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Rye. — Average per acre, seventeen bushels; yield, 882,830 bushels; 

 worth 40 cents per bushel, and the total, $353,132. Last year's crop, 859,- 

 630 bushels, valued at $411,762. 



Flax. — Product, 725,350 bushels; yield per acre, eight bushels. Value 

 about $1.00 per bushel. Last year's crop, 916,880, worth $1,182,000. 



Potatoes. — Product, eighty-one bushels per acre; total yield, 12,051,- 

 670 bushels. Price, 34 cents; total value, $4,097,567. Last year's product, 

 5,098,000 bushels, valued at $4,588,000. In 1900 the crop was 10,850,000 

 bushels, worth $4,340,000. 



Hay (tame). — Product. 4.439,040 tons — an average of 1.8 per acre. 

 Value, $6.80 per ton; total value, $30,171,592. Last year's output, 3,711,000 

 tons, valued at $30,721,000. 



Hay (wild). — Average yield. 1.3 tons per acre; total yield, 1,202,860 

 tons, worth $5.50 per ton; total value, $6,615,730. Last year the product 

 was 1,268,700 tons, worth $7,992,000. 



The estimated value of sweet potatoes is about $320,000. Sorghum, 

 $250,000; broom corn, $40,000. Timothy seed is estimated at $750,000; 

 clover seed unknown and not ascertainable as to value. 



Corn fodder in shock and fields probably worth half as much as last 

 year, or about $10,000,000. 



Pasturage; bulky, early and late, and worth at leasit $35,000,000. 



Fruits and vegetables are estimated at $9,500,000, which is a con- 

 servative figure. 



TABULATED CROP SUMMARY. 



TOTAL 

 PRODUCT, 

 BUSHELS. 



FAHM VALUE 

 DEC. 1, J 902. 



Corn 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Flax 



Potatoes 



Hay 'tame) 



Hay (wild) 



Sweet Potatoes 



Sorghum 



Broom Corn 



Timothy Seed 



Corn Fodder 



Pasturage 



Fruits and vegetables 



296,910,230 

 13,512,845 

 92,907,900 



15.181,940 

 882,830 

 755, 150 

 12,051,670 

 *4. 439,940 

 *1, 202, 860 



S3, 132,708 

 7,012,640 

 22,297,930 



5, 075, 710 



353, 132 



755, 350 



4,097,567 



30,171,592 



0,015,730 



320, COO 



259, 000 



40,000 



750, 000 



10,000,000 



36,000,000 



9,500,000 



Total soil products 



$ 215,722,339 



* Tons. 



As to the corn crop, it is proper to add that a considerable percent- 

 age is still ungathered and subjected to the vicissitudes of the weather, 

 which at this time is unfavorable for securing the full product. The fig- 

 ures as to all the crops are submitted as the best that can be secured at 

 this time, under exceptional conditions. 



The grand total for last year was $274,000,000, and in 1900 it was in 

 round numbers $229,000,000. 



