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BETTER FRUIT 



Page 7 



Monthly Crop Report, Dept. of Agriculture 



All farm products have shown a 

 steady increase in price, with very few- 

 exceptions, from 1910 to 1917. The fol- 

 lowing table is not only very interest- 

 ing but very instructive. Attention is 

 called to a few of the important pro- 

 ducts and the increases shown: Hogs, 

 $8.15 to $13.35; beef, *4.84 to $8.30; 

 sheep, $5.47 to $9.32; wool, 19.0 to 54.3; 

 milch cows, $42.86 to $72.81. Horses 

 are an exception, showing a decrease 

 from $1-18 to $135, probably due to 

 automobiles and auto tractors. Cab- 

 bage, $2.27 to $3.23; onions, $1.04 to 

 $2.01; beans, $2.34 to $8.07 (nearly 400% 

 increase, possibly due to the large 

 demand for beans for army require- 

 ments); wheat 90.4 to 228.9; corn, 

 78.1 to 196.0; oats, 49.8 to 73.7; barley, 

 57.1 to 114.5; potatoes, 83.6 to 170.8; 

 hav, $9.28 to $13.42; cotton, 10.3 to 24.3; 

 butter, 22.4 to 34.0; eggs, 19.2 to 29.8. 



There is no comparison on apples, as 

 the prices given are for the 1916 crop. 

 The increase in every commodity with 



the exception of apples, which is not 

 shown, is all the way from 50 to 300 

 per cent. It does certainly seem that 

 with every product increasing in price, 

 as given in the above scale of percent- 

 ages, that the United States, the richest 

 nation of the world, possessing over 

 one-third of all the gold in existence, 

 having a banking capital reported equal 

 to all the other nations combined; in 

 connection with the immense export 

 trade to the warring nations, which are 

 largely dependent upon the United 

 States for supplies; with business more 

 prosperous than il has been in the his- 

 tory of the country; with everybody at 

 work at splendid wages, the oppor- 

 tunity for getting good prices on apples 

 is certainly very hopeful, and so far as 

 we can see there is no reason why, if 

 the apple crop is properly handled and 

 properly distributed, growers should 

 not get splendid prices — prices that will 

 afford them a good living, pay them 

 well for their labor and a reasonable 

 amount on the investment. 



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MONTHLY CROP REPORT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— ESTIMATED CROP CONDITIONS AUGUST 1, 1917, WITH COMPARISON'S 



STATE 



Condition 

 August 1 



Forecast 1917 from 

 Condition 



December 



Estimate 



1916 



5 = 



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 B| 



= 



PEACHES 



Condition 

 August 1 



Forecast 

 1917 from 

 Condition 



r*" ~ 

 1 — 



- > 



o a. 

 E B 



Condition 

 August 1 



ci 



X< 



Forecast 

 1917 from 

 Condition 



£5 



S •* 



C5 zj 



> 03 



I — 



C ^ 



0. > 



Maine 



New Hampshire. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts . . 

 Rhode Island . . . 



Connecticut 

 New York . . . 

 New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania 

 Delaware . . . 



Maryland 



Virginia 



West Virginia . 

 North Carolina 

 South Carolina . 



Georgia 

 Florida 

 Ohio . . 



Indiana 

 Illinois 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 

 Minnesota 

 Iowa 

 Missouri . 



North Dakota. 

 South Dakota. 

 Nebraska 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Tennessee , 



Alabama . - 



Mississippi 

 I iniisiana . 

 Texas 



Oklahoma 



Arkansas 



Montana 



Wyoming 



Colorado 



New Mexico 

 Arizona .... 



Utah 



Nevada .... 



P.ct. 

 62 

 62 

 58 

 60 

 63 



56 

 40 

 55 

 53 

 73 



62 

 55 

 41 

 65 

 83 



15 



58 

 65 



46 



72 

 7 2 

 60 



51 



.SO 



65 

 42 

 65 



50 

 66 

 53 



:,n 

 58 



63 

 66 



67 

 73 

 80 



59 



(•,:, 

 94 



go 



Idaho 90 



Washington xi 



Oregon (17 



California 82 



United States. 



55.1 



P.ct. 

 64 

 63 

 63 



67 

 67 



68 

 59 

 61 

 58 

 59 



60 



58 



5 1 

 58 

 56 



58 



48 

 49 



II 



56 

 59 

 62 

 48 

 46 



till 

 50 

 15 

 53 



52 

 51 

 50 

 56 

 59 



57 

 56 

 75 

 66 

 57 



i',l 

 76 

 66 

 51 



71 

 78 



77 

 79 



Thousands; 000 omitted. 



54.3 



Bu.' 

