Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-08
CORN Is KING,
SAYS WILSON
ALL OTHER CEREALS COMBINED
NOT WORTH AS MUCH,
COTTON IN End PLACE
HAY Ranks Third and Wheat L.
Fourth In Swelling the Farmers
Bank Roll

! ing snort OF bNUlstltutt NhH klH0p
the value of the farm products of this
year, Is the statement of the Secretary
Iof agriculture In his annual report
for 1910, published today AT no
time In the worlds history has "A
country produced farm products
within one year with value reaching
$S,92G,OOO,O 600, which Is the value Of
! the agricultural products Of this coun-
, try for 1910, The value of farm pro-
ducts from 1899 TO the present year
has been progressive without Inter-
ruption. II the value of the products
for this year Is 1872, or almost double
the value for the census year eleven
ears ago. During this period Of un-
eNamplcd agricultural production, a
period Of twelve years, during which
the farmers of this country have
steadily advanced in prosperity ana
wealth and in economic independence,
in intelligence, and knowledge of
agriculture, the total value of farm
products Is $4,000, ,O00, ,0O0'
The corn crop of 3,12I,3SI,O0
ushels exceeds that of the record
y ear 1906 and Is greater than the av-
crage crop OF the preceding five years
by II per cent, While the value of
this corn crop is below that Of 1903
ana also of 1908 It's amount belongs
to stories Of magic. It can hardly
be reckoned as less than $500, ,000,-
O0O sum sufficient to cancel the
interest-bearng debt of the United
States, buy all Of the gold and silver
mined in all of the countries Of the
earth in 1903, and still leave to the
farmers little pocket money.
The corn crop Is a national asset
in more than one sense. It Is not
merely wealth in existence for the
time being but it Is an asset of per-
petual recurrence. Year after year,
throughout the ages, stupendous
amount of corn with incredible value
can be produced"
All of the cereals except corn are
together worth only three-fourths
as much as that crop. The great al
lied iron and steel industries had. In
the latest census year for which re-
suits have been published, 1904, a
production worth only GO per cent of
tht value of this years corn crop
The growing importance Of the
South in corn production Is becoming
conspicuous. In 1889 1t produced
hardly more than one-fifth of the ma
tlonal crop; now It produces one
third.
The cotton crop of this year may be
worth in lint and see a round 5000
000,0 900 at the farm, or more than the
corn crop was worth in any year prior
to 1901. This value is 10 per cent
above the flve-year average.
The value Of the hay crop Is about
$720, 100000, an amount which has
been exceeded but once. and that in
1907; It Is 10 per cent above the av-
orage Of the preceding five years.
Fortunately the wheat crop is dl.
yldod into two sowlnss, autumn and
/ Spring, so that the Two crops are sub
ioct to different climatic accidents
as was the case this year. The pro-
ductlon of spring and winter wheat Is
, Gy1, 7G7. 600 bushels. or substantially
the average Of the preceding five
years, whereas the value is about
: 1925, 300 900. or s7.6 per cent above
the flve-year average.
Easily the fifth crop in point oi
value is oats, the value Of which this
year Is $3.50 900, 900, or ~ per cent
aboYe the average Of the five preccd
ing years. IN quantity the cat crop
this year Is magnificent. For the Sec
ond time in the history of this coun-
try the crop exceeds 900, 900. 600
bushels. the precise estimate standing
at 1896, $500 bushels or 22 per
cent greater than the average of the
five preceding years.
Next in 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 1903, which
WAS In Il degree an ovorproduction
the crop Of this year Is tho largest
ever grown in this country, the pre-
limlnary estimate OF the department
is 32S,7S7,O0O bushels. or per cent
above the average Of the preceding
five years.
Beet sugar production IN 1910 viii
he about equal that Of 1903, say 512.
GOO short tons. rs factory value !,
reckoned at $5l00OO 600, and the fac.
tory value Of can sugar, about $685..
100000 an amount which has beer
exceeded in four years.
If prospects are realized the entir,
susar crop OF factory production, bee
and cane combined Will be $4,000
short tons, or n production that hal
n been exceeded In only one year. 1903
u In factory value the two sugar crops
will equal about S79, 100000 and 4
y to this be added the value OF molasses
syrup, beet pulp and sorghum anC
maple products. the combined vau,
Is about $97,000,00O
The tobacco crop has slightly ex
y ceoded the production OF the rocort
. year, 1903, and It's 9G7 ,150. 900 pound
are 90 per cent above the average
production Of the five preceding
!, years, It's value viii be- about $95,
900, 900. or about tho same AZ tina
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