The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-22
ILLINOIS MAKES
MOST FARM
MACHINERY
Produces 3o.1 Per Cent of the Total Out.
put Of the United States, Accord
ing to Report Just Published.

Washington, ID. c.. Sept. 20. Stats
tics of the agricultural implement in
dustry in the United States for 1909
are presented in detail in a bulletin soon
to be issued by Director Harris of the
bureau of the census, department of
commerce. 1t was prepared under the
direction of w. NJ Steuart, chief Stats
tieian for manufactures.
This industry includes establishments
whose products of chief value are ma
chinery or implements designed for use
in agriculture. Agricultural implements
in general are divided into four groups,
namely, implements of cultivation. seed
ers and planters, harvesting implements,
and seed separators. These groups in
turn are sub-divided into numerous
classes.
The increasing acreage under cultiva-
tion and the difficulty Of procuring farm
labor in the United States, together with
the demand for agricultural implements
in foreign markets, have not only
brought about vast growth in the in.
dustry but have no doubt been influen-
tial factors in the development of more
expensive and intricate agricultural ma
chinery.
Statistics of the Industry.
At the census of ls49, 1888 estab-
hshments were reported IS engaged in
the manufacture of agricultural nipple.
ments, the employees numbering 1920,
and the products being valued at $6,942,-
Oil. At the census of 1859, 1882 estab-
lishments, giving employment to an
average Of l4,sl4 hands, were reported,
the value OF products amounting to ST.,
597 900.
The number of establishments report
ing in 1909 was $40, with products val
ued at $l46,32o,2 0s, as compared with
2,076 establishments in 1869, reporting
products valued at $52, 068,S75, which
shows the remarkable growth and con
centration of the industry The $40 es
adjustments in 1909 reported capital of
$256,2Sl ,0s6, with 60,229 persons engaged
in the industry, of whom 50,55l were
wage earners. The expenses were S1l7,-
940,3 of which $2S.60S,6l5 was for
wages and $l0,l39,99S for salaries The
cost of materials used was $50, 306,5l9
and the miscellaneous expenses $685.
225 The value added TO the materials
used by manufacture was $50 ,022.749.
OF the persons engaged in the indus
try in 1909, 5S,5l7 We're males and LIZ
females, of whom Ola per cent were
clerks; the average number of children
under Is years of age employed as
wage earners was only 206. Practically
all t94.S per cent? of the wage earners
were in establishments where the pre-
vailing hours were from 81 to 60 per
week.
Comparisons of the returns for each
census from 1869 to 1909 show an in
crease in value of products for each
census, varying from 1874 per cent for
the decade ls79-lssee to 44.5 for 1890
1909. The absolute increase for this
latter period was $45,l21 $40, of which
S34, 32l ,924 represents the increase from
1904 to 1909. The value of products
in 1909 was almost three times as great
as that in 1869. A considerable part
of the total value of products represents
products other than agricultural imple-
ments. So far as these products could
be identified, their value in 1909 amount
ed to Sll ,477,s29, covering products pri-
marily manufactured in other industries.
On the other hand. agricultural imple-
ments were reported in 1909 to the value
of S2,as9276 BY establishments engaged
primarily in the manufacture of other
products
The report shows that the value of the
export of agricultural implements has
increased fVom S3,s00,00O in 1890 and
Sl600O,O00 in 1000 to S25 100000 in
1909.
Production by States.
Although TIL manufacture of agri-
cultural implements was reported in 1909
from 80 states, ST. per cent of the
total value of products for the industry