Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-12
MAJOR AMERICAN CROPS
WORTH twelve BILLIONS
Gaih Over Final Figures OF 1917
Are in Excess of 5000.
100000.
COTTON CROP VERY VALr1RIu
Great Grain Yields by Farmers o,
This Country Uphold Nations
Proud Claim rs Grnnary of the
World.
Ikv AxsocIa.ed Prs.

WASillNGToN. December lI.-rinal
estimates oi tho country's principa
'i""s announced to-day by the Dcpar;
m"A' or Agriculture. place the corn
Gro? al 2.5s2.Sl4,000 bushels and the
"heat crop at 3l7.iGo.00o bushels
ihe total value Of the nations prin-
clpai crops this year is estimated at
2,4l".ooc. compared with Sill.
o'S.93s.o"o last year. basins their value
on In. prices paid To producers Decem-
Der 1.
The value OF this years cotton crop
is estimated by the Department of
Agriculture at si,6lG.20s. 900. based on
p:!Ses paid TO farmers on December l..
nnl - e"v.oos.0e" more than the value
"i last years crop.
WIZ an estimate of HOO 600 bales.
.ach Of 5oJ pounds gross weight ms
,,'an .h,H EeIrs cotton crop. the depart
naie' less than forecast from the con
nNloh or the crop September -. This
Erh' crop. however, is larger than
IN August the crop suffered more tina
IL. any non'h in The history OF .Nmeri-
~ c@,'on s:"wios. Tho production
i;oreclst for September showed a fall
ing on OF .,!S2.c0c bales as q result OF
nroeEiofaiion nroa,o.;i during Angus, The first
production forecast OF the crop this
was l".3e5.O0u bales:
aotai producii,I last year was H.
3u2.SIJ bales.
Production OF sea island co,,nn ,s
oat!inaicd at iS.Joo bales compare.
WIN ?2,SlO bales last year and OF
:, can Egyptian cotton. produced in
bales ""i''s
Thc average weight per running bale
Is .stimhted at 5o5.S pounds gross. com
i'tr"d with "oy.4 pounds last year.
n. i,r
producers December / was o7f cents
'o,rpar@d ri. cd, With 20 cents a Year ago.
:; IT, IT, estimated production by States
~, ~ bhies OF 900 pounds gross weigh,
ooHi Virginia. 26,ooo: North Carolina. $50.
eioo V SSS Sa'h TSi%sgina' !'So Georgia
$1,000; Mississinpi 100000; Louis.
lana lamm. 1920; Texas. 2.5so.ooo; Ar
Miss"uri 5000 1000 TsRnfMses oKIanoma 5sS co.
California; loo. 500: Arizona. III 00G. ali
other States. 5000.
forecasts of production OF She prin-
10 month throughout the season and
preliminary estimates already have
Gse. Geen announced for most crops To-
inmates OF production. They follow.
Winter wheat. 55S.44oO0o bushels:
sPa PtmG 6GS wnrn hi,r,d "SSGSl . 600; oats i.5ss
wy: buckwncat l7,lS2. 600: naysee1
40" 200; rice. 4o.424.OO0: white 'pota :
non' S'i."'n'"oO; sweet potatoes, SG,334
1vv; nay unme1 7545o.o00 tons: hay
"i9.ooO pounds: sugar beets. 5.S22. 600
TONS; beet sugar. l.4S0. 100000 pounds:
l1apie sugar and syrup tas sugar) So
n62'ooo az pounds: sugar beet seed. 6,3S4,-
600 pounds; sorghum syrup. 2S,oo4 600
SSaIi"nis: Smsmnis: beans tsiX States). 17.733.00O
kaffirs tsiX States). Gs.3a6. 900 b,,sheIs f.
broom corn five States) $4,000 tons
onions fourteen States). 1888. 200
omsneiS: cabbage tnine States), SOS 300
IONS: hopS tour States). 90 l9a ann
pounds; cranberries (three StatesI
SS5o' 90 barrels: apples totaD. I7s.6$2..'
404.o0 barrels: peaches 20 tS5 o6o
bushels: pears. l0,34aOO0 bushels: or.
anges 1.-TWO StateSi. 1883. 600 boxes