The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-01
CROPS TOTAL
{ BILLIONS;
BIGGEST YET
..AAYsEED" INTERESTS
MAKE CITY FOLKS
GASP

washington b. c., Dee Sl.--Any
usts6t Who Is at all inclined TO doubt
thst Fthe agricultural products are .ne
b.sstst things this couHtry turns on.
should read carefully the report y
tfs secfetary Of agriculture, just SUD
,nittsd to the president and CONGRESS
tshe report will take some OF the
co1ce.t out of the city born and city
brtsI beople. They viii learn that the
nAh with the hoe and his toll, the
hofhyhandea agricultnfists and the
products be raises are the foundauoh
OF this country's inca.culable weaitn,
That this despised "hayseed ID tne
sxrfe gate. Is a Titan compared 70
whom All the Rockefellers and all the
fafnesIes are pigmies.
Ak TO time in the worlds history
has country produced farm products
within Que year with value reaching
$3.50 ,00Q, 900, which Is the value OF
lye agricultural porducts OF this COUP
TN for 1910. This amount Is larger
than that Of 1909 BY 100000 900, an
amount OF increase over the preceding
wear equal TO tae huge fortune Al
drew Carnegie has accumulated our
Isx his long and useful life. ;.
The value Of one crop, corn. u
1880 ,00se 900 this year. secretary
Wilson Id his report tries TO make
.vtnt.up city dwellers understand how
much money this Is. He wrilss:
"One billion five hundred million
aa,lat,s 4 sufY1 sufficient to cancel the
ipterest-bearin debt OF the United
states. buy all OF the go'd and silver
aimed in all OF the countries OF lht
Ssigh In 1858. aud still leave TO th'
farmers little pocket money,
The corn crop Il q national asset
iu4more than one sense. II Is not mere
" wealth In existence for the time be
lax, but II ii an asset OF perpetua
recurrence. Year after year, through
out the ages, a stupendous amount 0
corn. with lncrediSie value can b
produced.
.srhe ccttor crop, inc c'udns seed, i
worth this year only three-fifths o
the value OF the corn crop; thu
wheat crop only two-fifths, the ha,
crou less than oneshalf All OF th
Cereals, except corn, arc togethe
worth only threesourths as much
The great allied iroa AMI steel indus
tries had In the latest census year 10
wkich results have been published
1904, production worth on'y go pc
cent Of the value Of this years cor
cttp.
A Talking OF hayseeds--the hay Gro
.6i 1910 Il worth SI2g,oo0 900, and tn
lt)1b is short at that, only e,l16,U0
PSks, But the amazing fact IL thu
.ihe hat crop Is worth ,S5,oO0,oo
More than all the wheat raised .
.tssnhtltss acres. There was mas
ssificsnt crop cf oats. too, more than
nllika hashen. worth S3Su o00, ,0ot
Ava s2s ,7S70cQ bushels Of the lowl
rotate we're raised, t
\. fn suulrnarixing his comparison
the truthful Secretary wilson. adds:
The value Of the farm products Q
1910 shows both gains; and .osses !
dasnpayison with 1903. A gain Of $3.50
400 6{0 is nude for cotton lint an
Aksd, 10000, 900 for hay, ana 5000
to0 for barley. A loss was spffefe
IL .xheat Amounting to &l04, 100, 600
corn, ys6. 100, coo; oats. y2e,000, 900
p6fatOeS, aKd wool 81. .00Q,V90 each
The farm value II the cereal croIl
a2aNAvd 2Soy00W00o In 1910 tIoi
$50 ilnd fhe value 81 al craps d
rlhad 4tls 900 900 A gain was inAd
hoNxver, lii the value Of animal pr
Ahfts. amounting 10 $4sa,900,Q00.
~ Nbeen a year of high prizes Il
IxxM and animals. for poultry an
AsAA,s aud for lxiilk and butter, ana 4
tktsse reasons the total value OF q
fafis products Increased In 1910 $50
V0Q,Oo0 above the estimate for q
nAkf year ,fs