Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-18
WTSCONSIN'S
FARM INCOME
Dairying So Percent of Total
-S352,OOO,OO0 Worth
of Products.

agricultural department carries some
interesting figures on Wisconsin farm
production. Milk furnishes SO percent
of all income to the farms and ranks
as the states leading product. 1t al
so firmly establishes Wisconsin as
leading dairy commonwealth.
All Other Crops But AZ Percent
Hogs comes next with IL percent
The percentage ratio on other crops
is as follows: Eggs and poultry, 10;
cattle and calves, 8; Potatoes, 4;
Corn, oats, rye, barley and wheat, 8;
clover seed and cabbage, 1; sheep
wool and honey, J.; Tobacco, 3;
canning peas, /; hay, l; all other
crops, peas, sugar beets, beans, on
ions, cucumberS, fruit, 3.
! Gross Farm Income 1852 100000
The gross income from Wisconsin
farms in 1923 was S352,000,000. Of
/ this amount milk had a farm value of
| $188, 100000, or So percent of the
| total In no other year alone has
milk made up such large proportion
of the total income Hog production
had total value of SAL 100000 Eggs
and poultry, $33,000,000, and cattle
and calves, $30,000,000. 1t will be
noted that $40 of the total income
!
stock products.
Only 1870 of the farm income came
directly from crops since grains and
hay, making up 1870 of last years
crop value. were kept on the farm and
| fed to livestock The potato crop is
I Wisconsin's leading cash crop, and
its value in 1923 is placed at $4,000
I O00 Tobacco is valued at Sll,0OO,OOO,
; and canning peas at $4,00O,OOO.
| Wisconsin Leads in Dairy Industry
The report goes on to state that
/ Wisconsin retains her leadership as
dairy state with $4,000 more COWS
than Minnesota, which is second. New
York has dropped into third place.
Wisconsin dairying was put to Sc
we're test during 1922 when low prices
prevailed. Prices began to go up in
1923 and the average for the year was
| 26ob higher than in 1922. With the
incentive of good milk prices herds
have been increased and built up.
Reef herds have been replaced by
dairy herds. :.
Hog Industry Must Go on Decline
Wisconsin farmers along with other
corn belt farmers expanded in the
hog industry two years ago when hog
prices were high compared to corn
The 1922 pig crop in the corn belt
was $3.50 higher than the year pre-
yious, and the 1923 crop was again
larger. The result has been extreme
lv large marketing and lower prices.
Wisconsin shipments of hogs to mar
ket in 1928 were 100000 head or 24%o
more than in 1922.
Continued low prices has d1ScOur-
aged the farmers and lower hog pro-
duction may be looked for. The Iat-
est estimate of the number of cows to
farrow this sprin gin the corn belt, is
from 1000 to 1870 lower than year
AGO. This will mean curtalled pro-
duction and probable better prices.
And it's "GOOdby DObbin" Also
The gradual increase in the use OF
the tractor has hurt the horse indus
trv There were 5,475 tractors in
1923 than in 1922, an increase OF 3O%o.
The moor demand for horses has
changed the practice of raising colt
or two each year. Horses are declln-
ing and the estimates for the state |
and country are 2@o less than year
ago.
The Wisconsin sheep industry is
AGAIN being built up. Prices on WOOL |
and mutton dropped after the peak OF |
1919 and the industry Jagged. Lately, !
however, prices are better and more |
farmers are raising sheep. Inc WIS
consin estimate for January l is SAL
600 head-the same as year a9o-put
more breeding ewes are beng kept
this wear showing a change to more !
sheep raising in the future.
A census of animals gives IN terms
of thousands the following number OF
animals of various classes in the
state: Dairy COWS, 2,217, $58 average
value per head; other cattle, S5S, val.
S23.70 per head; all cattle, 3,Ol3
thousand head; horses and mules, 634
thousand head, average value horses
S96, mules, $685. all swine, 1878 m
head. average value, $3.50; all sheep,
341 m head, value, $50; all poultry,
14.O21 thousand head, value 75c. In
addition to above there are $4,000
colonies of bees, ave. value, $3.50.
Estimates For County OF Grant
Grant county figures will be of in
terest. The report shows 42,7OO dairy
COWS and heifers valued at So 900;
100000 all cattle, value $3,923,7OO
100000 swine, value $948,4OO; IT,
800 sheep, value $165,540; $4,000 pro-
ducing cows, average milk productlon
of 4,210 pounds, total milk produc-
ton of / ,637 $50 cwt., and farm val
ue of $3,177,119.
In general, the report says, farmers
are undertaking normal production
attended, however, by the dltflcultles
arsining from high wages and other
costs, loss of farm workers. and the
general disparity between the prices
of farm products and city products.
Domestic demand for farm products
is at a high level. Foreign markets
for our cotton, pork, wheat, and to-
bacco seems likely to continue at the
same demand level. The situation
with respect to labor, machinery, fer
tilizer. credit, and other cost items,
does not favor expansion OF farm
production.
The withdrawal of $40 month
bonus being paid federal employees
other than postal has caused great IN
other