The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-30
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property thrown In"
The value Of the corn is &c per cent
above the value of the crop OF last
year.
The wheat crop is valued at $685..
100000. five and half per cent. more
than the crop Of 1906.
The cotton crop is valued at from
$3.50, 100000 to S675.00o.000, the most
valuable cotton crop ever raised III
this country.
The alfalfa crop is worth 100000.
000
The crop OF sugar, rnolasses ami
syrup is OF the estimated value of $685.
600 900.
The value of the potatoes grown in.
this country this year is estimated to
Teach s19o.0or.o0!
isarlev ADDS s:15.ooo.ooo to the ma
TINS wealth.
Tobacco IS estimated to he worth
SG7,o10,n00.
Z Flaxseed is estimated at s2e.ooo.0 900.
The 31,566.0o0 bushels OF rye grown
this year are estimated to be worth
;2a.000.000. on intrease 81 20 per cent.
over the value of last years crop.
Enormous Rice Produ~t.
Think OF the fact hat TIL. rice crop
this year amounts to 963,540 .0oJ pounds,
an increase OF % per cent. above the
average for The .ilree preceding years.
The farm value Of the crop is Sl1.50V.-
coo. an increase OF Sc pnr cent over
the average The country now actually
exports more rice than It Imports ow.f
Ing to better varieties which, the de-
ipartment has helped tic grower obtain,
from the Orient.
f. Put in nutshell the seven cereals
wheat corn, rye, barley. oats, rice and
.huckwheat produced thls year ;.l33,-
In1U 600 bushels. The otai'value4 Of this
enormous product is se,37S.e0o,puo.
This exceeds the value%of tile crop of
1s9e by 1896. 0OO. 600. and Is 20 per cent.
above the average.
The total value OF all farm produc n
.tion In the United states this year,
ss7i1e,0oo,0 600. \,
Figures Dihicult TO Grasp.
The reader; Will have to pause some.
time to try to grasp faint idea OF the
.vastness of this sum. Tie railroads
of America. arc valued at u, O00.0oo,-
900. The farm products Ct " IN e g, coun Z
would pay for all the railroads, and
leave a; big surplus OF nearly $2, 0oo,-
100000 TO be distributed among the
stockholders.
It seems sheerest folly to talk about
hard times when the country has such
crops as tfese to supply the needs Of
the countries OF Europe and the Orient.
sDuring, the last fiscal year the exports
Of farm products exceeded the coun-
itry,s imports by $444,0O0,0 600, q .bal-
ance that has heen exceeded only four
times--in 1898, 1900, 1901 and 1909,
our foreign credit is sustained main.s
~ by the farmers.4T They have kent q
great stream OF wealth flowing from
farms to foreign countries to offset
the adverse balance OF trade in CONF
lmodities oth,r than agricultural pro-
ducts, to pay the ocean freight costs
on Imports conveyed in. foreign,owned|
ships, and to pay the interest, divi-
bends and principal on foreign invest
Inents In the United States. It lis tho
farmer VINO has sent credit to OK
patriated Americans; 1t is he who has
provided the Immigrant with millions
to send hack everY year to loved ones
In the old country, and, Il there is
still any credit to dispose of, 1t is the
farmer who has provided the American
traveller In foreign countries with
pocket money, for the trip.
& ~ Is doubtful whether tile farmer OF
America, has Vet felt the pinch Of hard
times, and It As a source OF thankful
ness that. y come what may, he is In !