Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1918 — Farm Products Value For 1917 Sets New Mark [ARTICLE]

Farm Products Value For 1917 Sets New Mark

Washington, Jan. 22.—Farm products of the United States reached the unpresedental Value of $19,443,849,381 last year, an increase of more than $6,000,000,000 over 1916, and almost $9,000,000,000 pmore than in 1915. A preliminary (estimate just announced by the department of agriculture shows crops were valued at $13,610,462,782 and represented 70 per cent of the value of all farm products. Animals and animal products were valued at $5,833,386,599 in 1917, an increase of almost $1,500,000,000 over 1916. Value of all farm crops for 1917 by states, not including the value of animals hnd animal products, shows Illinois, first; Texas, second, and lowa, third. In 1916, Texas Jed with lowa .second and Illinois third.