Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-28
U. S. GREAT WHEAT COUNTRY
Wheat Production, Expectation and
Consumption Of tho United States.

will be the largest ever produced In
the United States. as announced by
the department Of agriculture, lends
interest to the records Of production
in, and movements into and out of
the country OF wheat and its pro-
ducts as published by the bureau OF
statistics. Wheat has always been
an important factor both in the pro-
duction and foreign commerce of
the United States, and continues to
increase In Importance in the matter
81 production. though somewhat de-
creasing in the quantity exported.
The wheat production in the Uni
ted States in 1870 was 236,0OO,OOO
bushels; in 1880, 49S,50O,00O; in
1889, 4so,50o.oo0, dropping to
800, 100000 in 1890, but advancing
TO 612,o00,O00 in 1891 )522,O 900
IN 1900. and 665.0OO,O0O in 1910,
though even higher records were
made in i90l--748. 100000 bushels
and in 1906, 1875. 100000.
Much has been said about the low
product per acre Of wheat in the Uni
ted States when compared with that
III European countries, and It is
doubtless true that wheat production
IN certain countries OF Europe,
where great attention is given to the
care OF the land and the supply OF
proper soil foods. is greater per
acre tran in the United States. On
the other hand. however. it is equal
~ true and interesting thai the WELD
per acre in the United States is in
creasing, having averaged l5S bush
els per acre in 1909, against bush
els per acre in 1907 and 1908, 12h
bushels in 1904, g bushels in 1884,
and 101a bushels in 1885. While
the production per acre Of course
huctuates from yea, to year, the av-
eEaSe production per acre during re-
cent years has clearly been higher
than the average for the last decade
or two This slight increase in the
quantity, coupled with the material
advance in price, brought the aver
age farm value per acre for 1909 up
to $l5.62 per acre, against an aver
age Of about half that figure in the
period from 1890 to 1900.
Meantime the quantity Of wheat
retained for domestic consumption
has greatly increased, while the
quantity exported has been reduced.
III the fiscal year 1910 the quantity
retained for consumption was 650,-
100000 bushels, being larger than
In any earlier year; and the guam
tity exported, 87.000.0O0, which was
less than in any fiscal year since
1877, with the single exception Of
1905, when only 100000 bushels
were exported. In 1908 the exports
aggregated 1863 100000 bushels, and
in 1902, the high record year in
wheat expectations. 235 900, 900.
These figures Of wheat exporta-
lions, 1t is proper to add include
bosh that shipped in the grain and
That in the form OF -four The share
oi fhc wheat exports In the form Of
ionr i the fiscal year 1910 was 46.5
per cent, and in 1908. when the
an@nity exported was about double
ihat OF 1910, but 1874 per cent. In
thoSc years in which the expectations
are extremely small the share eX-
ported IN the form OF -four is larger
thAn years Of large wheat exports.
IN l"oH, for example. when the
! I,lI inn L..
cSt hSnr" IN many ycars--ii 900 900
hnS hcls-thc share which went in the
FORM Of Hour VAS $50 per cent
a aSsAjnSl . per cent in 1902. the high
rcE'rG wear in wheat Of cxports. In
INV EScal year which ends with tho
the present month The quantity OF
wheat exported will probably be less
Than in 1910, the total for the eleven
months ending with May having
been but 23,000.0 900 bushels, against
A4,0O0,000 in the same months of
1909, and Of -four 9,333,0O0 bar
rels, against 8 8,50O,00O in the same
months Of 1909, indicating a total
Tor the year not to exceed $4,000, 900
Bushels Of wheat and the equivalent
Of As, 100000 bushels in the form OF
) Nonr-a total Of approximately TO-
900 bushels for the fiscal year 1911,
against S7,000,000 in 1910, and
making for 1911 the smallest wheat
export record in thirty years, except
the abnormally low year, 1905, when
the record was but 44,O0O,O0O.