The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
ARKANSAS CROP RETURNSABUNDAN1
While in Some Instances Yield Was Lower Than for 1912, Farmers Will Receive Much More
 Money.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Arkansas
 and especially the farmers of the
 state, have many things to be thank
 ful for today. While the hot, dry
 winds for a time last summer
 threatened the crops, Arkansas this
 fall is enjoying a prosperity that
 is enjoyed by but few states in the
 Union.
 According to estimates submitted
 by the Crop Reporting Board of the
 Department of Agriculture up to
 November 1. and prices of farm pro
 ducts on that date in Arkansas, the
 horn of plenty is fairly bursting ill
 Arkansas this fall. While there
 was a shortage in the Arkansas corn
 crop over that of last year, still the
 advanced price for the product will
 bring more than S2,000,000 additional this year into the pockets of the
 farmers. In 1913 Arkansas produced 47500000 bushels of corn. the mar ket price on November 1 being 79 cents a bushel. This means that this years corn crop in Arkansas will net the farmers S37,525,00O, as compared with but S34938,i00 in 1912. when the years yield was 50,- 490,000 bushels, which sold for but 69 cents bushel.
 The Yield of Grains.
 The 1913 wheat yield in Arkansas exceeded that of last year by 322,0O0 bushels, while this years price bushel is S7 cents, as compared with SS cents on November 1, 1912, yet the farmers this year will receive S1,097,9i0 for their wheat crop, as compared with SS27,00O a year ago.
 There was this year in Arkansas 5,08S,000 bushels of oats. as com pared with 3,4S2. .0O0 bushels in 1912. On November 1 this year oats were bringing 5 cents a bushel as com pared with 50 cents year ago. This means that the oats crop will bring m this year an addition S2.696.6i0 to the Arkansas farmers, or S955.6 .6lO| more than last yaer.
 There were raised in Arkansas this year l,872,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, as compared witr 1,75O.O0O bushels in 1912, and potatoes are now bringing two cents more per bushel. From the 1913 potato crop alone the Arkansas planters will re- celve Sl,S34,560 as compared with | Si ,680,000 in 1912: 1r53OOO0 bushels | of sweet potatoes this year, a slight | ly decreased production, means Si,- 438, POO, based upon the market price Of 9+ cents bushel on October i5 | last. In 1912 the sweet potato crop on the same date was valued at Si.- 636. 48O.
 Up to November 1, 1913. Arkansas | produced 39S.000 tons of hay. as | compared with 352.OOO tons in 1912. This year hay is bringing Si3.7O a ton, as compared with Si2.i0 a year ago. On November i last the hay crop in Arkansas would have brought 8, i62000 in the open mar ket in comparison with S4,364.8O a year ago.
 It cannot be told with absolute certainty what the cotton yield in Arkansas will be this year, but on November 1 7l1,253 bales had been | while a year ago on the | same date 797,597 bales had been ginned. Cotton is bringing much | higher price this year in Arkansas, as high as 16 cents a pound being | paid in many instances. The av- craze price of cotton in Arkansas on November 1. 1913. however was i2.9 cents pound, as compared with | ff.2 cents year ago. Based on the | ginning figures up to November 1 only. this years cotton crop in Ar kansas should bring much in excess of si7,Si0,9iS.50. Last years crop ginned on the same date was worth l $44, ,665, ,i32.
 The value of live stock on Arkan- sas farms on November is esti- mated as follows: Horses. S24O3O.- 900; mules. S26,795.OO0: milch cows. | at2ii.000; other cattle, S6,iOO,OOO; sheep S3l2000; swine. Sl0,244,OO0.
 Estimates show that Arkansas farmers will receive S2.686.000 more for this years corn crop than in 1912: S270,740 more for their wheat: S955, GAO more for their oats; Si54 4560 | more for their cotton: Si,097 800 more for their hay, and millions more for their eggs, butter, hogs, apples, pears, chickens, turkeys, cat tie and nearly all classes of farm