The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Kentucky, tobacco ........ 1854 ,98:
California, orchards ....... 1885, ,78t
California, barley ......... 11,617 ,10t
Louisiana, sugar .......... 100000
North Dakota, fax seed.... 7,735,64t
New York, buckwheat ..... 3,627,2S4
Wisconsin, rye ........... 1853 ,20E
Northern and eastern states included
In the above are thickly populated, ant
have probably reached their highest
stage of development. With the lead
ing cotton state it is different. Thou
sands of acres of virgin soil have new
er been penetrated by the plow, and
await immigrants who may cultivate
land to its highest state of usefulness
Cotton is a money crop.
The value of Texas-raised cotton is
almost equal to the combined values OF
the corn crop of Iowa. the wheat crop
OF Kansas and the oat crop of Illionis
truly a wonderful showing Other
striking comparisons could be drawn
and were the southwest referred to
with its cotton crop of 1923, ,023 GAS lin
cluding seed) the figures would be even
more favorable. Gotten is not the only
crop of this section.
Statistics based upon the federal CEN
sus of 1900 show that out of 5,737 ,657
farmers mot including farm hands, in
the United States, 777,164 are in the
southwest.
Other comma riSOns follow.
Farm owners-southwest, $40, ,440;
United States, 5,737,372.
Land decided to above veowners-south-
west, 1S1 ,S22,0S0 acres; United States,
S3S, S,591 TIA.
Land and improvements, with build
ings-southwest, $1,159, ,779.S .SS2; United
States, $16,614, CAT ,491.
Implements and south
west, $79,O76,600; United States, $749,-
775,970.
Live stock-southwest $454 S65 1876;
United States, $3,075, ,477,709.
That the Southwest is the garden
spot of the world and is destined to
increase in commercial importance
and become the most densely populat-
ed portion of the earth is apparent
when the following figures tell what
was raised in this section in 1908.
Cotton, 100000 bales, value, $780,
100000.
Cotton seed, S,944,457 900 pounds,
value, 71,494,S45.
Corn, 2OO,OOO,0OO bushels, value,
$l20O0O,O00.
Oats, 10O,G9O,OOO bushels, value,
$50, 100000.
Wheat, 55,75O,OOO bushels, value,
$41 ,812,5OO.
Dairy products from 1,265,OOO cows,
value, $33 ,644, ,43O
Hay and forage, 4,519,416 tons,
value, $21, ,O1O,SO9.
Sugar, 279,4O9,23O pounds, value,
$1S,627,2S2.
Vegetables, 55,433 car lots, value,
$16,629,SG
Poultry, 4s,OGo,a21 fowls, value,
S15,O4O,2S0.
Rice, SOO,OOO,0O0 pounds, value, $15,-
100000,
Fruit, 100000 bushels, value, $15,-
100000.
Eggs, 49,434,4 ,425 dozen, value, &c.
S46,SS5.
Potatoes, 100000 bushels, value,
$7,5OO,OOO.
Wool, 21,93S,65S pounds, value, s3,-
948,95S
Bees, S26,13s swarms, value, s2,47S,-
414
Honey and wax, 1O,25O,O0O pounds,
value, $1,225,829
Kaffir corn, 2,925.OG3 bushels, value,
$667 $50
Nuts, 3,993,7S0 pounds, value, $685.
254.
Broom corn, S,555,27 pounds, value,
s532,152.
Thus a total of $751;, 7,G19, ,OS7 for Tex
as, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklaho-
ma, New Mexico and Indian territory
Is reached by conservative estimates
which do not include important mis-
cellaneous crops. 1t is apparent that |
the southwest abounds in milk and |
honey; bread and meat; fruits and |
vegetables sufficient to enable mil |
ions of citizens to live at home and |
also assist in supplying the markets
If the world. The value of products
IS increasing each year as the result
If improved methods of farming and
n few years the crops specified
above will reach total valuation of
more than one billion dollars in the
southwest. These facts taken from
he highest authority of the general
government, show where production
s greatest in this country.-Phil c.
Travis, in Farm and Ranch.