Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
RICHES FOR FARMER.
YEAR JUST CLOSING SHOWS BIG
GAIN OVER 1905.
Agricultural Products of the Coun-
try Valued az $6,794, 100000
Nearly Every Farmer I'm the Mid
die West Now a Bank Deposition.

Prosperity reached out with boun-
teous hand into the agricultural re-
gions of the country during the last
year and made 1906, from the stand
point of the value of farm products,
record breaker in the annals of the ma
tion's wealth-producing achievements.
This announcement is made in the an
nual report of Secretary Wilson. Ma
ture gave in such lavish manner that
1905. the country's banner year in the
march of prosperity, is left in the rear
and 1906 is given the place of honor
with an estimated margin OF S4So,0Oo,-
600 over the value of farm products
produced a year ago
Taken at that point in production"
saws Secretary Wilson, at which they
acquire commercial value, the farm
products of the year, estimated for ev-
cry detail presented by the census, have
a farm value of $6,794,O0o,000 This is
S4S5. 100000 above the value of 1905,
$685., 100000 above 1904, $ST7 100000
above 1908 and $2,077 100000 above the
census for 1899. The value &C farm
products of 1906 was per cent greater
than that of 1905, 10 per cent over
1904, 10 per cent over 1908 and A per
cent over 1899"
Value of Crops Rush Up.
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. Corn remains by far the
most valuable crop estimated at $1,1Oo,-
100000. Next comes the cotton crop,
which, including the seed, should be
worth to the growers nearly $64O,O0O,-
600. The value of hay, which is third
in order, approaches $600OO0,OOO.
Wheat, the fourth crop, may be worth
$450,00O,000; oats 100000; pota-
toes, $150,O00,OO0. Barley, with a value
of $65,000,000, shows a gain of II per
cent in production in the last seven
years. The tobacco crop will be worth
about S55,00OOO0. A remarkable devel-
opment is that of the sugar beet, now
the ninth crop in value. The produc-
ton in 1906 is placed at $4,000 long
tons, valued at $34000,000. Seven
years ago the value of this crop was
$7,O00,OO0 The value of all kinds of
sugar, strip, ard molasses aggregates
$75,OGG,G00
Farm Exports Break Records.
The 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. For
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1906, this
surplus has been exported to the value
of 1915, 100000. the largest amount ever
reached by agricultural exports for this
or any other country and exceeding the
export value of 1901, previously the
record year Among chief exports cot
ton maintains a long lead, with q value
of $400,000,0O0 The packing house
produces exported amounted to a value
of $207, 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,000,000,00O, the pres
ent valuation being probably $4,000,
100000.
The report contains some interesting
figures on meat production, the result
of a recent large and searching investi
cation by the department. In the last
census year, 1900, 93,502,000 meat ami
mails were slaughtered and exported
Meat contributes one-third or more of
the total assimilated nutrients of the
national dietary, and at average ex-
ceeded S2000,000,000
The laws made by Congress at its
last session to be executed by the de-
partment, Secretary Wilson says, have
required and received special attention.
The meat law is being enforced, and
inspection is now made in over 1000
houses. Not less than 1900 experts
have been added TO the inspection force.
Rules have been prepared for the exc
cution of the pure food law begin
ming has been made in the method Of
determining the grading of grain, and
the law providing for the humane
treatment of live stock in transit is re-
ceiyiDg careful attention.