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crop in the United States is wheat. The 

 area in 1902 was 28,581,426 acres in 

 winter wheat, and 17,620,998 acres in 

 spring wheat, a total of 46,202,424 

 acres. The average yield per acre of 

 winter wheat was 14.4 bushels. The 

 total quantity of winter wheat produced 

 was 411,788,666 bushels, and the aver- 

 age price was 64.8 cents per bushel. 

 The total value of the winter wheat 

 was$266, 727,475. The average yield of 

 spring wheat per acre was 14.7 bushels. 

 The total production was 258,274,342 

 bushels. The average price per bushel 

 was 60.2 cents. The total value of the 

 spring wheat was $155, 496, 642. Placing 

 the two sets of data together, we find 

 the total yield was 670,063,008 bushels 

 and the total value was $422,224,117. 



The area sown to oats in the United 

 States in 1902 was 28, 653, 144 acres. The 

 average yield per acre was 34.5 bushels. 

 The total yield was 987,842,712 bushels. 

 The average price per bushel was 30.7 

 cents. The total value of the crop was 

 $303,584,852. 



The area sown to barley in the United 

 States in 1902 was 4,661,063 acres. 

 The total yield was 134,954,023 bushels 

 and the total value was $61,898,634. 



The total area sown to rye in the 

 United States in 1902 was 1,978,548 

 acres. The yield was 33,630,592 bushels 

 and the total value of the crop was $17,- 

 080,793. 



The total area sown to buckwheat in 

 the United States in 1902 was 804,889 

 acres. The total production was 14,- 

 529,770 bushels and the total value of 

 the crop was $8,654,704. 



The above comprise the principal 

 cereal crops of the United States. 

 They do not include, however, consid- 

 erable areas sown to millet, sorghum, 

 Egyptian corn, rice, and other cereals. 

 Summarizing the above principal crops, 

 we find the total area under cultiva- 

 tion was 176,343,681 acres ; total pro- 

 duction, 4,364,668,417 bushels; total 

 value, $1,830,460,449. 



COTTON CROP VALUED AT NEARLY 

 FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS 



The area of cotton harvested in the 

 United States in 1902 was 27,114,103 

 acres. In addition to this, 764,227 

 acres were planted to cotton, which 

 were not harvested. The total pro- 

 duction of cotton lint was 5,111,870,028 

 pounds. 



The price per pound for cotton at Gal- 

 veston February 6, 1903, was 9 cents, 

 making the total value of the crop 

 $460,068,303. 



The area devoted to hay-making in the 

 United States in 1902 was 39,825,227 

 acres and the yield 59,857,576 tons of 

 2,000 pounds each. The price per. ton 

 was $9.06. The total value of the crop 

 was $542,360,364. 



The total area planted to potatoes in 

 the United States in 1902 was 2,965,587 

 acres. The yield was 284,632,687 

 bushels. The average price per bushel 

 was 47. 1 cents. The total value of the 

 crop was $134,111,436. 



The total area planted to tobacco in 

 the United States in 1902, excluding 

 Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands, 

 was 1,300,734 acres. The total yield 

 was 821,823,963 pounds. The total 

 value was $80,472,506. 



The total number of tons of sugar 

 beets harvested in the United States in 

 1902 was 1,777,639 tons of 2, 240 pounds. 

 The total number of tons of sugar pro- 

 duced was 195,800 of 2,240 pounds. 

 The acreage in beets is difficult to de- 

 termine, but it may be assumed that 

 the average crop was about eight tons 

 per acre, which would make the total 

 acreage 24,475 acres. The average price 

 of the sugar was about four cents per 

 pound, making the total value of the 

 crop $17,543,680. 



The total quantity of cane sugar made 

 in the United States in 1902 was 767,000 

 tons of 2,240 pounds each. Of this 

 amount Louisiana furnished 250,000 

 tons, Porto Rico 100,000 tons, the Ha- 

 waiian Islands 315,000 tons, and the 



