New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
SOME. MINNESOTA FACTS

There are 852 creameries in Mime
sofa. 49,. .
Has an average altitude of 1850
feet.
Has 51,749,12o acres of land sur
face.
Minnesota has four state fish hatch.
cries.
Minnesota has 27,e75,S2s acres in
farms.
Is the bread and butter state of the
Union.
Minnesota takes first place in yield
of rye.
Minnesota cattle are valued at $50.
306,372.
In 1914 the corn yield was 81, 600, 900
bushels.
Minnesota has ~ head of live stock
per capita.
Minnesota has SITS mules. valued
at $732,723.
Minnesota ranks second in potato
production.
In 1914, 100000 bushels of apples
were raised.
The average rye yield per acre is
| 1875 bushels.
There are 2,347,435 head of cattle
in Minnesota.
Minnesota has stood first as Z corn
| growing state.
| An average per capita of bank de.
posits of $237.
| Has bank deposits to the amount of
$491, 1897 ,559.12.
| OF goats, Minnesota has 1883. val.
ued at $1S,4S0.
More than 100000 acres are plant.
ed to potatoes.
Has approximately 10000 miles of
public highway.
| In 1914 Minnesota raised 2.93O.OO0
bushels of fax.
! Minnesota butter is valued at $50.
| 100000 annually.
1913 report gave an average of 4O.5
bushels per acre.
! The 1914 oats crop amounted to
! 85,l20,000 bushels.
| Minnesota successfully raises MANY
| varieties Of apples.
Minnesota has 753,184 horses. val.
| ued at $s9,06S,S72.
Minnesota has 1,52O,257 hogs, val.
| ued at $13,929,127.
| The average Minnesota farm con.
tanned 177.3 acres.
In 1914 there were 81 ,694, 900 bush.
els Of barley raised.
Minnesota's average barley weld ia
% bushels per acre.
Is almost the center of the North
American continent.
The average Yield per acre of 20.
| tatoes is ia bushels.
Of Minnesota's farm lands 19,643..
o33 acres are improved
Minnesota cheese factories pay their
patrons annually $763,587.
Minnesota creameries pay their pat.
rons annually $32,067, O2223.
The value of live stock holdings per
| capita in Minnesota is $77.85.
Highest point is found on Mesaba
iron range, altitude 1900 feet.
Minnesota's average yield for five
years was 1858 bushels per acre.
Plums of the wild and tame varieties
| are cultivated and bear large crops.
Minnesota has many varieties of
wild fruits which grow i'm abundance.
The everbearing strawberry is being
cultivated successfully in Minnesota
No other state in the Union has as
many successful cooperative cream.
cries.
There are 637,682 sheep on tho
farms of Minnesota, valued at ST..
693,424.
In 1910 Minnesota had live stock to
the number of 16,O22.573 head, valued
at s161,617,739.
The 1913 government reports gave
Minnesota an average of 80 per cent
above all states for the year.
Furs valued at from 100000 to
100000 are placed on the market
annually by its hunters and trappers.
Minnesota's fruit crop is valued at
s30.000,000 annually.
Minnesota produced 3.294.oO0 tons
Of tame hay in 1914. d
Government reports placed Mime
sofas 1913 wheat crop 13 per cent
better than the average of the United
States.
The bee industry of Minnesota is
a growing one. In 1910 there were
in the state 56.677 colonies, valued
at $221,7S1.
Minnesota's lakes afford the best
nesting places for wild ducks and
geese giving the hunters untold pleas.
ure in the game season.