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est, with 14 bushels, per acre. Iowa produced the greatest number 

 of bushels, having 140,777,000, and Arizona the lowest, with 31,442 

 bushels. Florida had the highest average price per bushel, being 

 68 cents, and South Dakota the lowest, with 25 cents per bushel. 

 Iowa leads in total amount of dollars, being |38,009,790 to her 

 credit. In the Barley growing States and Territories California 

 leads in number of acres, with 1,42.5,000 acres, and New Mexico 

 the lowest, with 556 acres. Utah leads with the highest number 

 of bushels per acre, being 44 bushels, and New Hampshire the low- 

 est, with 21.4 per acre. California leads in the total number of 

 bushels, with 38,760,000, and New Mexico the lowest, with 15,072 

 bushels. Arizona shows the highest average price per bushel, being 

 76 cents, and Nebraska the lowest, with 31 cents per bushel. Cal- 

 ifornia leads in dollars, having .^20,930,400 to her credit, and New 

 Mexico the lowest, having |9,458. 



All but ten of the States and Territories produce rye, Michigan 

 having 400,000 acres, leads, and AYyoming only 428 acres. Idaho 

 has the best average per acre, being 25 1-5 bushels. Georgia, the 

 lowest, having only 8.2 bushels per acre. Pennsylvania leads in 

 total number of bushels, having 6,025,011 bushels to her credit, and 

 \^'yoming the lowest, with only 8,132 bushels. South Carolina hav- 

 ing the highest average price per bushel, being >f;i.25, and Nebraska 

 the lowest, with only 44 cents per bushel. In total value of crops 

 Pennsylvania leads, having to her credit |3,8o6,007, and Wyoming 

 the lowest, having §5,855 to her credit. 



Buckwheat is grown in only twenty-four or twenty-five states. 

 New York leads with 321.552 acres, and Tennessee lowest, with 527 

 acres. Maine has the highest average bushels per acre, being 28 

 bushels, and Iowa the lowest, with 12 bushels. New York has the 

 greatest number of bushels, 6,109,488, and Tennessee the lowest, 

 having 8.432 bushels. Tennessee also has the highest average price 

 per bushel, being 83 cents, and ^Minnesota the lowest, at 54 cents per 

 bushel. New York leads in dollars, having §3,726,788 to her credit, 

 and Nebraska the lowest, having §8,007. 



Flax is raised in thirteen to fifteen states. North Dakota leads, 

 with 1,465,745 acres, and California lowest, with 1,042 acres. Wis- 

 sonsin has the highest average yield of seed per acre, being 14 

 br.shels, and Missouri lowest, with 7.3 per acre. North Dakota leads 

 with total of 14,510,876 bushels, and California lowest, with 12,504 

 bushels; California and Oregon having the highest average price 

 per bushel, |1,25, and Idaho the lowest, with 85 cents per bushel. 

 North Dakota leads the list with the value of §14,801,094, and Cali- 

 fornia the lowest, with §15.630. About nine states grow rice. 

 Louisiana leads the list, with 308.377 acres, and North Carolina the 

 lowest, with 668 acres. Texas gave the largest yield of rough rice 

 per acre, which is 36 bushels, and Mississippi the lowest, with 20 

 bushels per acre. Louisiana has the greatest number of bushels, 

 8.634.556, and North Carolina the lowest, with 19,305 bushels. South 

 Carolina, Florida and Alabama have the same average price of §1.00 

 per bushel, and Arkansas the lowest, at 85 cents per bushel. Louis- 

 iana has the largest total valu«-, being §7,771,100, and North Car- 

 olina the lowest, with §18,340. 



Taking the tot^l value of these crops thev are immense, making 

 a grand total of |2,107,906,860. 



