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AGRICULTURAL.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
New York has the greatest number of acres
of improved land, Virginia is second, Ohio
third, and Pennsylvania fourth, on the list
New York having Il, 286,O77 acres of land I'M
der cultivation; Virginia IO,l5O, LOG; Ohio g.
730,650, and Pennsylvania S,6l9,63l.
In the production of wheat, Pennsylvania
stands first, Ohio second, Virginia third, and
New York fourth Pennsylvania produced l5,-
4S2,l9l bushels; Ohio 44,967,O5S; Virginia
24,596,950; and New York l3,O73,356. Next
are Illinois, producing 9,433,e66 bushels; Indi
ana 6,629,474; Michigan 4,9l6,7O and Wis
consin 4, 292, 208.
Ohio produces the greatest amount of Indian
corn, Kentucky next, Illinois the third, Indiana
fourth, Tennessee fifth, Pennsylvania being the
twelfth, and New York the thirteenth on the
list Ohio produced 5978s,75O bushels; Ken
lucky 58,922,7S3; Indiana 1863. Virgi
MIA produced 35,538,5S2 bushels; Pennsylvania
l9,7O7,792, and New York l7,944,8O8. Rhode
Island is the lowest on the list, producing only
520,l33 bushels.
New York has the greatest amount of value
in farming implements and machinery, Penn
Louisiana fourth. The estimated value in New
York is S22,2l7 1858; Pennsylvania GA 49,, 1898;
Ohio $l2,7l6;l53, and Louisiana Sll ,326,3l3
In live stock, New York stands first, Ohio
second, Pennsylvania third, and Virginia fourth.
New York is s74,672, $50; Ohio s43,276, 1871;
Pennsylvania S42, l46,7Il, and Virginia $685.
6O7,362.
Virginia produces the most tobacco, Kentucky
next Maryland third, Tennessee fourth, Nilsson
ri fifth, and North Carolina sixth. The num-
Der of pounds produced by each of the above
States, is Virginia 66,5l6,3O2; Kentucky 55,-
766, 259; Maryland 2l,l9S,27l; Tennessee 90,
I44,3,sO; North Carolina l2,95S,147.
Alabama produces the greatest amount of
cotton, 56O,36O bales; Mississippi next, 1884,
TIA; Georgia third, 494,O23; South Carolina
fourth 3OO,99l.
In wool, Ohio stands first, producing lO,O89,-
GOT lbs, New York second, l0.02l.5O7 lbs,
Pennsylvania third, 4,7e5,367 lbs, and Yer
mont fourth, 3,492,O98 lbs. In proportion to
territory and population, Vermont is the great
wool-growing State.
Ohio produces the most wine, A, 834 gallons;
Pennsylvania the next, 1887; Indiana third,
1904: North Carolina fourth, lO,8Ol, and Mis-
souri, fifth, 1913.
In Butter, New York stands at the head of
the list, producing S2,O43,S23 pounds, Pennsyl-
vania second; 40,554,74l lbs, Ohio third, 3d.,
ls0,45S lbs, Indiana fourth, l2,748, l86 pounds,
Illinois fifth, 1865, 554 lbs, and Vermont sixth,
l2,l2s,O95 lbs.
In the production of cheese, New York is the
FIRST producing 49,785,9O5 lbs, Ohio second,
2l,359,47S lbs, Massachusetts, third, 7,l24,46
lbs, Vermont fourth, 6,755,OO6 lbs, and Con-
necticut fifth, 4,5ll,Ol9 lbs.
In the amount of hay produced, New York
stands first, the quantity being 3,7l4,734 tons;
Ohio third, l,363,636 tons; Vermont fourth,
763,570 TONS and Massachusetts, 9th, CAS-, 745,
tons.
Kentucky is the great hemp growing State,
producing 1882 tons; Missouri is second in
the production of this article, raising 2l,O76
tons; Virginia is third, 1859 tons; Illinois is
fourth, 1891 tons, Indiana fifth l,569 tons; and
Iowa sixth, 1880 tons.
In the quantity of faxseed raised, Ohio pro-
duces by fur the largest amount of any of the
States, being 1883 bushels; Virginia is the
third, 1888, New York fourth, 1894; and
Pennsylvania fifth, 1857.
New York produces the greatest amount of
maple sugar, lO,3lO,764 lbs; Vermont the next,
5,l59,64l lbs; Ohio third, 4,52l SAB lbs. Indi-
ana fourth, 1921 ,63s lbs; and Michigan fifth,
4,52S,S97 lbs. In proportion to population and
territory, Vermont may be considered tee great
est maple sugar State.
Louisiana is the great sugar producing State;
762,4s6 hogsheads of 1000 lbs, of cane sugar
we're produced in this State. The next in a
mount is Florida, 47,47l hogsheads; Texas is
third, 1907; Georgia fourth, 1878; and Missis-
sippi fifth, 278.