Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-02
STATE CROP VALUE or YEAR
Labor Bureau Figures Them at Total
of $22O,OOO,OOO.
CORN INCREASE OVER YEAR AGO
value Of This Years CROP OF This
Cereal Placed at Nearly Eighty
Nine MilIiOns-Banner
Year for Oats.
(From a staff CorrespondentD

LINCOLN, Nov. 1--tspeclaL - Despite |
the blue outlook In the spdinE. and espec-
tally during the middle of the summer
season Nebraska again somes to the |
font with big crops this year" said Dep |
uty Labor Commissioner Naupln, this !
morning
we have just finished compiling the
crop statistics, and we tnd that the nine
principal agricultural crops this year total
approximately S22O,OVOOOO in value
The corn crop Of 1910 amounted TO
1899, LIS bushels, an increase Of s74S.sel
bushels over 1903. The value Of this year S
corn crop is SS1,S77546.
The winter wheat yield this year was
406l7,5S5 bushels, a decrease from 1909 Of
5,SZi 10 bushels. The value OF this years
wheat crop is 1855, 75l.
The spring wheat yield this year was
T ASSET bushels, increase Of ga. $50
bushels over 1903. The value OF the spring
wheat crop this year Is S4,O7o,98S
THE 1910 yield OF Wild and tame hay
not including alfalfa, was 2.lll.S94 tons,
decrease Of 1,t4,Oi5 tons from 1909, which
Is easily explained by the unfavorable
weather conditions during the season
when hay should be making It's best
growth. The increased prices, hawever,
more than compensates for the shorter
CROP the value this year being SS1,S36 72S,
or nearly SSOOO,0OO more than last year.
Alfalfa Crop.
1.-THE alfalfa crop amounted TO 1883 6Sl
tons a decrease Of $3.50 tons from last
year This years alfalfa crop is worth
81, 265,2l
"Thls was Nebraska's banner oats year,
the total yield being 7l,502S7 bushels,
worth S17.9Ss6gG Last years oats crop
amounted to 59653 i7s bushels.
"The rye crop amounted to S22,64s BUSH
els, worth $49S,559.
The barley crop amounted to asS9,l@
bushels, worth S1,O7S27l
1.-THE potato crop this year IL short,
amounting to 3,SSO l9S bushels, worth 81 a
| bushel nOw-and bound to 60 up
THE sugar beet crop shows an increase
Of 100 per cent over 1909, the production this
year amounting to lO5S6s tons, worth $780,
s54
There were O2s bushels Of spelts, l54,-
O1s tons of millet, 174,154 tons of sorghum
cane and 1902 tons Of kaffir corn.
THE department did not take the man
ufacturing statistics this year, having CO.
operated With the government census bu-
reau and thus avoiding the duplication OF
| the work There are plenty Of evidences
at hand to show a healthy increase Of pro-
! ducuon over the previous year, and It Is
safe to say THAI Nebraska's total manu-
featured output during the last year is up
wards OF $50 900.
Live Stock GratIfyinR.
1.-THE live stock figures for 1910 are graft
flying. The total valuation for the year
| is $1749S3,050.
During the period covered by the re-
port just completed the grand total OF Ne
braska's output-grain, hay, live stock,
butter eggs, poultry, miscellaneous crops
and manufacturer products will approx
mate S6SO. 100000. 1 do not believe the state
has ever had better year, taking every
thing as a whole. The census figures for
the entire state when announced will doubt
less be disappointment to those who fig
ured a twenty-five per cent increase over
the figures of 1900. This will be due to the
fact that the 1900 census was stuffed a
bit here and there. But on the whole the
state will show healthy increase-but not
nearly so great as it would have been had
Nebraska emulated the example OF her
western sisters and spent a reasonable
amount OF money in publicity work. The
amount OF money Nebraska has spent Tor
advertising during the past ten years Is less
than Colorado or Kansas spends in six
months. Where the Nebraska statistical
bureau Issues a crop bulletin of thirty or
FORTY pages, with an edition OF 1000 Kan
sas issues one Of 100 pages, and with an
edition running up into the hundreds Of
thousands. The same is true of Colorado,
Idaho California and Washington. The
results are seen In the vast emigration to
the states that are wisely advertising their
resources in the eastern sections OF the
United States and In Europe Colorado
has a we'll equipped immigration bureau
Nebraska, nothing. Colorado. Kansas,
Idaho California, Oregon and Washington
send out advertising literature by the car
load. Nebraska sends her little dole out
under one-cent stamps.
1T Is time that Nebraskans awakaned
to sense OF their duty to themselves and
the state. The figures at hand In this de-
partment are sufficient to attract the at
tenton and excite The wonder OF the world
II brought to the worlds attention"
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