Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-30

land fowls have an estimated value Of
more Than ta1S,O0o.000.
rht wool production of 1913 a..
limated ai 100000 0p0 pounds. Was
over tilO0OQ00
"Thn common phenomenon Of rec-
ora Yield and crop value below the
record and ~ record crop value with
low production is presented bj more
than half dozen on the crops of 1918.
II the farmer gets q high price. per.
hnps q very hiah price per hushoi or
other unit Of quantity boa case Of a
crop Of low productIou--on the whole.
he usually gets low prices for tho
crops which be produces IN ahun-
dance
1.-THE prices Of fourteen principal
crops average 2o2 per cent higher
than ycar ago ana 40 per cent
higher than two years ago. Their total
values average about eos per cent
higher than year ago. md 40 per
cent higher than two years ago.
In thcsa days of high prices ~
food Il seems 10 boz overlooked that
the farmers Of this country are pro-
ducine enormous surpluses for ox-
port 10 foreign countries Prices are
hlgh IN other countries as well os In
thh one
The value of the agriculture ox-
ports Of domestic production in the
fiscal year Of 1913. as tl.128021,-
lG9. an amount which has not been
before oquailed The re-exports. other.
wise called the exports Of foreign agrl-
culture products. were estimated az
f12,o00,0O0. Tho so-ealled balance Of
trnde In agriculture products ls IN fa-
yor of the exports of domestic farm
products hy 8296.OOO.00
During the fiscal year Of 1918.
over 16G.O00,000 pounds of beef and
iia products were exported but this
quantity included only somewhat more
than 100000 Ihunds of fresh beef
The quantity Of exports on beef and its
products has rapidly declined from
533,000,00O pounds IA 1906. Tho ox-
ports of pork and les products in 1913
amounted TO 0Gi.000.00 pounds
quantity that ig exceeded bf the aver
age for the preceding tweny.three
years ana with three exceptions byI
The exports of each Of these years
Tile census reports indicate that In /
1909 The total amount of farm wages
paid to farm laborers was 8G5iGt1,-
PSI This is almost double the cost
100 1899. which was t8573ot930. Con- +
siderable Increases in this item OF ox-
ponse are indicated since 1909
Special reports concerning the sub /
tropical fruits of southern California /.
and Florida indicate. IN the form 90 /
the estimated production I
of these fruits compared with FUN /
crop. IN California, tho olive crop OF /
1913 wus so per cent Of full crop /
me figures FOR 1912 and 1917 being
respectively Ga and 81 per cent. Ta- +
bic grapes were produced in Callfor- /
MA TO the extent Of SO per cent Of n I
CON crop boz 1918 as compared with so +
per cent in 1919 and So per cent In /
1871. Tho orange crop Of California +
n 1913, was so per cent of % fun /
rop-a low production due to adj +
verse weather; lon Florida the orange +
'rop o. 1913 was 100. or in other .
words, Il was equal to q fun crop in I
'omparison with the crop Of 1912 aaI
represented by i25 and the crop Of
1917 by SO.
The lemon crop Of California suf- T
fered with the oranges ana amounted
o only 55 per cent of fun crop In
1919, against which Is g5 per cent of
fun crop In 1912 and % per cent In
1911 The grape fruit crop Of Florida
"a 1913 was per cent OF "a fun crop
compared with lO5 per cent IN 1912.
md 81 per cent IN 1911. In Florida
'2 per cent of q full crop was the pro-
iucton OF lines Ia 1919. compared
Win which Is ~ per cent Of 70 fun
rop IN 1912 and also In 1911.
THE smallest average cash income
Der farm and per capita was obtained
n Kentucky Tennessee, Alabama. Mis-
ifsippL Louisiana Texas. Oklahoma
md Arkansas, whore the labor ~ a
'elqtively large number of adults ana
'hildron is required to produce the
'rop The largest average income
per farm and per capita Is shown In
he north central, west division, in
'luding the states Of Minnesota, Town.
Missouri North and South Dakota,
Kansas ana Nebraska"