The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-01
GREAT INCREASE IN
FARM PRODUCTS
Gain of $s69, 100000 Is Shown Over
1908 by the Annual Report of
Secretary Wilson.

WASHINGTON. Dec Tho Wir
leenth aBglal report OF Secretary Of
Asriculp(a Wilson shows that I,he
value of the farm products during the
past year is SS.,60.0o0. 900, gam of
sSG900O.000 over 1908. Tho value OF
the products has almost doubled in ten
years. The report says
Eleven wears of agriculture. begin
ming with production of Sl,4l1 ,Ouu.0pU
ending with SS,760OOO.000' \ sum of
SO ,000. 000,000 for The period 10 has
paid on mortgage. IL has established
banks. ~ has made better homes. n
has helped 10 make the farmer a citi-
zen OF The world. and il has provided
him with means for improving his soil
and making 10 moro productive.
The most striking fact i'm the world S
agriculture is The value OF the corn
crop Tor 500 which is about Sl12o-
100000 II nearly equals The value OF
the clothing and personal adornmcnts
OF I6,00000U people. according TO The
Census OF 1900 The gold and silver
coin and bullion of the United States
are not OF greater value II has grown
ny from the soil and ont of the air Ia
10 days Si5,000.0 600 a day for one
crop. nearly enough for TWO Dread
noughts daily Tor peace or war. This
crop exceeds in value the average of
the crops OF the five preceding years
by 30 per cent.
Cotton Is now the second crop in
value, and this years cotton crop is
easily the most valuable one of III,
farmer that has been produced Win
cotton lint selling AT 1874 Cent? on tno
farm Nov and with cotton seed sell
ing for about S25 per ton the lint and
seed OF this crop are worth about $500.
0GO.00 20 The farmer. NO cotton crOt
since 1873 has been sold by farmer
for as high a price per pound as this
one.
Third in value is wheat. worth ahoul
s725. 900. 900 al the farm and this
largely exceeds all previous values
The November farm price was almost
an even dollar a bushel, price Whici
has not been cqualed since 1881 This
r. the third wheat crop in point OF size
with 12J .O00, 900 bushels
Tho hay crop Is valued AT $66J,0OD.
000: oats at 500 900 600; potatoes al
ST. 900. 900; and tobacco n nearl}
500. 100000. Beet and cane sugar ano
molasses and syrup. from farm anC
factory. will reach the total o, abou'
500 600 900 The barley crop is worth
sSS. 600 900. flaNseed S%6,o00o00, and
900 .000.0 pounds of rice S23,000 900
The production Of AL cereals com
hincd IS 7ll.O00, 600 bushels. an
amount considerable greater than that
for any other ycar except 1906 II eN
Goods the average Of the preceding five
years by CO per cent The valnc Of all
crcals in 1909 has never been equaled
I'm previous wear. II is almost eN
actly 5000. 600, 600 or 80 per cent
above the fivc-year average.
Compared With the average of the
previous FIVE years. all principal crops
are greater in quantity this year eHcept
cotton. Gaxseed. hops, and cane sugar
but without exception every crop Is
worth more to the farmer than thu
fiVC-ycar average.
This is the year Of highest produc
tiOn for potatoes. tobacco. beet sugar
all sugar. and rice, next to the highest
production for corn, oats. and All &c
reals. Compared with 1905 gains IN
value are found all along the line the
exceptions being barley. bucltwheat
rye. and milk The increase for cot
ton. lint and seed. is SOS COO 900
wheat. S167 .000.000; corn. Sl05.000,000
ha1 $4,000, 900 oats, s22.ooo.Ooo; TO