Show RECORD FOR FARM PRODUCTS nearly Eight Billion Dollars Worth of Cereals and Livestock Raised Washington The following Is taker from the annual report of tin secretary of agriculture The farm value of all farm prodncti of 1908 reaches tho most extraordl ixary total In the nations history I 7778000000 This Is about font times tho value of the products o tho mines Including mineral oils and precious metals Tho farmer contributes contrib-utes 87 per cent of the raw materials used in those manufacturing Industries Indus-tries which depend mostly or considerably consid-erably upon agricultural materials and these Industries use 42 per cent of all materials used in all industries The value of products in 1899 the can FUS year being taken at 100 the value for 1903 stands at 125 for 1904 nt 131 for 1905 at 134 for 190G at 143 for 1907 nt 159 and for 908 at 1G5 During the last ten years the liven th production on the farms ol his country has exceeded the fabulous fabu-lous sum of 60000000000 |