The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-09

unskilled laborer, now drawing un- precedentedly high wages.
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 Final Summary of
 States Crop Values
 A LABAMA'S progress in agri- 6N cultural development has been marked in the past few years. When the total value of farm products reached two hundred million dollars, the state felt that it had right to congratulate itself
 According to a statistical report recently issued from Montgomery over the signature of Field Agent F. W. Gist, and Markets Supervisor F. o. Booton, the aggregate value of farm production in Alabama in 1919 reached the sum of five hundred and eighty-two million two hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars. This is the final summary compiled by the Alabama cooperative crop reporting service.
 Among the interesting items are these: Horses and mules, six mill lion two hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars; cattle, fourteen million six hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars; hogs, thirty-nine million four hundred and seventy eight thousand dollars; sheep, five hundred and twenty thousand dollars; chickens, two million four hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars; milk, sixty million five hun dred and ninety-two thousand dollars; eggs, seven million one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
 Value of crops-sixteen of them heretofore estimated, was four hun dred and one million seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars; value of orchard fruits, four million two hundred and forty-two thousand dollars; value of minor crops, includ- ing fruits and vegetables, one hun dred and forty-five million one hun dred thousand dollars.
 Those figures compare with total of one hundred sixty-nine million nine hundred and seventy-two thou sand dollars for the crop year of 1909, or an increase of 245.5 per cent "a fine showing indeed. As the field agent remarks, this increase is largely one of, advance in unit value, but the increase in volume of pro- duction "is well up" as shown by the statistics
 There has been a great increase in hog and cattle growing and steady development of the creamery indus try. And very encouraging is the fact that the standard of breeding in all live stock is being raised year by year.
 As is seen by the figures, compar- atively little has been done in sheen growing. Alabama can do better and will do better, if the sheep-killing dog can be kept in subjection.
 The sheep is raised at little exner' ence and it's wool and meat are al ways in demand at good prices, even in normal times.
 Former King Constantine of Greece i. said to be greatly incensed because his brother married a rich American. Con stantine is not practical man, other wise his ruffled feelings would be soothed by the millions brought into the family 1 E < E
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