Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-04
Eleven Billion Crops.

America raised $3,5O0,OOOOOO worth
more food in the first year at war than
it ever harvested in any other year in the
nations's history. official figures have dis
closed
The cash value Of our twenty-four prin-
cipal crops in 1917 is $1l,480, $4,000. or
$3.776,228,000 more than those crops
have ever brought in a single year before.
The crops were not so much heavier.
The official view is that enterprisine grow
ers, increased war consumption. depleted
reserves Of old stocks and transportation
and labor troubles made them worth more.
The eight blue ribboners of the twenty
four crops. those which broke all records
for volume produced in a single year, were
corn, oats, rye, white potatoes, tobacco.
sweet potatoes, beans and onions. And
the greatest of these was onions.
The crops at the foot of the 1917 produc-
ton class are wheat, barley. flaxseed, cot
ton, hay, apples. hops. peaches and Or
anges. But those named and the rest of
the twenty-four-rice. buckwheat, sugar
beets, kafirs. cabbaees, cranberries and
pears-are worth their weight in liberty
bonds.
The total value of this years $780,
100000 bushels Of the seven cereals,
corn, wheat, oets, barley. rye. rice and
buckwheat, is .856.752.0OO. The best
previous records Of these seven combined
cereals from 1853 to 1915 was only $4,-
226, 100000. and the combined number
of bushels. 1928 900. was heavier
than the 1917 yield.
The total value Of last years bumper
crops of corn, oats. rye, potatoes, tobacco,
sweet potatoes. beans and onions is So
727. 501,000 while the combined bumper
crops of the same for previous years were
only worth $4.117.372,000. Former bum
per crops of the same things. exclusive of
tobacco. produced only 4.700,59l,712
bushels, as compared with last years
5.365.857.0OO.
The $3.50. 594, 900 bushel 1917 corn crop
is worth $4,503,872.000. whereas the
greatest previous crop was 1883, 241,000
bushels in 1915, and the previous high
value crop was worth $2,280,729,000.
The 1887. 286.000 bushel 1917 oat crop
is worth $l.06l.427,000. whereas the pre-
vious record was l.549.030.000 bushels
in 1915, and the previous high value crop
was worth .9280OO in 1915
The 60,145.000 bushel 1917 rye crop is
worth $l00.025, 900. whereas the greatest
previous crop was 54.05O,000 in 1915,
and the previous high value crop worth
$50, $4,000 in 1915.
The 442, $3.50, 900 bushel 1917 white DO
tato crop is worth $543.865, 900, whereas
the greatest previous crop was 420,647,-
900 in 1912, and the previous high value
crop worth $419, 1888, 900 in 1915.
The 1,l96. 451, 900 pound 1917 tobacco crop
is worth 1927, $4,000, whereas the great
est previous crop was 1.553.27S.00O in
1915, and the previous high value crop
was $3.50. 672.000 in 1915.
The 81 ,141. 900 bushel 1917 sweet potato
crop is worth $96.l2l.OOO. whereas the
greatest previous crop was $780, 900 in
1915, and the previous high value crop was
SOCIAL, 900 in 1915.
The 1901. 900 bushel 1917 bean crop is
worth $l02, 426,000. whereas the greatest
previous crop was 10, $4,000 in 1915, and
the previous high value crop was $54,-
686,000 in 1915.
The star of them all. the 13,554,00O
bushel 1917 onion crop is worth S22,523,-
600, whereas the greatest previous crop
was 7,663.7l2 in 1915. and the previous
high value crop was $l,708,000 in 1915.
Last years 850,S2S,00O bushels of
wheat is worth $l.307 ,418,000, as COM
pared with its previous record of $lO19,-
96S,000 in 1915. But the 1917 short crop
was badly beaten by the 1,025,80l,OOO
bushels of 1915, although that years bum
per crop sold for less than last years short
crop will bring.
Last years 17.460,O00 bushels of buck
wheat is worth $27,955. 900, as compared
with its previous record of SIG, 812, 900
bumper value crop in 1887. Buckwheat' s
bumper volume crop was 22,692 ,999 in
1866.
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