Washington telegraph., 1909-01-22
Farmers Educational
-AND -
Co-Operat|ve Union
Of AmPrica
INTERESTING FIGURES
Secretary Wilson's Report Shows
Farm Conditions I'M United States.

secretary WiIsohs heport Shows
Farm Conditions in United States.
Billions upon billions, the farmer
has again piled hib wealth." says
Secretary Wilson of the Department Of
Agriculture in his twelfth annual re-
port.
The value of all pm products in
1908, he continues rfaehed the most
extraordinary total IN the nations
history-$7, ,778.OO0, ,00Ol This is about
four times the value of the products
of the mines, including mineral oils
and precious metals.
The farmer contributes 81 per cent
of the raw materials used in those
manufacturing industries which de.
pend mostly or considerably on agri,
cultural materials, and these industries
use AZ per cent of all materials used
in all industries.
The gain in value of farm products
III 1908 over 1907 IS $29000O,000 and
would have been much larger had not
the prices of cotton and hay been low.
The value of products in 1899. the
census year, being taken at 100. the
value FOR 1903 stands at 125; for 1904.
at 131; for 1905 at 134; for 1906.
at 143; for 1907, at 1853, and for 1908.
at 165. In the last 10 years the
wealth production on the farms of
this country has exceeded the fabu-
Ions cum of e60 000 000 Ann
Corn Is King
Greatest of all corps is Indian corn.
whose production this year is 2.643.-
100000 bushels. The value of this
crop is $1,615, 100000. This is enough
to cancel the interest-bearing debt of
the United States and to pay for the
Panama Canal and 50 battleships.
This crop is worth ~ year nearly
as mch as the great ops off cotton,
hay and wheat combHed. Compared
with the averages of the preceding
five years the quality is per cent
higher and the value 43 per cent
higher.
Cotton Second in Rank.
It seems likely that the cotton crop
is one of the highes hree ever pro.
duced, but with a value next to the
highest or perhaps more although
the farm price of cotton this year is
below the price of lag year by more
rs1a. per cent Fed be first time in
the history f this ty's qgricul-
t1rs; o1rs;nlh the y H. q ssAkssE III. IL;
- =. osPf ned sec64 e.
Greatest Hay Crop. 4
The greatest hay crop i'm his Ny
has been gathered this year, 68,000,-
600 tons, or 12 per cent above the
average of the preceding five years
It's price is 50 a ton less than it was
year ago, but still Che farm value
of the crop is $62l 100000, or 6 per
cent above the fiveyear average.
Wheat ana Oats.
Wheat is 1 IL per cent above the
five-year average in production and
23 per cent above in total value. The
660, 100000 bushels OF. this crop are
estimated to be worth S62O,0OO,0O0 to
the farmers, or $66O0O,0OO more than
the most valuable wheat crop here
tofore produced.
Although the oats crop suffered from
drouth the value of 1921, 900 for
7S9000,O0O bushels, or 10 per cent
above the five-year average and 8
per cent below the average product.
Barley and Rye Too.
The barley crop, 1670OO,O0O bushels,
is 12 per cent above the fye-year
average, and its value, $S6,0O0,000, is
% per cent above. Both have been
exceeded only osce,
Rye remains in the place that it
has occupied in production in recent
years. but its value $22O0O,OO0, is II
per cent above the average. The larg-
est crop of rice ever raised, 23,000,0 ,000
bushels, is this years, with a value
of about $1S,OOO,OOO, the crop being
29 per cent above the fve-year aver
age and it's value % per cent above.
All cereals aggregate 1929, 900 900
bushels, a total exceeded three times,
but the value reaches $2,694 600, or
more than 0O,0O0,00o above that, of
1907, and exceeds still more the totals
Of former years Compared with the
preceding five years, the number of
b shells is higher by O.2 per cent and
the value is higher by 80 per cent.
The Newest Big Crop.
The sugar beet crop has never been
so large nor so valuable as it is this
year. The rapid development of this
crop for sugar making appears in the
statement that the production of beets
in 1908 is As per cent above the aver.