Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-12-16
Taken From Soil So, o26, OOO, 900.

culture in his annual report for 1910, just
published.
AT no time in the world s. history has a
country produced farm products within one
year with value reaching $S,926,000,-
uoO, which is the value of the agricultural
products of this country for 1910. This is
almost double the value for the census of
ii years ago. While the value of this corn
crop is below that Of 1909 and also of
1908, its amount belongs to stories of
magic. 1t can hardly be reckoned as less
than $l,500,000,0 1000, sum sufficient to
cancel the Understanding debt of the
United States, buy all the gold and silver
mined in all of the countries of the earth
in 1903, and still leave to the farmers a
little pocket money.
The growing Importance of the South in
corn production is becoming conspicuous
In 1889 it produced hardly more than one
fifth of the national crop; now it produces
one-third.
10 PER CENT, CoTToN GAIN
The cotton crop of this year may be
worth in lint and seed round $500, 000,-
600 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 five
year average.
HAY.
The value of the hay crop is about
$72O,000, 900, an amount which has been
exceeded but once, and that in 1907; ii
is IL per cent. above the average of the
preceding five years.
WHEAT.
The production of spring and winter
wheat is 89l,767 900 bushels, or substan-
TALLY the average of the preceding five
years. whereas the value is about $685.
100000, or 7,6 per cent. above the FIVE
year average.
Easily the fifth crop in point Of worth is
oats, the value of which this year is
$3.50, 100000, OF IL per cent. above the
average of the five preceding years.
POTATOES.
Next in order of value is the potato crop,
which has been exceeded only in two or
three former years. The preliminary esti-
mate of the department is 328,787 900
bushels. or 8 per cent. above the average of
the preceding five years.
SUGAR BETS.
Beet sugar production in 1910 will about
equal that of 1909. say $4,000 short
tons. Its factory value is reckoned at
$51,000,000, and the factory value of
cane sugar at about $28,000,000, an
amount which has been exceeded in four
years.
If prospects are realized, the entire sugar
crop of factory production, beet and cane,
will equal about $79,000,000; and if to
this be added the value of molasses, syrup.
beet pulp and sorghum and maple pro-
ducts. the combined value is about $97,-
100000.
TOBACCO.
The tobacco crop has slightly exceeded
the production of the record year, 1909,
and is 967150,000 pounds. Its value
will be about $95.000.000.
Flaxseed production is far below that of
recent years on account of a severe drouth.
RYE A STEADY CROP.
Rye is one of the steady crops, both
in quantity and value, the production of
32,088,0 900 bushels this year being worth
at the farm about $23,000,000.
Rice production in 1910 remained sub
stantially at the figure of 1909, over
1000, 100000 pounds of rough rice.
HOPS.
The hop crop is regarded as - per cent
below the average.
In no previous year has the production
of the cereal crops equaled the grand total
of 5,140, 100000 bushels of the cereals of
1910. This is 10 per cent above the five
year average.
The farm value of the cereal crops de-
clined $230,000.000 in 1910 from 1909
and the value of all crops declined $l19,-
000,000 A gain was made. however in
the value of animal products amounting
to $424 100000. II has been year OF
high prices 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 1904 .000,-
900 above the estimate for 1909.
Production PER ACRE OVERLAPPING PoPULA-
TON INCREASE.
The production per acre is beginning to
overtake the increase of people. declares
the Secretary of Agriculture, in discussing
one of the features of his report. The
evidence is very plain that the yields per
acre of our crops are now increasing. and
If the facts we're assembled in detail for
the States it would be found that the per-
centage Of increase in yield of many OF
them is greater than the percentage of
normal increase of pOpulation-that Is. the
increase of births over deaths in the old
native element"
A demand that is more difficult to fulfill
in production per acre is for an increase
that equals or exceeds the actual increase
Of population, including immigrants and
the temporarily high birth rate Of the for
eign born. But, Notwithstanding the fact
that this difficulty is greater in the United
States than it is in all other countries that
have practically ceased to take much new
land into cultivation, many Of the States
Of this nation are each maintaining an
increase of production in the case of one
or more prominent crops that is greater
than the actual increase Of population.
INCREASING CRIMINALITY.
Cases reported 10 the Attorney Gen
eral for prosecution under the several laws
administered by the Department Of Agri-
culture numbered 1898, twice as many as
the year before More than $4,000 in
fines and costs were assessed hundreds
Of tons Of msbranded food and drugs were
forfeited.
Food and drug cases numbering 800
we're reported, 1856 for criminal action and
224 for seizure proceedings OF criminal
cases, 246 resulted in convictions, 3 in
verdcts for defendants, SO were dismissed.
1852 were pending in courts at the close of
the year. and 252 remained under consid-
Grafton for future action.
WEATHER BUREAU AND THE PUBLIC.
The Weather Bureau has continued and
enlarged its service to the general public.
In the case Of the Key West hurricane in
in October, 1909, 5000 employees were
t.dthdrautn fron danoerOtIa Dointa while
the value of property saved by warnings
during a single food was 100000
BREEDING ZEBRAs
Experiments in breeding carriage horses
we're continued in Colorado and Morgan
horses in Vermont. The Colorado stud
now has II animals, the Vermont stud 80.