Pottawatomie county leads in the number of apple trees not in bearing 225,000; Caddo in pears, 20,080; Logan in peaches, 153,274; Kiowa in plums 58,693; Caddo in cherries, 13,689.

The total number of trees growing are as follows:

The total value of orchard products was $702,230, in which Pushmataha county leads with $95,950, Lincoln is second with $55,605, and Oklahoma is third with $45,729. Five counties return no product.

SMALL FRUITS AND VINEYARDS.

Table 20 gives the acreage of starwberries and blackberries, the value of small fruits, and the acreage, production, and value of vineyards.

Strawberries are grown on 1,208 acres and blackberries on 4,326. The value of small fruits was $167,015. Oklahoma county is first in the value of small fruits with $14,322, Sequoyah is second with $12,243; Garfield, Lincoln and Logan each show a little over $11,900.

There were 3,708 acres in vineyards, producing 1,432,634 pounds of grapes, valued at $42,966, and 28,718 gallons of wine valued at $28,718, a total value of $71,684. This shows an average return of $19.33 per acre. Garfield county leads in her acreage of vineyards with 257, yielding $6,362, though Pottawatomie shows a return of $7,140 on 100 acres, or $71.40 per acre. Grapes show an average farm value of 2.9 cents per pound and wine a value of $1 per gallon.

PRODUCT OF BEES.

Table 21 shows the number of stands of bees, the production and value of honey, and the production and value of wax.

There were 17,937 stands of bees in the State, producing 102,613 pounds of honey, valued at $15,116, and 4,102 pounds of wax, valued at $733, a total of $15,849. The farm value of honey was 14.7 cents per pound, of wax 17.8 cents per pound, and the average return per stand of bees was 88.3 cents.

The greatest number of stands was in Mayes county, 1,421, producing $309 worth of honey and wax; in Payne county 776 stands yielded $1,461.

FORESTS AND IRRIGATION.

Table 22 shows the area of native forests, the acreage of artificial forests, the value of wood marketed, the acreage under irrigation, and the number and area of ponds.

It is shown that there were 911,041 acres in native forests, the largest area

being in Osage county, 130.000 acres. and 12,988 acres in other native forests.

There were 24,107 acres in black locust

The value of wood sold was $70,609, in which Pontotoc county led with $9,000.

There were 5,560 acres under irrigation, of which 3,195 acres were in Harper county. There were 5,615 ponds, embracing 9,206 acres.

MEAT PRODUCTS AND WOOL.

Table 23 gives the value of animals sold for slaughter, and the amount and value of wool clipped.

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A total value of $12,233,003 is shown for the animals sold for slaughte during the year, Grady county leading with $1,432,133 and Harper coming last with $9,590.

The wool clipped amounted to 70,317 pounds, valued at $15,503, or an average price of 22 cents per pound. Cimarron county leads in the production of wool with 23,822 pounds valued at $5,240.

YIELDS AND VALUE PER ACRE.

The following table gives the yield per acre of the various crops and the value of those yields, thus showing the returns per acre of the various products:

From this table it will be seen that the highest return per acre was from Irish potatoes, $54.83, while the lowest was from rye, $1.45.

1907 COMPARED WITH 1899.

The following table shows the acreage and product of the principal crop as taken from the census reports for the crop year of 1899, in comparison with the acreage and products of the same crops as reported in the tables compiled by this office for 1907, showing an increase in the acreage of these crops since 1899 of 3,833,153, or nearly 70 per cent. Cotton acreage has increased nearly 200 per cent, and the only decrease is in castor beans and wheat.

Oklahoma's principal crops and number and value of livestock have been estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture from 1901 to 1907, and reported by the Census Bureau for 1899.

Prior to statehood, November 16, 1907, the only available authentic information as to the acreage, production and value of the various crops for the Indian Territory side of the State, were the estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture each year, based upon the census enumeration of 1899. This same class of estimates was made for the Oklahoma Territory side of the State; so in order to study in a general way the steady increase in acreage and production of these crops, during this series of years, for the area now comprising the new State of Oklahoma, the combined estimates of the territories are here presented for purposes of comparison and to serve as a record of statistical information for the year 1899.

Table No. 24 shows the acreage, average yield per acre, production, average price per bushel and total farm value of corn, winter wheat, oats, hay, and Irish potatoes, for the years 1899, 1901-1907.

Table No. 25 shows the acreage, production, and value of cotton as reported by the United States Census Bureau, 1899-1907, and from these two tables, covering the acreage and production of the principal cash crops for what is now the State of Oklahoma, it is at once apparent that there is a steady increase in acreage and a corresponding increase in production.

Table No. 26 presents the number, average value per head and total value of horses, mules and asses, milch cows, other cattle, sheep and goats, and swine, as estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture for the years 1901-1907, and as reported by the Census Bureau for 1899.

ESTIMATES OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1908.

As outlined in the previous pages, the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture has carried on a system of crop reporting throughout the year 1908. The assessors' returns, as here presented, serve as a basis for estimates as reported by the corps of correspondents maintained by this Department.

Table No. 27 shows the estimated acreage, production, and value of corn, for the year 1908, by counties and for the State, whereby Oklahoma is estimated as having planted 4,241,613 acres, or an increase of 5.6 per cent. The average

yield per acre is 22.4 bushels, producing 95,230,442 bushels. The average farm value reported on December 1 is 50.2 cents per bushel, making an aggregate value of $47,865,357.

Table No. 28 shows the estimated acreage, production and value of cotton, by counties and for the State. The acreage of cotton producing the 1908 crop is 1,610,453 acres, or 19.7 per cent less than that for 1907. The average yield of lint cotton per acre is 152 pounds, producing an equivalent of 492,272 500-pound bales. The average farm value on December 1 is $50.30 per bale, making the total value for the crop $24,763,150.

Table No. 29 shows the estimated acreage, production and value of wheat, for the year 1908. The estimated acreage harvested during the summer of 1908 is 1,328,158 acres, with an average of 12.7 bushels, making a total production of 17,017,887 bushels. The average farm value December 1 is estimated at 83 cents per bushel, thereby producing an aggregate value of $14,716,513. The estimated acreage sown in the fall of 1908 is 1,128,934 acres, or 15 per cent decrease from that sown in the fall of 1907.

Table No. 30 shows the estimated acreage, production and value of oats for the year 1908, by counties and for the State, which shows that the acreage sown in the spring of 1908 was 456,533 acres, or a decrease of 13.2 per cent, as compared with that sown in the spring of 1907. The average yield per acre for 1908 is reported as being 22 bushels, producing 10,055,028 bushels, with an average value of 41.7 cents per bushel, making a total farm value of $4,199,415.