SOIL PRODUCTS.

The total and average values of Loudoun’s farm products of 1899, with percentages, are set forth in the following table: 

Value of products: 
  Fed to live stock $1,018,434 00
  Not fed to live stock 1,817,414 00
          
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    Total $2,835,848 00
  Per cent not fed to value of farm property 16.4
Average value per farm: 
  Fed to live stock $523 00
  Not fed to live stock 933 00
          
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    Total $1,456 00
Average value per acre: 
  Products fed $3 24
  Products not fed 5 79
Average value per acre of improved land: 
  Products fed $4 04
  Products not fed 7 22

Corn and Wheat.

Of the 100 counties in Virginia, Loudoun ranked third in corn acreage in 1899, reporting 46,248 acres, and, the same year, headed the list in the production of corn with 1,538,860 bushels, an excess of 350,830 bushels over its nearest competitor, Fauquier county, which had planted in corn 981 more acres.

Loudoun ranked third in wheat area in 1899, Augusta taking the lead in area as well as in production.  The next three counties in the order of production were Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Loudoun, the product of the last-named being 447,660 bushels.  The same order prevailed in 1890.

Oats, Rye, and Buckwheat.

The area reported under oats in 1900 was 765 acres and the product 13,070 bushels.  In 1890, 4,504 acres were planted in this crop and produced 69,380 bushels.  No barley was reported in 1899.

The reported area under rye in 1900 was 597 acres and the yield 5,560 bushels.  The preceding census reported 1,830 acres and a product of 13,137 bushels.

Loudoun reported but two acres of buckwheat under cultivation in 1899, as against 232 acres in 1879.  The yield at the last census was only 12 bushels, and in 1879, 2,338 bushels.

Hay and Forage Crops.

The total area in clover in 1899 was 1,555 acres and the yield 1,598 tons.  Loudoun reported only 2 acres planted in alfalfa or Lucern and a corresponding number of tons.  The total area sown in millet and Hungarian grasses was 70 acres and the product 86 tons.  Twelve thousand four hundred and ninety-five acres were planted in other tame and cultivated grasses in 1899, and 11,364 tons cut therefrom.  The principal grass included under this designation is timothy.  In grains cut green for hay Loudoun reported 1,342 acres under cultivation in 1899 and a product of 1,503 tons.