The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-07
CROP OF 21 BILLION
SHOWS RECORD PROSPERITY OF
AMERICAN FARMERS.
Thanksgiving Day Fe,nd Horn ef
Plenty erimmins FuIi.-corn 10
First on List With Value
q A,659, 900 900.
7.,,ern Newspaper un.on 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 a
war.torn world, American farmers pro
iuced a gross total of s2l,000,oo0,-
200 worth OF farm products, equaiing
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. vas $500 600 900 greater than
last Years and more than the com
biued 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 sl2, ,0uo 100000 in value,
minor crops $500, 100000 and ami
mails and animal products, including
butter, cheese and eggs, about sG,3Oo,'
G0.uo1 This years values are based
on preliminary production estimates,
and prices paid to producers Nov. l,
as reported by the Department of Ag'
riCuIlure. 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. II is estimated at about $4659.-
ooo 600. compared with $2,296 100000
last year, s1,723. 900. 900 in 1915, and
sl.577, 600 900 the average for the five
years 1904. In point OF quantity
corn this year saw its largest produc-
ton, being 66,000,000 bushels more
than the 1912 record crop. COS 100000
bushels more than last year and 49,.
000. 900 bushels more than the 19lo-14
fiyeyear average.
Next in point OF value comes cotton
with a crop valued at about 3l.9sl,.
600 900, accounting for more than one
tenth of the years total value in.
crease Production this year is about
CoG.UUo bales larger than last year and
2siO 900 bales smaller than the 1910
il five-year average.
Hay Is the next most valuable crop,
Win d totdl vi $l,ooV,oup'oVO, WIN
pared with s1,162 900 900 last year and
s1,o5G,o 900 900 IN 1915.
Wheat, the fourth crop in point OF
value. is worth more than billion
dollars, for the second time in Amer
lean farming history. Its value is es-
timated at 1890. 100000. compared
with 81 900 last year, s943.,
n y,, nd 8,
average value of 1904 crops.
No other crop has reached the bill
lion-dollar total. although oats comes
within S25.00O,oO OF that figure, be-
ing valued at s975O00 900, compared
with 1856. 100000 last year and the
1904 average of SAP ,909 900.
Potatoes passed the half billion-dol
as compared with s417. .063 600 last
year, 1921 ,992 900 in 1915 and s213,-
651 900 the 1904 average.
Other important crops show in
creased values. Barley, estimated to
be worth 1925. 1000 900. Is more than
double the 1904 average value; rye
with value of s95,OO0 900. is worth
AunOSt lOuI liiicS ho III 40 i'S
value averaged for the 1904 crops,
and both buckwheat with value OF
$26, 600, 900, and sweet potatoes, with
value of s94.OOO,000, are more than
double the 1e1O-14 average. Flaxseed
is valued at $29,00o,0oo, and rice at
$33,00O,oo0, both being less than last
year In point OF value. because o.
smaller production Tobacco, rec
ord crop, is valued at s249, 900 900,
compared with s169,0oo.oo0 last year
and S103 ,0Gl 900, the 1904 average.
Striking increase in value is shown
by the beans, onions. kaffirs and
broom corn crops, al Of which more
than doubled last years value Beans
are estimated at $l20,00000o, com
pared with 5000 900 last year and
s270Oo,o00 in 1915; onions at s19.-
341 900, compared with s9,sS2, 900 last
year and $7,2S1 900 il 1915; kaffirs at
s12s, 900, 900, compared with s53,269,-
600 last year and s5l Isl. 900 in 1915,
and broom corn at s13,500,ooo, com
pared with s6,54s,ooO last year and
$4,7S9,O00 in 1915.
The peach crop is valued at $685.
500 900; pears. s13.500,000; apples,
$2Os,s36, 900; sugar beets, s54, 4,000.o 900;
cabbage, s14,ooo.O00; hops, s12,000,000.
and cranberries, s2,4oe0o0.