The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-31
record YEAR FOR farm:
YIELD S1O.OOO.OOO.OOO
The Corn Crop Leads All Others with
Seventeen Per Cent. of Total, With
Wheat Second-Per Acre Value
Drops

Washington, d. c., Dec. 31.-Ameri-
can farms during 1914 eclpsed all rec
ords for combined value of their prod.
uctS, with total of almost $4,000.
100000. Secretary Houston, of the De-
partment of Agriculture, announced
yesterday that the value of all farm
crops, farm animal products and farm
animals sold and slaughtered aggregated
Ss,S72,9S6, 900. That was sSS 900. 600
more than the grand total for 1918,
the previous record year, and more than
double the value of all farm products
in 1899.
Crops this year were valued at &c.
044. 4S0, 900, and the estimated total
value of the animals products and of
the farm animals sold and slaughtered
was S5,S ,456, 700. The value of crop
prodUcNon this year was slightly less
than in 1913, on account of the re
dueed value of the cotton crop. brought
about principally from the European
war. The corn and wheat crops. how
ever, were the most valuable ever pro-
duced in tine United States, bringing
the year s crop value total to only
year. despite the loss of more than
$3OO, 600 900 in the value of the cotton
crop.
The estimated value of the animal
products on the farm in 81 4, said the
Agricultural "Outlook Yesterday, sis
distinctly higher than in 1918, which
was itself record year in tine value of
this class of products. This is due to
general but slight increases in produc.
tion. except for sheep and swine. and in
prices, more especially to small in
crease in the average farm price OF
eggs, and TO more considerable in
crease in the farm price of cattle and
calves sold and slaughtered.
- 1t must be borne in mind that the
amounts of these estimates do not
stand for net wealth produced, nor for
cash received, nor for profit, nor for in
come IN any sense. Each product is
valued, as in the census, when ii reach.
ed commercial form, and the grand az.
gregate of all items is to be regarded
as an index number, or from a relative
rather than from an absolute point of
view.
The sales of crops last year were
estimated AT s2,92S 100000; sales of
live stock. S2.919 200, ,0000, a total of
s5,S47. 7.000.0000. The estimated value
of total sales per farm was SS92, and
sales per capita of total population Eek.
cluding towns) s139.
The value of the principal farm
crops this year was: Corn, S1,702,-
$4,000; wheat, sS7S,6S0. 900; hay.
Sl79,06S, 900; cotton, S519,616,0O0;
oats, S499,4S1, 900; potatoes. S19S,.
6O9,000; barley, s105, 5,90S,000: to.
baeeo, s101, 900; sweet potatoes.
S4l,294,000; rye. S37,01S 5000; sugar
beets. s27,95O,000: rice. s21,S49.O00:
flax seed, s19,540.00O, AMI buckwheat.
s12.S92,000.
In the production Of the above IA
principal eorPs this years aggregate
was about ten per cent larger than in
1913, and six per cent. smaller than
m 1912, which year stands as one of
the greatest aggregate production i'm
tine United States. This year two i'm
Portant crops exceeded previous rec.
ords-wheat, with sal 900 900 bushels. /
following the 1918 record OF 10000 .
GOO bushels, and cotton, with 1895
coo wales preliminary estimate), the
previous record being / 1858, 900 bales /
in 1911.
The value per acre of all enumerated /
crops averaged about s16,44 this wear. |
compared with s16.52 in 1912 and /
S 81 ) in 1912.