The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
new FARM RECORD
Crop Output This Year Aggregates
Nearly Ten Billions.
Decrease In Price Of Eggs and In.
crease IN Cattle and CaIces
Contribute 10 Result

Washington. ID. C.--Amorican farml
during 1914 cellpscd all records for
combined value OF their products with
a total OF almost $4,000. 600. 900.
Secretary Houston. Of tho department
Of Agriculture, announced Thursday
that tho value Of all farm crops, farm
animal products and farm animals sold
and slaughtered aggregated ss.S72.'
ea6. 900.
That was $50. 900. 900 moro than the
grand total for 1918. the previous
record year. and more than double the
value OF all farm products In 1899.
Crops this year were valued st 80.
O4a, $50, 900, and the estimated total
value Of the animal products and Of
the farm animals sold and slaughtered
was 81, ,s2s, 468. 900. The value Of
crop production this year was slightly
iesa than In 1919 on account Of the re-
duced value Of tho cotton crop. brought
about principally by tho European war.
Tho corn and wheat crops, however.
were the most valuable ever produced
In the United States. bringing the
years crop value total 10 only $685.
27a.000 less than tho total for last
year, despite the loss Of moro than
$500, e51. 900 In the value OF tho cotton
crop.
''Thc estimated value of the animal
products on the farm In 1914" said
the Agricultural Outlook. ''is distinct-
ly higher than In 1918, which was
ltacn record year In tho value OF this
class Of products.
'sThln 10 due TO general, but slight,
increases In production, except for
sheep and swine. and In prices, and
more especially TO small increase In
the average farm price Of eggs and to
a more considerable increase In the
farm price Of cattle and calves sold
and slaughtered.
'sIt must bo borne In mind that the
amounts OF these estimates do not
stand for net wealth produced, nor for
cash receipts, nor for profit, nor for
income many sense. Each product 10
valued, Is In the census, when II
reached s commercial form and the
grand aggregate OF all items 10 TO be
regarded as an index number, or from
a ralatiye rather than from an absolute
point Of vlew."
Tho salSa Of crops last year were
cstintated At 90, e2S, 900, 600; sales Of
livestock S2.9i9. 900, 900, total Of
Sb, ,8S7, 900, 600. The estimated value
Of total sales per farm was $500, and
sales per capita Of rural population,
excluding towns, $3.50.
Tho value Of the principal farm
crops this year was:
Corn, 81, 702, 500, 900; wheat, sS7S,
$50. 900; hay, $779, 06s, 900; cotton,
S6i9, 6l6, 900; oats, s499, Ala, 900; po-
tatoes, $l9s, ,609, 900; barley, $685.
s03, 600; tobacco, $l0l, All, 900; sweet
potatoes, sal, 294, 900: rye, Ss7, ,0ls,-
600; sugar beets, $27, $50, 900; rice,
S2l, ,s49, 900; fiaxseed, $l9, $40, 600,
and buckwheat, si2, ,892. 900.
In the production of the foregoing
ID principal crops, this years average
was about 10 per cent larger than In
1918, and 8 per cent smaller than 1912,
which year stands as one Of the great
est aggregate productions in the
United States. This year two import
ant crops exceeded previous records
wheat, with s91, 900, 900 bushels, fol-
lowing the 1918 record Of 763, 900, 600
bushels, and cotton. with 1896, 600
bales preliminary estimate), the pre-