Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-21

vines bearing aud not OF bearing age
is secured in lieu OF ucteugc. Tho
value OF the crops FOR which reports
OF acreage were secured amounted IN
t.' Co 95H.uUu.uUn. or nearly nine
tcutis OF the value Of u'i oropH At
tho census uf 1900 tho corresponding
value was S2.ilt. 100000. or about the
same per cent uf the value OF all
crops TIE total acreage Of crops
with acreage reports loo 1909 WIS all.
$4,000. Ia April. 1910. the land ia
farms 300 the United states was re-.
ported boy the census as S7S,19s.0O0
acres. OF Whiva t1N.iJ3.Ugu acres wvro
Improved Thc crops vita acreage re-.
ports. therefore. occupied 3hf per
cent of the total land IN farms aud
COL per cent ~ the total improved
land The same crops lev 1899 uccu-
pied 2N3,2tN. 200 acres. which vas 33.S
pcr cent uf oll hand boo farms and IS
per cent 20 the improved land. Who
the total acreage of farms iucrcaacd
as per cent tho uurcag" in these
crops Increased 90 per cent between
1899 aud 1909 The improved land
uu, occupied by the crops specified
consists chiefly of lard leo improved
pastures. land occupied hy fruit aud
mat trees aud vines. for which acreage
was mot reported. Improved laud ~
ing mloW. nud land boo house yards
aud barnya ards
The total vamo OF crops boo 1909
was equal 60 s5p6G per capita OF the
population at thp United states, while
thr value per capita n 1899 was
$3.50 CHASED uu the population OF
tbo United states ou April o.. 1910,
and june {. 1900, respectively. Thvfo
we're G.36L5O2 farms 40 the United
Stulrs In 1910. so chat the value 81
crops of 1909 was equal to an average
uf Xs63 per farm, while the average
value 90 crops per farm ior 1899 was
.gl2I.
Value uf M Farm Products Not A.
ccrtnincd
Tac census ha, made no attempt to
ascertain the total net value of mrm
products tor 1909, Including both That
uf crops and animal products. Merely
tu add the value ot thus, tWo groups
of products together would involve
extensive duplication. since large
quantities. 90 the crops reported are
Tod To- the animals ON, the farms aud
reported later as live stock products
o. ls impossible Geo ascertain accur-
utoN tho amount ut such duplication,
and the attempt tu do go. which was
made 80 the twelfth census. was not
considered satisfactory For this rca-
SON the relative Importance of crops
ug 20 factor iu tlo agricultural produc-
ton of the United states can not be
determined precisely
Increase IN prices.
a large part ut The extraordinary
in,rras, 100 the tutal value ui hrm
crops between 1898 aud 1903 b. at
tubuianIy to hiRh-r prices. This
might ur Inferred from the fact that
while tn, acreage of crops with acre
/ ago reports Increased uuly 80 per
/ cent th, value OF such crops incrcas-
/ cd So per cent % also appears by
COMPARING CO., percentages of increase
/ Iu tur quantity of tho various indiyid-
utl crops With the percentages ot IN
crease Boz th, value. THUS for ail
Upr,lis taken together the produc-
/ tIuu Increased only o. per cent while
/ the value Increased tY.N per cent for
/ hut and forage the production iucrvus-
| ed gs per cent and 90, value ,U.2 per
cent and tor cotton ,uot counting
. cotton s,pl' the production Increased
Co.,, per cent and the value ma per
cent
s more precise calculation ot the
|ulrrtpc increase In amt value of
|,rups has however, been made uy thc
|y,u.us bureau
g.. a Ia ...l d
both quantity produced aud value
were reported at both cyususcs the
Iu,rragc value per unit in 1899 was
computed and this was muluWicd iui"
th. quantity produced In 1909, taus
snovlng the total value which would
have been reported Tor each crop In
1909 o. the acreage value per unit had
l,yu thr sam, as ten years earlier
For certain crops the values Nrt" not
. reported separately in 1899. ana tor
certain other crops Uuaultir4 we're
mot reported 10 either census. bat lh"
iuntl,us covers niuy.t,uths of ih"
crops of the country ga measured uA
value
The total reported value OF ihp
/ crops covered by thu computation ln
/ 1898 was 8e,Ggl.gIH. UOo and thr total
reported ,tlu, oi the same crops in
lHu, up. ttp3itpu unu. au iurryis"
OF Na8 per cent had the prices ui
( 1899 prevailed. however tho value cot
[ tu,sr crops m 1909 would mNr
amumtrd to ya.aGs.85N. 600. cor AN In
ctttsr ur uuly 40 per cent over 1899
/ THE difference between s. Hb2,3'N.uuV
aud Sig3tfgo. UuU. ur &lHf2,l3loo
represents tho amount added to the
value OF these crops tu 1909 Dos rr'-
son off increase in prices over those
uf 1899. tJ, aNorJg" percentage oi IN
crease ln prices being thus CTS
/ crop l'rnducIion and Population.
Tho uEuro Just given, 10 per cent
|3.s representing the excess ol the value
eft tho crops ut 1909, uu the huss OF
/ 1888 values. over lhv values of inr
same crops lu 1898, Is virtually a c"n-
solIdutrd expression of the general IN
crease n the quantity OF crops pro-
Idurcd Covering, as u does, mn'-
/ t,uths of the crops of the country, b.
may property bc compared with the
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