East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-31

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Ameri-
can farms during 1914 eclIpsed all
records for combined value Of their
| products with a total OF almost 110.-
900, 900, 900. Secretary Houston. OF
the department OF agriculture. an
nounced that the value OF all farm
crops, farm animal products and
farm animals sold and slaughtered
aggregated 39,S72,936, 900
That was $4,000 900 more than the
grand total for 1913. the previous rec
ord year. and more than double the
value OF all farm products in 1899.
Cotton Brings Total Down.
Crops this year were valued at t6,-
044, 1900 and the estimated total
value OF the animal products and OF
the farm animals sold and slaughter
ed was i3,S2S, ,456.0O0. The value Of
crop production this year was slight
ly less than In 1913 on account OF the
reduced value OF the cotton crop,
brought about principally by the Eu-
ropean war.
The corn and wheat crops, however,
were the most valuable ever produced
In the United States, bringing the
years crop value total to only 1sS,-
27s.00O less than the total for last
year, despite the loss OF more than
5000. 900. 900 In the value OF the cot
ton crop.
Value OF Animals Increases.
"The estimated value OF the ami
NAL products on the farm in 1914"
said the Agricultural outlook yester-
day. "is distinctly higher than in
1913, which was itself a record year
in the value Of this class OF products"
This is due to general. but slight.
increases in production. except for
sheep and swine. and in prices. and
more especially to a small increase
in the average price OF eggs and to
a more considerable increase in the
farm price OF cattle and calves sold
and slaughtered.
"It must be borne in mind that the
amounts OF these estimates do not
stand for net wealth produced. nor
for cash receipts. nor for profit, nor
for income in any sense Each pro-
duct Is valued, as in the census. when
II reached commercial form and the
grand aggregate Of all items Is to be
regarded as an index number, or
from an absolute point Of view"
Sales Per Farm Are SS02.
The sales OF crops last year were
estimated at s2.s2s 900. 900; sales of
livestock. SASS, 900, 900. a total Of
t5.s37, 100000 The estimated value
OF total sales per farm was SSs2 and
sales per capita of rural population
Excluding towns) 313s.
The value OF the principal farm
crops this year was:
Corn, s1.702.5ss.O 700: wheat. ss7S,-
$50. 600; hay, s77s.o6S, 900; cotton.
S5ls,sle.O0O; oats. 349s.4130OO; po-
tatoes. S19s,6Os,Oo0; barley. $685.
9OS 600; tobacco. 101,411.0O0; sweet
potatoes s41.2s4, 900; rye. s37O1S.-
900: sugar beets s27,950.00O; rice,
S21 $4,000; flaxseed, S19,540,OO0,
and buckwheat, s12.Ss2,O00.
In the production of the foregoing
IA principal crops. this years aver
age was about 10 per cent larger than
in 1918 and 6 per cent smaller than
1912. which year stands as one or
the greatest aggregate productions in
the United states. This year two i'm
portant crops exceeded previous rec
htNd Il
els. following the 1918 record of 763,-
600 900 bushels, and cotton, with 15,-
966, 900 bales preliminary estimate),
the previous record being 15,e90,OOO
bales In 1911
The value per acre Of all enumer-
ated crops averaged about $16.44 this
year, compared with sl6.52 in 1918
and si615 in 1912.
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