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VOL. LVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 18, 1903.---TWENTY PAGES.
NO. 16
To the Indiana. Farmer.
Of all the piles of papers.
That swamp our desk each day.
The "Inillaua Parmer"
Is the oDe that cnma-a to stay.
lt comes once a week—on Thursalay,
T|Ub goaad old farmer sheet.
That tells of all the good things
To raise and wear and eat.
Yon aee 'taa*as Id the country
That first I saw the light.
"Twas on the farm In spring time.
Mid blossoms pure and bright.
So I fe**l my eyes grow brighter
And reverent Is my touch.
When I see the good old Farmer
That to read, 1 love so much.
It doesn't give the "locals,"
Nor fads and fashions new,
Nor any Idle posslp.
As so many papers do.
But tells us all the good things
A farmer ought to know:
How to raise corn, wheat and clover,
How to make his live atock grow.
It tells not of the school bouse,
Wheie we umiI to sit and dream.
While we idly watched the alust-specks
Floating in tbe sunlights gleam;
But, it tells of thought so notale.
Works so good and great and grand
(Yet In way so plain and simple)
That a child can understand.
So we hail this good old "Farmer"
Paper of onr pride and Joy,
With Its helps for father, mother,
l*.nd for every girl and boy;
Hay it live and live forever,
sVlth Its pages running o'er
With the teachings trje as "gospel"
Ihat U always has in store.
Subscriber.
FOUR AND A HAL.F MILLIONS.
Greatly
of
Increased Experts in Some
Our Products,
Our agricultural products increased
greatly in some respects during the past
year. Of a total export trade iu agricultural products of $8u7,113,533 last year
meats and live stock amounted to $240,-
768,546, the largest item on the list except cotton, which amounted to $291,598,-
356. Live stock exports exceeded those
of grain by $27,000,000. The increase
in meats over 1901 was $4,303,948, but
live stock decreased $7,187,192.
—* Meat and Meat Products. —
It will be recalled that during 1901
our exports under the head of m^at and
meat products were the largest up to that
time recorded. The returns for 1902 show
a still further increase in the value of
this item, the record for that year being
$195,896,862, or $4,303,948, greater than
the figures of 1901. The growth of the
past year is traceable chiefly to the increased value of certain of the meat products, the gain in the exportation of meats
proper, as measured in value, being inconsiderable. Under the head cf meats
the principal gain occurred in the exportation of hams. Our shipments of bacon
and of fresh beef were considerably
smaller in 1902 than the year before. In
the case of salted or pickled pork, which
is another important item among our meat
exports, there was a falling off in quantity, accompanied by a slight increase in
value.
The total value of meats of all kinds
exported during 1902 was $117,492,216, or
$116,625 in excess of the record for 1901.
Meat products were marketed abroad to
the value of $78,404,646, showing a gain
of $4,187,323.
— Bacon. —
Among the meat exports bacon is at
present the principal item. The shipments of this product in 1902 were recorded at 383,150,024 pounds, worth $35.-
449.797. Contrasted with the export
record for 1901 these figures disclose a falling off of 72.972.117 pounds in quantity,
with a loss of .<'_.(>49.229 In valne. The
annual export price per pound advanced
the two years fra>m s.2 to 8.3 centa,
— Hams. —
The export trade in hams during 1902
was considerably larger than that of the
year before, the sales of this product
showing a pain of 11.081,429 pounds in
quantity anal $24579,966 in value. According to the records of 1902 shipments were
made to the extent of 227.653,232 pounds,
the value being $25,222,744. The annual
< xport price per pound averaged 10.5 cents
for 1901 nnd ll.l cents for 1902.
— Salted or Pickled Pork. —
Of sailed or pickled pork the United
of the ten varieties show their lovely
blooms above the phlox, which later will
be laid low by the lawn mower, leaving
the groin grass ns a titling background
im' these queens of the garden.
Beyond is a long grape arbor reaching from the rose garden to the front
gate, its new leaves suggesting the cool
chade which will come later. At the urt
the strawberry patch, with its dark greeu
dmmn of growth sheltering but not concealing the snowy bloom and crimson
fruit, adils to Instead of detracting from
the picture. To the right of the lawn
the pecan trees are putting on their spring
ill ess and unfurling the tossels tliat tell
of nuts for next winter's eating: while be-
:* ond is the vegetable garden which neve:
fails to supply the table at all times of
the year. At short distances the n-eigh-
1 ors' houses nestle among their protecting
shade trees and the school house stands
tuli and silent, for it is past four o'clock
and studies are over for the day.
