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The 50 pages devoted to manufacturing and mining 

 industries show the summary of manufactures by prin- 

 cipal industries in census years from 1880 to 1905, the 

 gross value of manufactures having grown from 5}/$ bil- 

 lion in 1880 to 15 billion in 1905; the production of iron 

 ore, pig iron, steel, tin plates, coal, gold and silver; build- 

 ing operations in principal cities; and numerous other 

 facts regarding the development of the manufacturing 

 industry of the United States. 



The 25 pages devoted to occupations, labor, and wages 

 show the share of the population engaged in gainful oc- 

 cupations, including separate tables specifying number of 

 each sex employed, and data as to strikes, lockouts, wages 

 and hours of labor. 



The 40 pages devoted to internal communication and 

 transportation include data on the postal service, tele- 

 graph statistics, miles of railways operated, length of 

 track, number of persons and tons of freight carried, 

 showing a growth of railways operated in the United 

 States from 30,500 miles in I860 to 53,000 in 1870, 93,000 

 in 1880, 167,000 in 1890, 199,000 in 1900, and 250,000 in 

 1910. Data regarding express companies, transportation 

 upon the lakes and principal rivers of the country, 

 freight rates from principal interior points to the coast, 

 and to European ports are also shown. 



The 170 pages devoted to foreign commerce show 

 values of imports and exports and trade with various 

 countries for a long term of years, the imports having 

 grown from 608 million dollars in 1880 to 789 million in 

 1890, 850 million in 1900, and 1,557 million in 1910; while 

 the exports show a growth from 835 million dollars in 

 1880 to 858 million in 1890, 1,394 million in 1900, and to 

 1,745 million in 1910. The share which crude materials 

 for use in manufacturing formed in the total imports in 

 1890 was 21.6 per cent; in 1900, 32.5 per cent, and in 1910, 

 36.4 per cent. Manufactures ready for consumption 

 formed 29.2 per cent of total imports in 1890, 23.9 per cent 

 in 1900, and 23.6 per cent in 1910. Manufactures exported 

 in condition ready for consumption formed in 1890 15.7 

 per cent of the total domestic exports; in 1900, 24.2 per 

 cent, and in 1910 29.2 per cent; while manufactures for 

 further use in manufacturing formed in 1890 5.5 per cent; 

 in 11KIO 11.2 per cent, and in 1910 15.7 per cent; foodstuffs 

 in the meantime showing a material decline. 



SOUTH DAKOTA'S IRRIGATION STATISTICS. 



Census Director Durand has issued the first official 

 statement from the Census Bureau relative to the sta- 

 tistics of irrigation in the state of South Dakota. 



It is based on a preliminary comparative summary 

 submitted by Dr. Le Grand Powers, chief statistician of 

 the division of agriculture in the Bureau of the Census, 

 under whose supervision it was prepared by R. P. Teele, 

 special agent in charge of irrigation. This summary shows 

 for both 1909 and 1899 the number of farms irrigated, the 

 acreage irrigated, the number of independent enterprises, 

 the length of main ditches, the total cost of irrigation sys- 

 tems, the average cost per acre irrigated, and the aver- 

 age annual cost of maintenance and operation. It shows 

 also, for the year 1909, the acreage which existing enter- 

 prises are capable of supplying, the acreage included in 

 existing projects, length of lateral ditches, number of res- 

 ervoirs, capacity of reservoirs, number of flowing wells, 

 number of wells pumped for irrigation, number of pump- 

 ing plants, engine capacity of pumping plants, and acreage 

 irrigated with pumped water. The acreage irrigated is 

 classified by the type of enterprise supplying water and 

 by the source of water supply. 



The act of Congress of February 25, 1910, under which 

 the census of irrigation is being taken, provides for col- 

 lecting full information concerning the location, character 

 and cost of irrigation enterprises; whether such enter- 

 prises are conducted under national, state, or private con- 

 trol; the acreage of land irrigated; the prices at which 

 land with water rights can be obtained; and the quantity 

 of water used for irrigation. 



It should be noted that the figures are subject to re- 

 vision after more complete tabulation; but it is not ex- 

 pected that there will be any material modification of the 

 totals or percentages reported. 



The total number of farms irrigated in 1909 was 500, 

 against 006 in 1899, a decrease of 106, or 17.5 per cent. 

 Within the same period the number of farms in' the state 

 increased 47.6 per cent. 



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SARATOGA, WYOMING, AND VICINITY. 



We are presenting in this issue two half-tones show- 

 ing Saratoga, Wyoming, and an oat field in the Saratoga 

 Valley. Wyoming. This is a particularly fine section of 

 that state and attention has been called to it in former 

 articles in this journal. 



We intend, sometime during the coming winter 

 months, to publish further information about this delight- 

 ful section and the opportunities for homeseekers in the 

 North Platte Valley. 



Plans for a dam across the Nueces river, which will 

 irrigate 22,000 acres of land, have been drawn by E. C. 

 Sturgis of Denison, L. C. Cole of Ft. Worth and J. R. 

 Black of Cotulla, Texas. It is estimated that the reservoir 

 to be created will cover 1,000 acres. This body of land 

 consists of 70,000 acres and is to be put under cultiva- 

 tion. 



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