El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-07
Year Not SO Good For Most
Crops, Secretary Says;
Cotton Drops in Price.

washington, D. c. Dec. THE l5th
annual report Of the secretary OF aBII-
culture made public TO-DAY ueG-aL =
that while the total values OF tne
crops in 1911 are not so mgn as M
1910 there is great abundance Tor al
rurDOses" Fer the first time IN many
Years the total value OF 1aflh Pr
ducts has declined from mat oA ~
is based on the census items ana -
s8.417. GOO, 900. or S277,OO0,OOO under I4 Ie
total for 1910. The loss is chargeaDle
TO the general classes OF amman Pr
ducts and animals sold ana sla tl y
Tered Dairy cows are the on4y AdL ~
animals for which increase or prlce -
indicated Eggs, wool, Dutter anu
poultry have suffered IN farm ~
during the year. IN consequences u u
the decline of prices Of farm al1llia-ls
ana their products, this group is esu-
mated as having produced a Na-l lts % 06
81 $4,000 GOO in 1911, or SSz1,uVv'VuO
below the amount for 1919
on the other hand, the CROPS S1S 4be
worth more than those for 1917, lne
estimate Of their farm value Delns
s5604 100000, a gain OF s4+sUOu,OUy
over 1910 Farm prices OF al crops
are higher than fol-. 1910 eAcePI AOi
cotton. cotton seed ana LIaAss Se made
interesting comparisons are maui
win official estimates In other coun-
tries of the value Of products pfouuCSu
low the farms in those countries An An
estimate of SL35L000,OeO Is quoteu ~
Italv. OF $613, 00O,O GOO for Japan, %
1854 a0O geo for Australia, and OF SSVU'-
100000 for Canada o +r,s+
with a value more than twice tnat
.of the cotton crop this year anu ~ :
little less than the combined Values u
the cotton. wheat. and oats crops, corn
is by far the leading crop as q " 81 ~
-,-oi,4ear The estimate OF - fb,UUu,VVV
bushels indicates a production lhaI L.
been exceeded in only Two years - ny
q n
81 has been since the records OF the
denartnent began in 1866, except ~
1883 and this establishes a 49, 10, ~ a. n
for the crop that reaches 81 iYu'VOo'oO0
and breaks the record A., Leading.
So prominently is corn the ie s4llaS
r.rop Of this country that ABOUT 81 -
fourths Of the worlds crop Is grow"
here. -
That a large crop may be worm TN
- - fHe PRODUCERS than sInaLA
one is cxemplified by the COTTON SIop
~ this year Commonly supposed 70
he the largest one ever SIy"Ll' ~
eron has reached a price that IS 3
80 -o41n5 of lint below that OF
1ss+ vear when the crop was nuch
less in quantity, and for the same 80. -
qo77 the price of seed has QecIllets;
Apparently the value OF the -1oS- ". -
seed Of this year crop ~ tbe+ is
coed $3.50 O0. O00-an amount ma
below that Of two former crops ~
tSourh above the average Of the pre-
si''' low production of 100000 tons
Of nav IS FAR below the five year aver
80 -Siel5 of SO 100000 tons, and was
Exceeded by the crop Of 1884 and every
year since 1883. The vaIue 80 az ooS-oo6
11aced al a little less than STU csu'yg5o,
md mis- is 100000 more than Ihe
estimated value Of the cotton IN INT pro
s5nce6 this year and s1Oo,OOo,OeO more
than the value Of the wheat crop.
TTbeat is the crop fourth in order
30 me and is worth $500, O0e- me
Estimate of the department places the
1,7.o7T1offon at $50, 100000 bushels.
mis- country produced one-Il.I IN ,- OF
+1,s --or-lri-s wheat crop during the last
go. --ssrs and contributed about one
eighth Of the worlds exports
The yield Of the oats crop Is esll-
mated to be S74, 100000 bushels. low