The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
PRODUCT OF 1906 NEATLY SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS.
SECRETARY WILSON SAYS
Half Il Billion Over cron Values of
Last Year-BiIIion DolIar Corn Crop.
Sugar Beet Crop Reaches Thirty
four Millions.

Sugar Beet crop HeaHNeS Thirty
four Millions.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson in
to indicate the position OF he producer
from the soil in the Development OF
the country. He reports him as max.
ing progress in the screnCes and arts OF
agriculture, aided by the searches of
the department and of thu experiment.
stations, and states thai The time OF
the man and the yield OF he acre be-
come more responsive as more i'm
peratiya demands are made upon
them"
The laws made by Congress- at its
last session, to be execute by the de,
partment, have required and received
special attention. The meat law is
being enforced, and inspection is now
made in over 1000 house Rules have
been prepared for the execution of the
pure food law. Good has followed the
operation of the law for HE extelmina-
ton OF the cattle fever tirl, 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 the
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 &C
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 a
farm value of very nearly $500, 900,
900. nearly half million above the
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 $l,1OO,O0O 900
Next comes the cotton crop, which, in
Guiding seed, should be worth to the
growers nearly $G40.UOO.O 900 The value
of hay. which is third in order, ap
proaches 5000, 100000. Wheat, the
fourth crop. may be worth S45O.OOO.
900; oats, $500, 100000 potatoes, $3.50.
O0O,00O Barley, with value of $685.
00O, 900, shows gain Of twcnty-one per
cent. in production in the past seven
years. The tobacco crop will be worth
about s55,o0O.O00.
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 al
sSi 100000. Seven years ago the value
of this crop was s7,0OO,DO0. The value
of all kinds of sugar sirup and mo
lasses aggregates S75,O0O.OO0.
On the whole, crop values have beer
either notably high or low in compar
i3ol with recent years, but the higt
price level in the general average has
raised the total crop value somewha
as compared with 1905 and the higi
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 80, 1906, this
surplus has been exported to the value
of 1876, 900 900. The largest amount
ever reached by agricultural exports
for this OF any other country and ex
ceeding the export value of 1901, pre-
viously the record year. Among CHIEF
exports cotton maintains a long lead
with a value of 100000, 900. The pack
| ing house prOduCt5 exported amounted
| to value of S20I 100000.
For 1906 the AGRICULTURAL exports ex
ceeded similar imports by S433, 0OO. 900
while products of all other industries
secured a balance in our favor of only
| SS5, 900. 900. During the last seven
| teen years the exports of the farmer
have exceeded the agricultural imports
| by $4,000. 600. 900, while all other pro
ducers find themselves at the end 81
| the same period with a total on the
debtor side amounting to $3.50, 100000
If 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. 000. 900
| the present valuation being probably
| SIS 900, 100000.
Cotton planters are now ont oil
| their former bondage to future main
| tenance, and in The Middle West there
has been conversion of million
agricultural debtors, paying high rates
OF interest. into financially independ
ent farmers, dobtfree and offcrint
their savings to the banks at as small
| a rate of interest as three per cent
| Farmers are using their new capital tt
| abolish the waste places of the lano
and along lines Of improved produc
tfon. Formerly there was an abnn
dance of farm labor and scarcity Oh
farm capital. Now these conditions are
| reversed; labor is scarce and capita
abundant.
Will Test Wool Shrinkaee.