The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-18
RepoAT OF oEpARTMgNr OF
AGRICULTURE SHOWS YEAR
or RgMARkADLg PROS
pERirv.
TOTAL BREAKS RECORD
NEARLY EIGHT OIlLIoN ooLlARs
PLACED TO CREDIT or
FARM WoRkGRe.

Washington, d. C.-After twelve
years Of service as head of the depart.
ment. the secretary Of agriculture in
his twelfth annual report to the Presi.
dent. Just issued. renders a compre.
hensive account Of his stewardship and
presents . review Of the progress of
agriculture in the United States dur
ing this period. Concerning the farm
production of 1908, he says the
farmer has created wealth by the bill
lions.
The farm value of all farm products
of 1908 reaches the most extraordinary
total in the nations history-S7,77s,-
100000. This is about four times the
value Of the products of the mines,
including mineral oils and precious
metals.
The gain In value of farm products
In 1908 over 1907 is $3.50. 100000 and
would have been much larger had not
the prices Of cotton and hay been low.
The value Of products In 1s99 the CEN
sus year. being taken at 100. the value
for 1908 stands at 1875: for 1904, at
131; for 1905, at 1874: for 1906, at 143:
for 1907. at 159, and for 1908 at l65.
During the last ten years the wealth
production of the farmer of this coun.
tryl has exceeded the fabulous sum Of
t60. 900 O.000. 900.
Corn-Greatest st Of all crops IL In.
dian corn, whose production this year
II 2.643.000.0O0 bushels. The value of
this crop Is $1.615. 100000. This
wealth. grown out Of the soil in four
months Of rain. sunshine and some
drought, 10 enough to cancel the inter-
est-bearing debt Of the United States
and to pay for the Panama canal and
fifty battleships. This crop is worth
this year nearly ~ much as the great
crops Of cotton. hay and wheat COM
bined. Compared with the averages of
the preceding five years the quantity
II 2 per cent. higher and the value 43
per cent. higher.
Hay-The greatest hay crop in his
tory has been gathered this year, 6s.-
000. 900 tons, or IL per cent. above the
average of the preceding five years.
Its price is $2 per ton less than 1t was
. year ago, but still the farm value OF
the crop is 1921. .000, 900. or 6 per cent.
above the five-year average.
Wheat-Wheat is II per cent. above
the five-year average in production and
- per cent. above its total value. n
sec, 900 900 bushels of this crop are es.
timated to be worth $500. 100000 to the
farmers, or 66,000,000 more than the
most valuable wheat crop heretofore
produced.
the oat crop suffered from drought the
value is 1921. 100000 for $4,000. 900
bushels, or 10 per cent above the five
year average value and 8 per cent. be
low the average product.
The barley crop, 1000, 900 bushels
II Is per cent. above the five-year av
erase and its value. Sss. 10000. 900, 10 2,
per cent. above. Both have been ex
eeeded only once.
Rye remains in the notch that 1t has
occupied In production in recent years
bat its value. $13. 900 900, IL II per cent
above the average.
All cereals-All cereals aggregate I,
31S, 100000 bushels. = total that ha.
bsen exceeded three times. but tn.
value reaches tz.ssA,o00, 900. or mort
thaa $500. .000. 900 above that Of 1907
and exceeds still moro the totals Of for
mer years. Compared with the preced
ing five ysars, the number Of bushel,
II higher BY OF per cent and the value
IL higher by - per cent.
Sugar beets and cane-The sugal
beet crop has never been 20 large no1
20 valuable ~ it Il this year. Tn,
rapid development Of this crop TO
sugar making appears in the statemen
that the production Of beets in 190
il IS per cent above the average o
five years.
The plantation value Of sugar cane
. molasses and syrup. not including fac
tory products, 10 estimated to be $34
, ooo. 900, q value exceeded only in 1901
and greater than the five-year averag
, by 10 per cent, nearly 100000 shor
! tons Of beet sugar will probably b
, made from the crop Of this year. an
I the factory value of this and Of tn
beet pulp IN about $4,000, 900. Abou
: 407, 900 short tons Of raw cane suga
were produced this year. an amour
; perceptibly greater than the high pre-
duction figures Of four or five forme
years.
The sugar beet and sugar cane crop
: are together worth about $56 .00O. 900
y the grower. The sugar made fro1
cane and beets, the beet pulp, the 8!
!, rup and molasses Of cane and sorghum
. and the maple sugar and syrup, II is e!
!. timated, are worth this year $4,000
900.
@ Potatoes - Unfavorable weathe
I made the potato crop only 275.00o. 90
bushels, or per cent. below the fiv,
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