The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-14
Crops a dDo11ce
In The Nation
Is One of Great Strides as
Shown by Secretary's
Annual Report.


WASHINGTON. d. C.. Dec. If
After twelve years OF service as head
of the department, the secretary OF
agriculture in his twelfth annual re-
port to the President. issued today,
renders a comprehensive account OF
view OF the progrcss of agriculture
in the United states during that
period Concerning the farm pro-
ductton OF 1908. he says that the
farmer has created wealth by the bill
lions. Production has been above
the average OF recent years with few
exceptions: and. while some prices
have fallen. others have risen.
The farm value OF all farm pro-
ducts of 1905 reaches the most eX-
traordinary total IN the nations his
tory-$7 us, 100000. The farmer
contributes 81 per cent. OF the raw
material used in those manufacture
Ing Industries which depend mostly
or considerably upon agricultural
materials.
The gain in value OF Farm products
in 91OS over 1907 Is $g9O.O0O,OO0
and would have been much larger
had not the prices of cotton and hay
been low.
Greatest OF all crops is Indian
corn. whose production this year IS
2,64:, 100000 bushels. The value OF
this crop Is $l,615. 100000. Compar-
cd with the average of the preceding
hvc years the quantity is 2 per cent.
higher and the value 43 per cent.
higher.
1t seems likely that the cotton
crop is one OF the highest three ever
produced. but with u value next toI
the highest or perhaps more. al
though the farm price OF cotton thisi
year Is below the price Of last year
by more than one cent. For the nrsti
,T- 81
the value OF the cotton !
crop, Including seed. has apparently
the value OF the hay crop.
which has heretofore held second
place.
The greatest hay crop in history
has l7een gathered this year. ssh
100000 tons. or . peg cent above !
the average of the preceding FIVE /
years. It's price is 81 per ton less
than 1t was year ago, but still the /
farm value of the crop is s621, O0O.- |
600. or 6 per cent. above the Ave
year average.
Wheat Is one and one-haIf per
production and % per cent. above IN
total value. The 660,OO0.OO0 bushels
of this crop arc estimated to be
worth $62O,00O,OOO to the farmers,
or 66, 100000 more than the most
valuable wheat crop heretofore pro-
1uced.
Although the oat crop suffered
from drought the value IS 1921. OOo.-
BOO for 7S9.OOO.OO bushels. or ten
per cent. above the fvc-year aver
lgo value and per cent. below the
average product.
All cereals aggregate 4,S29, 900 900
bushels, a total that has been cx-
ceeded three times. but the value
$2,G94.OOO, 900. or more than
5 500, 200, 900 above that of 1907, and
exceeds still more the totals os for
mer years Compared with the pre-
cedinE I've years. the number of
bushels is higher by O.2 per cont
and the value Is higher by 50 per
cent.
For the first time. this year. the
value of all farm crops equals So
900, 600, 900. and of this total the wall
he of the corn crop Is about one
third; wheat. hay and cotton COM
blned mako more than another third,
and the smaller crop the remain
der. or nearly one-third. Never be-
fore has the hay crop been so large
in quantity, nor the rice crop, nor
tho sugar beet crop, nor beet and
cano sugar production. Tho pro
iuction of barley has been exceeded .
N only one former year. and cotton |,
by oilIy- two years at the most.