The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-30
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
IN YEAR OF HUSBANDRY

ever raised in this country-ss1o.oOe Sb
600; oats. s440,0006o0; potatoes. $685.
ooo,ooo tobacco, s122, 900, 600; barley.
S96.o0O.ooo; sweet potatoes. s4s.ooo.oU0:
sugar heets s34.0oo,00o; Louisiana cana L
sugar. S26.o00,o0o; rye. s26, 900 900; rice,
S22,ooo,oo0; naxseed s21.0O0.oo0: hops.
$4,000. 900. buckwheat. $4,000. 1000
I'm quantity of estimated productiot
tho record has been broken by wheat,
rye rice. sugar beets. beet sugar. an,,E
the total OF beet and cane sugar. De-
the remaining crops oats, barley. cot z%
ton and hops have been exceeded twic,.
in production
The value OF the crops Of 1918 ia
nigh. n new high record in estimated
reals. and separately by corn, cottonj
cott0nseed. tobacco and sugar beetsg
only once has there been higher est
mated value for oats, rice, rye, pota-
, toes. hay, hops and the total of beet
and cane sugar. Only twice has the
estimated value of wheat and of beet
sugar been exceeded.
Dairy products Of 1913 are estimated
At ,. more than ssl4,ooo.ooO. Eggs and
than S57S.O0O.OO0. o.Si
The wool production OF 1919. esel-
mated ted At 3Oi,ooo,oeo pounds. was over
The prices OF fourteen principal
crops average about ao,e per cent
an two SS'5 aSg a aso 4f TRs 0sat
TAI values average about 3S per cent
higher than year ago and &c pen oan;
nishcr than two years ago
| The value OF agricultural exports OF
qqo0iin n produetion In the nsci.i year
aYl3 was Sl12s,o2l,4s9 an amount
Which before has not been eauaiad,
me so-call He'd balance of trade in agrit
cultural products is in favor OF the az
| S296. 100000 pNuN's ny
The quantity OF exports OF beef and
| m r1H nnar 0 In 1913 amounted to 964.
ceeded by tho average for the preced
ing twenty three years, and, with tire.
oSSeGptions, by the exports OF each one
od Inc census reports indicate that Il,
aSY3 tho Total amount of farm wages
This Is almost double the cont -, aS
| Considerable increases are inIiicate,i
since 1909 i'u'Sfeee'sfg
was 100. or. In other words, 1t was
N Wjfh ,y TO = . fun crop in comparison
s Mi5n w M. the erop Of 1912 Is repre-
e. IT, The lemon crop OF California SUI
fered with the oranges. The Crane
ner ce crop r OF ,Fi9rida In 1913 was u
pooii cell or Il full crop, compared with
in .I 1Sl1. M = per CENT
per The +. rms smallest nnd average cash income.
IN Kentucky. Tennessee. AIaha ms. Ms
anS III, louisiana, Texas. oklahom.
| relatively large number Of nd,Iita sanst
cnildrcm is required to produce tbs
orop. me largest average cash Income
IN the North Central. West Divisi",,.
NSt,C n,l. Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri.
NNorth ana South Dakota, Kansas and
The cotton crop now seems RI haS
e os,a III value as next in order
a aate corn. The lint of this crop in
an estimated value of s79s.ooo. ooo. n nnd
.nis WIS not cqualed in any former
s AGAR. IL Is IA IL per cent above the
;nrSerase. OF the preceding five years
The estimated number of bales or KIM
pounds gross weight In this crop is
1857 900; consequently this crop has
been exceeded In quantity by the crnt,,.
OF 1911 and 1912. II the estimator
tnaa OF the cotton seed is added to
. crop amounts to S945, 100000. an
! increase or 16 per cent over the aver.
mg" or inc previous i've years. Texas
usuaiiy produces from one fourth to
one third the cotton crop of the United
S S,a The cotton crop OF the United
| II is estimated, an increase of S nor
cent over 1912.
Tobacco follows tho potato crop in.
order OF value In 1913. The average
farm price of this crop. 12.S cents per
pound. is the highest since 1864. Tile.
tobacco crop of 1913 is tho most VAL
and exceeds In value by over 80 per
cent the average OF the preceding five
age, and has been exceeded by three,
| former crops.
ton OF tobacco in 1913 is 953.734, 00o
pounds. compared with s62s65.ooo
p pSS nds,n IN l9iI reduction Of e121
average price per pound on December
J was IFS cents, against 1913 cents
Deeemoer ,c ! last year an advance Of
ti,nated to be S122,4sl,O00, compared
with, ,Slo5,oos$o00 IN .19i2, an advance
Cigar tobncco-thc leading States in
the production. OF this crop in 1913
are Kentucky. North Carolina and Vir45
| ginia. III the order named.
The total production OF cigar to-
pounds. or II per cent less than last
or less than in 1919;
| In Georgia and Florida the yield
per acre, Is better than last year. ana
! In all the other districts the Yield per-
acre Is less than last year. and QUALITY.
not up to the usual standard Of q goofi
Ohio, whore the cured product, while
Of smaller, growth than uSual. has
land crop shows smaller percentages
Pennsylvania is inferior, to that OF
1912. In Wisconsin,, while quality is
better than II was last year, the crop
is not fine Yield per acre is less and
price higher than In 1912 Chewinss
| tho estimated total production Of
tobacco is 763,I24 600 pounds. com
| Year. an increase OF SO,o54,000 pounds.
or IL per cent The total value is
| S97. i66, 900, while last years was $40, ~
! g26 600. showing An increase of SCI.
! $40, 900. or 2s.4 per cent The largest
| Increase is In the bright districts of
! Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina where II larger crop has
! brought n higher price.
| Tho hurley district has q smaller
| production, with poorer quality, theIs
! last year, Tut shows an advance III
'.The sun-cured distric: OF yirginia
| had a fine crop when harvested. amt
curing was about flushed in good con-
| dition when n week or ton DAYS Of
not or damp weather liz October did
serious damage by causing leaf t0
mold while hanging In the barns. What
promised to be II fine crop was much
reduced in quality and value