The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-22
Than There Used to Be as
Shown by the Federal
Census Bureau.
REVIEW I'M DETAIL
OF the Progress Being Made
+. Along the Lines of Ma
tional Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
total value of the crops Of Continent
tai United States in 1909 was. in
round numbers, s5,4S7, 100000. as
compared with s2,9ss, 100000 in 1899
The increase was thus Sass, 900 ,OoC
Tor eighty-three per cent, according 10
a statement Issued today by E. Dana
DurandS director of the Bureau Of
the Census, Department of Commerce
and Labor. The tabulations showing
these total results were carried on in
the agricultural division of the Blu
crops with acreage reports, therefore
vision OF L. G. 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, pro-
duction and value of all crops for the
United States, will be Issued at an
early date.
In the case of some crops (such as
maple sugar and strip and forest
products of farms), it is impossible
to secure a disable figure showing
acreage; in certain other cases (such
as orchard fruits, grapes, tropical
fruits and nuts, the number OF trees
and vines of bearing and not. of bear
ing age is secured in lieu of acreage
The value of the crops for which re-
ports of acreage were secured
amounted in 1909 10 S4,953, 100000, or
nearly nine-tenths of the value of all
crops. At the census of 1900 the
corresponding value was $2,721 ,0O0,-
900, or about the same per cent of
the value of all crops The total
acreage of crops with acreage re-
ports in 1909 was 311,293,O 900, In
April, 1910, the land in farms in the
United States was reported by the
census as S7S,79S, 900 acres, of which
47S,452,C0O acres were improved. The
crops with acreage rports. therefore,
occupied 35.4 per cnt of the total
land in farms and 65.1 per cent of
the total improved land. The asme
crops in 1899 occupied 2S9 5000
acres, which was S3 per cent of all
land in farms and $50 per cent OF
the improved land. While the total
acreage of farms increased AS per
cent, the acreage in these crops in
erased go per cnt 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 which acreage was not r
ported, improved land lying fallow,
and land in house yards and barn
yards.
The total value OF crops in 1909
was equal to $59.66 per capita OF the
population of the United States, while
LuC Ndlut PEI SdplAd III 1000 maa
s39.46 Chased on the population of
the United States on April Is, 1910
and June /, 1900, respectively. There
were 6,361 ,5O2 farms in the United
States in 1910, so that the value Of
crops of 1909 was equal to an average
OF 1858 per farm, Will the average
value Of crops per farm for 1899 was
1923.
Value of all Products not Ascertalned,
The census has made no attempt
to ascertain the total net value OF
farm products for 1909, including
both that of crops and animal pro,
ducts. Merely TO add the value Of
these two groups of products together
would involve extensive duplication,
since large quantities of the crops
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