Show GREAT WEALTH OF THE FARMER R I History of the World Shows Nothing Like Progress of This Country Report of the Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Shows That The Man With the Hoe In the United SUtea Produces Billions of Dollar Yearly Washington D CThe wealth production pro-duction on tho farms of tho United States in 1905 reached the highest amount ever attained In this or another an-other country 6415000000 I In the first annual report of his I I third term Secretary of Agriculture Wilson presents an array of figures and statement representing the products pro-ducts and profits of the farmers of the country which ho admits dreams of wealth production could hardly equal 1 Four crops make now high records as to value corn hay wheat and rice although In amount of production produc-tion the corn crop Is the only one that exceeds previous yields In every crop the general level of production pro-duction was high and that of prices still higher Besides tho enormous yield of wealth the secretary estimates that the farms of the country have increased In-creased In value during the past five years to a present aggregate of G 133000000 Every sunset during the past five years ho says has registered an I Increaso of 3400000 In the value of I the farms of this country This Increased value tho secretary suggests Is Invested bott9r than in I bank deposits or even in tho gilt edged bonds of private corporations I Analyzing the principal crops for the year the secretary says that corn reached Its highest production at 2708000000 bushels a gain of 42000 000 over the lowest year 1899 hay Is second In order of value although cotton cot-ton held second place during the two preceding years The hay crop this year Is valued at 005000000 Cotton comes third with a valuation of 575 000000 wheat 525000000 oats 282000000 potatoes 138000000 barley 68000000 tobacco 12000 000 sugar cane and sugar bets50 000000 rice 13892000 dairy products pro-ducts 665000000 < an increase of 64000000 over last year I Although milk cows are Increasing In number and valuo tho report states that other cattle and sheep have for several years been decreasing decreas-ing There are 17570000 milk cows valued at 482000000 Other cattle are numbered at 43669000 with a value of 462000000 Swine number 47321000 valued at 283255000 In the aggregate the value of farm animals an-imals has Increased a few million dollars I dol-lars within the year and since the census of 1900 have increased 9 percent per-cent I |