The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-29

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Mothers report today is as follows:
| Based on farm values. the agricul
tural products of Kansas for the year
1915 are worth S341, 561,439. While
this is less by about 35 million dollars
than that of 1914, in aggregate
wealth-proGuction this year ranks sec
ond. The gross income from the
farms is about 100 million dollars
more than in 1913, and 1G million
more than in 1912, which is rated as
the states third best year, agricultu-
rally.
Field crops are valued at $3.50. 6O7.-
SAL, and animal and other products at
nearly S91,UOO,O0O. While this years
wheat crop lacks practically Sc mill
lion dollars of equaling the value of
the tremendous output of 1914, the
difference between the total value of
field crops is only a little more than
20 million dollars. This is largely ac-
counted for by the big increases in
corn, barley, forage and hay crops
over their productions of the year pre-
vious. The crops ranking highest in
value are wheat, corn, alfalfa, the sor-
ghums. oats and prairie hay, in the
order named.
There is a decrease of nearly six
million dollars in the value of animal
products mostly accounted for in the
one item of animals slaughtered or
sold for slaughter, which amounts to
S63, 43S.405 as against $69, liz last
year The value of poultry and eggs
sold is nearly a million dollars great
er, and the butter made it worth about
a million dollars less.
There have been substantial in
creaseS in the numbers of all kinds of
livestock except horses, which are less
by 5000 head. other cattle have
gained in numbers 400. 900, swine $780,
600, milk cows 100000, mules $4,000,
and sheep 1000. The total value Of
the states livestock is s31O.655,642.
gain of $50.0o0,0OO: Horses have in
creased in value $40 head, mules ST.
milk cows 81. other cattle $1.50. sheep
rs cents, while hogs are lower by at
least so cents a head.
Wheat Report
Wheat-The yield of all wheat,
winter and spring, is placed at 95,-
76S.176 bushels, worth SS5. 6S1.7S7.
OF this output 95,141,2O7 bushels is
winter wheat. The average yield per
acre is 1875 bushels on the area har-
vested, and the average value per
bushel is S915 cents. Although there
was vast quantity of matured wheat
lost through continuously wet wealth
er. the years crop is second in size
only to last years output of 1S1 mill
lion bushels.
Barton county is the leading wheat
producer this year. with a yield of
with 2,SO4.461 bushels, Pratt third
with 2,716.764 bushels, and Mitchell
fourth with 2.7Os,514 bushels. More
than two-thirds of the spring wheat
was produced in the two northwestern
counties of Sherman and Cheyenne,
bordering on Colorado.
Corn Yield.
Corn-The yield from 4.537,23S
acres is 142,653,14O bushels, worth
ST3,547,443. The acreage is the small
est since 1882, owing to the unusual
ly large '-rea in wheat and unfavor
able conditions at planting time The
average yield per acre of 31.4 is the
highest since 1889. The acre-yield
falls only a little short of doubling
that of 1914. The aggregate yield ex-
ceeds last years by SIS million bush
els and is worth IA million dollars
more Smith county leads with 6,423,-
S24 bushels. and following, in order.
are Jewell with 5,4S6,14S bushels, and
Marshall, with 5,134.1S0 bushels
These three counties are in The tier
bordering Nebraska. In fact, all other
counties having so much as three mill
lion bushels or more each except