El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
FARM PRODUCTS OF.
1878 BREAK RECORD.
Successful Year Of
American Husbandry;
Prices Higher.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 30.-The year
1913 has been the most successful of
husbandry in the United States. in
spite Of drouths and other setbacks.
$40, 900, 100000 worth of products. So,
900, 100000 Of cash income, being the
record of 5000, 900 farms.
The estimate Of the department Of
600 600 were brought forth of which
S2,S96,OOO were represented by cereals
alone and $3.50, 900, 600 worth of ami
mails sold and slaughtered and animal
products. The value of the 1913 crops
IS twice as great as that of 1899; more
than billion dollars over 1909, and
substantially greater than 1912. AT all
the crops, however. it is estimated that
6z percent viii remain on farms where
they were produced, and that 20 per
cent Of the animal production viii re-
main On that basis, the cash income
IS estimated at s5,847 O0O 000 There
are estimated to be $4,000 farms in
the country.
Corn a Quarter of All.
Corn, with a value of 1852, 900, 000
comprised % percent Of the value of all
crops. The other principal crops and
values are as follows: Cotton, $685.
100000; hay, S797, 900, 900; Wheat-the
largest crop ever raised in this cOun-
try-s610, 100000; oats, $4,000, 900; po-
tatOes, 228,00O,00O; tobacco, 1922, O00,-
600; barley, $96, 600, 900; sweet potatoes,
S43,0O0,000; sugar beets, $4,000, 900;
Louisiana cane sugar, $26,0OO,OOO; rye,
S26,000,O00; rice, $22,000,o00; daxseed,
S21, 100000; hops. s15,00O,0OO; buck
wheat, $40 0OO, 900
Dairy products Of 1913 are estimated
at more than $814,OOO,000. Eggs and
fowls have an estimated value Of more
than S578000 00O
The wool production Of 1913, esti-
mated at 304,OO0,0OO pounds. was over
$51, 00O 000
Prices 20 Percent Higher.
The prices of Il principal crops
average about 2O.2 percent higher than
year ago and As percent higher than
two years ago. Their total values
average about 3.8 percent higher than
in 1912, and rs percent higher than in
1911
'The value Of the agricultural ex-
ports of domestic production in the
fiscal year 1913 was $1,123,0 21, 469, an
amount which has not before been
eQUalled The reexpOrts, otherwise
called the exports of foreign agricul-
tural products are estimated at $12,-
COO 900. The sOcalled balance Of trade
in agricultural products is in favor of
THE exports Of domestic products Of
farms by $4,000, 900.
Freeze Hurt California Fruits.
In California the olive crop Of 1913
was so percent of full crop, the fig
ures for 1913 and 1912 being respective
ly 81 and 81 percent. Table grapes
we're produced in California to the ex-
tent of SO percent Of a. full crop in 1913,
as compared with So percent in 1912 and
IS percent in 1911. The orange crop
of California in 1913 was so percent
of a full crop-a low production due to
adverse weather; in Florida the orange
crop Of 1913 was 100, or in other words,
it was equal to a full crop in com
partsOn with the crop Of 1912.
The lemon crop of California amount
ed to only 81 percent of a full crop in
1912 and 90 percent in 1911. The grape
fruit crop of Florida in 1913 was "A per-
cent of a full crop compared with 105
percent in 1912 and 81 percent in 1911.
In Florida 90 percent or a full crop was
the production Of lines in 1913, com