Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
FARMING OPERATIONS
Facts From Secretary VIII
sons Annual Report. j.;
VALUE 0FYEAR's PRODUCTS
It, Amounts to the Grand Total of
.- . u. $7,412, 900, 900. e.. 80: =. ~. :.
MORE TO SPEND AND INVEST
Farmers VIII Have More Than Ever
Before Out Of q Years
-. - Work. ~, H., !" III s': q
MORE TO SPEND AND INVEST

the railroads will get an average haul Of
freight, and foreign countries will take 9
heavy excess above homo consumption
| The farmer will have more to spend and
more to invest than he ever had before
| out Of his years work. 80: ''-i...
1T has beens-a year OF untoward scondi-
tions, requiring ali the Industry and skill
of the farmers to grow an average crop
They have struggled not only with an er.
ratio season.. but with a scarcity of help
In all the states and territories in the
Union.'
ing statement to President Roosevelt in
ment Of Agriculture. He goes on to say
that the hard winter Of the past year, the
summer weather in March, and the late
cold spring give exceptional emphasis to
the wisdom of the departments policy OF
diversifying farm products and Of estab.
fishing new crops. The inference ID that
II this method is always followed a gen.
eral crop failure in a field as large as the
chief part of, the temperate zone of a
continent must be q rare occurrences.
No General Crop Failure.
mo general crop failure aflicts the
farmers this year." continues the Score
tary. mot even within small areas. The
production Of the farms. all things con-
sidered, is we'll up to the average Of the
previous five years in quantity. while its
value to the farmer; as now appears at
this day of reckoning, reaches a figure
much above that Of 1905, which far ex-
ceeded amy previous years production on
farms"
During the fiscal year ended June 80,
1907. the domestic exports of farm prod
ucts were valued at 81 ,O55, 600 600 or 49,
O,00O above the high record for 1906.
Plant products made up four-f ffths of this
total, cotton alone amounting to $751;
OO0OOO. Animals and animal products
mostly packing-house products-were ex-
ported to the value of $3.50 900, OOO The
live animals exported were worth Sal, O0O,-
COO and the dairy products $500, OOO Cot
ton is the greatest of all our exports, tay-
ing, in 1907. 291A per cent Of the total
value. To animals and animal products
must be credited II per cent of the total !:
to grains and grain products, low Der
cent; to all other agricultural products,
6k per cent. and to forest products 8 per
cent. Thus farm and forest products
made up. on value basis. 711a per cent
of the total exports of the United States
in 1907. ia. =. o..
Agricultural Products Imported.
Agricultural products valued at se27,-
000, 600 were imported during the past fs-
cal year-$403, 00O. 600 worth of plant prod
utcts and s224.Ooo.O0O worth of animal
products. The principal items among these
imports were: Sugar and moiasses s94,-
0oo. 900: coffee. SIS OO0. OOo;, fbers, Se2 900,
COO; packtng-house products (mostly
hides and skins), $9e. 600; silk ST. OOO,-
600. and wool. $42, 1000 900.
During the fiscal year 1907 the exports
Of farm products exceeded the imports by
$444 100000 a balance that has been ex-
ceeded only four times-in $685. 1909 1901
and 1902. The countrys foreign credit is
sustain mainly by our farmers. For
easn.een years beginning with 1890 the
farmers have not failed to secure a ia.
vorable balance, the lowest being that of
1s95-S193 .0O0, 900; and the grand aeers-
gate of the balances Of trade in farm
products for the eighteen years is $1,000
oOOOOO. AT the same time our foreign
the same period has shown an aggregate
adverse balance of $456O00, 900.
Forest Land Increased.
The area of forest land reserved by the
government was Increased during 1907 by
100000 acres, making the total area OF
the national forests more than 16O, ZOO, OCO
acres. In fact, nearly all the timber land
Of the unappropriated public domain has
now been brought under the adrninistra.
ton Of the Department OF Agriculture.
Ing guarded against fire. theft, and waste.
full exploitation. and that their power to
grow wood and \store water win he "a Pa
guarded for all time.
While not as large as that Of 1905, the
value Of the corn crop of 1907 Is greater
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