The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-08-11
Farm Products in the Export Trade
Of tho United States.

Farm Products in the Export II ade
Of tho United States.
American farmers contributed over
billion dollars worth of merchandise,
or more than one half Of the domestic
products exported from the United
States in the fiscal year just ended. OF
the high-record exploration of 81, 013. 549
O25 worth of domestic merchandise in
the fiscal year, 1904 million dollars
represented the value of products
drawn directly or indirectly from the
farm.
OF the 10 chief agricultural products
exported, cotton leads with total of
5e5 million dollars, the next largest
items being, in the order named, meat
and dairy products, $50 million; bread
stuffs, 1874 million manufactured
tobacco, 80 million; fruits and nuts, 25
million; oil cake, 90 million; cattle and
other live animals. 10 million; cotton
seed oil, II million; vegetables. 81 mil
lion; and hides and skins. 5 million dol
lars. these 10 articles alone showing q
total expectation for the year OF 900
million dollars. The remaining agri-
cultural products exported IN sums
ranging from / million to million
dollars include Porto Rican coffee, 5
million dollars; grease, 8 million; glu-
cose, 81 million; seeds, 81 million; hops,
over 2 Million ginseng and other me-
dicinal roots, II million; eggs, II mil
lion; corn oil, IL million; hay. mil
lion; and hair, a little over 1 million
dollars.
This expectation of 1924 million dol
lars worth of farm products, while
somewhat larger than in the preceding
year, is still below the record made in
1907. when 1850 million dollars worth
of merchandise of that class left the
country. Comparing the 1911 exports
with those of 1907, cotton increased
from 4S1 million dollars in 1907 to 5S5
million in the year just ended. This
increase, however, is solely due to high
er prices prevailing in 1911, since in
that year but 4,O34 million pounds were
compared with 4,51S million
pounds in 1907. In fact cotton prices
show steady upward tendency, the
average export price for the fiscal year
1911, 14ic per pound, being the highest
since 1878. Hog products have decreas-
ed in value of exports from 1874 million
dollars in 1907 to 100 million in 1911
beef products, from 80 million 10 II
and butter and cheese, from Al
million to 81 million. Cattle and other
also share in the decreasing
tendency, their exports having fallen
from Al million dollars in 1907 to 10
million in 1911. Breadstuff show a
marked decline. from 1853 million dol
lars in 1900 to 1874 million in 1907 and to
l24 million in the year just ended.
This loss occurs chiefly in wheat and
wheat flour, since corn exports in 1911
we're 36 million dollars in value, com.
pared with rs million in 1910, while
hose of wheat and flour as a whole
showed in 1911 total of only II mil
ion dollars, compared with 95 million
IN 1910 and 1879 million in 1907.
Tobacco, fruits and nuts, and veget.
sbles, however. have moved counter to
The general downward trend in the
of farm products, each of
these classes showing gains not only
over 1910 but also over the high record
year 1907. Exports of tobacco increas-
ID from 33 million dollars in 1907 to 80
million in 1911; those of fruits and nuts
rom III million to 24l million; and
hose of vegetables, from million to
IL million dollars.