The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-12-27
APPROXIMATE $77,OOO,-
900 in Value.
PRODUCTS FROM MARYLAND FARMS
ESTIMATED BY CENSUS BUREAU.

Approximately SIT 100000 is the value
placed by the Census Bureau upon the
value of fruit products from Maryland
farms, such as grain, butter, milk,
wool, poultry and eggs, vegetables and
fruits during the year of 1909. The
bureau made public this week pre-
| liminary statement of Maryland farm
statistics, which were prepared by
John Lee Coulter, expert special agent
in agriculture.
The farm values are distributed as
follows:
Milk and cream from dairy farms,
So, ,481 900.
Butter, $2,01O,000.
Wool 705,000 pounds, valued at
100000
Eggs, 15,5s4,ooo dozen, valued at
So, ,236, 900.
Fowls, number, 5,949,nO0; value 3d.
OIL 1000.
Domestic animals sold and slaugh-
tered, $8,470,000.
Crops, all kinds, $43,92OOOO.
Vegetables, $5,729,O00.
Strawberries, $1,070,072.
Orchard fruits, 2,577,000 bushels,
ST. 1,517, ,O00. ........
In it's report the Census Bureau
says, i'm part:
Dairying and Wool Growing.
"The number Of farms which made
any report of milk produced during
1909 was 1852 (somewhat less than
the total number reporting dairy pro-
ducts,) and the number Of dairy COWS
on such farms on April Is, 1910, was
115,O00. The amount of milk report
ed was 41,094,000 gallons. Assuming
that there were the same number o1
COWS in 1909 as in 1910, this would
represent an average of 358 gallons
per COW.
THE total number of sheep OF
shearing age in Maryland on Apri
Is, 1910, was 10000, renresenting ar
increase of 1872 per cent, as compared
with the number on June /, 1900 (112,
00O) The approximate production O.
wool during 1909 was $4,000 fieeces
weighing 705,000 pounds and valued al
$2,0O0,000.
Hens Laid 15,5S4, 900 Dozen Eggs.
"The total number of fowls or
Maryland farms on April Is, 10, wa!
100000 OF the 46,054 farms reporting
fowls, 1910 did not report any eggi
produced in 1909 and 1927 did not re
port any poultry raised in 1909. The
production Of eggs actually reported
for the year 1909 was 14,464, 900 doz
ems, valued at $3,013,OOO. The tota
testin1ated production Of eggs in 100!
was 15,534,000 doz. valued at 1926, ,000
The total production Of poultry in 1903
including estimates made on the sam,
basis as for eggs, was 5,949 900 fowls
valued at $3,011,000.
"The total value of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was $5,400,00(
and that of animals slaughtered or
farms $3,070,O00. This total, however
involves considerable duplication re
sulting from the resale or slaughtel
of animals which had been purchased
by farmers during the same year.
Grain and Vegetable Crop.
"The total value of crops i'm Mary
land in 1909 was $43,920,000. The acre
age of crops reported was 1881 ,927
representing 57.6 per cent. of the tota
improved land in farms (3,354,767
acres.)
'In 1909 the total acreage of pota
toes and other vegetables was 155,
339, and their value $7,996,000. Elk
cluding potatoes and sweet potatoe!
and yams, the acreage of vegetable:
was 10S,0S4, and their value $4,000
both acreage and value being greater
than in 1899.
Berries and Orchard Products.
Strawberries are by far the mos
important Of the small fruits riset
in Maryland, with blackberries anC
dewberries ranking next The value
of the strawberry in 1909 was $1,070,
072. The total acreage Of small fruits
in 1909 was 1886, and in 1899, 1922
a decrease of So per cent The pro
duction in 1909 was 26,277,000 quarts
as compared with 27,958,O00 quarts in
1899, and the value was $1,228,000 iI
1909, as compared with $1,181,000 ir
1899.
The total quantity of orchard fruits
produced in 1909 was 2,577,000 bushels
valued at $1,517,OOO. Apples contrib
uted nearly three-fourths of this guam
tity, pears and peaches and nectarines
most Of the remainder. The produc,
ton of grapes i'm 1909 amounted to 2,
$4,000 pounds, valued at $53,498, anG
the production of nuts to 318,00(
pounds, valued at $5,6S7."