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found, for example, that the people
of the United States may be readily
fed by home produced foodstuffs, our
vast area of 3,025,049 square miles
representing every variety of eli
mate and production, and nearly
equal in extent to all Europe. with a
population five times that of this
country.
We Raise One-Fifth of the Worlds
Wheat.
Agriculture in the United States
has not yet reached the stage of sci
entific development common to many
countries of Europe, and the present
domestic production may therefore
be expected to increase greatly with
more attention to improved methods
of culture. Nevertheless our country
already produces over 2.500.00O.O00
bushels of corn, or two-thirds of the
worlds supply. This years crop is
estimated at the high record figure
of Oil, 100000 bushels, about 20 per
cent. of the worlds harvest.
The United States also produces
annually over 1,O00.O00,000 bushels
of oats, or one-fourth of the interna-
tional yield. and 197,000.O00 gallons
of cotton seed oil. representing most
of the annual output Of this article.
whose food value as a substitute for
olive oil is becoming more and more
recognized. Fifteen per cent. Of the
worlds cattle are on American
farms, the number in this country
being 100000 or twice as many
as in Argentina or European Russia
and half in number those in India.
Our country also has 60,000,O00
swine, or three times as many as
Germany; 5O,OO0,00O sheep and a.
100000 horses. We impart, how
ever. 5.OGO.000,O00 pounds of sugar
(chiefy Cuban, or one and one-half
times the amount produced in con-
tinental United States and it's terri
tories.
One-Half of the Worlds Supply of
Cotton.
In clothing material the United
States is also favored, producing an
nually over 14,OO0,0O0 bales of cot
ton. a sum ten times that for India,
and representing over one-half of the
worlds supply. OF wool we produce
a little less than 300,000,00O pounds
a year, our home requirements being
supplemented by 238,000,O00 pounds
of foreign wool and $34.000.0O0
worth of wooden goods.
In the mineral kingdom the pre-
eminent position of the United States
is unquestioned. We produce for
example. 5s4.ooo,ooo short tons OF
coal, 40 per cent. of the worlds out
nut. and nearly twice as much as the
United Kingdom or Germany; 1885,
0OO. 900 barrels of petroleum, two
thirds of the worlds output, and
nearly twice as much as Russia, and
$1,000, 900 tons of iron ore, out OF
q worlds total of 132,O00,O00 the
production in this country being
+,vioo that of Germany. One-half of
the worlds copper is taken from
American mines, which turned out
100000 tons in 1912. or the
worlds output of $466,O00,Ooo
worth of gold the United States pro-
duced about 20 per cent, being ex-
ceeded only by South Africa. About
% per cent. of the worlds silver ana
30 per cent. of its lead are produced
in this country.
We Lead the World in Manufactures
In the value of manufactures the
United States leads the world
though the product of American fac
tories is chiefly consumed at home.
or the s20,7OO,OO worth of manu-
features produced in the united
States in 1909 only about S per cent.
were sold to foreign countries. the
worlds market for iron and steel
products, cotton goods. chemicals
and other important products OF IN
dustrv being thus far largely held
by England, Germany and other Eu-