Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-07
Farms Bring Billions.

of Agriculture shows that the value
Of all farm products of 1908 reaches
the most extraordinary total in the
nations history - $7,77S,OO0 600.
The gain over 1907 is 1920, 100000.
Greatest OF all crops is Indian corn,
whose production this year is 264S,-
10000 bushels, worth 81 6l5, ,000,-
600. This crop is worth this year
nearly as much as the great crops of
cotton, hay and wheat combined.
The cotton crop is Que OF the high
est three ever produced, but the farm
price of cotton this year is below the
price Of last year by more than cent
pound. For the fret time, tn value
Of the cotton crop. including seed, has
exceeded the value OF the hay crop,
which has heretofore held second place.
The greatest hay crop in history
has been gathered this year, 68, ,OOO,.
600 tons, or II per cent above the
average of the preceding FIVE years
Its price is 81 ton less than it was a
year ago, but still the wheat is 3 per
cent above the fve-year average in
production and % per cent above in
total value. The 100000 600 bushels
of this crop are estimated to be worth
$500 100000 to the farmers, or $66,-
OU0 600 more than the most valuable
wheat crop heretofore produced.
Although the oat crop suffered from
droutb, the value is 1921 600 900 tor
789 100000 bushels, or 10 per ceut
above the fve-yea average value and
per cent below the average product.
The barley crop, 10000 600 bushels,
is 13 per cent above the 6ve-year
average, and it's value $S6. .000, 900 is
% per cent above. Both have been
exceeded only once. Rye remains IN
the notch that it has occupied in pro.
duction in recent years, but It's value
$22 000. 900 is II per cent above the
average.
The largest crop Of rice ever raised,
% 100000 bushels, in this year 3.
with value of about $4,000 600, the
crop being % per cent above the i've
year average and its value % per
cent above.
AL cereals aggregate 4 329 600, 600
bushels, total that has been exceed
ed three times, but the value reaches
81, 694 600, 900 or more than $780,.
900 900 aoove that of 1907, and ex-
ceeds still more the totals OF former
years. Compared with the preceding
FIVE years, the number Of bushels is
higher by 2 per cent and the value is
higher By 80 per cent.
The sugar beet crop has never been
20 large or so valuable AS it is thia
wear. The plantation value of sugar
cane, molasses and syrup is estimated
to be $34, 100000. Nearly 500, 900
short tons of beet sugar will probably
be made from the crop Of this year,
worth, $45 100000. About 407 900
short tons Of raw cane sugar were pro-
duced this year.
Uufavorable weather made the po.
tato crop only 275, 900, 900 bushels,
or per cent below the 6ve-year aver
age. although the value $l90 600 OO0
is Is per cent above and was never
equaled by any former crop.
Tobacco production is still low in
comparison with recent years, but the
price is probably a little above that
of 1907 when there was decided in
crease above former years. The value
of this crop is about the same as for
1907 and lie higher than at any time
before that year.
Although the farmer gets hardly
20 cents pound for his butter, be.
tween 8 and 4 cents a quart for his
milk, and about II cents for each egg.
yet the vslue of the farm products of
the dairy COW is getting close TO $780,
100000. and the value Of the eggs and
poultry produced on the farm is worth
as much as the cotton crop, seed in
cluded, or the hay crop or the wheat
crop.
The aggregate value Of animals cold
and slaughtered and Of animal pro-
ducts at the farm amount to about
three-eighths Of the value Of all farm
products, estimated upon the census
basis. and is getting nearer and near.
er to So OOO.O 100000.
Many little lives have been saved BY