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XX. VALUES OF FARM PROPERTY AND FARM PRODUCTS 



The value of all farm property in the United 

 States in 1900, as indicated in the Census Report, 

 was $20,514,001,838, while the capital invested 

 in all forms of manufactures was $9,874,664,087. 

 The value of farm property might well be in- 

 creased one-third, and then it would more nearly 

 represent the actual value of the property on the 

 market. The superiority of agriculture to manu- 

 factures is also indicated by the fact that while 

 the horse-power employed in American factories, 

 of all classes, during the year 1899 was 11,300,081, 

 the number of working horses and mules on 

 farms was 18,276,551. 



The values of the leading agricultural products 

 of the United States, arranged in order of im- 

 portance for the year 1899, were as follows: 



Indian corn 



Animals sold 



Hay and forage 



Milk, butter and cheese 



Cotton and cottonseed 



Wheat 



Poultry and eggs 



Vegetables 



Oats 



Animals slaughtered 



Forest products (i. e., by-products of the farm and exclu 



sive of lumbering industry proper) 



Orchard products 



Tobacco 



Wool 



Barley 



723 

 484 

 472, 

 371, 

 370 

 281 

 242, 

 217! 

 190, 



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 84, 

 57, 

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 42, 



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