FINANCE, INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION. 



479 



Fastest Recorded Runs for Short Distances. 



DISTRIBUTION OF HOG PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM THE 



UNITED STATES. 



* Includes Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. 



The tables of statistics of hog products were compiled by the Cincinnati Price Current. 



The Department of Agriculture reported the following farm animals in the United States on January 1, 1900 : 

 Horses, 13,537,534, value, $603,969,442 ; mules, 2.086.127, value, $11 1,717,092 ; milch cows, 16,292,360, value, $514,812,106 ; 

 oxen and other cattle, 27,610,054, value, $689,486,260 ; sheep, 41,883,065, value, $122,665,916. Total value farm animals. 

 $2,212,756,578. 



PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO. 



STATEMENT OF PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE LAST REPORT OF THE 



SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



Careful estimate by the Department of 

 Agriculture : Area, 595,000 acres ; product, 

 403,004,000 pounds; value, $24,258,000; 

 yield per acre, 678 pounds. This is the last 

 year that an estimate has been made by the 

 Department. 



The number of cigarettes manufactured in 

 (he United States in 1890-91 was, according to 



the Internal Revenue returns, 2,877,799,440. 

 The value of domestic leaf tobacco exported 

 from the United States, year ending June 30, 

 1895, was $25,622,776; value of leaf tobacco 

 imported same period, $14,745,720. 



The product of tobacco in Europe is nearly 

 equal in quantity to the average production 

 of the United States, Neumann-Spallart ha 



