New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
CROP OF Fl BILLION
SHOWS RECORD PROSPERITY or
AMERICAN FARMERS.
Thanksgiving Day Found Horn Of
Plenty erimming FuIl.-corn 10
First on List With Value
Of Sass, 600, DOC.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - Thanksgiving Day
found Americas horn of plenty with
new high record fullness.
Responding faithfully to President
Wilson's appeal and the needs Of q
war-torn world, American farmers pro-
duced a gross total Of $21. 000, O0O,'
900 worth Of farm products, equaling
In valeu the nations total expenditure
In one year Of war.
That great total being the value OF
all crops, animals and animal pro-
ducts, was $1,000, 00O, 900 greater than
last years and more than the COM
bined value OF any two previous
years. There were record crops OF
corn, oats, rye, white and sweet pota-
toes. tobacco and beans.
The principal farm crops will reach
more than $12, 200, 100000 in value.
minor crops $500, OOO. 900, and AMI.
mails and animal products, including
butter, cheese and eggs, about $6,50O.-
900, 900. This years values are based
on preliminary production estimates,
and prices paid to producers Nov. l..
as reported by the Department of Az
riculture. An official estimate of the
principal farm crop values will be
made by the Bureau of Crop Estimates
on Dec. II.
Corn, the country's greatest crop.
accounts for about one-third Of the In
creased farm products value OF this
year.. It is estimated at about $4,659.-
600, 900, compared with $2.296, 000, 1000
last year. $1,723.O OO, 900 in 1915, and
81, SIT, OOO, 900 the average for the five
years 1904. In point Of quantity
corn this year saw its largest produc-
ton, being 66,0OO.OO0 bushels more
than the 1912 record crop. COS, 0OO. 1000
bushels more than last year and 459.-
900, 600 bushels more than the 1910-14
five-year average.
Next in point of value comes cotton
with a crop valued at about $780,
900, 1000, accounting for more than one
tenth Of the years total value In
cas- Production this year is about
600, 900 bales larger than last year and
2,84O, 900 bales smaller than the 1910
IA five-year average.
Hay is the next most valuable crop,
with a total Of $3.50, 900 900. CON-
pared with $1,162.0 00. 900 last year and
1,O56, 900, 900 in 1915.
Wheat, the fourth crop in point OF
value, is worth more than a billion
dollars, for the second time in Amer.
lean farming history. Its value is es-
timated at $1,320,0o0, 900, compared
with 81 ,O25, 1861 OO last year, $94S,.
300, 900 in 1915 and Sc $4,000, the
average value Of 1904 crops.
No other crop has reached the bill
lion-dollar total. although oats comes
within $685. O0, 900 Of that figure, be-
ing valued at $975.OO0 900, compared
with 1856, 1000, 900 last year and the
1904 average of SAP, 909, 900.
Potatoes passed the half billion-dol-
lar mark, with a total Of 1892. 900 900.
as compared with $417.0 63, 900 last
year, 1921, 992, 900 in 1915 and $213,'
651, 900 the 1904 average.
Other important crops show In
creased values. Barley, estimated to
be worth 1925, 900, 900, is more than
double the 1904 average value; rye,
with a value OF $95, 900 900, Is worth
almost four times as much as Its
value averaged for the 1904 crops,
and both buckwheat, with a value OF
SIG, 900, 900, and sweet potatoes, with
a value of 1914. 900 900. r more than
double the 1904 average. Flaxseed
is valued at $29. 900. 900, and rice at
$33, 900, 900, both being less than last
year in point of value, because OF
smaller production. Tobacco, a rec
ord crop, is valued at SEAS. Oo0, 900,
compared with $3.50. 900. 900 last year
and $1O3, O61 900, the 1904 average.
Striking increase in value is shown
by the beans, onions, kaffirs and
broom corn crops, all Of which more
than doubled last years value. Beans
are estimated at 100000, 000i com
pared with $45, 900, 900 last year and
$27, 900, 900 in 1915; onions at $751;
341, 900, compared with $9,SS2,000 last
year and $7,2S1, 900 in 1915; kaffirs at
s12s, 0OO, 900, compared with $53,269..
900 last year and $~51,157.O0O in 1915,
and broom corn at $13, $1,000, COM
pared with $6,54s,0Oo last year and
81, 7s9. 1000 in 1915.
The peach crop is valued at $685.
500, 900; pears. 1 $500. 900; apples.
sos, 1896, 900; sugar beets, $54.000,O0
cabbage, $4,000. 900; hops. $12. 100000.