The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
CROP Of 1912 WAS
RECORD BREAKER
Secretary Wilson Sends Annual
Report to President.
VALUED AT s9,532,OO0,OO0
Corn Yield Reaches High Mark Of
3,169, 100000 Bushels and Estl-
mated to Be Worth
$3.50 100000.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The sixteenth
annual report of Secretary of Agri-
culture James Wilson, made public on
Saturday, shows that 1912 has been
the most productive of all agricul-
tural years in the country. The earth
has produced its greatest annual divi-
dend. The report also includes a re-
view of the work and achievements
OF the department during the sixteen
years throughout which Secretary Will
sons service has extended
Basing his figures on the census
items of wealth production on farms.
Secretary Wilson values the grand to-
tai of the 1912 crop at 1882 100000
Besides the production Of the soil. this
amount includes the live stock output.
In commenting on the productive
ness o. the past year In relation to
those preceding. Secretary Wilson
said:
The enormous sum represented by
the crop output of the United States
for 1912 is more than twice the value
Of the wealth produced on farms in
1899. according to the census. and it Is
about one-eighth more than the wealth
produced in 1909. During the past 16
years the farmer has steadily In
creased his wealth production year by
year. with the exception of 1911, when
the value declined from that OF the
preceding year
The report Of the secretary was one
of the most bulky ever submitted by
the department OF agriculture 1t oc-
cupied 259 pages and contained about
100000 words. Most of this space was
devoted to a lengthy review OF the
technical work of the department.
covering such subjects as the cpl
demic OF disease among cattle, the
campaign of the department against
insects injurious to crops. reports on
soils, and a detailed statement of the
operations of the weather bureau.
In addition to information OF this
nature. Secretary Wilson included a
crop statement which showed that the
corn yield held the lead The estimat-
ed value of this product was $1.750.-
100000. The yield reached the high
water mark of 3169 900 600 bushels.
Hay was given second place in the
estimated figures. The yield was r.
425,000 tons. which was held to be
worth 1861 100000 THE Importance
Of this CROP" says the report. is bet
ter realized when it is observed that
its value is greater than that OF the
cotton crop and nearly as great as the
combined values OF the wheat. tobac-
co and potato crop"
The report states that II is too early
to estimate the production Of cotton
this year, but sS60,000,000 was placed
as a possible figure for this crop.
The wheat yield. as estimated by the
department, will be worth to the farm
e. $4,000 900. Oats were placed as
the fifth crop in order, the value being
estimated at s478. 100000. The value
of the potato crop was placed at $780,
100000; the barley crop at s125,000,-
900, and tobacco at s97, 100000 The
value OF the 1912 flaxseed, rye, rice,
buckwheat and hops crops were set
It s39, 900, 900, $4,000 900. 100000 900.
s12.o0O,0OO and Sill, 100000 respective
ly The production of sugar from the
beet was set at 100000 tons