The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information (1910) (14779268341)

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Title: The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information

Year: 1910 (1910s)

Authors: Chisholm, Hugh, 1866-1924

Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais ENCICLOPEDIAS Y DICCIONARIOS INGLESES Enciclopedias Estrangeiras

Publisher: Cambridge, Eng., New York, At the University press

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d its value was §1,250,713, or 15.2% of thevalue of all crops. The product of potatoes increased very rapidlyfrom 519.497 t)u. in 1889 to 1,483.570 bu. valued at §487,816 in1899, and to 2,700.000 bu. valued at §;,161,000 in 1909. The pro-duction of other vegetables in 1899 was as follows; water-melons,620,440; musk-melons, 516,500; tomatoes, 254,052 bu.; cabbages,097,690 heads, and sweet corn, 16,192 bu. For the important sugar-beet crop, see below under Manufactures. On Gunnison and Hatislands in Great Salt Lake are valuable g:uano deposits which areused as fertilizers for vegetable gardens. The value of live-stock on farms and ranges in 1890 was §9.914,766;on farms in 1900. §21,474.241. The number of neat cattle in 1900was 343,690, valued at §7.152,844; on January 1, 1910,= 415.000, * 1909 statistics are from the Year Book of the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture. ^ These 1910 figures for live-stock are taken from the Year Book(1909) of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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/ UTAH 815 valued at 58.0-6,000, of which 88,006 were milch cows valued atS2,992.ooo. The number and value of other live-stock were asfollows; sheep, in 1900, 3,818,423 ($10,256,488), and onjanuary I,1910, 3,l77,ooo (513,026,000); horses, in 1900. 115,884 ($3,396,313),and in 1910, 130,000 (Si 1.050,000); mules, in 1900, 2116 (§58,850),and in 1910, 3000 (5240,000); swine, in 1900, 65,732 (5293,115), andin 1910. 61,000 (5549,000). The total value of dairy products in 1899 was $1,522,932. I heprincipal products were: milk, in 1S90, 8,614,694 gals., and in 1899,25,124642 gals, (received from sales, S645.550); butter, in 1890,l.759.35+lt>andinl899,2,8l2.122lb(received(rom sales, $214,910);cheese, in 1890, 163,539 • and in 1S99, 169,215 lb (received fromsales, $122,933). The value of all poultry raised in 1899 was$262,503; the product of eggs was 3,387,340 doz., and their value, The product of wool in 1890 (exclusive of woo! shorn after the1st of June) was 9.685,513 ft, in 1900, 17,05

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