Arizona republican., 1915-03-07
FARMS IN 1914 MADE NEW
 RECORD

American farms during 1914 eclipsed all records for combined value of their products, with a total of almost ten billion dollars. Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture an- nounced December 90, that the value of all farm crops, farm animal pro- duets and farm animals sold and slaughtered aggregated S9,S12 ,936, ,00o. That was $S3.d0o, 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.
 Crops this year were valued at &C., CA, ,4S0, 900. and the estimated total value of the animal products and of the farm animals sold and slaughtered was S3.S2S,i S,i56.000. The value of crop production this year was slightly less than in 1913 on account of the re- duced value of the cotton crop brought about principally from the European war. The corn and wheat crops. however were the most valu- able ever produced in the United States. bringing the years crop value tctal to only sSS,219, ,O00 less than the total for last year. despite the loss of more than S30000O000 in the value of the cotton crop.
 The estimated value of the animal products on the farm in l914, said the Agricultural outlook the same day. 'is distinctly higher than in 1913. which was itself record year in the value of this class of products. Tis is due to ,1 hut eli tiui, incra1 m nrDinr- tion. except for sheep and swine. and in prices, more especially to a small in- crease in the average farm price of eggs. ana to more considerable in crease in the farm price of cattle and calves sold and slaughtered.
 Tt 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 income in any sense Each product is valued, as in the census, when it reach ed commercial form, and the grand az eregate of all items is to be regarded as an indeX number, or from relative rather than from an absolute point of view"
 The sales of crops last year were es- timated at $2,92S. 900; sales of live stock. 5000, 900; a total of $a.S4I,- coo, GOO The estimated value of total sales per farm was ss92; and sales per capita of rural population excluding towns). $139.
 The value of the principal farm crops | this year was: corn. sl.702. 599. .00o: 1 wheat, ss7s6S0. 900; hay $779,06S,o0o; l cotton, s519,6l6.0G0 oats, $499,431 900; | potatoes, sf9s. .6o9 900; barley. s1o5.903.- | 900; tobacco. s101, 900; sweet pota- toes. s41. .294. 900; rye s31,01S.O00: sugar | beets. s27,950,0O0; rice, s2l,S49.00o; i flaxseed, s19,54O,000. and buckwheat | S12,s9200O
 In the production Of the above four l teen principal crops this years aggre- l gate was about 10 per cent larger than ] in 1913 and 6 per cent smaller than in | 1912, which year stands as one of the i greatest aggregate production in the {, United States. This year two import I ant crops exceeded previous records wheat. with S91 ,0O0,O 900 bushels. follow ing the 1913 record of 763,000,0 900 bush els, and cotton. with 15.966.000 bales (prelimlnary estimate). the previous record being 15.693, 900 bales in 1911
 The value per acre of all enumerat- ed crops averaged about s16.44 this year. compared with s16.52 in 1913 and $16.15 In 1912.