The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-01
The Secretary of Agriculture
Shows the Great Tide of
Prosperity in Country in His
Annual Report.
VALUES OF PRODUCTS
DOUBLED IN DECADE
A Record Established That Is
UnexampIed in Wealth, Pro-
0uction and in Reduction of
Mortgage Debts.

Washington. d. C.. Dec. 1.-Most
prosperous Of all years is the place tn
which 1870 is entitled in agriculture.
declares the secretary OF agriculture in
his thirteenth annual report. just made
public. The value of farm products
Is so incomprehensibly large that Il
has become merely row Of figures.
For this year it is SS.1O.OOO. 600. a gain
of S>6?nr,n0 over laNS. The val
lie OF the products has nearly doubled
IN 10 years. The report saws. eleven
years of agriculture. beginning with a
production of S4.4l1.HO.OOO and END
ing with SS.s1.GSGD, A sum of
S'".""."""O for the period. 1t has
paid off mortgages. il has established
banks. ii has made better homes, il has
helped to make the farmer a citizen os
the world. and it has provided him
with means for improving his soil and
making it more productive"
Most Striking Fact.
The most striking fact in the worlds
agriculture is the value of the corn
crop for 1909. which is about xI.12O-
Sn,SO. 1t nearly equals the value Of
the clothing and personal adornments
of 100000 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 up from soil and out of the air
in 1aO days-s15!NO.OOO a day Tor one
crop. nearly enough for two Dread
naughts daily for peace or war The
crop exceeds in value the average OF
the crops of the five preceding years
by 81 per cent
Cotton is now the second crou in val
Tie. and this years cotton crop is easily
the most valuable one to the farme.
that has been produced. With cotton
lint selling at 1871 cents on the farm.
November I. and cotton seed selling
for about SD per ton. the lint and seed
Of this crop are worth about SSJO.o1o..
coo to the farmer. No cotton CROP
since 1873 has been sold by farmers for
as high price per pound as this one.
Third in value is wheat, worth about
S125 5.OOOO0O at the farm. and this large.
ly exceeds all previous values. The
November farm price was almost an
even dollar a bushel, price which has
not been equaled since 1881. This :s
the third wheat crop in point Of size.
with 25!OOo.OOO bushels.
Values Of the Crops.
The hay crop is valued at $G6J. 600.
COO: oats at S4OO.OOO.OOO: potatoes at
S212!OO0.OOOO: and tobacco at nearly
S1o.OoO.OCO Beet and cane sugar and
molasses and sirup. from farm and fac
tory, will reach the total of about S35,.
100000. The barley crop is worth
SSS SOOO!OOO, flaxseed $36,WO.OO and
l OOO.OOOOOO pounds OF rice, So, ,OOO,-
600
The production of all cereals COM
bined is 4.111 ,UO.UO bushels. an
amount considerably greater than that
for any other year except 1906. II ex-
ceeds the average of the preceding five
years by 50 per cent. The value of
all cereals in 1909 has never been
equaled in a previous year. 1t is al
most exactly S3OO.OUO.COO. or "a per
cent above the fiye-year average
Compared with the average Of the
previous five years. all principal crops
are greater in quantity this year except
cotton. flaxseed. hops and cane sugar:
but without exception every crop ia
worth more to the farmer than the fivs
year average.
This is the year OF highest produc.
tion of potatoes. tobacco. beet sugar.
all sugar and rice; next to the highest
production for corn. oats, and all cere-
ais. Compared with 1903. gains in val
ue are found all along the line. the ex-
ceptions being barley. buckwheat. rye
and milk. The increase for cotton.
lint md seed is schsGoGO: wheat,
sII7 .Is.6S: corn. S1G5SD.O0: hay.
S29.IO.SO: oats. S22GO1o; tobacco.
SlSUDIO: potatoes. SlJ.GD.C0.