252 Cost of Producing a Quart of Milk in New England. MEAT PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES, (From data Swift & Co. furnished the Federal Trade Commission, with additions by the firm to cover 1917) NOTE-The basis of this table is the number of head slaughtered in inspected houses. From this is estimated the total number slaughtered by applying the percentage of total slaughtered in inspected houses in 1909, as shown below. The number of pounds is found by multiplying the number of head by average dressed weights of carcasses, also shown below. "Other edible portions" include such things as hearts, livers, edible fats, etc., the number of pounds of which per head is shown in following statement: Cattle. Calves. Using the figures of total meat production in this table and the census figures of population, the per capita production of meats for each year from 1909 to 1916 was as follows: The prices of meat animals-hogs, cattle, sheep, and chickens-to producers of the United States increased 2 per cent. from August 15, 1918, to September 15, 1918; in the last eight years prices increased in like period 2.7 per cent. On September 15, 1918, the index figure of prices for these meat animals was about 13.3 per cent. higher than a year ago; 73 per cent. higher than two years ago, and 86.4 per cent. higher than the average of the last eight years on September 15, 1918. COST OF PRODUCING A QUART OF MILK IN NEW ENGLAND. New Hampshire. Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut. Weighted average Maine. The above âgures Number of farms, 850; number of cows, 15,000; number of quarts milk, 40,325,587. represent costs at the country railroad station. 1-Based on grain at $56 per ton, the average New England retail price as obtained from 60 retail dealers in New England for kinds of feed approximating a balanced ration. Labor charge not increased above those of Summer, 1917. 2-Grain cost based on price for feeds Average $60 per ton. The approximating a balanced ration as shown by quotations of December 15. cost of labor was based on the prevailing wage, as shown by telegrams received from the agricultural colleges of each State, December 15. The above costs are figured on the basis of year-round costs which included Summer pasture. The cost of producing milk from cattle is, therefore, Increased or decreased depending whether or not pasturage is available. Live Stock in the United States-January 1, 1918. LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED STATES-JANUARY 1, 1918. Data compiled by the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 258 STATE. Maine. Milch Cows. Other Cattle. Sheep. No. No. No. Dollars. 170 127 New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York. New Jersey Pennsylvania. 102 71 295 189 154 97 21 116 10,682 1341 West Virginia. United States. . | 21,563|2,248,626) 23,284|1,643,639| 43,546|1,780,052| 48,900) 577,86771,374|1,392,276 The total number of stock hogs in the United States on September 1, 1918, was estimated at 65,066,000, as against 60,218,000 on September 1, 1917. Hog market receipts at twelve important interior cities, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Omaha, Portland, St. Joseph, St. Louis, St. Paul and Sioux City: (1913) 23,666,000: (1914) 22,301,000: (1915) 25,757,000; (1916) 30,939,000; (1917) 26.171,000; (1918) January, 2,968,000; February, 3,134,000; March, 3,183,000; April, 2,674,000; May, 2,360,000; June, 2,108,000; July. 2,270,000; total for six months of 1918, 16,427,000, as against 15,040,000 in the first six months of 1917 MULES ON FARMS. 25 t German Capital in Russia. LIVE STOCK ON FARMS IN UNITED STATES-1867-1918, Chickens on farms, 1910, were estimated to number 282,000,000; other fowls, 11,000,000: eggs laid in 1910, 1,591,311,371 dozens; of the hens, 22.700,000 were clucking in Iowa, 20,600,000 in Illinois, 20,000,000 in Missouri, 17,000,000 in Ohio, 13,200,000 in Indiana, 15,300,000 in Kansas, 10,300.000 in Minnesota, 12,000.000 in Pennsylvania, 12,900,000 in Texas and 10,300,000 in New York. There were more than 9.000.000 each in Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin. IN 3,006,580,737 17,057,702 45,170,423 47,320,511 18,718,578 50,631,619 52,102,847 19.746,583 53,240,282 54,794,439 19,992,000 54,631,000 56.084.000 56,084,000 54,147,000 57,216,000 47,782,000 65,620,000 65,410,000 61,178,000 49,719,000 4,449,000 58,933,000 ACCORDING to an authoritative source, German capital interested in Russian enterprises amounts to 814,000,000 rubles, distributed as follows among the various industries: Gas and electricity, 119,000,000 rables; petroleum, 62,620,000 rubles; metallurgical works, 71,450,000 rubles; machinery works, 39,640,000 rubles: textile industry, 82,400,000 rubles; coal mines, 31,580,000 rubles; chemical industry, 16,500,000 rubles. Average Prices Received by Producers of the United States. 