Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
AMERICAN FARMER LEADS
WORLD IN PRODUCTION
Annnal Report OF Secretary of Agri-
culture Submitted and Shows
Higher Yields.
RECORD IN WAR WORK
Crops Produced in 1910 Are Placed
ut Three Times Greater Value Than
Annual Acreage Output During
Five Years.
Isy Associated Pressv

WASHINGTON, Dee 6.~The Amcri.
can can, farmer leads tho world in indi-
Houston. OF the Department. OF AEri.
culture, asserted today In his annual
report. While countries such as Bel
gum. under intensive farming, get a
higher acreage yield. lhe said, tax I'M;
hoth acreage and yield per acre into
account, the American aEricultur!sl
produces two and Il half times us much
us his Belgian and German rivals
I'd times as much as the British farm.
er, 3.2 times as much as the French
ana more than six times as much as
The result of this and Of the Ameri-
can farmers war work is shown in the
1919 American crop production, placed
NJ three times greater in value than
t the average annual output during the
pean war. The grcsatc value of all
S Gn0 this year Is placed at $i5,S13, Gee.
!3lS ana an average Of S5,S23,0 Q0, 900
Live stock on farms this year was
figured at ss'SSo;o0O.ooo as against S.
49, Acreage Yield for Decade.
NJ The .s, average yield for all crops for
per cent greater than for the average.
for the decade ending with 1890. the
report said. The average rate OF in
is about one half Of / per cent a year.
Estimates In the report put the 1910
S Mnfa dnr" as b"shsis
e and d fSfs SoSHS.
planted an acreage in leading cereals
greater by 33.Ooo,0OO than the pre-war
annual average WHICH. it is estimated.
pre-war average Mr.. Houston said
Of war, work on the farms, They in
creased the number OF mich cows over
Of horses and mules by 100000 or a
total of 28,900,00O.
Tho planting operations OF the
and the call was still for. moro wheat.
n III of aerea
crease of IL per cent over 1918. There
was actually planted t9,26l.oQo. the
6.9Go.o00 acres more than in 1913.
Spring wheat Acreage.
zas p ohG sn ..ng Thea. acreage was IS,.
paintings combined amounted to IL
$4,000 acres or 100000 more than the
preceding record.
exceed that Of l3lS by 100000 bushels
and will be the nations second, record
wheat 4, = crop G0I ~ The estimated corn crop
900 greater than that of ioIs."
The nation can further expand its
output of commodities by cultivatinS
unused ,illabic land. estimated al
more than 90 per cent of the total.
the report states. Expansion is limited
!iu"cNSi' Wy lit uDply Oi Ctiplldi anu
labor.
No step 10 promote farmers co.. p-
eera,irc associations along the riga,
lines should be omitted. the SECRETARY
said. II is estimated that these orEani-
cations market annually approximately
Sl.vQQ,Vuu.oOu worth of commodities.
ItecOmIne dRtions Made.
Included in MIR. Houston's recon-
mcndat!ons were the following:
The building up, primarily under
State law, of a system of personal
credit unions, for farmers whose tnan-
c!al status and operations make II diff
cult 10 secure Accommodations throug i
the ordinary channels: expansion Of
facilities for aiding in marketing,
especially extension of the market
news and food products inspection SER
vices: continuation Of Federal partI-
cipation in road building through an
appropriation of slOooO6,Oo0 for each
OF the next four years; regulation and
control of stockyards and packin &
houses; Federal legislation to protect
consumers aga INST adultera;cd feeds
and fertilizers; increased State support
for rural schools and more definite
instructions as to rural problems and
conditions; Legislation 10 improve
rural sanitary conditions and provide
hospital and medical facilities.