276 The National Geographic Magazine 



A Field of Pumpkins Grown for Seed 



$16,674,690,247, of which the land, 

 with improvements except buildings, 

 was $13,114,492,056 and the farm 

 buildings $3,560,198,191. 



Of the 5,739,657 farms in the United 

 States 2,024,964 were operated by 

 renters, and 3,714,693 were operated 

 by their owners. 



NUMBER 



AND VALUE 

 ANIMALS 



OF FARM 



The number and value of farm ani- 

 mals in the United States on January 1, 

 1903, as estimated by the Statistician 

 of the Department of Agriculture, were 

 as follows : 



Animals. 



Number. 



Valued at — 





16,557,373 

 2,728,088 



$1,030,705,959 



Mules 



197,753,327 



Other cattle 

 Swine 



17.105,227 

 44,659. 2 o6 

 63,964,876 

 46,922.624 



516,711,914 

 824,054,902 

 168,315,750 

 364,973,688 



The total number of farm animals was 

 191,937,394, and the total value of the 

 farm animals was $3,102,515,540. 



The total value of the agricultural 

 and horticultural crops of the United 

 States for 1902, as estimated by the Stat- 

 istician of the Department of Agricult- 

 ure, is $3,500,000,000, not including 

 live stock, the annual value of which is 

 estimated at $1 ,000,000,000, making the 

 total value of the agricultural pro- 

 ducts of the United States for 1902 

 $4,500,000,000. 



The total value of the agricultural 

 exports of the United States for the year 

 ending June 30, 1901, was $943,81 1,020, 

 amounting to 64.62 per cent of the total 

 exports of all kinds from this country. 

 Some of the principal items included in 

 the above are as follows : 



Value of cattle exported $37,566,980 



" " sheep exported 1,933,000 



" " hogs exported 238,465 



" " bacon and hams exported 60,341,804 



