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§4. Comparative Value of xlgricultural and Manufacturing Products 



The estimated value of farm products and manufactured prod- 

 ucts affords another measure of the relative importance of agri- 

 culture and industry in Indiana. Farm products include all crops, 

 live stock, dairy products, etc., whether sold or consumed. The 

 value of manufactured products, however, includes only articles 

 made witliin manufacturing establishments, and the figures recorded 

 do not include the value added to raw materials as a result of the 

 work of the plumber, carpenter, plasterer, electrician, etc., save as 

 these pursuits are incident to the products manufactured within 

 factories. 



On the basis enumerated in 1899, manufactured products were 

 worth, expressed in thousands, $337,072, while agricultural prod- 

 ucts were worth only $204,450, or about 59 per cent as much. In 

 1909 manufactured products were worth $579,075 and agricultural 

 products $239,849, or 58 per cent as much. From 1899 to 1909 

 the increase in the value of agricultural products was 66.2 per 

 cent, while during this period the increase in the value of manu- 

 factured products was 71.8 per cent. These facts are contained in 

 Table 43. 



TABLE 43. VALUE OF FARM AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 

 AND INCREASE IN VALUE OF THESE PRODUCTS, 1899 TO 1909 



Census. 



Farm Products. 



Manufactured Products. 



Value. 



Gain. 



Value. 



Gain. 



Amoimt.* 



Per Cent. 



Amount.*! Per Cent. 



1909 



$239,849 







$579,075 











$135,399 



66.2 





$242,003 



71.8 



1899 



$204,450 







$337,072 







* Expressed in thousands. 



§5. Value of Farm Property 

 From 1900 to 1910 the value of farm land, buildings, imple- 

 ments, domestic animals, poultry, and bees increased 84.9 per cent. 

 This in part represents the increase in capital invested in agri- 

 culture. From 1899 to 1909 the capital invested in manufacturing 

 increased 131.9 per cent. The value of farm property in 1910, 

 however, was three times as great as the capital invested in manu- 

 facturing. These facts are given in Table 44. 



