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Show ENORMOUS CROPS Total Estimated Value of Twenty-one Billions Largest Recorded in History. CORN LEADS RACE Bureau Announces Production Produc-tion 3,159,494,000 Bushels Wheat 650,828,000 Oats 1,587,286,000. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Many crops this year exceed the production of other years while the value of the country's farm products with a total estimated unofficially at $21,000,000,-000 $21,000,000,-000 far exceeds any other year In history. his-tory. Final ostimates of production of the principal farm crops were announced an-nounced today by the department of agriculture. The production estimates aro: Cora 3,159,494,000 bushels. Winter wheat 418,070,000. Spring wheat 232,-758,000. 232,-758,000. All wheat 650,828,000. Oats 1,-587,286,000. 1,-587,286,000. Barley 20975.000. Rye 60,-145,000. 60,-145,000. Buckwheat 17,460,000. Flaxseed 8,473,000. Rice 36.27S.000. Potatoes 442,536,000. Sweet potatoes S7.141.000. Hay, tame, 79,528,000. Hay, wild, 15,402,000. Tobacco 1,196,451,000 pounds. Sugar beets 6,237,000 tons. Beans 15,701.000 bushels. Kafllrs 75,-866,000 75,-866,000 bushels. Onions 13,544,000 bushels. Cabbage 502,700 tons. Hops 2,-272,000 2,-272,000 pounds. Cranberries 245,000 barrels. Apples 58,203,000 barrels. Peaches 45,066,000 barrels. Pears 13,-281,000 13,-281,000 bushels. Oranges 12,822,000 boxes. Cotton Crop Short Reduction of more than 1,000,000 bales in the cotton crop of the country from last estimates made was shown In the final estimate of production issued is-sued today by the department of agriculture. agri-culture. Production this year. is estimated at 10,949,000 equivalent 500 pound bales 5.094,900,000 pounds. The average weight per running bale is estimated at 5015 pounds gross. |