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1,219,888 acres; South Carolina, 830,714 bales, val- 

 ued at $29.377,647, on 2,212,020 acres; Tennessee, 

 192,263 bales, valued at $6,950,307, on 734,415 

 acres; Texas, 2,438,555 bales, valued at $92,187,133, 

 on 6,642,309 acres; Virginia, 8,007 bales, valued 

 at $293,669, on 35,302 acres; other States and Ter- 

 ritories, 204,007 bales, valued at $7,682,479, on 

 549,578 acres; total area planted to cotton, 23,403,- 

 497 acres, producing 9,142,838 bales, valued at 

 $334,847,868. The crop of cotton moved during 

 the year ending Aug. 31, 1900, was 9,436,416 bales, 

 averaging 478 pounds net and 504.12 pounds gross, 

 or 4,757,062,942 pounds, having a far.a value esti- 

 mated at $357,000,000. The exports of domestic 

 cotton during the year were 3,100,583,188 pounds, 

 65.18 per cent, of the crop, leaving 1,656,479,754 

 pounds of domestic cotton for consumption; im- 

 ports of foreign cotton were 67,398,521 pounds, and 

 exports 1,381,463 pounds, leaving 66,017,058 pounds 

 of foreign cotton retained for consumption and 

 making the total consumption of domestic and 

 foreign cotton 1,722,496,812 pounds. Out of 9,422,- 

 000 bales handled during the crop year, 2,343,000 

 were exported to Great Britain and 3,603,000 to 

 other countries, making the total exports 5,946,000 

 bales; and 2,047,000 bales were taken by northern 

 and 1,597,000 by southern mills, making the do- 

 mestic consumption 3,644,000 bales, or 39 per cent, 

 of the commercial crop. The wool produced in the 

 United States duvino; the year ending June 30, 

 1900, amounted to 288,636,621 pounds, of which 

 2,200,309 pounds were exported and 286,436,312 

 pounds retained for consumption; imports of for- 

 eign wool were 155,928,455 pounds, and exports 

 5,702,251 pounds, leaving for consumption 150,226,- 

 204 pounds of foreign wool, 34.4 per cent, of the 

 total consumption, which amounted to 436,662,516 

 pounds. The number of sheep in the country on 

 April 1, 1900, was 40,267,818, of which 3,786,688 

 were in New Mexico, 3,717,160 in Montana, 2,780,- 

 546 in Wyoming, 2,754.499 in Ohio, 2,576,240 in 

 Idaho, 2,351,274 in Oregon, 2,317,636 in Texas, 

 2,261,917 in Utah. 2,128,508 in Colorado, 1.907,430 

 in California, 1,340,456 in Michigan, 1,103,942 in 

 Arizona, 819,088 in New York, 777,677 in Pennsyl- 

 vania, 759,399 in Washington, 726,040 in Wiscon- 

 sin, and more than 500,000 each in Indiana, Illi- 

 nois, Nevada, Iowa, Missouri, and Kentucky. The 

 total product of washed and unwashed wool in 

 1900 was estimated at 259,972,815 pounds, or, in- 

 cluding 28,663,806 pounds of pulled wool, at 288,- 

 636,021 pounds, the average weight of fleece being 

 6.46 pounds, the shrinkage 61.1 per cent., the 

 product of scoured wool 101,024,837, or, including 

 17,198,283 pounds of pulled wool, 118,223,120 

 pounds. 



The number of horses in the country on Jan. 1, 

 1900, as reported by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, was 13,537,524, valued at $603,969,442; mules, 

 2,086,027, value $111,717,092; 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 $122,665,913. The total value of farm ani- 

 mals was $2,042,650,813, exclusive of swine, of 

 which there were 38,651,631 in 1899, valued at 

 $170,109,743. 



