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TABLE III 



The Value (Dollars) of Cereals in 1909 



Com $1,438,553,919 Rye $20,421,812 



Wheat 657,656,801 Rice 16,019,607 



Oats 414,697,422 Kafir and Mile . . 10,816,940 



Barley 92,458,571 Emmer and Spelt . . .5,584,050 



The production of cereals in the United States as 

 compared with the total world production is shown in 

 Table IV (see Farmers' Bulletin No. 581): 



TABLE IV 

 Production (Bushels) of the Cereals for the United States and 

 FOR the World in 1913 

 United States World 



Corn 2,446,998,000 Corn 3,607,359,000 



Wheat 763,380,000 Wheat 4,126,000,000 



Oats 1,121,768,000 Oats 4,672,168,000 



Barley 178,189,000 Barley 1,613,748,000 



Rye 41,381,000 Rye 1,884,646,000 



It is seen from this table that the United States pro- 

 duced about two-thirds of the corn, one-fifth of the wheat, 

 and one-fourth of the oats of the world, but only a small 

 part of the barley and rye. 



Other countries leading in the production of corn are 

 Argentina, Hungary and Mexico; of wheat, Russia, Brit- 

 ish India, France and Canada; of oats, Russia, Germany, 

 Canada and France; of barley, Russia, Germany and 

 Japan ; of rye, Russia, Germany and Austria. 



The value of the cereals produced by the ten leading 

 states is shown in Table V: 



TABLE V 



The Value (Dollars) of the Cereals Produced in 1909 by the Ten 



Leading States 



1. Illinois $297,523,098 6. North Dakota .$149,133,451 



2. Iowa 230,205,315 7. Missouri .... 147,980,414 



3. Kansas 169,109,449 8. Minnesota . . . 140,864,148 



4. Nebraska .... 153,666,652 9. Ohio 137,907,934 



5. Indiana 151,898,146 10. South Dakota . . 98,953,050 



