Yearbook Of Agriculture 1914

Author : United States Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334550683
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1914 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1914 The progress of agriculture reveals itself more particularly in its diversification, in the rise of minor crops to larger proportions, than in the increased production of staple products. For example, dairying in the last generation has become an exceptionally important branch of agricul tural economy, the annual production including more thah one and a half billions pounds of butter, a half billion pounds of condensed milk, and a third of a billion pounds of cheese, having a value of approximately The pro duction of orchard fruits exceeds bushels a year, with a value of more than The value of the annual production of vegetables is in excess of The production of hay and forage approximates tons, with a value in excess of the poultry products of the United States have reached a point Where their annual value is about one-half that of the cotton crop at normal valuations, and marked increases are noted in the quantity and value of the cereals. The following table is suggestive. Special attention is directed to the statistics of quantity no less than to those of value. Census data for later years than 1909 are not avail able, but the indications are that the upward tendency in the production of all the commodities included in the table except corn has persisted. Comparison of acreage and production of various farm products in 1899 and 1909. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.