy and brown-tail moths OF New
England imported parasites have been
successfully established. A beginning
|
mining the grading OF grain. and tho
| law providing for the humane treat
ment OF live stock In transit is receiv-
| ing careful attention.
The economic revolution In the art
and science of agriculture continued
during 1906. with tremendous results
on the national prosperity. The value
OF crops continues to rush forward be-
yond comprehension: crops are strain.
Ing the freight carrying ability OF the
railroads. and the farmer. alive to the
Importance OF the place that he occu-
pies In the nation, offers this yearly ac-
count Of himself to the people. The
secretary promises that the figures pre-
sented in his review of the years full
production are advance estimates pre-
liminary to those TO be made later by
the department.
The farm products OF the year have n
farm value OF very nearly $6,s00 000,-
900. nearly half million above tho
value OF 1905 and exceeding by over
81. 900. 100000 the figures for the last
census.
Corn remains by far the most valu-
able crop, estimated at $1.100. .000, 900.
Next comes the cotton crop. which. in
cluding seed. should be worth to the
growers nearly s640. 1000. 900. The value
OF hay. which is third in order, ap-
proaches sG00.000.00O. Wheat. the
fourth crop. may be worth $780, .0OO.-
600: oats. 100000. 900: potatoes. $780,
100000. Barley. with n value OF $685.
00O. 1000, shows gain of twenty-one per
cent. In production in the past seven
years. The tobacco crop will be worth
about $55. 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
sS4 100000. Seven years ago the value
OF this crop was s7.000,000. The value
OF all kinds of sugar. sirup and mo-
lasses aggregates $4,000. 900.
On the whole. crop values have been
either notably high or low in compar.
i5oa with recent years. but the high
price level In the general average has
raised the total crop value somewhat
as compared with 1908 and the high
preceding years. To reach still
higher point In this series of high an.
| nual values Is an achievement worthy
| OF attention.
The farm still overshadows the mill,
the factory and the WORKSHOP in provid.
| ing exports. and with his surplus be-
yond the nations need the farmer has
| loaded the fleets of oceans. For the
fiscal year. ended June 30. 1906, this
surplus has been exported to the value
of $976.000.000. the largest amount
ever reached by agricultural exports
for this or any other country and ex-
ceeding the export value OF 1901, pre-
viously the record year. Among chief
exports cotton maintains long lead.
with value of $500, 100000. The pack.
Ing house products exported amounted
to a value of $207. 100000.
For 1906 the agricultural exports ex.
ceeded similar imports by $i33, ,000, 900,
| while products of all other industries
secured balance in our favor OF only
$S5,0O0.000. During the last seven.
teen years the exports of the farmer
have exceeded the agricultural imports
by $6,000.000.000. while all other pro.
ducers find themselves at the end Of
the same period with total on the
debtor side amounting to S450,0O0. 900.
II real estate, domestic animals.
other live stock, implements and ma
chinery are included, the farmers cap
ital has increased since the census
valuation by probably $4,000 900, 900
the present valuation being probably
$2S 900, ,000, 900.
Cotton planters are now out of
their former bondage to future main
tenance. and in the Middle West there
has been a conversion Of million
agricultural debtors. paying high rates
Of interest, into financially independ.
ent farmers. dcbt-free and Offering
their savings to the banks at as small
rate of interest as three per cent.
! Farmers are using their new capital to
abolish the waste places of the land
and along lines Of improved produc.
tion. Formerly there was an abun-
} dance Of farm labor and a scarcity OF
farm capital. Now these conditions are
reversed: labor is scarce and capital
abundant.