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Show New Farm Crop Record lade In Uniled State Value cf the Nation's Harvects This Year Estimated at $5,563,073,000 by Department of Agriculture. High Prices Due to War In Europe Washington, Dec. 15 The nation's harvests this year havo surpascd any over boforo recorded. Tho valuo of tho principal farm crops, based on prices paid to farmers December 1, was announced today by tho department depart-ment of agriculture in Its final estimate esti-mate as $5,5C8,073,000 making 1915 n banner year both In valuo nnd In production of crops. Tho unusual situation of extraordinary extraordin-ary production and high price.), probably prob-ably nover beforo so pronounced Is credited principally to tho European war. With tho price of grain soaring ns tho war progressed, American farmers farm-ers began tho season by planting grenter areas to grain. Tho ncrcago of tho principal crops this year aggregated ag-gregated approximately 1SC.570 square miles. That Is larger than tho combined area of Germany, ' Franco, Hclgium, Holland, Denmark and Switzerland. Immense Corn Area Corn wns planted on 108,321,000 acres tho second largest area over planted, nnd the harvest was 3.015,-000 3.015,-000 bushels, tho second largest crop over grown. Its valuo was $1,755,-sr.O $1,755,-sr.O nflft nYppmllnf tlint nf tho nrovl- w , , .-CT ....... -- .- ous most valuable corn crop by $33,-. 000,000. I Now records wero mado In production produc-tion by wheat, oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice and hay while tobacco closely approached its production pro-duction record 1,103,415,000 pounds, mnde In 1910. Each of theso crops, In ndditlon, established records as being tho most valuable over grown except In tho case of barley and tobacco. to-bacco. Production of tho Orst billion bushel bush-el wheat crop and tho second threo billion bushel corn crop woro features fea-tures of tho year. Wheat Acreage Wheat acreago aggregated 59,898,-000 59,898,-000 acres, or 0,000,000 moro than ov-or ov-or beforo. Tho ylold was 10.9 bushels bu-shels an acre, tho largest aero ylold for Winter and spring wheat combined combin-ed ever attained in this country. Tho final cstlmato of production wns 1. 011,505,000 bushels with a valuo of $930,302,000. Tho crop exceeded last year's, which was a record, by moro than 120,000,000 bushels and by $50,-000,000 $50,-000,000 In valuo. Oats, ryo, potatoes, sweet potatoes nnd tobacco all wero planted on record rec-ord areas. Oats oxceeded tho record rec-ord production of 1912 by 122,000,000 bushels and Us record valuo of 1914 by $50,000,000. Harley .reduction was 13,000,000 bushols moro thnn tho 1912 record crop nnd was worth $1,000,000 moro than tho former most vnlunblo crop, grown In 1914. Rico passed tho tho 1913 record by 3,200,000 bushels nnd Its 1912 record valuo by $1,700,-000. $1,700,-000. Sweet Potato Crop Sweet potatoes oxceodod by 14,000-000 14,000-000 bushols tho 1910 record and were worth $3,100,000 moro thnn tho 1913 vnluo records. Hay showed a 12,500.-00) 12,500.-00) ton lncrenso ovor tho record prop of 1912 nnd was worth $55,i!00,000 moro thnn tho valuo record mado that year. Tobacco, while growing on a record acreago was worth $26,-000,000 $26,-000,000 loss than In tho record value j ear. Tho potato crop received perhaps tho most sovoro setback of the year retmors planted r. record acreago to potatoes hut tho outturn was only 359,103,000 bushels. That was CI,-500,000 CI,-500,000 bUBhcls helow tho records year and 59,800,000 less than Inst year. Tho valuo of tho crop, how-over, how-over, was $22,000,000 moro than last year. |
