The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-11-24
Missouri Wealth.

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the figures in the new 1910 Red
Book for MisSouri's surplus products
for 1909. The enormous total OF
$342, $40, 800, an increase of almost
SOS, 600, 900 over the previous years
production, includes only such COM
commodities as were, during the
twelve months considered, hauled,
driven afoot or shipped to market
from the ia counties of Missouri.
After year of hard work Labor
Commissioner j. c. A. Hitler and
Supervising Statistician A. I. Ed
monston of the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics have made public some inter-
esting facts and figures on the wealth
and high standing of Missouri, ''the
poultry queen of the union," title
which will cling for years to come.
All is set forth in an up-to-date an en-
tertaining fashion in the 1910 report
of that department, which publication
is now so generally and widely
known as the "Red Book.
Millions in Live Stock.
The largest one item in Missouri's
1909 vast array of wealth is that for
live stock, which amounted to $780,
$50, 1853, as Missouri is one of the
leading livestock producers in the
Union. During six years the state
has raised a surplus of live stock to
the tune of 81, 1926, 373 head
Contrary to expectations, more
J cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep and
goats went to market from Missouri
| counties than in the preceding year.
The high prices such commodities
were obtaining tempted farmers to
| sell as many animals as they could
spare.
The second largest item on the list
!, is that of farmyard products, rated at
, $45, 9O2, 655, and showing the Missou-
ri hen to be worthy of her fame,
spread far and near, as an unrivaled
, wealth-producer.
/. The surplus eggs for the year mum,
. bered l48, 1904 dozens, and the
surplus poultry, live and dressed,
:. had a total weight Of 2l0,304, 1872
' pounds.
+, The values of the two commodities
. were almost neck and neck for the
9 season, and each practically reached
the $24, 100000 mark.
. Facts and Figures.
i Next to the farmyard products il
= values during the year of 1909 comes
e the classification of farm crops, whicl
e amounted to $38, 1852, 756, and includ
ed all the field crops, such as corn
+ wheat, oats, hay, flax, rye, cotton
II tobacco, etc.
s Fourth in value come the mine an(
y quarry products, reaching total val
d uation of $3l, 1867, 173, followed by thu
e forest products, worth $23, 84l, 1857.
J. Other classifications in the list o
:? surplus wealth are: Mill products
It apiary and cane; dairy worth $l4,
a $40, 1885,; Missouri corncob; nursery
liquid, fish and game, packing-house
cotton, medicinal, vegetable and can
ned goods, fresh fruit, wool and mo
n hair, stone and clay and miscellan
# eous.
e The figures for the poultry depart
r ment, of wide interest because thi
y is product found on every farm
! show an enormous growth for tn
{. surplus during the last nine years
d In 1900 the surplus was rated
n $12, 843, 022, while for 1909 the fig
> j. ures are nearly quadrupled, with tn
.. total of $45, 9O2,655. The year.
S, feathers, in a quantity of 1885, So
C. pounds, brought $685. 35.
}" Surplus honey amounted to 1854
919 pounds, worth A7, 439, and IA
TIA pounds of beeswax brought "a
432 more. Then there were 1854, l6
gallons of sorghum molasses, value
:, at sos, 249; l,O5l pounds of mapl
~ sugar and 1,785 gallons of maple syl
! up swelled the total of sweet product
:. by $1,0l9.
,r Corn-cob Pipe Output.
Il. The almost half million dollar
S. contributed by Missouri corn CO
er pipe products, with their valuation
Id $448, 454, was distributed over q
Il, 733, 260 corn cob pipes, 1881, 4A e.
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