The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-12-04
BEST YEAR FOR
FARM PRODUCTS
Greatest Record Is Attained by
COunty's Agriculture.
REPORT OF SECRETARY WILSON

49, 49,
Value OF the Productions for the Year
10 ss,76o. 100000, Gain OF $500, ooo,.
600, over the Year feoe--ln Ten
Years the Value OF the Products Of
the Soil Have Nearly Doubled
Corn Leads, with Cotton Second and
Wheat Third.
The annual report OF Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson shows
that the. year 1909 has been
the most prosperous OF the Unit
ed States. The value OF farm products
for this year Is sS,760. 000. 900. a gain of
ss69.000.000 over 1908. The value ef
the products has nearly doubled in ten
years. The report says:
Eleven years OF agriculture, begin.
ming with production Of tt.4i7 .000.
900 and ending with ss.76o 10000 a
sum OF $4,000. 000.0 900 for the period.
IL has paid OF mortgages. II has es.
tablished banks. IL has made better
homes. II has helped TO make the farm
er citizen OF the world and II has
provided him with means for improv.
Ing his soil and making II more pro-
ductive."
Corn, Cotton and Wheat.
The most striking fact In the worlds
agriculture Is the value OF the corn
crop for 1909. which Is about s1,72O..
100000.
Cotton is now the second crop In
value, and this years cotton crop Is
easily the most valuable one 20 the
GARNER that has been produced. With
cotton lint selling at 1877 cents on the
farm Nov. and with cotton seed sell.
ing for about s25 per ton. the lint and
seed OF this crop are worth about $780,.
100000 10 the farmer. No cotton crop
since 1873 has been sold by farmers for
as high a price per pound as this one.
Third In value Is wheat. worth about
FTf5.000.000 at the farm. and this large
py exceeds all previous values. The
Npvember farm price wns almost an
oven dollar bushel. price which has
not been equaled since 1881 This Is
thD third wheat crop In point OF size.
win t@OsuVV,OUU DuSn0Lb.
The hay crop Is valued at s665, 000,.
900. oats at s400.000.00o: potatoes al
t1i1000.000 and tobacco at nearly
fl0Q,Oo0.000. Beet and cane sugar and
hnolRsses and strip. fro mfarm and fac.
tory. will reach the total OF about $685..
100000. The barley crop ia worth SSg..
100000, faxseed. $4,000. 900 and / ,0Oo..
100000 pounds OF rice s25.O0O.0O0.
Potatoes, Tobacco and Sugar.
This Is the year OF highest produc.
zion for potatoes. tobacco. beet sugar.
all sugar and rice; next TO the highest
production for corn, oats. and all
cereals. Compared with 1908. gains in
value are found all along the line, tn
exceptions being barley, buckwheat.
rye. and milk. The increase for cot
ton lint and seed. is SOS. 900, 900;
wheat, si07 100000: corn. sl05, 600, 900;
hay, s29.o000O0 oats. $4,000. 900: 10.
bacco. S1S,Oo0.000; potatoes. $4,000.
900.
The increase In the value OF farm
products this year over 1908, 1853. 600.
900, Is enough 20 buy a new equipment
OF farm machinery for over 5000. 900
farms. The value OF the cereal crops
10 the farmer would pay for all OF the
machinery. tools. and implements q
the entire manufacturing industry.
Tho value OF all crops. $500, 000. 900.
would make half payment on the
value OF all steam railroads, according
60 the valuation OF 1904.
Increased Price OF Beet
Secretary Wilson has Just finished
unique investigation made for the pur. |
pose OF this report relating to the in.
crease OF Wholesale prices OF beef
when sold at retail. Through en-.
ployes OF the bureau OF animal indus.
Try inquiries were made In fifty cities /
large, medium and small--ln all
parts Of the country.
I For the fifty cities the total retail
cost charged 10 customers above the
wholesale cost paid by the retailers Is
sS per cent In i've cities the rate OF I
increase Is 20 per cent or under: In
ten cities, Fl 20 30 per cent; fin twelve |
cities. 81 TO 40 per cent: in twelve
cities, Al TO 80 per cent: and In eleven |
cities. over so per cent.
The ascending prices OF meat sug
Kcsted inquiry as to whether the price 1
OF the farmers beef cattle and hcgs |
have increased NJ the farm In the same |
degree that meat has TO the consumer.
II was found that the farmer has failed |
20 receive share Of higher beef prices /