YEAR. PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES BY YEARS. YEAR. 1896 1897. 1898. 1899.. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902 1903. 1904. 1905 1906 PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES.-CONTINUED. 1895 1896. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 74.8 FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES. Cents. 50.9 Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Doll'rs 19.9 25.3 44.0 33.7 45.2 26.6 8.35 72.6 18.7 21.5 40.9 8.52 10.37 *For year preceding that designated. †Exclusive of stock on ranges. Includes betterment and additions The life-saving establishment at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906, comprised 278 stations, of which 200 were on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, 61 on the coasts of the great lakes, 17 on the Pacific coast and 1 on the Ohio river at Louisville, Ky. The crews numbered in all about 300 men. Statistics of the service for the year ended June 30, 1906, and from Nov. 1, 1871, when the system was established, to June 30, 1906, follow: The total number of disasters on the lake coasts in the course of the year ended June 30, 1906, was 351; value of property involved, $5.472,745; property saved, $4,736.755; property lost, $735,970; persons on board, 2,235; persons lost, 19; persons succored at stations. 123; days' succor afforded, 158. |