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 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. fig 



for 1900, gives the following figures asthe production and cash value of 

 some of the leading farm crops: 



Production 

 Bushels. Value. 



Corn 2,105,102,516 $751,220,034 



Wheat 522,229,505 323,515,177 



Oats 809,125,989 208,669,233 



Tons. 



Hay 50,110,908 445,538,870 



Cotton 334,847,868 



Poultry at 600 million exceed all other products except corn, by mort= 

 than 150 million dollars. It exceeds the dairy, beef, pork and sheep 

 products. The corn crop has exceeded it in value 10 times in the last six- 

 teen years. 



Until recent years, we have annually imported millions of dozens of 

 eggs from other countries, but the growth of the industry has been so 

 great that in the year 1900, our imports were only 135,038 dozens, while 

 our exports for same year were 5,920,725 dozens valued at $984,081.00. 

 The value of the imports were only $8,741.00. 



As before remarked, it is the small items in the poultry business 

 that makes such an enormous aggregate in the whole, and insured the 

 large profits of the business. If each one of the 75 million inhabitants of 

 the United States had eaten one egg for breakfast this morning, at the 

 wholesale price of 24 cents per dozen, it would amount to $1,500,000.00. 

 The average wholesale prices for eggs in New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis 

 and Chicago for the year 1900 was almost exactly 15 cents per dozen. If 

 every person in the United States should eat one egg per day for one 

 year at that price, their value would be $342,000,000.00. The city of St. 

 Louis consumes on an average 433,036 per day every day in the year, or 

 nearly one per day for each inhabitant. If the city of St. Louis consumes 

 that number, it is only fair to assume that all other citiesi will consume 

 as many per capita. If the cities consume nearly one egg per day per 



