ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM 



Products Value 



Eggs 144,286, 1 58 



Poultry 136,891,877 



Honey and wax 6,664,904 



Animals sold 722,913,1 14 



Animals slaughtered 189,873,310 



Total $1,718,990,221 



The value of crops fed to stock, in 1899, was 

 reported as $974,941,046, or 32.3 per cent, of 

 the total reported value of all crops of the coun- 

 try. These crops and the pastures of the country 

 formed the basis for the production of the $i,- 

 718,990,221 worth of live stock products. Of 

 the total value of animal products sold or used, 

 the most important items were the value of ani- 

 mals sold and slaughtered, which was $912,786,- 

 424, and that of dairy products, which was 

 $472,369,255. 



There are certain crops such as cotton and 

 tobacco which are always intended for the mar*- 

 ket in their native form, but there are many other 

 crops, such as the grains and the hay and forage 

 crops, which may be sold in their native form 

 or transformed by the farmer into animal prod- 

 ucts. The farmer has ever before him, therefore, 

 the problem of determining whether the largest 

 net profit can be obtained by selling or by feeding 

 these crops. 



The live stock industry comes into competition 

 to some extent with the production of field crops. 



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