The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-21
Farmers Educational
AND
Operative Union
OF America
INTERESTING FIGURES.

.pnlions upon billions, the farmer
ogoin piled hia wealth. says
n@o.otarv wilson of the Department of
agriculture in his twelfth annual re-
port. - so od,ot l.,
,ooo no continues, reached the most
,,,t.aordinary total in the nations
,istorv-S7.778, 100000. This is about
,orr times the value of the products
- the mines. including mineral oils
and pracious metals
THE farmer contributes 81 per cent
g the raw materials used in those
,,orrfacturing industries which de-
,,and mostly or considerably on agri-
cultural materials, and these industries
nsa AZ per cent of all materials used
in all industries.
The gain in value of farm products
IN ions over 1907 is S290,000,000 and
ryould have been much larger had not
tho prices of cotton and hay been low.
The value of products in 1899, the
censUs year. being taken at 100. Ia
,oIue for 1903 stands at 1926; for 1904,
at 1871. for 1905 at 1874; for 1905,
At 1913; for 1907, at 159, and for 1908,
II 165. In the last 10 years the
wealth production on the farms OF
this country has exceeded the fabu-'
lous sum of $50 900 ,000,0 600.
Corn Is King.
Greatest of all corps is Indian corn,
whose production this year is 2,643,-
009 600 bushels The value of this
crop is $1,Gl5,0o0 900 This is enough
10 cancel the interest-bearing debt of
the United States and TO pay for the
Panama Canal and 80 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 AZ per cent
higher
Cotton Second in Rank
It seems likely that the cotton crop
is one OF the highest three 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 last year by more
han per cent. For the first time in
he history of this countrE's agricul-
ture, the value of the cotton crop. in
GLIDING 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,-
400 tons, or II per cent above the
average of the preceding five years.
lis price is 50 a ton less than ii was
a year ago. but still the farm value
Of the crop is 1921 900, 900. or per
cent above the fiye-year average.
Wheat and Oats.
Wheat is II per cent above the
tYe-year average in production and
- per cent above in total value. The
60 100000 bushels of this crop are
estimated 10 be worth $500 100000 to
lho flrmers or $4,000 900 more than
The most valuable wheat crop here
tofore produced.
Although the oats crop suffered from
drouth the value of 1921 900, 900 for
$4,000 900 bushels, or 10 per cent
above the fiveyear average and 8
per cent below the average product.
Barley and Rye TOO.
The barley crop, 167,000.000 bushels.
Is = per cent above the fve-year
average. and its value. $S6,000.000 is
- per cent above Both have been
exceeded only once.
Rye remains in the place that it
has occupied in production in recent
tears, but its value. $22 100000. is j
per cent above the average. The larg-
"st crop of rice ever raised, $4,000 ,O00
bushels, is this years. with value
OF about $1S,000.000, the crop being
- per cent above the five-year aver
axe and its value 80 per cent above
All cereals aggregate 1929 100000
bushels, total exceeded three times,
but the value reaches 81 ,G94 900, 900, or
more than 100000 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 02 per cent and
tho 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
age of five years.
The plantation value of sugar cane,
molasses and syrup, not including fac
tory products, is estimated to be $34,-
600 600 q value exceeded only in 1901.