Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-07
CROPS OF SEASON
ARE VALUED At
s1a,s73,ooo,oo!o
Farmers ofUnited States Pro-
duced 90 Times as Much
as AgricuIturists of :
Britain.

c1n farmer leads the world in indi-
vidual production of crops, Secre-
tary Houston of the Department OF
Agriculture asserted today in his an
:ual report. While countries such
as Belgium, under intensive farm
icg. get higher acreage yield, he
said, taking both acreage and yield
per acre into account, the Ameri-
can agriculturist produces two and
. hall times as much as his Belgian
AID German rivals, 25 times as
mach as the British farmer 3,2
times as much as the French and
more than six times as much as the
Italian.
Tie result of this and of the
American farmers war work is
shown in the 1919 American crop
production, placed at three times
greater in value than the average an-
>nual output during the five-year pc
Rod preceding the European war.
The aggregate value of all crops this
year is placed at $l5,873,000, 600, as
compared to $l4222,000, 900 in 1918
and an average of $5,829, coo, 900 dug
ing the five-year period.
Live Stock on Jump.
Live stock on farms this year was
figured at SS,S30,000,000, as against
1924, 100000 in 1918.
The average yield for all crops for
the decade ending in 1918 is about
10 per cent greater than for the av-
erage for the decade ending with
1890, the report said. The average
rate of increase for the last Is Yeas
is about one-half of 4 per cent a
year
Estimates in the report put the
1919 wheat production at 9lS,47l 900
bushels and corn at 2,ol0,250 900
bushels. Cotton is expected to
reach 100000 bales and tobacco
l,3lo,S53000 pounds.
THE farmers of the nation in
1919 planted an acreage in leading
cereals greater by 100000 than
Rrcwar annual average, which it is
eliminated win yield o55,000,000 more
than the prewar average" Mr..
Houston said of war work on the
farms. They increased the mum
Der OF mich cows over 1914 by
100000, of other cattle by 8,500,000
of swine by 100000 and OF, horses
and mrics by 100000, or a total OF
2&e0C,000. IS.
Began Work Early.
The planting operations of the
year began before the fighting
ceased and the call was still for
more wheat. The department sug-
gested maximum fall acreage OF
A,2O6,0W acres, an increase of II
per cent over 1918. There was &C
tually planted 49,26l 900, the larg-
est acreage in the nations history,
100000 acres more than in 1918.
1.-THE spring wheat acreage was
{. 22,5o3,000, while the winter and
spring paintings combined amount
ed to 7l.854,000 acres or 100000
more than the preceding record.
1T is estimated that the yield
will exceed that of 1918, by about
100000 bushels, and will be the
nations second record wheat crop
The estimated corn crop of 1910.
. 100000 bushels will be S00,000,00(
greater than that of 1913"
The nation can further expand it.
output of commodities by cultivatine
unused tillable land, estimated a
more than 60 per cent of the total
the report states. Expansion is linn
tied, however, by the supply of cap
ital and labor,
Urges Farmers Credit.
No step to promote farmers co
operative associations along thu
right lines, should be omitted, thu
secretary said. 1t is estimated tina
these organizations market annual,
approximately $l,500,000000 worth
'oi commodities.
Included in Mr. Houston's recon-
mendations were the following:
The building up. primarily unde
state law, of a system of persona
credit unions, for farmers who's
financial status and operations max
E difficult 70 secure accommodation
through the ordinary channels; ex
mansion of facilities for aiding Il
marketing, especially extension o
the market news and food product
inspection services; continuation @
federal participation in road buildlr'
through an. appropriation of 500,
G00,000 for each of the next fou
wears: regulation and control O
stoekyards and packing houses; fed
crai legislation to protect consum :,
against adulterated feeds and ferhl
izers; increased state support TO
rural schools and more defined in
struction as to rural problems an
conditions; legislation to improv
rural sanitary conditions and pro
vide hospital and medical facilities