Bisbee daily review., 1914-04-14
ARIZONA'S TEN YEAR
 CROP GAIN AMOUNTS TO 1928 PER GENT
CENSUS REPORTS TELL OF IN. CREASE IN AGRICULTURAL
 PRODUCTS IN STATE

WASHINGTON, April 13.-The state of Idaho showed the largest in. crease in the value of it's crops ih 1909 as compared with the year 1899. of any state fin the Union. according to the census of agriculture in 1910. which recently has been issued by Di- rector William J. Harris. Bureau oi Census, Department of Commerce The crops of Idaho in 1909 increased in value 270.7 per cent over their value In 1899. The state of Washing ton ranked second with a percentage of increase in value of 2354 per cent. North Dakota was third, with a per centage of 2343; Wyoming. fourth with 219.s per cent; Oklahoma. fifth. with 205 per cent; and Colorado, sixth. with 2004 per cent.
 Five other states showed gains of i50 to 200 per cent in value, namely. New Mexico, 1912. South Dakota, lS4.1: Montana, l779; Florida, i67s; and Georgia, 1924.
 Eight other states showed gains of 100 to l50 per cent in value, namely. South Carolina. 14i.1; oregon, 1249; Utah, 1242. Arizona, 1928; Nebraska, 112.1 North Carolina. 10s.2, Nevada. 1O5.1 and Arkansas. 1915. By com parison. the percentage of gain in value of crops for the entire United States for 1s9s-190s was S3 per cent, while that of the state of Illi- nois. which led all other states ih the total value of it's crop production, was 73.3 per cent
 The significance of the above per centage figures is shown by the fac, that the states which showed the largest gains in 1909 over 1899 are not the states which led in agricul- ture and value of crops. speaking generally. In most of these first named states agriculture has not been one of the chief industries. but the advance shown from 1899 to 1909 in dicates that greater attention is be- ing paid to the growing of crops. The newer states in the Northwest-lda' ho. Washington. North Dakota. Wy oming-show very large percentage gains during the iS99-l909 decade, vet the total value of their crops will not rank with other states in the more densely populated sections of the country. as is shown by com paIison between Idaho. with a per centage gain of 27O.7 per cent and a total valuation tat the farm) of crops n 1909 of sS4.35S.000. and Illinois with a percentage gain of 73S and total value of crops of S3T2,279OOO
 The principal crops. in the order of their value. of the states whose percentage Of gain ranks over 100 were as follows:
 ! Idaho: Hay and forage, wheat, and oats
 Washington: Wheat, hay and for age. oats. fruits and nuts. barley, and potatoes.
 ! North Dakota: Wheat, oats. flax seed hay and forage, and barley Wyoming: Hay and forage, oats and wheat
 1 Oklahoma: Corn, cotton. wheat hay and forage and oats,
 Colorado: Hay and forage, wheat sugar beets. fruits and nuts, oats and potatoes.
 New Mexico: Hay and forage, corn misce ilaneous vegetables, fruits and nuts, wheat. and oats.
 South Dakota Wheat, corn, oats hay ahd forage, barley. and flaxseed
 Montana: Hay and forage, oats wheat. and potatoes.
 Florida: Fruits and nuts. miscel laneous vegetables. corn. cotton. pea nuts, and sweet potatoes.
 Georgia: Cotton, corn, miscellane ous vegetables. sweet potatoes, oats and hay and forage.
 South Carolina: Cotton. corn, oats miscellaneous vegetables, hay an' forage. and sweet potatoes.
 Oregon Hay and forage, wheat and oats.
 Utah: Hay and forage. wheat, ant oats.
 Arizona; Hay and forage barley wheat miscellaneous vegetables fruits and nuts, and corn. , Nebraska: Corn. wheat, hay ant forage, and oats.
 North Carolina: Gotten corn. tc : bacco. miscellaneous vegetables, DC ! tatoes and sweet potatoes, peanuts and hay and forage.
 Nevada Hay and forage. potatoe' wheat. barley, miscellaneous yeget' . bles, and oats.
 Arkansas: Cotton. corn, hay an
 forage, miscellaneous vegetables fruits and nuts, and potatoes.