The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-01-05
CROPS SHOW
LARGE GAINS
Washington Products for 1921
Nine Million Dollars Greater
Than for 1920.
TOTAL VALUE sls7,014.95o
Between Four and Five Million Acres
of Land in State Mas in
Crops.

BY more than nine million dollars,
Washington 1921 crop production
surpassed i'll value that of 1920, ac-
cordng to figures given out by the
federal bureau of crop estimates and
furnished to the Seattle Chamber OF
Commerce The 1921 production
reached the enormous total OF S1h1,-
UI4,g50 Production Tor last year was
valued at S147 sos 900, By the same
bureau the value OF this years live
stock in this state is placed at $5S,-
25I 900. vast percentage OF the
crops of all kinds will find their way
To markets OF the world through Sc
attic. moving by rail and water.
Wheat production led the states
products for the year, with 81 1000. 0OU
bushels, valued at s51,000,0O0. Next
came apple production. with 25,414.000
bushels. values al $35000,000. Fruit
production of all kinds III the state,
including peaches, pears and the small
fruits bring the total value of fruit
crops to more than $64 900 600.
Between 1000 900 and 5000, 00O
acres OF land in Washington was III
crops this year and the outlook for
next year. according to federal ex-
perts, is for a much increased acreage
as private and public reclamation and
irrigation projects develop. The fed
eral figures show now 66.2SS farms Ill
the state with a total area of 1924
go acres The approximate land area
OF the state is AZ .775.040 acres. I'm.
proved land III farms is given as O.
129,343 acres. woodland i'll farms as
1,S13.000 acres. and other unimproved
land in farms as 1902 600 acres.
The states crop production for 1921.
as shown by the federal bureau Of
crop estimates, follows:
Wheat $1,000 900 bu., value SOL
O00, 900; corn, 1924 900 bu.. value ST.
s93. 900: oats. IA. $50 900 bu.. value Sc
$4,000; barley. 3,536.000 bu., value
1894 500; rye. 615000 bu,, value
S76s, $50; hay. 2.222,000 tons. value
s21 .109 ,000 potatoes. 100000 bu.,
value sc, 4S5 .420. hops. 5.730,O0O bu..
value $2.O06 900; sugar beets, value
$500 600; apples, 25474 900 bu., value
$50, 154 100 peaches, 1,3S6,0OO bu.,
value S2.522.520; pears. 1887 ,0O0 bu.,
value S19S4.340 small fruits, cher
RES, plums. apricots. prunes berries
cts. and fruit products. value $25 600
O00
The 1927 sugar beet production is
estimated at $500 carloads or $1,000
tons At SIS a ton the total valuation
of 100000 is obtained.
Raw silk shipments from Orient to
Seattle, one of the great tests OF pros
perity. will total s51 100. 4S7 in value
the last FIVE months of this year, as
compared with S23 ,39S937 in same pc
riod last year. gain of S27 .721 $50
or more than double Silk now en-
route to Seattle is valued at s11 800
zoe.
One agency will load fourteen
steamships on Puget Sound this
month in coastwise and foreign serv
ice II will pay out s120 600 for Ia
Dor in loading these vessels, and it
has eleven more booked by one line
Ac' Jdhudis
Shipments of Washington apples
from Seattle and Portland to Great
Britain will total TT 900 boxes the
last three months Of the year more
than TRIPPING record Of same months
last year and pouring nearly $1,5O0,-
900 of British gold into Washington
apple districts Ten steamships this
4 ,,f
Washington products in Puget Sound
ports for delivery in Great Britain
and Europe, this tonnage the equiva
lent of 20 trains each of 20 cars.
smashing all previous records per
month in the Puget Sound movement
TO the other side of the Atlantic. &C
cording to trade experts.