The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27

fInl1Fl0US 50 favorable as 20 ETEnG
alone IN the history Of the American
farm are pictured in the report Of Secre-
tarv James Wilson 10 the President.
covering the work Of the Department
IF Agriculture for the year Of 1863, made
public today Il is the thirteenth an
nuaI report cf the veteran Secretary
and appears n the forthcoming Year
book Of the Department
Most prosperous Of al the years"
says Secretary Wilson. Is the place 10
which 1873 is entitled in agriculture. The
Weld has been bountifuI with most crops
and prices have been high Advanta E>e-
oUsIy situated as he Is in most respects,
the farmer Is sess and less generally
compelled 10 dump his crops on the
market at time Of harvest
He does not need TO work for his
board and clothes. as he often did in
the former time. when prices were SO
low as 10 be Improbable
The value Of the farm products 8 so
inconprehensively large that II has be
come merely a row Of figures. For this
year II IS Ss,751,0C9. 900. the gain this year
over the preceding one is sSss. .000. 600
Doubled In Decade.
Ten years ago the value Of the prod
uCts Of the farm was Only five and one
half times the mere gain of this year
over 1905, IT was little more than one
half OF the total value Of this year. -he
value OF the products has nearly dou-
bled iu ten years.
Eleven years OF agriculture. begin
ming with a production Of S4.n7. 7.G0o. 40
and ending with $500, ,O00. COO. A sum Of
$4,000 eco for the period
1t has paid of mortgages, il has es-
| tablished banks. IL has made better
homes, it has helped to make the
/ farmer citizen OF the world. 1t has
provided him with means for improving
( his soil and making II more productive
In the statement that follows con-
/ cerning the crop quantities and values
/ for 1919 no figures should be accepted. IS
anticipating the final estimates Of this
I department to be made later. Only ap-
( proxima-ions can be adopted. such as
/ could be made BY any competent person
{ outside Of this department
The most striking fact IL the world 5
/ agriculture is the value OF the corn
l crop OF 1853 n this country II is about
/ This corn came up from the soil and
I out OF the air in 30 dayS-S14 100000 a
i day for enc crop, nearly enough for
/ two Dreadnoughts daily for peace or
Z war
.-The value Of this corn crop is the
/ highest or record IN quantity Of pro
/ dUction this years corn crop stands
/ second, with 2,767. 600 bushels
Cotton Is Second
/ Cotton is now BY far the second
/ crop in value, and this years crop is
| easily the most valuable one to the
7 farmer that has been produced. With
( cotton lint selling at 1873 cents at the
farm November 1, and cotton seed
I selling for about s25 per ton, the lint
SS5O.OOO, 200 TO the farmer
There have been three cotton crops
Of more than I5.5OO.OOO sales of SOC
pounds gross weight. the hrst one
being in 1904, and commercial ex-
pectatiOns are that the crOo of this
year viii be below the average oi
the five years preceding.
Third in order Of value among the
Z crops IS wheat, worth about 1925. .G00.-
600 at the farm, and this exceeds al
previous values by 4 large amount
In 1901 and IN 1905 slightly larger
the yield Of this year, 725,O0O, 90.
bushels. is third in size.
For years hay and wheat disputed
with each other the honor OF the place
next afser cotton in value, but this
year the separation is distinct, ant
( hay, with its value of about S665,
and far below cotton. The quantity o
the hay crop is s4,OOo,0o0 tons
Oats Is Fifth.
THE fifth crop in order Of vaIut
is oats, worth this year at the farm
about S40O, 600, which is consid
rably above high water mark Il
PRODUCTION this crop is very nearly
leader, with its 9S4,OOO.0 900 bushels
; and would have been a leader had no
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