The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-27
Value Of Farm Produce Reaches Total of S5, 560, ,773,OOO.
INCREASES DUE TO THE WAR
American Farms Cover Greater Acre. age Than Combined Area of Germany and Austria Hungary, or 486,57o Square Mies-Value of Corn Crop Greater Than Any Other Product.

The nations harvests this year have surpassed any ever before recorded The value of the principal farm crops, based on prices paid to farmers Dec. 1, was announced by the department of agriculture in its final estimate as S5,- 56S. 773,000, making 1915 banner year both in value and in production of crops.
 The unusual situation of extraordi- nary production and high prices, prob ably never before so pronounced, is credited principally to the European war.
 With the price of grain soaring as began the season by planting greater areas to grain. The acreage of the principal crops this year aggregated ap- proximately 4S6,570 square miles. That Is larger than the combined area of Germany and Austria Hungary.
 Second Largest Corn Crop.
 Corn was planted on 10S,321, ,000 acres, the second largest area ever planted, and the harvest was 3,054, ,533,- 900 bushels, the second largest crop ever grown. Its value was $1,755, ,S59,- GOO, exceeding that of the previous most valuable corn crop by S33,000,00
 New records were made in produc- ton by wheat, oats, barley rye, sweet potatoes, rice and hay, while tobacco closely approached it's production rec ord, 1,103,415,00o 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 tobacco.
 Production of the first billion bushel wheat crop and the second 3,00O,O00,- coo bushel corn crop were features of the year Wheat acreage aggregated 59,S93,000 acres. or 6000,000 more than ever before The yield was 16.0 bushels all acre, the largest acre yield for winter and spring wheat combined ever attained in tue United States. The tinal estimate of production was l,011, ,5O5,000 bushels, with value of S93o,302,000 The crop exceeded last years, which was record. by more than 120Ol00O0 bushels and by $50. 100000 in value.
 Big Tobacco Harvest.
 Oats. rye, potatoes, sweet potatoes and tobacco all were planted on record areas, Oats exceeded its record pro duction of 1912 hy l22O0000O bushels and its record value of 1914 by $j6, 0OJ,000 Barley production was 13 CU0,000 bushels more than the 1912 record crop aad was worth $400O.000 more than the former most valuable crop, grown in 1914. Rice passed the 1918 record by 3.2o0,000 bushels and its 1912 record value by Sl,700,0o0
 Sweet potatoes exceeded by l4Q00. eco bushels the 1910 record and were worth $3,l0o,0)o more than the 1918 value record. Hay showed a 12.5l0, 000 ton increase over the record crop of 1912 and wcs worth $aj.81o,000 more than the value record made tLat year ToDacco. while growing on a record acreage. wRs worth $26,0J0o00 less tnn in t.e record value yoor
 The potato CT ? receivel perhaps the most severe setback of the year Farmers planted a record acreage to potatoes, but the ou.turn was only 5J9I0300O bushels That was Gl.500 0o0 bushels below the recoUd year and 50S0oCo0 less than last year The value of the crop, however was $22 c00,C00 more than Inst year