Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
FARMERS CROW RICH.
Aggregate Value of This Years
 Crops Is $7,412,O00, 1000.
GREATER THAN THAT OF 1906
Secretary Wilson's Report Shows That the Seven Cereal Crops Produced 4,135, 100000 Bushels and That Value of Wheat Is Greater Than Average.


 Washington, Nov. 30.-Showing that the total value of farm production in this country in 1907 is 10 per cent greater than that for 1906, 17 per cent greater than that for 1905, 20 per cent above the total for 1904, 25 per cent in excess of that for 1903 and 57 per cent greater than the total value for 1899, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has sent his annual report to President Roosevelt, who will submit it to con- gress. The total value of such farm productions for 1907 is $7,412, 100000.
 'If we let 100 represent the total value for 1S99," Secretary Wilson says, ''the value for 1903 would be repre- sented By 125, that for 1904 by 131, for 1905 by 134, for 1906 by 143 and the total value for 1907 by 157. The farm CT depends not alone on his field crops. He produces meat animals, he keeps dairy COWS, he raises sheep for nut ton and for wool, he raises horses and mules, and he keeps poultry. The ami mals sold from farms and those slaugh- tered on them in 1907 were worth about $1,27O,OOO,OO0, or nearly twice as much as the cotton crop.
 Farmers Sustain Foreign Credit.
 "Our foreign credit is sustained mainly by our farmers. For eighteen years, beginning with 1890, the farm CTS have not failed to secure a favora- ble balance, the lowest being that of 1S95-$193 000,0 ,000-and the grand az gregate of the balances of. trade in farm products for the eighteen years is $6,5OO, ,O00,000 At the same time our foreign trade in nonagricultural prod ucts for the same period has shown an aggregate adverse balance of $456, ,O00,- GOO.
 Thus a great stream of wealth has constantly been sent from farms to foreign countries to offset the adverse balance of trade in commodities other than agricultural. to pay the ocean freigh costs on imports conveyed in foreign owned ships and to pay the interest, dividends and principal on investments in the United States by foreigners.
 Labor and Knowledge Rewarded.
 "The farmer during the first half of the year was threatened with general crop failure east of the Rocky noun tains. The very last day was exhaust, ed that could be withheld from crop growth and still leave harvest worth taking. Every necessary day for the development of the corn crop was worth 2O.OO0,O00 bushels of corn. Cot ton needed a longer time and offered to pay 3OOO6,000 pounds of lint for the favor of each day of growth during the full term. Wheat offered over 6,000,O0C bushels day. tobacco 100000 pounds. potatoes 100000 bushels and beets 6,0O0,O00 pounds of sugar.
 ''The entire wealth production of the farms was at stake and was depend ent on a crop growing season of sufti cient length, and every one of it's days was worth $50.OOO,OO0 to the farmer and to the nation. At the end of the harvest the farmer has provided the country with commodities that are equal to the average of recent years ir quantity and vastly more than are need ed for national consumption. His la bor and his knowledge have been re warded with products the sum Of whose value is S7,412, 100000.
 Value of Wheat Crop.
 "The seven cereal crops produced 4.135, ,OO0. .O00 bushels. showing a loss of 214,000.0O0 bushels. or per cent below the five year average. the loss being chiefly due to oats. The total value is So. .37S. 100000. This exceeds 1906 by $296OOO.OOO and is g per cent above the average"
 The report shows that the wheat crop for 1907 is 62j.756,0OO bushels. ol ] per cent less than the average quan tity for the five preceding years. The value of the crop. however, is about S5O0OOO.OOO. or 5I5 per cent greater than the average. Although not as large as that for 1906, the value of tn, corn crop of 1907 is greater and is 2 i per cent above the average value Oi the corn crops of the preceding fivt ]