The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-03
Agricultural Year Book.

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This is story of the greatest bool
that has been printed in the United
States this year.
1t contains more information O.
value, more facts of interest, more
suggestions than all of the othel
books written by the thousands Of
authors and flooded on the country
from thousands of presses. 1t is the
Year Book of the United States De.
partment of Agriculture for the
Year 1921. The publisher is your
Uncle Sam.
This book mirrors the colossal pro-
portions of American agriculture.
The story of the tonnage of things
produced from the soil and billions
paid for these things, make the
American swell with pride.
But the story of the tragedy of
failure, hard work, the disappoint-
ments, the oncoming mortgage, is an
underlying epic that breaks the heart
of the man who wants all people TO
be happy and content.
For instance, the national income
goes 40 per cent to commercial, cler-
zeal, banking, professional, domestic
service and miscellaneous activities;
"a per cent goes for transportation;
80 per cent goes to manufacturing
and the hand trades; 80 per cent
goes to mining and ia per cent
goes TO agriculture.
But 2S per cent Of all the people
of the United States in gainful pur-
suits are in agriculture. This is not
a return up to the average of others.
In manufacturing 29 per cent are
engaged. In the first division %
per cent are engaged. In transporta-
ton 7 per cent are engaged, and in
mining &c per cent.
So the farmer gets one-half from
his effort what some of the others
get from their efforts.
But the farmer for number Of
years has been feeding the people of
America and getting wage there
for less than that Of the cheapest Ia
Dor engaged in other pursuits.
The crops Of 1920 pere produced
II the greatest cost that was ever
snown, but the crop vcs sold At z
:Ost below that Of production.
The American farmer ID not cast
iown. There arc fewer Of them than
here were ten years ago, but they
lave increased the vol 1ue Of prodze-
ion.
The book shows that 80 per cent |
f all our people live outside Of IL
orporated towns and that & per cent
lore live in Villages Of less than > 4,
90 population. \.
The book shows tha. the area q
he United States Is 100000. 600
cres. In 1920 about 563,G06,868 1 ,
ores were farmed It is possible to
arm 3OO,OOO,OO0 acres more. \,
The book shows that the rafcr :
rops of the United States are wheas =
orn, beef and cotton. 4
The most valuable crop fs corn for r
rain. The next most valuable crop r
hay and forage. The next ia cot
IN. The next is wheat, then oats.
otatoes, tobacco, apples, sweet DO !.
atoes, rye, rice, grapes and peaches a
1 the order named. L
The largest acreage is devoted to o
ay and forage. The next largest ia S
eVoted to corn for grain. Cotton t
axes approximately a half of the F
creage devoted to wheat. The oats n
creage is slightly larger than that
evoted to cotton.
The value of all crops is interest
lg as to locality. The greatest erop Y
alues are found in Middle Illinois. n
'estern Iowa, Middle Indiana. West b
n Ohio and that part of the United a
ates reaching from Cairo on either a
de of the Mississippi River as far G
nth as he Louisiana line. "
Other areas of high valuation are k
California, Middle Michigan. Mid il
e Texas, Western South Carolina, il