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be, because Pennsylvania has a large number of consumers of farm 

 products, especially potatoes, in proportion to the number of per- 

 sons engaged in farm-crop production, than any state in the Union; 

 and she should supply a large quantity of these important vegetables 

 for the consumer, especially when under the shadow of Altoona, 

 Johnstown and Pittsburg as much as 350 bushels per acre have been 

 raised. 320,000 acres were planted with potatoes in the State in 

 1910, yielding 28,160,000 bushels, an average of 88 bushels per acre, 

 worth 114,643,000. 



TOBACCO 



There are but five states in the Union that raise a larger acreage 

 of tobacco than Pennsjdvania. In yield and value per acre, Pennsyl- 

 vania is first among the five, with an average yield of 1,500 pounds 

 per acre. There was an increase of over 500 pounds in yield per acre 

 in 1910 over 1909, with an average increase of one-half a cent a pound 

 in price. 33,680 acres were planted with tobacco in 1910 yielding 

 49,500,000 pounds, worth December 1, |4,603,500. 



The foregoing estimates of the values of farm products do not in- 

 clude dairy cows, valued January 1, 1910, at |44,460,000; nor other 

 cattle valued at $17,600,000; nor the horses and mules valued at |81,- 

 708,000; nor swine valued at |8,844,000; nor the sheep and wool 

 valued at 15,338,000; neither does it include the fruit crops or veget- 

 ables which, at a low estimate, would be worth an additional $50,- 

 000,000. 



CENSUS STATISTICS 



FIRST PRELIMINARY STATE:MENT OF FARM DATA BY THE CENSUS 

 BUREAU FOR PENNSYLVANIA, 1910 



The stateuient shows in detail that the number of farms reported 

 in 1910 was 218,394, as compared with 224,248 in 1900, a decrease of 

 5,854, or 2.6 per cent. 



The total value of farm land and buildings was given in 1910 as 

 $1,035,300,000 as against $898,273,000 in 1900, an increase of $137,- 

 027,000, or 15.2 per cent. 



The total value of all farm land alone was reported in 1910 as 

 $627,185,000 as compared with $575,393,000 in 1900, a gain of $51, 

 792,000, or 9 per cent. 



The total value of farm buildings alone was given in 1910 as $408,- 

 115,000 as against $322,880,000 in 1900, an increase of $85,235,000, 

 or 20 per cent. 



In 1910 Ihe value of the farm land alone constituted 61 per cent, 

 of the total value of land and buildings, as compared with 64 per 

 cent, in 1900. 



The ref)orted value of farm implements and machinery was $70,- 

 547,000 in 1!)10 as against $50,917,000 in 1900, a gain of $19,630,000, 

 or 38.5 per cent. 



