Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-12
FARM PRODUCTS
IN EXPORT TRADE
American Farmers Contributed More
Than One Half of Domestic Pro-
ducts Exported From U. S.

American farmers contributed over
billion dollars worth of merchan-
disc, or more than one-hak of the 90
nestle products exported from the
United States In the fiscal year just
ended Of the high-record exporta-
ton Of $2,013, $40 OPS worth OF domes-
tic merchandise in the fiscal year,
1.024 million dollars represented the
value of products drawn directly or
indirectly from the farm.
OF the 10 chief products exported.
cotton leads with a total of 5S5 mill
ION dollars, the next largest items be-
ing. in the order named, meat and
dairy products, $50 million; bread
stuffs, 124 million; manufactured to-
bacco, SO million; fruits and nuts, %
million; oil cake, 20 million; cattle
and other live animals, 10 million;
cotton seed oil, IL million; vegetables,
| 5 IL million; and hides and skins, 5
million dollars. these 10 articles alone
showing total expectation for the
year of 900 million dollars. The re-
manning agricultural products export
ed in sums ranging from / million to
s million dollars include Porto Rican
coffee, s million dollars: grease, 5 mil
lion; glucose, 31-2 million; seeds,
21-2 million; hops, over Million;
ginseng and other medicinal roots.
ga millien; eggs, ga million; corn
oil, / IL million; hay, 1 million; and
hair, a TITLE over million dollars.
This expectation of 1,o24 million dol
lars worth of farm products, while
somewhat larger than in the preced-
| ing year, is still below the record made
| in 1907, WIN 1850 million dollars
worth of merchandise of that class
left the country. Comparing the 1911
exports with those of 1907, cotton In
creased from 481 million dollars in
! 1907 to SIS million in the year just
ended. This increase, however, is
solely due to higher prices prevailing
in 1911, since in that year but 4,034
million pounds were exported, CON-
pared with 4,51S million pounds in
1907 In fact cotton prices show a
steady upward tendency, the average
export price for the fiscal year 1911,
f41-2 cents per round. being the high
est since 1873: Hog products have de-
creased In value Of exports from 124
million dollars in 1907 to leo mil
in 1911; beef products, from 80 nil
Ion TO IL million; aad butter and
cheese, from 1-2 million to IL mix
Ion. Cattle and other animals also
share in the decreasing tendency
their exports having fallen from Al mil
lion dollars in 1907 to 10 million in
1911 Breadstuffs show a marked de-
81 ne from 26S million dollars in 1900
to 1874 million in 1907 and to 124 mil
lion in the year just ended. This loss
occurs chiefly in wheat and wheat
four, since corn exports I'm 1911 were
36 million dollars in value, compared
with rs million in 1910, while those of
wheat and flour as a whole showed
IN 1911 total of only II m Hon dol
lars, compared with 95 MILAN in 1910
and 1872 million IN 1907.
Tobacco fruits and nuts. ana vege-
tables, however, have moved counter
to the general downward trend in the
movement of farm products, each OF
these classes showing gains not only
over 1910 but also over the high rec
ori year 1907. Exports eff tobacco in
creased from 80 million dollars in
1907 to 80 million in 1911; those Of
fruits and nuts from II IL mill on to
"a 10 million; and those Of vegetables
from 4 million to 10 million dollers.