The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-18
New Farm Crop
Record Made N
United State
Value Of the Nations Harvests This
Year Estimated at $5,563,o73,ooo by
Department Of Agriculture. High
Prices Due to War In Europe

FIlSCS Cuc TO war IN Europe
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE nations
harvests this year have surpassed any
ever before recorded. Tho value of
the principal farm crops, based on
prices paid to farmers December /,
was announced today by the depart
ment of agriculture in its final esti-
mate as $685. 600 making 1915
banner year both in value and in
production of crops.
The unusual situation of extraordin-
AIRY production and high prices prob
ably never before so pronounced is
credited principally to the European
war.
With the price of grain soaring as
the war progressed, American farm
ers began the season by planting
greater areas to grain. The acreage
of the principal crops this year ag-
gregated approximately 4S6,570
square miles. That is larger than
the combined area of Germany,
France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark
and Switzerland.
Immense Corn Area
Corn was planted on 10S,32l 900
acres the second largest area ever
planted, and the harvest was 3.O45,-
600 bushels, the second largest crop
ever grown. It's value was Sl,755,.
$4,000, exceeding that of the previ-
Gus most valuable corn crop by $780,
100000.
New records were made in produc
ton by wheat, oats, barley, rye
sweet potatoes, rice and hay while
tobacco closely approached its pro
duction record 1,1O3,415OOO pounds
made in 1910. Each Of these crops
in addition, established records as
being the most valuable ever grown
except in the case of barley and to
bacco.
Production of the first billion bush
ell wheat crop and the second three
billion bushel corn crop were fea
lures of the year.
Wheat Acreage
Wheat acreage aggregated 59,S9S,
900 acres, or 100000 more than ev
err before. The yield was 1873 bu
shells an acre, the largest acre yielC
for winter and spring wheat combin
ed ever attained in this country. Th'
final estimate of production was l,
oil ,505,0 900 bushels with a value o
1890, 900. The crop exceeded las
years, which was record by more
than 120,O00,OOO bushels and by $50,
100000 in value.
Oats, rye, potatoes, sweet potatoes
and tobacco all were planted on rec
ord areas. Oats exceeded the rec
ord production of 1912 by l22,000,00l
bushels and its record value of 1871
by $56,000,000. Barley production wal
100000 bushels more than the 1871!
record crop and was worth $4,000,00l
more than the former most valuable
crop. grown in 1914. Rice passed thu
the 1913 record by 100000 bushels
and its 1912 record value by $1,7OO,
600.
Sweet Potato Crop
Sweet potatoes exceeded by $4,000
900 bushels the 1910 record and wer,
worth 100000 more than the 1871;
value records. Hay showed a 1880
0O) ton increase over the record crol
OF 1912 and was worth $55,BOO,OO
more than the value record mad
that year. Tobacco, while growing
J on a record acreage was worth S26
000, 900 less than in the record valu
year.
The potato crop received perhnp
the most severe setback of the year
Farmers planted G. record acreage y
potatoes but the outturn was OIL
3J9, 100 900 bushels. That was CT
5OO,O bushels below the record
year and 59,SOO,OOO less than las
year. The value Of the crop, how
, ,,, coo mn nm mara thor las