Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-17
FARMPR PRODUCTS
REACH A LARGE
MONEY VALUE
Final Estimate of Secretary
Of Agriculture Places Fig
ure at $9,532,000,000 for
Year Just Passed.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Final esti-
mates of production and value OF
eleven of the important crops which
20 to make up the enormous grano To-
tai of 1882, ,000, 900, the wealth pro-
duced on farms through the soil ana
farmers live stock during 1917 as stat
ed by the secretary Of agriculture were
announced today by the crop reporting
board, bureau Of statistics, department
of agriculture. The figures are the Of
ficial government estimates for the I'M
portant crops and indicate the acre
age, production, value based on prices
paid to farmers on December l. Inese
eleven crops are only a portion OF the
production Of the soil which the secre.
tary OF agriculture estimates VIII
amount this sysarssto $6.137. .0Q0.oOg. Ine
the animal products OF the farm IN
1912 to be about 1896. 900, 900.
Corn is Biggest.
The estimates Of today, with COM
parsons for 1911 and 1910, follow: W., noo
acres. compared with 105,825,000 acres
last year and 1o4, 4,o35,000 acres in 1910.
Production 3,124,746,000 bushels, COM
pared with 2,531,4S8,000 bushels last
year and 2,Ss6,260,000 bushels IN 1910:
Farm value Dec. 1. per bushei, 4s.i
cents, compared with 6l.S cents iast
year, and 48.0 cents in 1910. Total value
Of the crop, $3.50. $4,000 compared WIN
s1,565, 1858. 900 last year and $1,3S4,Sl7'-
900 in 1910.
Winter wheat: Area harvested. 2s,-
XII 600 acres. compared with 29,162,-
900 acres last year and 27,239,000 acres
in 1910. Production 399. $4,000 bushels.
compared with 430,656,0 900 bushels last
year and 434,142,000 bushels In 1910.
Farm value, Dec. l, per bushel, sO.S
cents, compared with $50 cents last
year and 8S3 cents In 1910. Total
value of the crop. 1929, 900, com.
pared with 1878, ISL 900 last year. ana
$382,318,000 in 1910.
Spring wheat Area harvested, 19,-
243. 900 acres, compared with 20,162,00O
acres last wear and 1S,352.000 acres In
1910. Production, 330.34S,oo0 bushels,
compared with 1so.ss2,ooO bushels last
wear and 20o,979,O0 bushels in 1910.
Farm value, December 1, per bushels.
7o.1 cents, compared with $50 cents
last wear, and 8S9 cents in 1910. Total
value of the crop. 1921, 1,708,00O compar-
ed with $1S3,912,0OO last year and
$17S,733, 900 in 1910.
All wheat Area harvested, 45,s15,OOo
acres. compared with 49,543,000 acres
last year, and 1881 900 acres In 1910.
Production, 730,267.000 bushels, COM
pared with e21, 900 bushels last year
and 635121,oO0 bushels in 1910. Farm
value December 1, per bushel, 76.O
cents. compared with S7.4 cents last
year. and 83.3 cents in 1910. Total
value Of the crop, 3555,280,00O, COM
pared with s543, ,CS3,oOO last year. ana
1851, ,051 900 in 1910.
Oats: Area harvested. 37,s11ooo
acres. compared with 37.763,0O0 acres
last year and 37,54S,000 acres in 1910.
Production, 1,41S,337.000 bushels, com
pared with 922,29S,000 bushels last
year, and 1,1s6,341,000 bushels In 1910.
Farm value, December l, per pusnel.
31.9 cents, compared with $50 cents
last year, and S4.4 cents IN lSlo. Iotal
ed with $414663,000 last year and S4OS,-
3sS 900 in 1910
Barley. Area harvested, 100000
acres. compared with 7,627,0OO acres
last wear, and 7,743,000 acres in 1910.
Production 223.824,000 bushels, COM
pared with 16O,240,0oo bushels last year
and 173,s32.0O0 bushels in 1910. Farm
value, December /, per Pc bushel, So.s
wear and sis cents in 1910. Total value
Of the crop $112,957,000 compared with
s13e.1S2,o00 last year and $100,426,00O
rive: Area harvested, 2,117,0o0 acres.
compared with 2,127,000 acres last year,
and 2,1s5, 900 acres in 1910. Production,
bushels, compared with 49,
lis. 900 bushels last year, and 34,S79,-
900 bushels in 1910. Farm value, De-
cember /, per bushel, es3 cents, com
pared with 1872 cents last year. and
lis cents in 1910 Total value Of the
crop s23,636,000 compared with $R7,-
557.00O last year and t24,953.000 In 1910.
Buckwheat: Area harvested, $4,000
acres, compared with 833. acres last
year and $4,000 acres in 1910. Pro-
duction 1s,249,000 bushels, compared
with 17,54s,o0O bushels last year, and
17,5s8,000 bushels in 1910. Farm value,
Dec. 1, per bushel, 66.1 cents, compared
with 72s cents last year, and 66.1 cents