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bushels? eacb. Hxe was also reported largely in the eastern part, 

 "vvhilo barley was more abundantly jxrown in the central portion of the 



*taie. 



Hay and Forage. 



In 1900, 207,706 farmers, or 92.G per cent, of the total number, 

 reported hay and forage crops, of which, exclusiye of corn-stalks 

 and corn strippings, they obtained an ayerage yield of 1.2 tons 

 per acre. The acreage in hay and forage in 1899 was 1.6 per cent, 

 less than ten years before. 



In 1899 the acreages and yields of the yarious kinds of hay and 

 forf-gc were as follows: Clover, 293,683 acres and 336,072 tons; other 

 tame and cultivated grasses, 2,873,126 acres and 3,174,110 tons; 

 graiLS cut green for hay, 44,729 acres and 57,821 tons; forage crops, 

 4r),3fU; acres and 181,923 tons, and other kinds, 231,961 acres and 271,- 

 362 tons. 



In Table 18 the production of cornstalks and corn strippings is 

 included under ''hay and forage" but the acreage is included under 

 "corn," as the forage secured was only an incidental product of the 

 corn crop. 



Orchard Fruits. 



The changes in orchard fruits since 1890 are shown in the follow- 

 ing table: 



TABLE 20.— Orchard Trees and Fruits: 1890 and 1900. 



Fruits. 



Number of Trees. 



Bushels of Fruit. 



1900. 



1890. 



1899. 



1889. 



Apples, I 11, 774 , 211 



Apricots I 10,044 



Cherries, ' 956,273 



Peaches ' 3. 521. 930 



Pears, i 815,349 



Plums and prunes 707,512 



9.097,700 



5,913 



465,867 



1,146,342 

 325,062 

 152,533 



24,060,651 

 1,634 

 474,940 

 143.464 

 434,177 

 100.210 



7,552,710 



16} 



60.571 



117.151 



144,534 



7,899 



Tlie total number of fruit trees in 1890 was 11,193,417, while in 

 1000 there were 17,844,269— an increase of 6,650,852 or 59.4 per cent, 

 in the decade. The number of plum and prune trees reported in 1900 

 WcTs nearly five times as great as in 1890, and the number of peach, 

 pear and cherry trees were approximately three times as great. The 

 number of apricot trees increased 69,9 per cent, and that of apple 

 tie(^s, 29.4 per cent. The increases were quite evenly distributed 

 throughout the State. 



