The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-06
CROP OF Fl BILLION
SHOWS RECORD PROSPERITY OF
AMERICAN FARMERS.
Thanksgiving Day Found Horn ct
Plenty erimmina Fuil.-corn 10
First on List With Value
Of $4,659, ,0o0. 900.
western Newspaper Union News Service.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. = Thanksgiving Day
found Americas horn of plenty with
aew high record fullness.
Responding faithfully to President
Wilson's appeal and the needs OF =
war-torn world, American farmers pro-
duced a gross total OF 100000
BOO worth OF farm products, equaling
In valeu the nations total expenditure
In one year Of war.
That great total being the value Of
ali crops, animals and animal pro-
ducts, was $500. 100000 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 $12,000O00,0O0 in value.
minor crops $500. 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. 1.
as reported by the Department of Ag-
riculture. An official estimate of the
principal farm crop values will be
made hy 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 $4.65s.-
900 900, compared with $2.296.OOO,O00
last year, 23.O0O,000 in 1915, and
Sl,577 900 900 the average for the five
years 1904. In point of quantity
corn this year saw Its largest produc-
ton, being G6,000.000 bushels more
than the 1912 record crop, 60S.00O.OO0
bushels more than last year and 459,-
OOO, 900 bushels more than the 191O-14
five-year average.
Next In point OF value comes cotton
with crop valued at about $1.9S1.-
OOO, 1000. accounting for more than one
tenth OF the years total value in
crease. Production this year is about
GOO.OOO bales larger than last year and
$4,000 bales smaller than the 1910
IA five-year average.
Hay is the next most valuable crop,
with n total OF 1890. 100000. COM
pared with 81. 1.162. .000. 900 last year and
$1.05G, 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 $3.50. 100000. compared
with $1,025.76s 900 last year. $685.
100000 In 1915 and t6"H .939, 900, the
average value Of 1904 crops.
No other crop has reached the BILL
lion-dollar total. although oats comes
within S25.000.000 Of that figure. be-
ing valued at 3s75. 900. 900. compared
with 3656.000.000 last year and the
1904 average of $442. 800 900.
Potatoes passed the half billion-dol.
lar mark, with total of 3562, ,0oo. 900.
~ compared with &417.o63.00o last
year. $ss1 1.ss2. 900 in 1915 and $213.-
651 900 the 1910-14 average.
Other important crops show in
creased values. Barley. estimated to
be worth tz25.000. 900. is more than
double the 1904 average value: rye,
with . value of ss5.000,000. is worth
almost four times as much as its
value averaged for the 1904 crops,
and both buckwheat, with . value OF
$26. .OO0. 900. and sweet potatoes. with
q value OF $s4000.000. are more than
double the 1904 average. Flaxseed
IL valued at $29.000,000. and rice at
$4,000. 900. both being less than last
year in point Of value. because OF
smaller production. Tobacco, rec
ord crop, is valued at $249.000, 900.
compared with $169,000.00O last year
and $103. 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 $120.000.000. COM
pared with $45. 1000. 900 last year and
937. 900 900 in 1915: onions at $ls.-
34l,Ooe, compared with $9.sS2. 900 last
year and 1881 900 in 1915; kaffirs at
3148, 900 900, compared with $53,26S..
600 last year and $5l. $4,000 in 1915.
and broom corn at $13.50o.00o. COM
pared with sG,54s.o0o last year and
$4.7ss.e0O in 1915.
The peach crop is valued at $685.
100000: pears. 313,500,0O0: apples.
sos. $685. 900; sugar beets. $4,000. 900:
cabbage, 81. .00O. 900: hops. $12 100000.
and cranberries. $s.400,000.
Pork Jumps to $50 Per Barrel.