PRESENT-DAY AGRICULTURE 



Although New York by no means equals in size ma-ny other 

 states in the Union, she may justly be proud of her rank as an 

 agricultural state. There is perhaps no state that has a greater 

 variety of products. For many years New York took first place 

 in the dairy industry, but at the present time Wisconsin claims 

 to own a greater number of dairy cows. New York still leads in 

 the value of dairy products, which in 1918 was approximately 

 $208,000,000, or a little more than one-fourth the total value of 

 agricultural products of the state. Xew York leads in the pro- 

 duction of apples, buckwheat, and potatoes; the state also ranks 

 first in the value of vegetables produced (excluding potatoes), as 

 well as in the value of hay and forage and of small fruits. 



The following tables show the production of some of the 

 more important agricultural crops in the state, as given in 

 the United States Census of 1910 and in the census of 1917 and 

 that of 1918: 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 



(Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 22,030,367 acres 



Number of farms 215,597 



Per cent of farm land improved , 67 . 4 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 524,279,723 gal. 



Cream sold 1,207,174 gal. 



Butter fat sold 36,249,617 lbs. 



Butter produced 23,461.702 lbs. 



Cheese produced 390,049 lbs. 



Eggs produced 67,688,879 doz. 



Wool produced 573.61 1 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Number 



Horses 591,008 



Cattle 2,423,003 



Sheep 930,300 



Swine 666,179 



Poultry 10.678.S3G 



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