The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
Farmers Educational
 -AND- Co-OperativeUnio Of America
INTERESTING FIGURES.
Secretary Wilson's Report Shows Farm Conditions in United States.

Secretary Wilson's Report Show
 Farm Conditions in United States.
 'Billions upon billions, the farme has again piled his wealth., says Secretary Wilson of the Department 0 Agriculture in his twelfth annual re port.
 i The value of all farm products il 1908, he continues, reached the mos extraordinary total in the nations history-S7, ITS, ,OO0,O00 This is abou four times the value of the products of the mines, including mineral oil' and precious metals.
 The farmer contributes S7 per cen of the raw materials used in those manufacturing industries which de pend mostly or considerably on agri cultural materials, and these industries use 42 per cent of all materials uset in all industries.
 The gain in value Of farm products in 1908 over 1907 is S290,000,000, anG would have been much larger had moi 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 159, and for 1908 at 1G5. In the last 10 years the Heaath production on the farms of this country has exceeded the fabu- lous sum of S60 COG. .000 000
 Corn Is King.
 Greatest of all corps is Indian corn, whose production this year is 2,643.- 900 900 bushels. The value of this crop is S1.615, ,000, ,000 This is enough to cancel the interesi-bearing debt of the United States and to pay for the Panama Canal and 90 battleships This crop Is worth this year nearly as mch as the great crops off cotton, hay and wheat combined. 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 highest three ever pro- dueed, but with a value next to the highest or perhaps more. although the farm price of cotton this year is below the price of last year by more than 1 per cent. For the first time in the history of this country's agricul- ture the value of the cotton crop, in cluding seed, has apparently exceeded the value of the hay crop, which has heretofore held second place.
 Greatest Hay Crop.
 The greatest hay crop in history has been gathered this year, 6S,000- GOO tons, or F per cent above the average of the preceding five years. It's price is $2 ton less than it was year ago, but still the farm value of the crop is $621 ,000, ,000, or 6 per cent above the five-year average.
 Wheat and Oats.
 Wheat is 1 f-2 per cent above the five-year average in production and 23 per cent above in total value The eco ,000,000 bushels of this crop are estimated to be worth S620, ,000 ,000 to the farmers, or S66,000 GOO more than the most valuable wheat crop here tofore produced
 Although the oats crop suffered from drouth the value of $321 ,000,00 for 7S9, ,000,000 bushels, or 10 per cent above the fYe-year average and 9 per cent below the average product.
 Barley and Rye TOO. is 12 per cent above the fye-year average, and it's value, $S6,000,000, is 23 per cent above Both have been exceeded only once.
 Rye remains in the place that it has occupied in production in recent years, but it's value, $22,000,000, is r per cent above the average. The larg- est crop of rice ever raised, 23.000, ,000 bushels, is this years, with value of about $1S,000,000, the crop beinG go per cent above the fve-year aver age and it's value 23 per cent above.
 All cereals aggregate 4,329, 100000 bushels, total exceeded three times, but the value reaches $2,G94 100000, or more than $300,900,0 900 above that, Of 1907, and exceeds still more the totals of former years. Compared with the preceding five years, the number of bushels is higher by 0.2 per cent and the value Is higher by 32 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 fer sugar making appears in the statement that the production of beets in 1908 is 45 per cent above the aver age of five years.
 The plantation value of sugar cane, molasses and syrup. not including fac tory products, is estimated to be $34,- 0000O0, value exceeded only in 1904. and greater than the five-year average by 10 per cent.
 Nearly 500,000 short tons of beet
 The hen enjoys a dust bath these days as much as she does at any other time of the year, and a barrel