The production of cane sugar in 1900 was esti- 

 mated at 334,594,450 pounds, 329,968,450 pounds in 

 Louisiana and 4,626,000 pounds in other States: 

 of molasses, 18,163,449 gallons, 14,971,313 gallons 

 Louisiana and 4.626.000 pounds in other States; 

 The total production of refined sugar in the calen- 

 dar year 1900 was 2,219,847 tons, showing a con- 

 sumption of 65.2 pounds per capita, 1,950,014 tons 

 having been manufactured from imported raw 

 sugar, 7,647 tons from imported molasses, and 174,- 

 450 tons from domestic cane sugar; 82,736 tons 



were domestic beet sugar, and about. 5,000 tons 

 were maple sugar. The production of sugar from 

 beet roots in the United States was 62,826 tons in 

 1898, 34,453 tons in 1897, 39,684 tons in 1896, 

 20,443 tons in 1894, and previous to that the in- 

 dustry was in the experimental stage. The con- 

 sumption of distilled spirits in the United States 

 during the fiscal year 1900 was 97,248,382 proof 

 gallons, according to the reports of the Commis- 

 sioner of Internal Revenue, being 1.27 gallon per 

 capita, consisting of 1,386,361 gallons of domestic 

 sririts distilled from fruit, 94,156,023 gallons from 

 grain, etc., and 1,705,998 gallons of imported spir- 

 its. The consumption of wines was 30,427,491 gal- 

 lons, 0.4 gallon per capita, 26,492,491 gallons being 

 of domestic production and 3,935,000 gallons im- 

 ported. The consumption of malt liquors was 

 1,221,500,160 gallons, 16.01 gallons per capita, 

 1,218,183,252 gallons having been brewed in the 

 United States and 3,316,908 gallons imported for 

 consumption. The production of oleomargarine in 

 the fiscal year 1900 was 104,263,651 pounds, paying 

 $2,085,273 in internal revenue taxes. 



The production of petroleum during the calen- 

 dar year 1899 was 2,396,975,700 gallons, and 17,540 

 gallons were imported, making a total of 2,396,- 

 993,240 gallons. The exports were 133,023,656 gal- 

 lons in the crude state and 948,720,575 gallons 

 manufactured into illuminating oil, making a total 

 of 1,081,744,231 gallons, which left 1,315,249,009 

 gallons for domestic consumption, the export being 

 45.13 per cent, of the total product. The produc- 

 tion of bituminous coal in the calendar year 1898 

 was 172,608,917 tons, and the imports were 1,251,- 

 512 tons, giving a total supply of 173,860,429 tons, 

 of which 170,379,977 tons remained for consump- 

 tion after the exportation of 3,480,452 tons,' or 2.02 

 per cent, of the domestic product. The production 

 has increased 70 per cent, in ten years and the 

 percentage exported has doubled. The quantity of 

 bituminous coal marketed in 1899 was estimated 

 by the United States Geological Survey at 138,- 

 564,925 tons, valued at $135,017,663; the quantity 

 of anthracite coal at 47,823,241 tons, valued ait 

 $86,081,834; total, 186,388,166 tons, valued at 

 $221,099,497. The total production of anthracite 

 and bituminous coal was estimated at 226,553,564 

 tons. The total output for the calendar year 1899 

 of bituminous coal was reported by the Geological 

 Survey as 193,321,987 short tons"; Pennsylvania 

 anthracite, 53,944,647 long tons; value of stone, 

 $44,736,576; petroleum, 57,070,850 barrels, valued 

 at $64,603,904; value of natural gas, $20,024,873; 

 pig iron produced, 13,620,703 long tons, value $245,- 

 172,654; silver, 54,764,500 ounces, of the coining 

 value of $70,806,626 and the commercial value of 

 $32,858,700; gold, 3,437,210 ounces, of the value of 

 $71,053,400; copper, 585,342,124 pounds, value at 

 New York $104.190.898; lead, 209,240 short tons, 

 value at New York ,$18,831,600; zinc, 119,408 short 

 tons, value at New York $13,731,920; quicksilver, 

 30,454 flasks of 761 pounds, value at San Fran- 

 cisco $1,452,745; aluminum, 5,200,000 pounds, 

 value at Pittsburg $1,716,000; antimony, 1.275 

 short tons, value at San Francisco $251,875; nick- 

 el, 22,541 pounds, value $8.566; platinum, 300 

 ounces, value $1,800. The estimated value of brick 

 clay produced was $11.250,000, and of other clay 

 $1,250,000. Of cement, 14.311,407 barrels were pro- 

 duced, valued at $14,417,058. The number of gal- 

 lons of mineral waters sold was- 39,562. 136. valued 

 at $6,948,030. Of phosphate rock, 1.515,702 long 

 tons were dug, value $5,084,076. The production 

 of salt was 18,356,503 barrels, and its value $7,509,- 

 184. Of limestone for iron flux, 6,707,435 long tons 

 were produced, value $4,695.205; of gvpsum, 479,- 

 235 short tons, value $1,287,080; of fibrous talc, 



