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acre; total product, 99,012,660 bushels; aggregate value, at 30 cenis pe!- 

 bushel, $29,703,798. Last season the product was 92,907,000 bushels, 

 valued at $22,907. The average yearly output for thirteen years has been 

 117.318,000 bushels, and the value $25,420,000. 



Barley. — ^Area harvested, 493,108 acres; yield per acre, 24.7 bushels; 

 to'al product, 12,179.790 bushels; average price. 37 cents per bushel; 

 lo^al value, $4,506,522. The yield and value are about the thirteen-year 

 average. 



Ryej. — Area harvested, 123,273 acres; average yield, 15.6 bushels per 

 aero; total product 1,923,060 bushels; current price. 44 cents per bushel; 

 total value, $846,146. 



Flax. — Area harvested, 40,823 acres; yield per acre, 8.7 bushels, 

 total yield, 355,160 bushels; current farm price, 78 cents per bushel; 

 total value. $277,024. 



Potatop:.s. — Area harvested, 113,433 acres; average yield, 5.38 bushels 

 per acre; total product, 6,082,694 bushels; average farm price, 75 cents 

 per bushel; value of product, $4,562,020. The total yield is about half 

 the thirteen-year average; total value about the average of the l.hirleen- 

 year period. 



Hay. — (Tam.e). Average yield per acre. 1.9 tons; total product. 

 5,216,404 tons; current farm price, $5.75 per ton; total value of crop. 

 $29,994,323. 



Hay.— (Wild). Yield per acre, 1.3 tons; total product. 1,191.345 

 tons; average price, $4.96. per ton; total value, $5,897,157. The hay 

 crop as a whole (tame and wild) is nearly 900,000 tons in excessi of the 

 thirteen-year average. 



Pasturage. — This most important soil product has been at its best 

 in the recent wet seasons, when the cereal crops have suffered much detri- 

 ment from excessive moisture. It is not measurable by the ton or 

 bushel, and its value can only be estimated approximately by consider- 

 ing it as the basis of stock growing and dairying. From this point of 

 view it will be a conservative estimate to figure the output of pastures 

 and all other grazing lands at an average of $300 per farm. This makes 

 a total value of $68,000,000 for the State. 



Corn fodder in shock and fields is worth at least $10,000,000. Sorghum 

 broom com and sweet potatoes are worth about $750,000. 



TABULATED CROP SUMMARY, 