A field of rye, tall and straight, waves
slightly in the wind, and beyond is
background of orange trees, and then the
sturdy oak forest against the blue sky.
At the left the sky line is broken by the
tossing plumes of the tall pine trees and
straight out to the west is a shimmering
glimpse of the lake which, although not
a half mile distant, will soon be hidden
bv the unfolding foliage of the trees, and
over all is the bright sunshine and drifting
lleecy clouds.
Melrose, Fla. R. E. Merryman
less than in 1901. There was a marked
advance, however, in the annual export
price, whieh rose during the two years
from 7.2 cents to 8.7 cents per pound. Owing to this gain in price our exports for
1902 brought a return of $10,117,562, or
1^190,929 more than the much larger shipments recorded the year before.
— Fresh Beef. —
In our foreign sales of fresh beef there
was a rather decided falling off during
1902, the shipments for that year amounting to only 301,824,473, pounds, worth
$29,045,056. Compared with the records
of the year before, these figures show a
decline of 49,923,860 pounds in quantity
nnd 2,806,305 in value. The animal export
price of fresh beef advanced during the
two years from 9.1 to 9.6 cents per pound.
— I.ard. —
Lard forms the largest item among the
meat products marketed abroad. During
1902 our lard exports amounted to 556,-
840,222 pounds and had a value of $52,-
.".75. S64. The quantity shipped was decidedly less than in 1901, showing a decline of 54.517,292 pounds when compared with the record of that year. Notwithstanding this marked falling off in quantity, a decided rise in price brought the
total value of 1902 above that of the year
before, the gain amounting to $5,815,716.
The annual export prii e, which was only
7.6 cents per pound in 1901, advanced
during the following year to 9.4 cents per
pound.
— Oleo Oil. —
Next to lard the principal meat product
exported is oleo oil, of which in 1902 there
were shipments valued at $12,254,969, the
Quantity being 138,546,088 pounds. As in
the case of lard, there was a flailing off
in the amount exported, accompanied by j, proposed to make it not only" nations
an increase ra value resulting from higher bllt international in character. The con-
rr'°o|-i*v?o- l0SS \a qB™*_- amo'.int?d vention will be made up of representative
to 23,106,325 pounds, while the gam in men from all parts of the countrv
value was $408,596 During 1902 the ex- The prindpflirt&rtMtedffi2_ta_ will
port price averaged 8.8 cents per pound be that of national aid as outlined in the
as compared with only ..3 cents per pound bill introduced in the last Congress by
during iaui. I [representative Brownlow. The friemls
Pm. , ~ I;>ve Animals. — ■ .,f that measure will go to the convention
Contrasted with the exceptionally large 'loaded to the muzzle" with arguments
trade of 1901 onr live stock exports for the in its defense. Among the arguments
past year exhibited a noticeable falling off. which they offer with the great confidence'
The sum received for shipments under this the following may be noted-
head tl"ring_ 1JMJ2 was $44,871,684, or "The Government annually appropriates
less by .s,.l.S,.192 than the value recorded many millions of dollars for the improve-
the year before. The decline was caused ment of rivers and harbors to facilitate
by a diminished exportation of cattle. j commerce. But these appropriations
,-*. • ,«r^.~ ('*'tt*e — ure ot necessity very unequally distribut-
Dunng* 1902 the United States shipped ed, a few States receiving the greater part
to foreign markets 892.884 head of cattle, i.nal many others receiving none whatever'
worth $29,902,212. The number export- But the improvement of the public high-
ed fell short of the record for 1901 by 66,- ways is just as important to commerce
3S4 head, the loss in value amounting to MM. a national appropriation for that pur-
87,664,768. Lust year the export price lr*se could be so distributed as to *>*ive
averaged only $76 per head as against $82 each State its proper share,
per head in 1901. Honey appropriated bv Congress for
— Ilmses. — [other purposes only accomplishes results
W hile a falling off occurred last year in commensurate with the amount spent* bnt
'he cattle trade, considerable gains were money appropriated to aid and encourage
made, on the other hand, in the exportation {cad improvement would accomplish vast-
of horses. The horses sent abroad in ■>' more, because States and counties coiilo
1902 numbered 103,020, or 20,770 in ex-, on'y secure the lienefit of this aid by con-
cess of the number shipped during the i tnbuting proportional sums. A national
previous year. Last year's exports had aPPropnation for this purpose would serve
a total value of $10,048,046. exceeding ; ns a universal stimulus to road improve
the reiord of 1901 by $1,174,201. In "
1902 the annual export price averaged only
$98 as against $108 th year before.
