Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-08
According to the Secretary of Agriculture
 in His Annual Report Just Issued
FARM PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR 1910
Stupendous Figures Which the Average Mind Fails to Grasp-Corn Crop of Over 3,0OO,00O,OO0 Bushels, Worth Sum Sufficient Cancel the Interest Bear ing Debt of United States-Interestng Details.

Washington, Dec. 7.-''Nothing shore of omniscience can grasp the value of the farm products this year." is the opening statement of the secretary of agriculture in his report for 1910, made public today. At no time in the worlds history has a country produced farm products within one year with a value reaching $S,926. .000. .OO0 which is the value of the farm products for the year 1910.
 Corn, Cotton, Hay, Wheat, Oats and
 Potatoes.
 The corn crop of 3,121,3S1 .000 bush els exceeds that of the record year 1906 and is greater than the average crop of the preceding five years by 14 per cent. This crop, the secretary says, cannot be valued at less than $1 500. .000,000, "a sum sufficient to can eel the interest bearing debt of the United States, buy all the gold and silver mined ill all the countries of the earth in 1909, and still leave to the farmers q little pocket money
 The cotton crop is second in rank, which in lint and seed is valued at $900, ,000,000 at the farm. This value is 13 per cent. above the five-year av- craze.
 The value of the hay crop is about $720, 0,000.0 900, an amount that has been exceeded but once. in 1907, and isc 13 per cent above the average for the preceding five years.
 The production of spring and win- ter wheat is given aS about 691, 1,767, ,000 bushels, about the average crop for the last five years, but it in value it is 6.7 per cent. above the average for the same length of time.
 Easily the fifth crop i'll point of val ue of is oats, the value of which this year is $380,000,000, or F per cent. above the average.
 Next in value is the potato crop. With the exception of the crop of last year. which the secretary says was an overproduction, the crop of this year is the largest ever grown in this country. The estimate of the depart ment is BPS, 7S7, GOO bushels.
 Rice, Rye, Barley and Tobacco.
 The tobacco crop has slightly ex- caeded that of the record year, 1909, and is about 96115O,000 pounds. or about 26 per cent. above the average. It's value is given as $g5.000,000.
 Barley has hardly maintained the average production of the proceeding five years. but it's value is 16 per cent. above that for the same time.
 F'laxseed is far below the produc- tion of recent years. but the price per bushel scared to $2.29 by November l, so that the entire crop is valued at S33.000,000, a valuation that has been eXceedeT but once, in 1909.
 y bushels, valued at the farm at $23,- OO0,000.
 Rice production in 1910 remained about the same as for 1909, or little over 1000 100000 pounds valued at $16 6000,0 ,000, or two per cent. below the five-year average.
 Small Crop Of Hops.
 The crop of hops is the smallest in a dozen years of more fully 13 per cent below the average, hut the im- provement in the farm price makes the total value of the crop 3 per cent. above the five-year average.
 Farm Value of Cereal Crops.
 The farm value of the cereal croIs' declined $230,00 GOO in 1910 from 1909 and the value of all crops declined st19,000, GOO. A gain was made. how ever. in the value of animal products amounting to $424,000,000. Tt has been a year of high prices,' says the secretary, for meat and animals, for poultry and eggs, and for milk and butter and for these reasons the total value of all farm products increased in 1910 $304,000,000 above the estimate for 1909"
 Speaking Of High Prices.
 High prices receive considerable at tention in this report. In the farm CTS aspect of the matter he receives various percentage of the consumers prices for farm products. In the case of milk in 7S cities distributed about the United States where the subject was investigated by the department, the farmers received a scant 90 per cent or one-half the price paid by