El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-06
j. s. FARMER
LEADS WORLD
Ahead in Individual Pro
duction; Houston Tells
Of Farm War Work.

Washington. y. c., Dec. 6--Ihe
American farmer leads the world in
individual production Of crops, sec
Rotary Houston. Of the department
OF agriculture. asserted today in his
annual report While countries such
as Belgium. under Intensive farming.
get a higher acreage yield. taking
both acreage and yield per acre into
account, the American agricuiturist
produces two and a half times as
much as his Belgian brother and Ger
man rivals. % times as umch as the
British farmer. So times as much as
the French. and more than six times
as much as the Italian
The result Of this and OF the Ameri-
can farmers war work Is shown in
the 1913 American crop production
placed at three times greater in value
than the average output during the
five year period preceding the Euro
pean war. The aggregate value o.
al crops this year is placed at 81 s.
SIS. 100000 as compared with Slf,zz2,-
00q.090 in 1913 and an average OF
S5.S29.00o.000 during the five year
LlreEfoek Increases
Live stock on farms this year was
figured at 98630.00o. 900 az against
sS.2S4.0o0. 900 in 1918
Estimates In the report put the
1913 wheat production At 9ls.4Ll ,9og
bushels and corn at z,slu,-o0,uuu
bushels Cotton is expected 10 reach
19.69G.0Qo bales and tobacco 1876
553.o00 pounds
aThe farmer OF the nation IN 1913
planted an acreage IN leading cereals
war annual average which. IL Is esti-
mated viii yield 535.0o,0o1 more than
the preWar avera ge." Mr. Houston
said OF war work on the farms They
increased the number Of milch cows
over 1919 By 100000, OF other cattle
by $500. o00 OF swine by 100000
and Of horses and mules by l-ugu.u9u-
The planting operations OF the
year began before the fighting ceased
and the call was Sill for more
wheat. The department suggested
maximum fan acreage OF 4f,zub,uuu
acres. an increase Of y percent over
1913. There was actually planted
1921. 900. the largest acreage IN the
nations history.
THE spring wheat acreage was
% $4,000 while the winter and spring
paintings combined amounted 20 H.
s54. 900 acres or 100000 more than
the preceding record
1T IS estimated that the yield win
exceed LuAL OF 1918 NN AaNlAs-Na
bushels and win be the nations sec
ond record wheat crop. The esu-
mated corn cro1 OF eqie.o00,0o9 BUSH
els VIII Be soo.o0ooo0 greater than
that OF 1913"
Can Expand Further
The nation can further expand lts
output OF commodities by cultiratinE
unused duqbie land, estimated at
more than so percent OF the total. the
report states
included IN NJ. Houston's recon-
mendatious were thu following:
The building ~ or a system OF
personal credit unions, Tor farmers
whose financial status and operations
make Il difficult 20 secure accomoda-
tons through ordinary channels; eX-
nansion OF facilities for aid IN mark
citing, especially extension OF the
market news and food products in
spection serrlce- continuation OF
federal nartlciDatton in road build
ing through an appropriation OF
$500. 100000 for each OF the next four
years. regulation and control OF
stoclryards and packing houses fed
eral legislation 70 protect consumers
against aduiterated feeds and ferti-
lizers. increased state support for
rural schools and more definite In-
struction as 20 rural problems and
conditions. legislation 70 improve
rural sanitary conditions aud provide
hospital and medical facilities