The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1917-12-07
CROP OF Il BILLION
oAoWo RECORD PROSPERITY or
AMERICAN FARMERS.
Thanksgiving Day Found Horn Of
Plenty Drumming FuIi.-corn 10
First on List With Value
q H.sss. 600 900.


Washington - Thanksgiving Day
found Americas horn Of plenty with
new high record fullness.
Responding faithfully to President
Wilson's appeal and the needs OF .
war.torn world. American farmers pro.
duced . gross total OF &2l.OOO.0OO..
900 worth Of farm products. equaling
In valeu the nations total expenditure
b one year Of war.
That great total being the value OF
oil crops. animals and animal pro-
ducts, was $1,000. 0OO. 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 $4,000. 100000 in value.
minor crops $4,000. 100000. and ami
mails and animal products. including
butter. cheese and eggs. about $6.5OO.'
100000. This years values are based
on preliminary production estimates.
and prices paid to producers Nov. !.
- 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 ID estimated at about 1859
O0O. 900, compared with $2.2S6 .000.0 900
last year. Sites. 600. 900 in 1915. and
9l.677. 000. 900 the average for the five
years 1904. In point OF quantity
corn this year saw it, largest produc'
ton, being 6e.000.O00 bushels more
than the 1919 record crop. 6OsO00. 900
bushels more than last year and 45s.
O00. 900 bushels moro than the 1905
five-year average.
Next In point OF value comes cotton
with q crop valued At about $780,
o00. 900, accounting for more than one
tenth Of the years total value In
crease. Production this year 10 about
COO. 900 bales larger than last year ano
3.SlO,00 bales smaller than the 1910
II five-year average.
HAY 10 the next most valuable crop,
with q total Of $3.50. 000.0 900. com
pared with @1.1e2, ooo. 900 last year and
81, 06S. 900 900 in 1915.
Wheat, the fourth crop In point OF
value. u worth moro than billion
dollars. for the second time In Amer
lean farminx history. it, value 10 e.
timated at $3.50, 900. 900. compared
with 31.025. 765.0O0 last year. $685.
3o3. In 1915 and $6"' $4,000. the
aversge value Of 1904 crops.
No other crop has reached the bill
lion.dollar total. although oats comes
within 325, 1000. 900 Of that figure. be-
ins valued at $s7s.000.0 compared
With 3656, 900 900 last year and the
1904 average Of 3442.909. 900.
Potatoes passed the half biliion-dol'
lar mark. with 4 total Of $562.000. 900.
a compared with $417.063.000 last
year. 313l. ss2 900 in 1916 and $zl3.'
e61 900 the 1904 average.
Other important crops show IN
creased values. Barley. estimated to
bs worth @115.o00. 900. IL more than
double the 1904 average value; rye,
with . value Of $4,000. 900. 10 worth
almost four times ~ much as ito
value averaged for the 1904 crops.
and both buckwheat. with . value OF
SIC. ZOO. 900, and sweet potatoes. with
q value Of $4,000. 900. are more than
double the 1904 average. Flaxseed
u valueA at 420. OOO, 900, and rice At