. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . on of :he year:2,244,177,000 bushels corn, 637,822,000 bushelswheat. 784,094,000 bushels oats, 131,861bushels barley, 29,363 bushels rye. 1903.—Higliest wheat, September, 93 cents;highest corn, July and August, 53 cents;highest oats, July, 45 cents. Lowest wheat,March, 70 Vi cents; lowest corn, December,41 cents; lowest oats, March, 31 cents. 1904, January 1st.—United De-partment of Agriculture estiinate of numberof farm animals: 17,419,817 milch cows,030,144 sheep, 16,
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . on of :he year:2,244,177,000 bushels corn, 637,822,000 bushelswheat. 784,094,000 bushels oats, 131,861bushels barley, 29,363 bushels rye. 1903.—Higliest wheat, September, 93 cents;highest corn, July and August, 53 cents;highest oats, July, 45 cents. Lowest wheat,March, 70 Vi cents; lowest corn, December,41 cents; lowest oats, March, 31 cents. 1904, January 1st.—United De-partment of Agriculture estiinate of numberof farm animals: 17,419,817 milch cows,030,144 sheep, 16,736,059 horses and 2,757,-916 mules. 1904.—Promising new fruits mentionedand illustrated in Year Book of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture: Bloom-field apple, Doctor apple, Rossney pear, Mil-lennial grape. Perfection currant, Delmaspersimmon. 1904, January 11th.—Largest receipt ofcars In one day at the Union Stock Yards,Chicago, 3,22S. 1904, March 1st.—Auction sale of jacksand .jennets by I,. M. Monsees & Sons atSmithton, Mo. Top price for a lack, $1,500;average for twenty-nine head, $ MISSOURI JOSEPHINE SARCASTIC-DAUGHTER OF MISSOURI CHIEFJOSEPHINp. Milk record for six months,as a two-year-old: 7,037 pounds^ This is334 pounds higher than her dams record atthe same age. Bred and owned by theUniversity of Missouri. 1904, March 24th.—^In the open market atChicago a roan Shire draft gelding was soldfor the record price of $660. According tothe Drovers Journal, this champion roan HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE BY DATES. 77 drafter was consigned by William Gray, ofMechanicsvillc, and purchased byArmour &. Cn. at the hierhesl price paid inliie open market for a drafter for commer-cial use. The seldins was four years oliland weighed ,210 This championdrafter was bred by Ierry Terrill, of Oxfordinils, Jones county. la., and was sired bythe imported .Shire Ringnia-ster. andwhose daiii was sired liy the imported Shirestallion liinglead^r. Ihis .t
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