Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-09
Extracts From the Report OF the
Secretary Of Agriculture.

try'S cOrufield. This year corn croI
Is the largest ever produced il thi
country. and reaches the siaggsrins
amount OF 3.l6s.000.090 bushels II
value. too. the corn crop Of this year
is the highest OF record. and reaches
the fabulous amount OF sl.75e.5o0.-
00o This crop in worth 70 The
farmer 20 per cent more than the
average corn crop Of the previous tlvf
years.
Hay has returned 10 its old ulacs
and Is the crop that : second j.
value The year was most prodlc-
tive for grass and hay. and The har
vest in value The year vas mos
productive for grass and hay. and the
harvest OF hay i measured By -
$4,000 tons This : 5 Per cent
above the average crop Of the p-evi-
Gus five years The value OF THIS
years hay crop Is sSsl.o00- goo. and
has never beer eQnaled L exceeds
the five-yesrs averas By = PEI cent
The wheat crop estimated 70 BE-
worth 5es.00o.4o9. an amount whict
was exceeded by the value OF ,he
crops OF 1903 and 1905. b1r no othe.
year. The quality % the crop. 20
$4,000 bushels. Is ll- pe- cen
greater tba nthe average Production
% the previous five years and ia
been exceeded by the crops OF only
Two Years II : only 100000
bushls * ON the next higher GRO
and only 2S.00o.0o0 bushels belo-
the highest production.
The oats crop : fifth il order o.
value. Although The price has IL
clined. the production : 50 enormous
that the value Of the crop : est
mated 10 be ss7s,O00.00Q. or a LITTLE
more than one-half The value OF the
entire cotton crop The remarkable
production OF 1.+l7.172. bushels
was 5l.5 per cent greater than th=
average OF the preceding five years
The potato crop Is another one {.
highest production. lis 41-2Se.00t
bushels are above the five-year aver
age by % per cent. but the crop Is
worth only s1sO.O00,000 on accouu,
OF low prices. Three previous smalie.
crops have been more valuable
An important expert service has
grown up in the department IN the
construction and maintenance o.
roads. The Office OF Public Road.
has performed many field expert
ments with regard 10 this subject
1t has a laboratory for testing road
materials; It conducts much research
work; it builds models Of types Of
good roads: il trains road engineers
and provides Specifications OF i'm
proved standard systems OF con-
struction, maintenance. and admins
tration OF roads: and it investigates
the economic benefits OF road i'm
provement. The development OF this
bureau during the past 16 years has
placed it in such position that il
may now be called a cleaning house
for all road questions.
In conclusion, the Secretary antici-
pates the close of his term o. service
on the 4th OF March. as follows.
The record OF IS years has been
written. II begins with yearly
farm production worth s4.O6O. 900.
900 and ends with 1882, 100000.
Then farmers were loaded with debts
that were a painful burden; pros
perity followed and grew with unex
ampled speed. Then the farmer wa
joke OF the caricaturist: now D..
IS like the stone that was rejected
by the builder. and has become the
headstone II the corner Beginnin-s
have been made in a production per
acre increasing faster than the ma
tural increase of population. There
has ben an uplift of agriculture and
of country life
In this movement the department
has been gradually equipped 70 &C.
cupy foremost place. II came 10
learn and it remained 20 teach. irs
Influence penetrates the remotest
neighborhood. It performs a mission
of welfare and happiness to farmers
and to the whole Nation. The mill
lions of dollars that it costs are re-
turned in tens OF millions Of wealth
saved and wealth produced.
THE department is prepared &c
continue and increase its public ser
through the primary. middle. and
upper grades of development. until
now it has a thousand tongues that
speak with authority. Its teachings.
its discoveries, and IS improvements
vice. During 16 years it has pro-
crossed from the Kindergarten
are permeating the national agricul-
tural life. The forces that are at
work must carrcn or.or,- L., ,-..-i-..- -