255 Value of Value of Total Gross Crops Live Stock Wealth Produced. Products. Produced. 11,000 Dols.1,000 Dols. 1.000 Dols. 5,098,293 2,792,333) 3,011,1501 3,551,017 3,500,570 9,342,790 3,716,754 9,849,513 3,783,277 9,594,961 3.868,304 10,774,491 9,054,459 4,351,905 13,406,364 13,610,463 5,833,386| 19,413,849 2,998,704 1,718,366 2,212,541||1908. 2,460,107||1909. 4,717,070j1910. 5,009,595||1911 5,302,1201912 5,594.6451913 5,887,170 1914. 6,121,7781915. 6,273,9971916 6,764,210 1917. 7,487,9891 5.562,058 3,257,117 8,819,175 POTATO CROPS OF THE WORLD. (By the United States Department of Agriculture.) DURING the five-year period, 1909-1913, the world's potato crop averaged about 5.471,000,000 bushel annually, ranging between 4,842,000,000 bushels in 1911 and 5,873,000,000 bushels in 1912. Of the average yearly production during this period, a total of 2,692,000,000 bushels, or 49%, was furnished by the I countries named below. In 1917, these 10 countries produced 2,734,156,000 bushels of potatoes, or 50% of the average annual production during 1909-1913. 1918 United States Production, Estimated by Government-White potatoes, 384,529,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, 81,016,000 bushels. AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY PRODUCERS OF THE UNITED STATES. The figures represent cents per pound, or dollars per 100 pounds, in the cases of hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs; cents per pound as to wool; dollars per head for cows and horses; dollars per bushel as to onions, beans and all seeds but cotton; dollars per ton as to bran and cotton seed meal; cotton seed prices are dollars per ton. Average prices received by producers August 15, 1918-Hogs, 16.89; beef cattle, 9.71; veal calves, 12.22; sheep. 10.99; lambs, 14.20; wool, 57.4; milch cows, 84.06; horses, 131.43; onions, 1.65; beans, 6.11; clover seed, 15.20; timothy seed, 3.87; alfalfa seed, 9.88; cotton seed, 61.34; bran, 39.63; cotton seed meal. 55.60. 103.4 62.3 Maximum market prices-Hogs, Connecticut, $19.20; beef cattle, Rhode Island, $11; yeal calves, Maryland, $15; sheep, Oregon, $12; lambs, Colorado, $15.80; wool, Ohio, 70 cents; milch cows, Connecticut, $106; horses, Connecticut and Maine, $200; apples, Wyoming, $2.70; cabbage, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Oklahoma, $4; onions, Wyoming, $3; beans, Illinois, $9.90; corn, Rhode Island, $2.60; wheat, Georgia, $2.73; oats, Arizona, $1.28; barley, Rhode Island, $2; rye, Texas, $2.12; potatoes, South Carolina, $2.14; sweet potatoes, New Mexico, $2.30; hay, Arizona, $26: cotton, Florida, 54 cents; butter, Rhode Island and New Jersey, 52 cents; eggs, Massachusetts, 66 cents. 256 Value of Plow Lands in United States. VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY IN THE U. S.-1850-1910. \ 1880.. Until 1900 land and buildings were not separately stated; including only the reported value of live stock on farms until 1870; including estimated value of live stock on ranges: exclusive of Alaska and Hawail after 1890; including value of live stock on ranges as well as on farms until 1900; exclusive of Porto Rico in 1910. Not including farms of less than three acres which reported the sale of less than $500 worth of products in the census years since 1860; exclusive of Alaska and Hawail since 1890; exclusive of Porto Rico since 1910. FARM ACREAGE AND VALUE, BY STATES, 1910. 2,185,000 159,399,000 New York. 10,836 1,038,000 217 6,000 50.016 5,253,000 291,027 26,953,000 60.016 6,296,000 48,923 5,057,000 36.917 2,875,000 206,960 18,940,000 No. of Acreage 129,678 38,622,000 $2,079,818,000 2,714,000 2.689 63,179,000 North Carolina.. 253,725 22,439,000 8,476,000 North Dakota 143,183,000||Ohio.. 226,474,000 || Virginia 1,088,858,000 || Washington 277,244 34,591,000 2,052,917,000|| Wyoming 74,360 28,426,000 272,045 24,105,000 190,192 28,859,000 45,502 11,685,000 219,295 18,586,000 5,292 443,000 VALUE OF PLOW LANDS IN UNITED STATES. Av. of Poor Av. of Good] Av. of All $24 $22 $21 $48 $47 $45 $35 $34 $32 ||N. Dakota 21 24 24 52 50 50 39 37 37 ||S. Dakota . 28 28 26 64 60 57 4-1 42 41 Nebraska. 41 36 34 92 93 91 68 64 62 Kansas. 46 42 41 90 85 80 20 62 60 Kentucky 37 36 34 75 72 70 52 53 49 Tennessee New York....... 33 34 34 75 74 68 58 55 53 53 || Alabama . New Jersey.. 58 46 43 108 92 89 78 69 65 Mississippi. Pennsylvania. 37 36 32 79 73 66 58 57 35 331 33 68 75 68 59 55 33 30 28 61 62 57 47 48 29 24 22 61 50 46 43 36 28 23 22 64 54 49 43 38 31 27 30 26 15 13 50 Louisiana. 15 13 12 26 17 15 30 241 22 46 Oklahoma. 34 Arkansas 231 19. 17 36 Montana. 24 21 58 49 42 42 35 31 Wyoming . 25 231 21 20 45 43 42 36 33 31 Colorado. 35 26 Arizona.. 52 55 75 |Utah. 48 45 45 39 31 31 27 22 19 17 45 41 40 35 20 18 49 41 34 41 30 32 27 74 75 68 201 60 48 42 50 116 108 100 38 113 90 80 84 Nevada 98 85 86 70 80 80 80 115||Idaho. 43 51 Washington. 56 50 74 || Oregon. 61 || Califorula. 66 110 135 45| 122] 110 110| 04 80 53 41 361 111 93 80 84 70 |