Arizona republican., 1920-12-15
COUNTRY'S FARM CROP INCREASES BUT SHR|NKS IN VALUE 5 MILLION
NIneteen-Twenty Crop One
 of Most Abundant in Ma tion's History, Half Dozen Crops Breaking Records.
IRepubIIcan A. p. Leased Wlrel

WASHINGTON Dec. -Shrinkage or values of the country's farm crops has placed their total worth this year at almost S5,OO0, 900, 900 Cess than last year, although the 1920 harvest was one of the most abundant in the ma lions history. with half dozen crops breaking records.
 The important farm crops, which comprise about 90 per cent of the value ot all farm crops, were valued this year at S9,14S,519,000 by the department of agriculture today in it's final estimates Last year these crops were valued at Sl4,OSI ,995,000. Acreage devoted to the important crops also decreased, the to- tai being 351O62.4 .4O9 this year, as com ared with 356,162,112 last year.
 Sarhe extraordinary character of the tHest which has proved to be among thB most abundant in tho country's history notwithstanding beginnings as unpromising as ever known, is en>- phasized by the December revisions of estimates,' the department said fin a statement commenting on today's re- port. ''The final outcome of the 1920 wheat harvest winter and spring com bined, is now estimated at 7S9,s7S,0 900 bushels, compared with 934,265,00O bushels in 1919, this being an increase over the earlier estimates for 1920 of
  abandoned from winter killing was less than expected and indicated by the very bad and unpromising conditions on May i, and the increasingly favor able character of the later season per mitted much wheat then considered hopeless to develop and come to har- vest. The reports of increase over earlier expectations of winter wheat produced came from almost every i'm portant winter wheat state. The greatest gain, 13,000,000, is in Kansas the leading producer of winter wheat Tn that state the increase was helped by an acrea of over 100000 acres oi volunteer wheat sprouted from shat tered grain in the autumn of 1919 which despite it's unpromising begin ming and doubtful prospects in the spring of 1920 came finally to harvest
 'In general it appears that the reduc- tion in crop acreage in 1920 below 19l! is less than was thought and reported at the beginning of the crop season Notwithstanding the early unfavoraDl' condition for farm work, the efforts o the farmers to fully seed their fields assisted by favoring days that came late in the planting period, resulted 1T plantings greater than anticipated
 Increases in almost every crop were reported in the revised production fig ures as compared with tho preliminar! estimates announced in. November Corn, with a record crop, shows al increase of about 33,000,0O0 bushels winter wheat an increase of almos 4s ,00O. 0C0 bushels; spring wheat a de crease of 9,000,000 bushels; oats an in crease of almost 70,0O0,0OO bushels barley increased almost 100000 bush els: potatoes increased 9,000,OO0 an tobacco increased 32.00O, 900 pounds.
 The yield of corn per acre set a rec ord with an average production Of 5O bushels. Only once before has tn average yield per acre exceeded bushels and that was in 1906, when 30 bushels was made.
 While the corn crop is a record on its value this year is $1,662,000,00O les than last years crop, which ws smaller by 374,0O0,000 bushels. TT price being paid to farmers for COT on Dec. 1 was announced by the al partment as 67.7 cents Q bushel, compared with $1.349 a year az Productions of the various crops a estimated in the following term Bushels-Corn, winter wheat, sprlr wheat. oats, barley, rye, buckWhea f1axseed. rice, potatoes, sweet pot toes peanuts, beans and peaches; tol
 hay and cotton seed; pounds-t bacco, beet sugar and cane susa ualIons-sorghum syrup; bales-co ton: boxes-oranges, and barrels--a ples.