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Philippine Islands (exports) 102,000 

 tons. 



Most of the cane sugar was raw, and 

 did not bring so high a price as beet 

 sugar, which was mostly refined. The 

 average price of the cane sugar may be 

 taken at three cents per pound. The 

 total value of the crop was therefore 

 $51,542,400. 



The area planted to flax for the pro- 

 duction of flaxseed in 1902 in the United 

 States was 3,739,700 acres. The quan- 

 tity of seed produced was 29,284,880 

 bushels, and the value of the crop was 

 $30,814,661. In this valuation no ac- 

 count is made of the value of the flax 

 fibers. 



The area in hemp in the census year 

 was reported as 16,042 acres, yielding 

 11,750,630 pounds of fiber valued at 



$546,338- 



The area in vegetables, excluding po- 

 tatoes, in the census year was 2,814, 139 

 acres, producing a crop valued at $143,- 



7 82 . 534- 



The total area devoted to the produc- 

 tion of peas in the census year was 

 968,371 acres, yielding 9,440,269 bush- 

 els valued at $7,909,074. 



The total area devoted to the culti- 

 vation of peanuts was 516,658 acres, 

 producing 11,964,959 bushels valued at 

 $7,271,230. 



The area devoted to the cultivation 

 of castor beans was 25,738 acres, pro- 

 ducing 143,388 bushelsvalued at $134,- 

 084. 



The total area planted to hops in the 

 census year was 55,6 [3 acres, producing 

 49,209,704 pounds valued at $4,084,929. 



The area devoted to the cultivation 

 of broom corn in the census year was 

 178,584 acres, producing 90,947,370 

 pounds and valued at $3,588,414. 



THE FRUIT CROPS 



The total value of the fruit crops of 

 all kinds in the United States in the 

 census year was $131,423,517. Of this 

 amount $83,751,840 was the value of 



theorchard fruit; $25,030,877 the value 

 of the small fruits ; $14,090,937 the 

 value of the grapes, and $8,549,863 the 

 value of the citrus and subtropical fruits. 

 The number of orchard trees of the 

 different kinds in the United States in 

 the census year was as follows : 



Apple trees 201,794,764 



Peach and nectarine trees 99,919,428 



Pear trees 17,716,184 



Plum and prune trees 30,780,892 



Cherry trees 11,943,287 



Apricot trees 5,010,139 



The total area 'in fruit trees in the 

 United States is 6,230,745 acres. The 

 total area in small fruits is 304,029 acres, 

 and the total value of the small fruits 

 produced $25,030,877. 



The number of olive trees in the 

 United States in the census year was 

 1,540,155, and the number of pounds 

 produced was 5,053,637. 



The number of nut trees in the United 

 States in the census year cultivated on 

 farms was 1,649,072. 



THE NUMBER OF FARMS 



The total area under irrigation in the 

 census year in the United States was 

 7,263,273 acres, and the value of the 

 irrigated crops was $84,433,438. 



The total area of the United States, 

 including Alaska, Porto Rico, and the 

 Hawaiian Islands, is 3,613,217 square 

 miles, equivalent to 19,768,604,880 

 acres. 



The number of farms in the United 

 States in thecensus year was 5,739,657. 

 The average number of acres in each 

 farm was 146.6. The total acreage of 

 the farms in the United States was 

 841,201,546. The value of the farm 

 property in the United States in the 

 census year was $20,514,001,838. The 

 value of the farming implements and ma- 

 chinery was $761,261,550. The value 

 of the live stock on the farms was 

 $3,078,050,041. 



The total value of the farms of the 

 United States in the census year was 



