The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-09
ARKANSAS CROPS
 WORTH Sll9,4l9,OOO
That Was Value of Farm Products Grown in 1903, According to Fed eral Bureau of Census
 Millions From Chickens.

Washington, Jan. G. 6.-Statistics for farm products for Arkansas are presented in a bulletin soon to be issued by Director Durand of the bureau of the census. It was pre- pared under the supervision of John Lee Coulter, expert special agent for agriculture.
 The returns for live stock pro- ducts obtained at the census of 1910, like those for crops, relate to the activities of the calendar year 1909. It is impossible to give a total rep resenting the annual producing of live stock products from the busi- ness of raising domestic animals for use, sale or slaughter cannot be- calculated from the census returns.
 Dairy Products.
 The number of farms in Arkansas reporting dairy COWS on April t5, i9l0 was i63,6l3, but only 137,305 reported dairy products in 1909. That there should be this difference is not surprising. Doubtless some farmers who had dairy cows in 1910 had more in 1909, while other farmers neglected to give informa- ton for the preceding year. or were unable to do so, perhaps, because the farm was then in other hands. Dairy products in general are somewhat less accurately reported than the principal crops. This is particularly the case as regards the quantity of milk produced The number of farms which made any report of milk produced during
 1909 was i33,73 Somewhat less than the total number reporting dairy products), and the number of dairy COWS on such farms on April
 i5, 1910, was 36i,000. The amount of milk reported was 83,082,000 gal Ions; assuming that there were the same number of cows in 1909 as in
 1910, this would represent an aV- craze of 230 gallons per COW. In considering this average, however, it should be borne in mind that the
 quantity of milk reported is prob
 ably deficient and that the dis
 tinction between dairy and other
 cows is not always strictly observed
 in the census returns.
 By reason of the ineOmpleteness
 of the returns for milk produced,
 the census bureau has made no at
 tempt to determine the total value Af Io
 convenience a partial total has been
 presented comprising the reported
 value of milk and cream sold as
 such and sold on the butter-fat ba-
 sis, and the reported value of but
 ter and cheese made, whether for
 home consumption or for sale. The
 total thus obtained for 1909 is $6,-
 587,0O0. which may be defined as
 the total value of dairy products exclusive of milk and cream used
 on the farm producing.
 Less than one-twentieth of the milk reported as produced by Ar kansas farmers in 1909 was sold as such. The butter made on farms in 1909 was valued at S5,884,000.
 | WOOL.
 The total number of sheep of shearing age in Arkansas on April : l5, 1910, was 96,5i7, representing a | decrease of 42.8 per cent as com [ pared with the number on June 1, 1910 (i6S,761). The approximate production of wool during 1909 was , l0i, ,0O0 fleeces, weighing 377000 pounds and valued at S96,000. Poultry Products.
 The total number of fowls on Ar kansas farms on April 15, 1910, was
 5, ,7S9,0OO. Of the iS3,Sl6 farms re- : porting fowls, B, l67 did not report any eggs produced in 1909 and 35- iSi did not report any poultry raised in 1909. The production of eggs actually reported for the year 1909 was 23,6O90OO dozens, valued , at S3,S9i ,000.
 , Animals Sold or Slaughtered. The total value of domestic anil mals sold during 1909 was $i2,9i4,- GOO and that of animals slaughtered , on farms S7,409,000, making an az gregate of S20,324,000. This total however, involves considerable du- plication resulting from the resale or slaughter of animals which had been purchased by the farmers during the same year.
 Crops.
 The total value of crops in Ar kansas in 1909 was $ii9,4f9,000. Of this amount, 9i6 per cent was con-
 tributed by crops for which the
 acreage as well as the value was , reported, the remainder consisting
 of the value of by-products Straw,
 garden and grass seeds, etc.), de- : rived from the same land as other , crops reported, or of orchard fruits, } nuts, forest products and the like. } The combined acreage of crops for which acreage was reported was 5.376,48i, representing 66.6 per cent 7 of the total improved land in farms } (8,076,25i acres). Most of the re- maining improved land doubtless l consisted of improved pasture, land } lying fallow, house and farm yards
 and land occupied by orchards and
 vineyards. the acreage for which
 was not reported
 The general character of Arkan-