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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 





Farms reporting, 1909 



Acres 



Value of products 



CROP 



Number 



Per cent 

 of all 

 farms 



1909 



1899 



1909 



1899 



Vegetables, other than potatoes and sweet potatoes and 

 yams, total • ; • •„• * • 



M,271 



65 



4,206 



5 

 3 



2 



8 



s" 



38.9 * 



0.6 ' 



.38.3 " 



(2) F 

 (') f 



0.1" 



""o]i"' 



2,933 



228 



2,705 



6 



1,431 



$332,120 



51,687 



280,433 



12,280 



12,020 



260 



1,680 



****i,"686' 



$87,882 



Faxms reporting a product of $500 or over 



5 





All otner larms • 



Flowers and plants, total. "* 



2,480 



Farms reporting a product of $250 or over 









All other farms 



Nursery products, total ;•••••• • • • • 



Farms reporting a product of $250 or over 



(3) ^ 



••■•(V)'"- 



2 



216 

 * 







1 Does not include 1.503 imns which reported that they had vegetable gardens, but gave no information as to their products, 



2 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



3 Reported in small fractions. 



the value nearly four times as great as 

 in 1899. 



The raising of flowers and plants and 

 of nursery products was unimportant in 



In 1909 the total acreage of potatoes 

 and other vegetables was 11,266 and their 

 value $856,639. Excluding (so far as re- 

 ported separately*) potatoes and sweet - -Y^yoming. 

 potatoes and yams, the acreage of veg- ^^^n fruits: 1909 and 1899. The fol- 

 etahles was 2,933 and their value $332,000, lowing table shows data with regard to 

 the acreage being more than twice and small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries. 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Currants... 



Gooseberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



146 

 6 



80 



303 



234 



3 



Acres 



* Reported in small fractions. 



1909 



106 



14 

 41 

 27 



1899 



37 

 19 



(1) 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



96,883 



20,895 



149 



10, aXq 



38,833 

 21,513 



280 



Value 

 1909 



$13,984 

 3,820 

 29 

 2,910 

 4,378 

 2,819 



The total production of all small fruits 

 in Wyoming in 1909 was 96,883 quarts 

 and in 1899, 37,330 quarts, and the value 

 was $13,984 in 1909, as compared with 

 $4,964 in 1899. The most important of 

 the small fruits in 1909 were currants. 



Orchard fruits, grapes and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 



* It is probable that some of the potatoes 

 and sweet potatoes and yams raised in farm 

 gardens were not reported separately by farm- 

 ers, but were included in their returns for 

 vegetables. 



data with regard to orchard fruits, 

 grapes and nuts. The acreage devoted 

 to these products was not ascertained. In 

 comparing one year with the other the 

 number of trees or vines of bearing age 

 is on the whole a better index of the 

 general changes or tendencies than the 

 quantity of product, but the data for the 

 censuses of 1910 and 1900 are not closely 

 comparable, and the product is there- 

 fore compared, although variations may 

 be due largely to temporarily favorable 

 or unfavorable climatic conditions. 



