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facilities and local markets, but there is considerable activity in the raising of stock. Principal crops in 1920 :— Corn, 33,000 bushels: wheat, 420,000 bushels ; barley, 304,000 bushels ; potatoes, 1,032,000 bushels. On January 1, 1921, there were in the State 74,000 horses, 32,000 milch cows, 540,000 other cattle, 1,532,000 sheep, and 30,000 swine. In 1919 the wool clip from 1,382,000 sheep yielded 10,500,000 pounds of wool. In 1919 the area of national forests in the State was 4,971,335 acres.

The mineral resources of the State are chiefly gold and silver, but copper, lead, zinc, pyrites, iron, quicksilver, tungsten, sulphur, graphite, borax, gypsum, and building stone are also worked. In 1919 the output of gold was valued at 6,619,937 dollars, and of silver, 10,000,599 dollars. Value of total mineral output tor 1919, 48,525,124 dollars.

The manufacturing industries of the State are not of great importance, but they have shown a rapid growth since the census of 1900. In 1910 there were 177 manufacturing establishments employing altogether 256 salaried officials and 2,257 wage-earners. Their aggregate capital amounted to 9,807,000 dollars ; the raw material used in the year, to 8,366,000 dollars, and their output, to 11,887,000 dollars. The more important works were for flour and grist, car making and repairing, butter, brewing, and printing.

In 1917 the length of railway in the State was 2,293 miles, besides 11 miles of electric railway (1919).

Books of Reference.

Reports of the State Controller, State Treasurer, and other Executive Officers, and Bureau of Industry, Agriculture, and Irrigation.

Nevada Historical Society Papers. Published by the State. Davit (S.), History of Nevada. 2 vols. Los Angeles, 1912. Thompson (West), History of Nevada. Oakland, Wren (T.X Histonr of Nevada. 1900.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Government. — U«W Hampshire was one of the thirteen original States of the Union. The sense of the people as to the calling of a convention for the revision of the Constitution must be taken every seven years. If a convention is held the amendments to the Constitution which it proposes must be laid before the people, and "approved by two-thirds of the qualified voters present and voting on the subject. The Legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Ke\ ire-sen tatives. The Senate consists of 24 members, elected for two years. The House of Representatives consists of from 300 to 409 members, the number varying slightly with each session, as representation is on the basis of population. Electors are all citizens 21 years of age, resident six months in the place to be represented, able to read and wnte, duly registered and not under sentence for crime or paupers.

Governor.— Albert O. Brown, 1921-23 (3,000 dollars). Secretary of State. — Edwin C. Bean.

New Hampshire is represented in the Federal Congress by 2 Senators and 2 Representatives. The State is divided into 10 counties. The State Capital is Concord.

Area, Population, Instruction. — Area 9,341 square miles, of which

■110 square miles is water. Census population on Jan. 1, 1920, 443,083.