 4.630 

 1,350 



2,064 



2,623 



263 



1,512 

 22,186 



1,977 



14,310 



436 



2,610 



10,725 



5,861 



6,669 



859 



1,687 



8,724 

 6,076 

 8,233 



8,803 

 3.30." 

 1,426 

 6,1 69 



11,880 



36 

 2,436 

 2.957 

 8,619 



5.01 X 



1,390 



3 



1,495 



1.1 III 

 925 



1,013 



646 

 129 

 846 



216 



2,1125 

 8,505 

 3,329 



5.515 



Bu.' 

 4,905 

 1,335 



2,331 



3,084 



314 



1,886 

 26, I6.S 



2,325 



16,158 



428 



2,652 



111.725 



5,59 I 



6,464 



844 



1,687 



9,305 

 6,7 1 1 

 8,075 



9,893 

 3,435 



1,171 



6.397 



12,352 



Bbls' 

 848 

 203 

 275 

 401 

 13 



126 

 3,697 



363 



1,431 



79 



365 

 1,572 



781 



489 



5 



185 



872 

 546 

 961 



1.115 

 153 

 48 

 20 



1,110 



360 



2,6971 162 



247 



8,463 431 



5.319 



1 ,252 



360 



'.396 



l .6:12 

 3,859 

 1,253 



1.195 



766 



151 

 852 

 192 



201 

 1 



r, 



19 



758 

 139 



' 670 



129 



16 



141 



2 



2,153 238 



8,091 1,985 



1,173 388 



5. en: 1,196 



P.ct. 



63 



57 

 60 



65 



52 



C3 

 52 

 52 



56 

 50 



47 

 57 

 59 



63 

 64 

 46 

 45 

 41 



55 



26 

 37 



29 

 37 

 48 



50 



55 

 56 



flu.* 



"47 



145 

 27 



281 

 2,216 



858 

 1,440 



671 



962 



818 



810 



1,495 



1,124 



4,319 

 103 

 651 

 648 

 442 



806 



39 

 900 



290 

 1,111 



1,080 

 1,769 

 1,134 

 151 

 2,205 



Bu.' 



"48 



129 



29 



[ 



3101 



2.161] 



1, 



l,435l 

 650 



1.000 



848 



596 



1,333 



1,029 



4,254 

 101 



698 

 725 



485 



822 



72 

 1,110 



339 



1.187 



1,213 



1 ,355 



940 



in:. 

 2.25 1 



Bu.' 



"24 



"66 

 14 



131 



1,238 



689 



1,069 

 346 



600 

 660 

 520 

 897 

 545 



3,510 

 119 



1,350 

 888 

 780 



2,010 



64 



1,080 



30 

 150 



880 



1,080 



1,110 

 975 

 56 



2.. SCO 



19 1,012 

 60 1,920 



45 



51 

 72 

 60 

 54 



60 

 68 



69 



79 



1,178 



1,022 230 

 2.975 2,310 



1,315 105 



60 51 



60 56 



128 128 



6 



1711 150 



552 552 



320 320 



10,080 10,080 



lo 

 60 



81 



1 



25 



1 15 



276 

 8, NIIS 



54.0 12,691 13,522 36,939 



P.ct. 

 55 

 60 

 60 

 65 

 59 



66 

 61 

 53 

 57 



68 



65 

 49 

 34 

 58 

 74 



48 

 27 



41 

 51 

 58 



64 



85 



48 

 48 



50 

 48 



30 

 45 



50 

 60 

 60 



45 

 60 

 50 



80 



55 

 82 



so 

 76 



75 

 78 

 70 

 90 



61.9 



P.ct. 



74 

 73 

 73 



71 

 76 



75 

 63 

 63 

 64 

 50 



59 

 51 

 46 

 52 

 58 



59 

 57 

 55 

 53 

 46 



63 

 69 



12 

 II 



50 

 50 



51) 



15 

 53 



55 

 63 



60 



48 

 52 



72 



65 



7S 



63 

 61 



71 



79 

 75 

 79 



Bu.' 

 26 

 19 

 16 

 83 

 9 



37 



1.629 



563 



447 



266 



486 

 173 



40 

 145 



96 



122 



Hi 

 330 

 375 

 439 



737 



216 



11 



87 



183 



72 

 95 

 96 

 42 

 25 1 



35 



82 



9 



195 



15 



21 



56 



6 



71 



566 



560 



1.989 



61.0 in. si: 



P.ct. 



85 

 84 



85 



80 

 86 

 77 

 83 



80 

 80 

 71 

 82 

 78 



80 



78 

 79 

 76 



81 

 79 

 76 

 72 



71 

 66 

 76 



73 



75 

 73 

 78 

 72 



67 

 71 



71 



73 

 89 



so 

 75 



82 

 86 

 87 

 90 



81.3 



