The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-18

IN five states, New York leading and
Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Vir-
GINA and Virginia following. The five
produced 1929. 1928 bushels, or SO per
cent. of the whole. New York and
Pennsylvania produced together TO-
1914 bushels or about three-fourths
OF the buckwheat crop of the United
States.
New York was first In hay produc-
ton, with Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Michigan coming in the order
named. They produced 21,626,2O7
tons, or 81 per cent. of the total crop
81 1889 tons. The average farm
price per ton of hay differed widely
in the states, the lowest being $3.50
in the two Dakotas to $17.40 per ton
in Connecticut.
New York also contributed more
than any other state to the potato
crop. the five states of New York,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
! and Maine. producing 61,837,90S
! bushels, or 50 per cent. Of the entire
country's crop. There was a wide
range of price per bushel-from 30
cents in Wisconsin to S1-1O in Geor-
! gia and Florida. The average for
! Tennessee was 62 cents, and for her
neighbors directly south of her, Ala
! bama and Mississippi, respectively, SO
! and 81 cents.
! Kentucky now raises more than
three times as much tobacco as any
other state, the yield in 1906 being
| 252. 300. 900 pounds: Ohio was next
with 74,2O0,O00; Virginia, 1859, 425;
North Carolina, 69,S07.6 Wiscon-
sin, 49,725,OOO. These five states pro-
duced 519(5SS,965 pounds, or rs per
cent. of the crop of the United States
The other states which had any con-
siderable tobacco production were:
Pennsylvania, So. 100000; Tennessee,
81. O69 900: Connecticut. "a, 532. 900;
Maryland, 17,724,000; Indiana, 1O,9S0,-
600. ....
Virginia does not produce as much
tobacco as she did twenty-seven years
ago. when the tenth census gave her
79. 9SS S6S pounds. Kentucky,s produc-
ton in 1880 was III .120.7S4; North
Cardinals 26.eS6,213: Ohio's. 34.737,-
235: Tennessee's, 29.365.052 pounds.
Farm Animals.
In 1906 there were in the United
States 19,746,4S3 horses. Illinois had
more horses than any other state,
with 1,575, 600 The states next in or
der were Iowa, with 1,39O,950; Texas,
1,277.641; Kansas, 1.0SS,7 $50; Nebraska
1874 $50. Oklahoma had more horses
than anv other Southern state, save
Texas. Tennessee had 315,761 and
Kentucky, 3S7. 1927. The average price
per head in the United States was
S93.51. The lowest price in any state
was SAL in Arizona, and the hlghest
1926 in South Carolina. Alabama had
15S.245 horses, the average value OF
which was SS7. Mississippi had 257,-
295, the average value of which was
$40.
Texas owned more mules than any
other state. having 6S1 ,050, twice as
many as Missouri, which had 315,250.
Next in their order were Tennessee.
with 1870; Mississippi, with 274,431.
and Alabama, with 231,750. The aver
age price was S11216, the range be-
ing from SCI in Utah to 1888 in Geor-
ola The New England states, &C
cording to these statistics, are void
Of nnuIes. South Carolina, Georgia,
mississippi and Alabama are four
states which have more mules than
horses. The average price per morse
in these four states was S1O3.2; the
average per mule was $4,000.
New York led the states in owner
chin of mich cows The fve rank
inc states were New York, with l.
sos 2I1: Iowa. 1.555.30o: Missouri, l.
365. 500; Illinois, 1.1161, 500; Pennsyi-
vania 1.141.494 These states owned
90 per cent of the mich cows OF the
| country. the total being 2O.96S.2So:
The lowest average price per head
was in Arkansas, $3.50. The h1Sn-
| est was in PENNSYLVANIA, So The az