The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-31
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FARM PRODUCTS
GREATEST EVER
1914 ECIISPSE5 ALL RE.
CORDS FOR VALUE OF
CROPS
OF MOST l.
The Corn Crop for Year Exceed
ed the Million Mark, Wheat
Next in Value.
MOST VALUE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-American
farm products during 1914 eclipscd all
records OF value. With n total of al
most ten billion dollars. Secretary
Houston announced today that the
Talue OF all farm crops. farm animal
products and farm animals sold and
slaughtered aggregated $9,S72, 1886 900.
That was $S3 ,000. 900 more than the
grand total for 1913. the previous rec
ord year. It was more than double
the value 0f. all farm products IN
1899.
Crops this year were valued at &c.
0it,4S0,0O0 and farm animal products
at $3,828,456,0O0 The value of crops
was slightly less than in 1913. on ac-
count OF the reduced value of cotton.
The corn and wheat crops, however,
were the most valuable ever produc-
ed. They brought the years crop
value total to only sSs,279,OOO less
than the total for last year. despite
the loss OF more than $500. 0o0, 900 in
the value OF cotton.
THE estimated value OF the animal
products OF the farm in 1914" said the
Agricultural OUTLOOK today, ais dis
tintly higher than in 1913, which was
itself a record year in the value Of this
class of products. This Is due to gen.
eral, but slight increases in produc-
tion, except for sheep and swine and
In prices, more especially to a small
increase In the average farm price of
eggs, and to d more considerable in
crease in the farm price of eggs, and
to n more considerable increase In the
farm price OF cotton and calves sold
and slaughtered.
1T must be borne in mind that the
amounts of these estimates do not
stand for wealth produced, not for
cash received. nor for profit, nor for
income In any ems Each product Is
valued. as In the census, when 1t
reached commercial form, and the
grand aggregate Of all items Is to be
regarded as an index number. or from
a relative rather than from nm abso-
lutte point of view.
Sales of crops last year were esti-
mated at 5 3.92S, 00O.0rs; sales Of live
stock $2,919, 0n0. 900, a total Of So
S47 .000. 900. The estimated value of
total sales per farm was 1892. and
sales per capital OF rural population
te1c!utling towrs} s12a.
The value of the principal farm
crops this year was: Corn $1.702, $780,
900; wheat $S7S. $50. 600; hay $779.-
96S. cotton s519,616.0O0; oats
$i99.431. 900; potatoes $198, COS, 900;
barley .S105, 903. 600; tobacco S101,411,-
600; sweet potatoes Sal. $4,000; rye
S37,01S,800; sugar beet s$27, $50 900:
rice $21,849,000; fax seed $19,54O,0 900,
and buckwheat ST., s92. 000..
In the production of these II prin-
cipal crops. the aggregate was about
10 per cent. larger than In 1913 and
6 per cent. smaller than In 1912.
which year stands as the n OF the
greatest aggregate production in the
United States. This year two import
ant crops exceeded previous records
wheat. with S91, 900, 900 bushels, fol-
lowing the 1913 record OF 763. 100000
bushels; and cotton, with 1~5,966,000
bales preliminary estimate) the pre-
vious record being $685. 900 bales In
1911. l0l
The value per acre OF all enumer-
ated crops averaged about s16.444 this
year. compared with $16.52 in 1913
and $l6.15 in 1912.