PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES.-CONTINUED. to stock. VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS. Total value. Land and Implements, Live stock. Products.* buildings. machinery. $20,514,001,838 $16.674,690,247 15.982,267.689 13,279,252,649 12,104,001.538 10,197,096,776 $761,261,550 $3.078,050,041 $4,739,118,752 +2,208,767,573 2,460,107,454 +1,500,384,707 2,212.540.927 336,878,429 246.118,141 3,271,575,426 151,587,638 *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: NUMBER AND VALUE OF FARM ANIMALS. IMPORTING COUNTRY. It is also estimated that there are in the world 8,221,072 asses, 20,792,665 buffaloes, 2,803,595 camels and 654,588 reindeer. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS (1904). Germany (for consumption). Netherlands (for consumption) 28,609,594 253,266 28,280.364 $9.723.336 11,569,900 75,964 2,824,321 501,703 1,664,615 Austria-Hungary (for consumption). 13,685,042 7.819.808 Cuba 6,368,058 4.395 Denmark (for consumption).. 5,507,000 304,100 Spain... 7,944,076 3,264,763 4.028,803 650,510 Italy (for consumption). 6.959.073 Russia (or consumption, 1903) 4.784,578 2,266,604 Norway. 4,099,106 Sweden (1903). 3,860,369 *Not reported. †Omitting France and Denmark. Omitting France, Belgium, Denmark and Norway. EXPLOSION ON THE BATTLE SHIP GEORGIA, Eight officers and men were killed and thirteen injured by the accidental explosion of two bags of powder in a turret of the battle ship Georgia during target practice off Barnstable in Cape Cod bay, July 15, 1907. Lieut. Casper Goodrich, who was in charge of the turret at the time, was one of those killed. The cause of the accident was not definitely ascertained, but it was thought probable that a spark was blown back through a gunport and ignited the powder. |