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Total farm values.	The Union.	The West.	Per cent in West.
1900	$20,514,001,838	$9,155,558,744	44.1
1890	15,982,267,689	5,872,085,782	36.7
1850	3,967,343,580	276,464,837	6.9
Value of farm products.
1900	4,739,118,752	2,050,766,616	43.2
1890	2,460,197,454	920,823,920	37.4
1870[121-1 1]	2,447,538,658	499,092,093	20.3

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1. Not reported by United States census prior to 1870. Values for this year in depreciated currency. To get true value, reduce one fifth.

Productions in quantity of principal crops in the West in 1890 and 1850 and percentages of the total for those years are thus shown:

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Product.	Yield, 1900.	Yield, 1850.	Per cent of total, 1900.	Per cent of total, 1850.
Wheat, bushels	431,963,900	5,288,868	65.5	5.2
Corn, bushels	1,363,983,943	70,467,713	51.1	11.9
Barley, bushels	93,767,657	47,709	78.2	.92
Buckwheat, bushels	312,456	77,341	2.7	.86
Oats, bushels	454,460,412	7,849,962	48.1	5.3
Rye, bushels	7,705,068	76,255	30.1	.53
Total grain, bushels	2,352,193,536	83,807,848	53.1	9.6
United States, bushels	4,424,800,923	867,453,967	——	——
Butter[121-2 1], pounds	390,810,814	15,184,444	36.4	4.8
Cheese,[121-2 1] pounds	7,609,331	614,732	46.4	.58
Wool, pounds	193,516,806	2,500,885	69.8	4.7
Flax seed, bushels	19,791,647	16,010	99.0	.28
Hay, tons	44,799,194	253,297	53.3	1.8
Potatoes, bushels	87,288,453	1,764,969	31.9	2.6
Hops, pounds	31,673,821	12,719	64.3	7.1

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1. Made on farms only.

The West leads the East in flocks and herds, viz:

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	The Union—		The West—
	1900.	1850.	1900.	1850.
Dairy cows	17,139,674	6,385,094	7,011,333	722,221
Other meat cattle	50,682,662	11,393,813	35,585,356	1,756,059
Mules and asses	3,366,724	559,331	1,655,654	122,371
Horses	18,280,007	4,336,719	10,063,260	528,459
Sheep	39,937,573	21,723,220	26,940,389	1,628,159
Lambs	21,668,238	——	13,632,117	——
Swine	62,876,108	30,354,213	32,274,381	4,193,895
Total	213,950,986	74,752,390	127,162,490	8,951,164
Per cent			59.4	11.9

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