Show IDAHO CROPS C IN VALUE Increase This Year NearlY Two and Half Million I Dollars MALAD Ida Jin n The 4 The tot total t alue of ot Idaho's 11 ehl chief C crops for the I hear Is nearly two and one halt mil mil-I mU- mU mil million lion dollars greater creator than 1921 1 21 despite the faling off In receIpt tl horn om beets hect I potatoes sugar and fruit Inthe These are the tho outstanding points point In the tho annual ry of oC Idaho crop production Issued on New Now Years Year's day by Julius H II Jacobson Jocobson for of DC the iho federal bureau o of agri- agri aerl economics The In full tull c for tor the itemized table of ot production and re- re returns returns re returns turns upon the tho conclusion are nr based Is as a follows s Tho rho rhe aggregate value alue of oC the fifteen principal crops crown n in this year nas as and compares compare sith Ith 00 for tor 1921 1 21 The Tle value alue Is upon tin the th farm tarm prices s prevailing I on December 1 I the total of ot production was as slight slightly less thIs sear lear ar than last prices of DC the ma- ma maJority maJority ma majority of products iv ere cre higher Very I In laige ge crops of ot potatoes and ami apples In inthe Inthe I the United States State together with sith lit a mo-I mo ma- ma material ma material i e In Idaho Idaho's important cash sugar crop crop sero beets were ere disturb disturb- disturbIng Inc disturb Ing Influences In the states state's prosperity This years year's potato crop of oC bushels bushel his a Il tahoe of oC only 54 4 herons the crop of 11 HO of oC 1921 1 21 had a alue of I I There was not only a good lIe deal of oC difference In our apple appio crop for tor the twO sears lears ears It being bushels this year yar compared with sith last hear icar ear Last year however l there a sas a n shortage of ot apples In practically all of ot the eastern states so Idaho's record crop broucht n a return of ot 5 5 15 1 Ibis his Year sear the he condition Is the tho reverse revers for tor the th United States which largely ar ely accounts for tor Idaho's crop being belne worth 2 beets had an acreage of ot only or less than list hear hearAn ear earAn earAn An of ot 1116 tons per acre Is two tao tons hIgher than last year In 1921 the tho beet crop averaged n the gro- gro groer grow grower er Cr 6 St per ton The price this year nas as wa su 5 SO 50 but since sine the the- compan compan- companIes companies ies lea allow the grower to participate In Inthe inthe Inthe the profits of sugar ugar sales It Is antici antici- anticipated that the net price to glowers glowen this seir will sill average 7 57 per Ier ton find and findon andon andon on that ba basis basic ls the crop Li is valued at 1 3 compared with Ith last a car As usual hay was ns th the th states state's state most valuable crop In both ehrs with sith a total of thIs thi eai eal against In 1921 Other crop Viii- Viii val values ue ues are as follows Wheat 1922 21 21 1921 1 oats 1922 1322 2 1921 1 corn 1922 1522 1921 beans 1322 1522 1921 1321 37 In value alue per acre sugar t beets first of tho the field crops with 61 1 38 ThIs Till may be bo raised to 72 12 It if the th anticipated bonus Is paid Po- Po Po Potatoes ran rank second with Ith a value of oC 57 35 per acre but In 1921 they reg- reg reg registered first for 45 H with sugar beets boats second for Cor 55 OS I The Tho above taken together w Ith ro re- re from from our Ih livestock stoel and 11 e- e eI I stock stock products Indicate that Idaho farmers have o seen cen worst days and are ar now on the The sheep industry that barometer ot of the state s 8 agricultural prosperity has I made a spectacular recovery Cat Cat- Cattlemen Cattlemen Cat Cattlemen are ar reco cling more si 51 ila I hut lut ne they are ar seeing day day- daylight daylight light The dairy Industry Is on sound modern principles Idaho s poultry industry has reached the stage where wo we speak offhand of oC our e- e e ex exports 11 ports In terms of ot carlot quantities And It if In addition proper propel attention Is paid to the th distribution end of oC the I business Idaho agriculture Is h bound to prosper I I |