The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-16
SOME CROP VALUES.
Statistics Are Prepared Under Direc.
ton Of Former University

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Washington. u. c.. Aug. 1.-THE
total value of the crops of continental
United States in 1909 was, In round
numbers, S~5.4S7 900, 900, as compared
with $4,000 o 900 in 1899. The in
crease was thus sass. 600, 900, or SO
per cent, according to a statement Is
sued today by f. Dana Durand. di-
rector of the bureau Of the census.
department of commerce and labor.
The tabulations showing these total
results We're carried on in the asri-
cultural division of the bureau of the
census. under the supervision of j..
q. Powers. former chief statistician
and j. l.. Coulter. expert special
agent. A bulletin upon which this
advance statement is based. showing
the details of acreage. production and
States. by states. will be issued at an
early date.
IN the ease of some crops (such as
maple sugar n sirup and forest pro-
ducts OF farms), it is impossible TO
secure a disable figure showing acre
age; In certain other cases (such as
orchard fruits. grapes. tropical fruits
and nuts), the number of trees and
vines Of bearing n O OF bearing
age is secured in lieu of acreage. The
value OF the crops for which reports
OF acreage were secured amounted in
1909 to s4.o53,ooo, 900, or nearly
n~ine-tenths of the value of all crops.
At the census of 1900 the correspond
ing value was s2,721.ooo,o 900, or about
the same per cent of the value Of al
crops. The total acreage of crops
S1l.293.ooo. In April. 1910. the land
in farms in the United States was re-
ported by the census as s7S.7as,oo 0
acres. of which 47s,45e,Ooo acres
We're improved. The crops with
acreage reports. therefore. occupied
1874 per cent Of the total land in
farms and $50 per cent of the inn
proved land. While the total acreage
of farms increased As per cent, the
per cent between 1899 and 1909. The
improved land not occupied by the
crops specified consists chiefly OF land
IN improved pastures. land occupied
by fruit and nut trees and vines, for
winch acreage was not reported. inn
proved land lying fallow. and land in
house yards and barnyards.
Ihe total value of crops in 1909
was equal to 1886 per capita Of the
population of the United States. while
the value per capita in 1899 was
s39.46 Chased on the population of
the United States on April Is. 1910.
and June I, 1900. respectively. There
We're 6,36l,5o2 farms in the United
States in 1910. SO that the value of
crops of 1909 was equal to an average
OF $3.50 per farm. while the average
value of crops per farm for 1899 was
$500.
Value of All Farm Products Not
.ASccrtained.
The census has made no attempt to
ascertain the total net value of farm
products for 1909, including both
that of crops and animal products.
Merely to add the value of these two
groups of products together would in
volve extensive duplication. since
large quantities of the crops reported
are fed to the animals on the farms
and reported later as live stock pro-
ducts. 1t is impossible to ascertain
accurately the q of such dupli-
cation. and the attempt to do SO.
which was made at the twelfth ZEN
sus. was not considered satisfactory.
For this reason the relative import
ance Of crops as a factor in the agri-
cultural production of the United