Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-30
BILLIONS IN CROPS.
Farm Products Worth More Than
Those Of my Previous Year.
GAIN OF TEN PER CENT OVER 1905
Total Value of Output Placed at
$7,412,000,00o.
CORN FIRST IN IMPORTANCE
Eight Crops Equal to Value Of ALI
Railroads and Equipments.
COW AND HEN ALSO BUSY
Dairy Product Second Only to Corn
and Poultry and Egg Crop Sell
for More Than wheat
Crop.
Eight Crops Equal to Value Of AL
Railroads and Equipments.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3o-The annual re-
port Of the secretary Of agriculture con-
tains the following summary Of interest to
the farmers of the middle west
The value OF the total farm productions
of 1907 exceeded that Of 1905, which was
far above that Of any preceding year: The
total value for 1907 Is H,h20Oo0co. an
for 1907 II per cent greater than that OF
1906, 20 per cent above that Of 1904 3 per
cent In excess OF that Of 1903, and 67 Der
cent greater than the total value Tor 1879.
II we let 100 represent tho total value for
1889. the value for 1903 would be represented
l3i: for 1906 by 143; and the total value for
1907 by 1877
The farmer depends not alone on his
field crops He produced meat meat animals; l; ne ne
mutton and for wool; he raises horses and
mules: he keeps poultry: The animals sold
from farms and those slaughtered on them
IN 1907 were worth about H,270, 900 or
nearly twice as much as the cotton crop.
Various Crops.
Speaking Of the chief crops. the score
tary saws that corn ranks first in import
ance. Besides it's large use as a human
food, as a live stock feed. 'the starch OF
corn becomes the fat Of the hog and the
finish Of the steer" thus becoming a great
factor in the production Of meats and meat
products for export While not as large
as that Of 1906, the value Of the corn crop
OF 1907 is greater and Ia 26 per cent abovo
the value Of the crons Of the preceding
five years. He adds that eight such crops
as that Of 1907 would nay for duplicating
every mile OF steam railroad in the United
States, with terminals. rolling stock. and
all property
els, 3 per cent less than the average nuan-
tity for the i've preceding years. But the
value is about HNN o0o nm Of ~ ner cent
more than the avorar' although the crons
Of a01. 1919 and tNE Nad enrh a slightly
higher value then that Of this year.
The oat crop--7l so o1N huFhels-is 10 ner
con+ haIouv ~ dve-yanr pVerapa but the
vnlre is q per cent above tho average
Potatoes-2a9 le7.ono bushels-are per
cent above tho average; the value 's
$40 oc0OoO, or % per cent above the aver
BARLEY also Is rer cor above the aver
age In ouantitv. while the value is eV-
traoroinarS about s. per cert GER to. anovs nco ne
syersge ss o TSe SIX I%ss nm mn IS 1iSo bush
The dairy rrndrets OF the. country, alone
were worth nearly &C." mn ''N ." 7'W ~
Prices Of both butter ana milk have ad-
Tine ire pou,trv and eer products for. ,oo-
0NO Non IN valve In fact those rroducts
were worth more thon tho wheat cron
In Isoa the farra rr'ce ~ ep~s AVERAGED
n was over - cents Dressed 00ultrv sold
in Nev vo~v N 10oo 'cr ~ cents a
mound y, roN- F~~ uco~''. - 0o~te
Exports and Imports.
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907,
the domestic exports Of farm products
were valued at h,O55 10000; or 100000
above the high record for 1906, Plant prod
ucts made up four-ffths Of this total, cot
ton alone amounting to S4S2,OO0OO0.
Animals and animal produots-mostiy
the value Of S255 10000. The live animals
were worth SfOOOOOO and the dairy prod
Cotton is the greatest Of all our exports.
having, in 1907, 2e]s per cent OF the total
value. To animals and animal products
~ ha Oh FaaV nf a
TO grains and grain products, lO1R per cent;
TO all other agricultural products, Gh per
Thus farm and forest products made up,
exports a E"' Ro R' Und Sta States ssnT in i5 Y ''a
Agricultural products valued at S621OO0,OOO
were imported during the last fiscal year
N03Ooo.00O worth Of plant products and
S22tO0e,OO worth or animal products. Inc
Sugar and molAsses, S94, 600 900; coffee $7s,-
0OO,0O0; ibers. S62OOo,o0O; packing house
products (mostly hides and skins), sos 600, .
90; silk. 100000. and wool sl2. 10000,
During the fiscal year 1907 the exports Of
farm products exceeded the imports by
s444OOo,oOO a balance that has been ex-
Our foreign credit is sustained mainly
ginning with 1880 the farmers have not
failed TO secure q favorable balance, the
lowest being that Of E ls9S0SiSS ~ 1900; and
trade in farm products for the eighteen
years is SO, 10000 600. At the same time
our foreign trade IN nonagrioultural prod
ucts for the same period has shown an
aggregate adverse balanse OF t456O0O, 900.
Thus q great stream OF wealth has con-
sthntiy been sent from farms 70 foreign
countries TO Onset the adverse balance OF
trade IN commodities other than agricul-
gT 70 pay tas S 9een SsR costs b6s on
and 70 pay the interest, dividends and prin-
oipRl on Investments in the United States
sent credit to sxpStriated Americans; IL
Is he who has provided the Immigrant
with millions to send every. year to the
there Is still any credit 70 dispose OF, the
farmer has provided the American traveller
In toIeign countries with his POCKET pocket money
pRrtments work in inspecting meat has
greatly increased. on July ]. 1897, 22sO
ton. eompared With ssi the year be
fore; 70S establishments in ls6 cities had
as SH Inspection stSs sgt s 9sy yaS2 as2
before. The inspection covered 5O.999 0S4
animals, nearly an Of them Inspected both
cassos and 52ss76 parts OF carcasses were
Condemned for disease or other cause.
tsrmias' their Sonditlon las Show shown that
nearly 100 vaTietita OF products which
were in eireulationPTior 70 the new law
were In e9nniet With II, but now, as a
biylns With the law. ''''''7 ~ ''''
The microscopic inspection OF export
pork for triohinae has been stopped, since
/ single inspection is not conciusive, and
the American public did not receive the
beneht Of the inspection
A commission OF seven expert patholo-
gists, not members Of the department,
was appointed during the vear to advise
regarding those portions " he meat reg
ulations which deal with the disposal Of
diseased careasses. The general conclusion
o fthe commission was that II there be
any general error In the regulation this is
N favor or the public rather than In favor
of the butchers and packers"
NNHfla the federal iUgnaFfinn k,-n
the consumer that meat bearing Il comes
from healthy animals, there Is great need
for states and municipalities also 10 make
such an inspection at all places not under
federal supervision.
Animals Tor export to the number OF 53s -
2Qi and 7N vessels carrying export animals
were Inspected
Diseases OF Animals.
Quarantine Of cattle on account OF the
cattle tick has been lfted from ~ OOO square
miles, in six states and twenty COUNTIES
previously Quarantined have been admitted
% provisional quarantine. The ultimate ex
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