The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-28
B4 4.
OF Trade in Soil Aids in
Favor of the Tinted
WiAEHINGUON.

eign countries buy nearly 100000. eco
worth OF American manufactures and
other products for use In eulflvatiug
the SOIL, while about $4,000, 600
worth OF. foreign products are annual
ly imported into the United states for
use upon American farms. The fore
going summarizes certain Information
recently complied by the bureau OF
statistics, department of commerce
and Labor, In response to an inquiry
upon that subject received from a
representative newspaper located In
the great farming area OF the middle
West. and refers more especially 90
those classes OF merchandise having
their chief. SC not exclusive use in the
farming industry and doe snOt include
articles in general use. such as cloth
Ing, furniture, .aBF miscellaneous man
ufactures.
OF the exports from the United
states Of articles required in farming.
by far the, larger portion are com
posed Of manufacture. such as agrI-
cultural implements. Binding Irvine,
barbed wire. and oil cake: while phos-
plate rock. to be ground up and used
as fertilizer. and clover. timothy and
other grass seeds are among the arti-
cles exported in the natural state. In
addition to the exports above enun-
Grated as specifically for farm use,
there are certain articles for which
the agricuIturaIIsts of other countries
draw upon the United States but
which cannot be Chased as distinctive
" for farm purposes. such as wagons,
carriages, traction engines, fiber bags,
pumps, etc. In such cases the bureau
OF statistics has no means OF deter
mining the proportion OF the exports
intended for farm use and they are
not, therefore. included in the 100 mill
lion dollars worth of merchandise ex-
ported for agricultural purposes.
Taking up the principal exports of
the class under discussion. agricul-
tural implements head the. list with a
probable total Of $4,000, 600 In the
year about to end, comprised OF near
~ $40. 900, 900 worth OF mowers and
reapers, $4,000, 900 worth of ployvs
and cultivators,L.S2 300. 600 Worth of
threshers. and the remainder miscel-
laneous farming tools and implements.
These agricultural implements are eS-
ported to practically all parts OF the
world where man has adopted modern
methods of cuItivating the soil: in the
great wheat fields of Russia, in the
vineyards of France, on the coffee
plantations OF Brazil, in the rice fields
OF China, and Japan. and in all the
rapidly developing countries OF the
New world, including Canada, Argen-
tina, Cuba and Mexico. The years
exports will range from nearly S.
OoO, 900 to European Russia, 100000
to Argentina, and about IS, 900 to
to Canada, to ABOUT $500. 900 to At
RIGA. while to British Australiaasia
and Oceania will be sent a total OF
nearly .$2.oOO.OOO, to other oceanla
and Asia about 81. 900 900, and Brazil
about $4,000 worth Even the great.
countries of Europe.
the United Kingdom, Germany, and
France, are represented in the years
exports of agricultural implements,
the United Kingdom with total of
over 81 900. 900, Germany $4,000, 900,
and France $3,O0o,0oo.
Fertilizers. OF which the exports
will be about $4,000. 900 during the
year, are chiefly sent to European
countries, where IonE-continued use
OF the soils has largely depleted their
natural fertility and rendered artih-
ciaI fertilizers necessity. For Amer
lean phosphate rock and other ferti-
Iizers of that class Germany is the
largest market followed next by
and the United Kingdom.
Another. class of materials. used as
cattle food, whose exports are consid- (
,rable includes oil cake and oil cake
meal made from cotton-seed and lin
seed. or these the exports amount to
about $4,000, 900 per annum, being
exported mostly TO various countries
IF Europe.
Binding Irvine is another article of
in wheat growing coun-
ries. or that article the years ex-
ports will he about $4,000 900. .praeti-
ally ALL destined for. Russia and
,ther European countries. Canada and
A rgentIna. American barbed wire eS-
ported, about $4,000. 900 per annurn,
goes chiefly to Canada. Australia, Ar
yentina, British Africa. Mexico Bra
III and Cuba. In addition to these ar
icles, there are others largely u not
exclusively required by farmers, such
ls windmiIls, with exports nearing So
100000 per annum; and clover and
,ther grass seeds-over $1,o0o,OOO. "A
On the other hand. American far
ners draw upon other countries for
Of their requirements, most OF
he imports, however. being articles
n their natural state. Tse largest