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Show 7'rospority of Farmers. 1 i " A glance ut the following figures,' suys J. Sterling Moi ton's connurvntive, "will show the almost tinprecondentcd Incroaso sinco 1800 in tho value of tho things tho fainior produces. In the years batweon 1805 nnd 1800 the annual value of tho fariuer,B principal crops increased ns follons; Corn, for 5tl-083, 5tl-083, fi!U to JO'-'O.ilO.ClO, or 10 per cent; wheat, from $237, 0.3S.0S8 to $310,545,-20H, $310,545,-20H, or 3 1 per cent; oats, froia $103,-055, $103,-055, tHW to $108, 107,075, or 10 per cent; ootton, from $200,338,000 to $33-000,-000, or 7 percent; tobacho, from $35, 674,280 to $15,000,000, or 30 per cent; Mas, from $U,000,i)00 to $24,000,000, or 100 per cent. The total value of the crOM of 180.) meusurod by a gold stnn-donl stnn-donl uire 3-2,0l)J,0i0 more than the value of tliie in 1893. During this perlml the live stock of the Urmur in-creased in-creased in value by $OS8,000,000. In to lar as his products are concerned, the fanner is today nearly $1,000,000,000 better off than he wut in 1!5 not to mention the oaneelliitiou of farm mort-fjngei, mort-fjngei, the building of new nud bttar homes, an I the buying of better impls-miite)." impls-miite)." i ' |