The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-29
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lltsoME lNTERE sTlFle FIG UREs REL:
ATTN 10 VA ~ e OF cEREs
AIS IN THE y! IS:
Especial correspo ndence to the West
virginian.l a !
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Accord.
ing TO figures prepared by the Depart:
ment Of Agriculture. the potato crop
is the most profitable Of all crops Of
general culiyation IN the United
States. 1t shows a value per acre
more than four times as great as any
of the big cereal crops, and It runs
ahead'of the cotton and tobacco crops
in the sttaes where these are grown.
The per acre value Of the potato
crop for the United States, based on
the price Of potatoes on the first day
of December. 1906, was 1929. The
per acre value Of the 1906 wheat crop
was $685. corn, s12.O6; oats. $3.50;
barley s1174; rye, 1888; buckwheat,
S11.O6, and hay, 1895.
The per acre value of the wheat,
corn, barley, rye, oats, buckwheat, hay,
and potato crops in some of the States
will afford an interesting contrast be.
tween their relative value, The fol
lowing are some of them:
virginia-corn, 1897; wheat, $10.-
70; oats, STA; barley 1902; rye,
$3.50; buckwheat, s11.O2; hay, 1891;
potatoes, $5O.25.
West virgInia-Corn, $1GGG; wheat,
$1O.29; oats, 1924; rye, 1854; buck.
wheat, sll7o; potatoes, s5917; hay,
1890.
ohlo-corn, 1851; wheat, s14.4s;
oats, $1O.S2; barley, $3.50; rye, $11..
70; buckwheat. $1o.Ss; potatoes, $52.,
80; hay, $14G4.
Kentucky-Cor $13.S6; wheat, So.
30; oats, SS17; barley, s14.SO; rye,
$1,000; potatoes, $5O.O2; hay, s17.S9.
Tennessee Corn. s13.S6; wheat,
$9.75; oats, $3.50; barley, $3.50; rye,
$500; buckwheat, s1S.2S; potatoes,
$4,000; hay, s2Os1.
Texas-Cotn, SLIPS; wheat, $685.;
oats, SAP; barley, s14.95; rye, $12.-
IL; potatoes, s66.s6; hay, $3.50.
Though the potato crop Is the best
paying Of oil the general crops per
acre, there is smaller acreage Of pc.
tatoes planted in nearly every State in
the Union than any other principal
crop. In the United States as whole
the corn crop in 1906 covered 96,737,-
900 acres, the wheat crop 47,3O5,OOo
acres, and the potato crop 100000
acres. For the States above mentioned
the following comparisons are interest.
ing as to the relative acreage Of wheat,
corn and potatoes.
virginia-Corn acreage, 1,S59,OO0;
wheat, 774,OOO acres; potatoes, $4,000
acres.
West vlrgInla-Corn, 100000 acres;
wheat, $4,000 acres; potatoes, $4,000
acres.
ohto-com, 8,825,oOo acres; wheat.
2117,OO acres; potatoes, $4,000 acres.
Kentucky-Corn, S,195,OOo acres;
wheat. $4,000 acres; potatoes, $4,000
acres:
Tennessee Corn 8,O75,oOo acres;
wheat, $4,000 acres; potatoes, $1,000
acres.
Texas-COrn 6,924,OO acres; wheat,
1,22S,OOO acres; potatoes. $1,000 acres.
Horses and Mules
According to the statistics prepared
by the Department OF Agriculture,
there were on January I, 1857, 1916
5S3 horses In the United States, val
ued at $1,a6,57S,412, or s9s.51 per
head. There were 3,S16,692 mules, val
ued at $428,OGa,61S. or $112.1eper head.
Texas is the real home Of the mule.
There are GS1,OO0 OF them in the Lone
Star State. The Missouri mule is Just
one-half as numerous and two-thirds
as mean as the Texas mule, there being
$4,000 of them in Missouri. The fol.
lowing are the statistics for the States
named:
Virginia has SO7,92O horses, valued
at $SO,4S1,OOo, or s99. per head. She
was 5O,7SS mules, valued at SO,972,O0O,
or s137 per head.
West Virginia has 1s6,S5O horses,
valued at s177O4,OOO. or $95 per head.
The State has 1896 mules, valued at
81, Ill, 900, or $1O1 each.
Ohio has 94O,44o horses, valued at
$1O5,s9S,OoO, or $11S a head, and 49,,
72S mules valued at s2,25O,0O0 or $114
per heal.
kentucky has sS7,S27 horses valued
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