The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-06
new FARM RECORDS
SECRETARY WILSON MAKES
HIS REPORT.
Wheat in the, United States Worth
Half Billion .Doilars-Poultry and
Eggs More-Farm Exports Exceed
Imports by Large sum-Irrigatlon
Helped Greatly.

Helped Greatly.
The eleventh annual report OF Secre-
tary Of Agriculture James Wilson, just
made public, opens with the statement
that the farm production for 1901 -
well up to the average In quantity,
while its value is much above that
OF any preceding year. The farmer
will this year have more money 70
spend and more to invest than he ever
had before out of his years work.
This years durum wheat crop Is
worth $4,000 OO0-more than twice
the annual cost Of the entire depart
ment; 100000 acres are now used,
much Of it land formerly valueless,
1.-THE home of the prairie dog and the
cactus"
The beet sugar industry has grown
very rapidly during the past Is years.
Alfalfa is wonderful plant for pro-
duction wealth. The total crop OF
alfalfa hay in 1907 is estimated to pc
worth 100000.
Irrigation is vet confined almost en-
tirely TO the arid and semiarid regions
Of the west and the rice lands Of the
Gulf coast, but In time It will doubt
less be practiced largely in the more
| humid regions of the country as It IS
| In similar regions of the old world
| The irrigated area now under cultiva-
ton in this country Is 100000 acres,
and the crops grown on this area in
1907 were worth not less than SITS
100000. Next year, If present prices
are maintained, the products Of irri-
CATION farming should be worth $780,
100000.
1 Corn ls King.
| Speaking Of the chief crops, the sec
| rotary says that corn ranks first In
1 Importance. Besides its large use as
| a human food, as live stock feed,
"the starch of corn becomes the fat
Of the hog and the finish of the steer
thus becoming q great factor in the
production of meats and meat prod
uts for export. While not as large as
that of 1906, the value of the corn
crop Of 1907 is greater and is rs per
cent above the average value Of the
crops Of the preceding five years.
In value the cotton crop Of 1907, es-
timated to be from $3.50, 100000 to
S675, ,0Oo takes third place, If in the
final estimate 1t does not displace hay
for second rank.
Wheat Valuation.
The wheat crop Of 1907 is 625, 576. 00g
, bushels, s per cent less than the aver
; age quantity for the five preceding
, years But the value is about 100000,
900, or 51s per cent more than the
, average, although the crops of 1900
1902 and 1906 had each slightly high
er value than that of this year.
: The farm value of sugar beets, su
gar cane, sorghum cane and molasses
and syrup made on the farm is $64,
! O0O, 900.
Farms Produce s7,412,ooo,ooo.
The value of the total farm produc
tons in 1907 exceeded that OF 1906
which was far above that of any pre-
ceding year. The total value for 19O'
is $7,412,OO0,OO0, an amount 10 PEI
, cent greater than the total for 1906.
The animals sold from farms ant
those slaughted by farmers in 100
; were worth about $1,270,00O,000, o.
! nearly twice as much as the cottor
: crop.
4 The dairy products of the countr.
alone were worth nearly $8O0,000,Oo'
Q in 1907, or much more than any crol
. save corn Prices of both butter ant
: milk have advanced.
. The poultry and egg products TO
< 1907 should be estimated at more thai
8 $500, 100000 in value. In fact ,thes
s products were worth more than thu
I wheat crop. In 1899 the farm price o
: eggs averaged trif1e over II cent
per dozen; in 1907 it was over /
cents. Dressed poultry sold in New
4 York in 1899 for 10A cents a pound
+. A in 1907 for nearly 16 cents.
y Exports and imports.
During the fiscal year ended Jun
&c. 1907, the domestic exports of farr
products were valued at 81 ,055, 100000
or $79,O0O.Oo0 above the high recor
IS for 1906. Plant products made up fou
II fifths of this total, cotton alon