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Show pmn CROP i IIAffi LARGE jf WASHINGTON. April 1. More than 56.00P.OOO acres have ),K, u added to the , ,-ninli . ;. -i. '-,u. , i ,,p ;ir. r:iz" n the last ten years. Statistics renounced by the depnrunenl ol agri-JUltur-' show ih- iiMintrj agj i fate 1 ' r to hn . bn :, 3 6 7 ', 7 3 8 , 1 ires, or 605.840 square mile. That is Dure than on--fitih .if ihe igiai l.oid irea of Continental I'niied sat . al-dost al-dost two and one-half times the size f the state of Texas and abYul ten limes Hie land area oi the entirt New-England New-England states. The number or (arms n the United States is estimated at 717.000 T. I Texas has the largest aggregate crop acieage v. :i i, -jr. .,i re8 or a little more Ihaieone sixth of her to-3 to-3 lal land area. Kansas is second with 22,588,001 acres, or almost one-half of her entire land area. I Illinois is third with 21,727,000 ac res, or about three-sevenths of her land area ' Iowa in fourth place is very close bo II" tools with 21.613.000 acres, which is i ibout three-sevenths ol her land ana I . 00 |