The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-14

of ali farm crops equals s5.eoo'VV.Voa ana
or this total the value OF the colti cloP
IS about one-third: wheat nay, anu 80, 80
ton combined make more tn az S s1r,ain-
third; and the smaller crops the rviii s.,i7
DER, or nearly one-third- Never ,i',
mas the lfay crop been so large III qI IrLl+
uty, nor the rice crop nor the suSsl. -
crop nor beet and cane sugar pIoauciioh
The production of barley has been ek
ceeded in only one former year. and cot
ton by only two years at the most
Highest Crop Values
The highest crop values in comparison
Wlth former years are held Dy corh'
wheat. rice, all cereals. potatoes, susar
oeets, possibly tobacco, by Deet sue@'
and by beet and cane sugar como-leu
Next TO the highest value was reached
oy nay, barley, oats, sugar cane ana cane
sugar, and perhaps by cotton 60
although the farmer gets haIuly -
cents a pound for his butter between .
and cents a quart for his milk, and
about IL cents for each esq. yet the
Nalue OF the farm products OF ti deo ualIS
GOV Is getting close 10 SsVo,V1o,vb, anu
the value OF the eggs and poultry pro
duced on the farm is worth as mGch as
Inc cotton crop, seed included. or the nay
crop, or the wheat crop.
me aggregate value OF ANIMALS sold
and slaughtered and of animal products
at the farm amounts to about three-
elghths of the value of ali farm products,
estimated upon the census basis. and IS
SIStihS htdItf ana nearer " fOfoforponfvvV-
The exports of agricultural products In
the fiscal year 1865 were valued at $l,0l1,
WV'VH an amount greater than Tor any
year except 1897, the reduction OF sSf0n, :
100 under that year being chiefly due to
the falling off in value of cotton exports.
81 ne exported cotton was valued at Si5S,-
soo.Cv. the grain and grain products at
S-ioooo,oo9; and the packing house prod
ucls at xl96,000,uss.
The imports of agricultural products in
1888 We're valued a $3.50 00i.0O0 in the coun-
irles from which exported, reduction of
$Ss,On.o10 below the value for 1897. I'M
ports are mostly silk wool, hides. coffee,
various vegetable fibers and oils, fruits.
sugar and molasses. tea ana tobacco. The
exports of forest products are beginning
70 decline, chiefly in lumber and timber.
The imports of such products declined in
ltS mostly because of India rubber but
there were gains in imports of pulp wood
and wood pulp.
Exports According to Value.
The total exports of the United States
IN lSUo We're appOrtiOned in value as fol-
lows; Animals and animal products. 16
per cent; cotton and cotton products, q
per cent; grain and grain products, u per
cent; all other products chiefly sustained
Dy agriculture. 6 per cent; forest prod
ucts and other products chiefly dependent
upon them, per cent; exports that are
not agricultural nor of forest origin, either
fully or in principal degree. 81 per cent.
The exports of domestic agricultural
products in 1908 being worth 81 OH 900 900,
the exports of foreign agricultural prod
ucts Sl0.O0O.O0O and the imports of agri-
cultural products $540.000.0G0, a balance of
trade of the enormous value of SASS, 600 coo
in favor of the farm products of this coun-
try results. an amount exceeded only in
1901 and 1895
The secretary says that the magnificent
figures of the farmers contribution TO
the exports of this country and to the Ia
vofable balance of trade are maintained
in spite of this country's immense growth
in population and the extraordinary i'm
migration of agricultural peoples. and
also in spite of the diminishing fraction
of the population that is engaged in ag-
riculture; and that no analysis could more
strongly indicate the progressive eff
cheney of the farmers labor and capital
and of the telling effects of the agricul-
tural sciences.
The secretary concludes his review for
1868 with these words: THE farmer had
many reasons for his THANKSGIVING in
1908. as he did in recent years. He has
reaped as well as sowed. He has obtained
more of the means with which TO improve
his farm. to increase his capital to be-
come a more generous consumer of the
goods of other producers and to add to
the things that count for a better living
and a more pleasant life"