The number of chickens three months old and over, including guinea fowls, on farms in Loudoun County June 1, 1900, was 132,627; turkeys, 7,218; ducks, 2,171, and geese, 1,036. The total value of all poultry on hand, including the value of all young chicks unreported, as well as that of the older fowls, was $58,276, an average of $29.92 per farm reporting. Shenandoah was the banner county of Virginia in egg production, reporting 1,159,000 dozens; Rockingham ranked second, with 1,150,500 dozens, and _Loudoun_ third, with 771,780 dozens, the fourth highest competitor, Augusta county, lacking 60,580 dozens of this last number. Of Virginia counties at the last census Loudoun ranked third in the number of chickens on farms, third in number of turkeys, third in value of poultry products in 1899, and second in value of poultry on hand June 1, 1900. There were in the County June 1, 1900, 2,225 swarms of bees, valued at $6,428. They produced the same year 24,970 pounds of honey and 1,110 pounds of wax. 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 -------------- 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 --------- 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.