The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-08
Would Pay Off Interest Bear.
ing Debt and Buy Precious
Metals.
All Other Cereals Together
Not Its Equal.
SOUTH is PRODUCING MORE.


short Of omnisc.enoe can grasp the
value Of the farm products OF this
year. is the statement OF the secre-
tary OF agriculture in his annual re-
port for 1910, published today. AT
no time In the worlds history has a
country produced farm products
within one year with value reach
sS,926 .0O0. 600. which Is the value
Of the agricultural products of this
country for 1910. The yalue Of farm
products from 1899 TO the present
year has been progressive without In.
corruption II the value OF the
products OF 1899 IL placed al 100
the value for THIS year Is 1873. or al
most double the value for the ocnsus
year II years ago
During this period OF uncxampled
agricultural production, a period OF
~ ycars. during which the farmers
81 this country have steadily adj
vanccd In prosperity and wealth and
IN ecoremic Independence. In lnteli-
Eencc and a knowledge OF agricul-
ture thc total value OF farm products
Is $4,000. 600 900"
Corn National Asset.
The corn crop Of 3I2t.3SI 900
bushels exceeds that q the record
year 1906 and 4 greater than the
gycIage crop Of the preceding five
years by IL per cent. while the
value e this corn crop Il below that
of 1909 and also Of 1908. is amount
bclorrs TO stories Of magic. II can
fgrd'y hs rcckoncd NJ less than
Si.5g0. 600 900. sum sufficient to
cancci the interest-bcaring debt OF
the United States. but all OF the gold
ani silver mined m al OF the coun-
trlos OF the earth IN 1909. and still
leave 10 the farmers a ittie pocket
mCnoy
Al OF the cereals except corn are
together worth thrce-fourths as much
as that crop. The great allied iron
and steel Industries had. IN the lat
cst census year for which refults
have been published. 1904. a pro-
duction worth only GO per cent OF
this years corn crop.
The growing Importance q the
south IN corn production Is becoming
conspicuous. in 1899 Il produced
hardly more than one-hfth OF the ma
tlonal crop, now II produces one
third.
The cotton crop OF this year may
be worth In lint and seed a round
5000 900 600 at the farm. or more
than the corn crop was worth in any
year prior TO 1901. This value Is q
per cent above the five-.ear average.
The value OF the hay crop Is about
$3.50 600 900, an amount whsch has
been exceeded but once. and that In
1905 II Is 10 per cent above the
average Of the preceding fiveyears.
The production OF spring and
winter wheat Is 691. 767. 900 bushels.
or Substantially the average OF the
preceding five years, whereas the
ya,uo Is about s625. 600 900. or &c
Per cent above the five-year average.
Easily the NTH crop in point OF
value Is oats, the value OF which this
year IS $3.50. 90 900 or 10 per cent
above the average OF the Eve prcced-
ing years. In quantity the oats crop
ms years magnificent For the sec
ond tine In the history OF this coun-
try the crop exceeds 900. 600 900
bushels. the precise estimate stand
ing at 1895. 500. 600 bushels. or 22
por cent greater than the average of
the Eve preceding years.
Next Ia order of value is the
potato crop. which has been exceeded
only In two or three former years.
With the exception OF the crop Of
1909. Which was In a degree an over
proiicticn. the crop of this year 10
the largest ever grown in this coun-
try: the preliminary estimate OF the
department is 32S,7S7.0O0 bushels.
or s per cent above the average OF
the preceding FIVE years.
Beet sugar production in 1910 will
about equal that of 1909, say
$4,000 short tons. It's factory value
Is rcckoned at s57.OOO, 900, and the
factory value of cane sugar at about
$2S. 100000. an amount which has
been exceeded In four years.
II prospects are realized, the en-
tire sugar crop OF factory production.
beet and cane combined, will be
J.t.p hort tons, or production
that has been exceeded in only one
y0ar. 1909. In factory value the two
sugar crops will equal about s7e,-
r-o GOo' and n 70 this be added the
value of molasses. syrup, beet pulp,
and sorghum and maple products,
the combined value Is about
$4,000 900.