Good Roads Convention at St. Louis.
Arrangements are completed for assembling in St. I.ouis on April 27, the greatest good roads convention ever held. It
iu tho magnitude and value of his crops.
Although his family constitutes only one-
twentieth of the human race, he produces nearly one-third of the world's
food snpply, while Russia, which comes
twxt as a food producer, has one-twelfth
of the world's population and supplies
less than one-fifth of its food. Compare
our wheat crop for 1900 with that ot
the other leading wheat countries of the
world:
Oountry. Hushela.
United States &_•_.>,i'ln.iaaao
Russia In Europa* 39«,«23,000
France 309.383,000
British India 182.582,300
l3eruiany 141,139,000
Hungary 135,000,000
Italy 119,750,000
Spain 105,000,000
Argentina 101,268.000
Great Bril-iin 56,330,000
The expert (not offlcinl) estimate of
our wheat crop for the last year is 700,-
500,000 bushels and the same authority
places our corn crop at the output of
wheat for the entire world for 1900.
We are told, by government authority,
that our crop of cereals for a single vear
is 90,000,000 tons. Let us try to get
hold of these figures so that thev will
mean something to us savs Joseph
Strong, in Success. How long a train of
corn would be required to ship this crop,
allowing 40 feet outside measurement to
each ear, and ten tons of grain to each?
If we had a double track belting the
globe at the equator these cars loaded
with our grain crop for a single year
would till both tracks solid and then,
enough would be sidetracked to reach
from New York to San Francisco six
times!
*£L \ eetmg ,ot farmers m a western
Mate a young lawyer took part in the
discussions He was a clean, bright
man, evidently popular with the people
We are going to send him to the Legislature some day," said a prosperous and
well-to-do farmer. The sentiment was
app auded yet if some one had suggested
ther"'* t,1',\farnr to t,,e Legislature
there would have been no response Yet
£?tf"r,l!K'r __*** the neciis of "is fellows
lietter than the lawyer did, and he was a
man of strong character and ability. No
one thought of him as a suitable representative, because it has become a habit
to send lawyers to tinker our laws for us
lhat is one of the habits which farmers
should try to break off.-Hural New
lorker.
An English lvv
1 as crept up the trunk and covered some
States sold to foreign countries in 19021 of the branches with its glossy lea\a*s.
A March Day ln Florida.
Bdltora Indiana Farmer:
Let me give you through my eyes, a
glimpse of a tiny part of Florida this
beautiful March day. From my den I
looked through the window upon a yard
bright with phloxes of every hue. To the
right of the veranda steps is a bed of
sweet violets in full bloom. A net work
of grape vines, just putting out their
new leaves, covers that side of the ve-
ianda, and at the north end a Crimson
Hambler rose waves its long branches In
tbe wind.
A large rose bush south of the steps is
a mass of pink bloom from ground to
caves. Next comes the honeysuckle,
and nt the south end the moon- flower
vines are already twining along the strings
io form their leafy shade for summer.
A short distance from the veranda Is
the Cape Jasmine bush, eight feet tali
and ten feet broad: a mound of yellow
Jasmine, a crape Myrtle tree and other
shrubs. A tall Chinese lilac, or "China
tree" as it is commonly called, is now
covered with bloom
115,896,275 pounds, or 22,747,338 pounds
ment.
districts must always remain limited tn
t aose communities wbich. bv re„son nr
—lties which, bv reason *,r
their wealth or favorable natnral conditions are able to have good roads. Either
(J) the whole scheme of rural free delivery
JH^St i !l**,,?0?ed ^<-«''se it cannot be
carried out with equal justice to all the
people or (2) the National Government
must lend a hand to help the less f-ivoret
communities improve their roads thus
making universal rural free delivery possi-
THE MARVEL OF AMERICAN-
FA It MS.
The story of American Agriculture has
..ecu the story of our growth in* ponla-
tion an.l of the extension of our national
domain-a record without a parallel in
the hist.ary of the world. A Chicago
man once said that he had lied a great
many tunes about the growth of his
city, but Providence had alwavs come to
bis relief. It would take a gifted liar to
overstate the growth of onr agriculture
or exaggerate the marvel of its present
proportions. The difficulty to prod im-;
agination to any appreciation* of the
simple facts.
BUTTE'S GREAT WEALTH.
More wealth is produced in the small
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