Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-17
lNCREASER INT
SOUTH ERN
.FAIRl.M|I4CROPS 4!

e The following table SHOWS the al
vance made in the 10 years, 1885
1908, IN Southern, corn, wheat, oats,
barley rye, buckwheat, haxseed,
rice, potatoes, hay, tobacco and cot
ton in the 10-year period the values
OF. these crops IN the South increased
from $771 778,0O0 to $1,452 BRA,
974, or by $6B1,I46, ,974, equal TO
1873 per cent, while the increase in
the rest of the country was from
$1,739,3B7.OOO. to s2,945.004,503.
or by S1,205, 1927, ,503, equal to 69.3
per cent. One state, Califonia,
showed an actual decrease. OF the
other 33 states and territories out
side the South II had a rate of In
crease less than the average rate OF
increase for the rest OF the country,
the II being Vermont, 20 per cent,
Massachusetts, SO per cent; Mime
sofa. 80 per cent; Iowa, 39 per
cent. New York. As per cent; New
Hampshire, 46 per cent; Ohio, AZ
per cent. 'IiIinois, so per cent;
Rhode Island, 81 per cent, and
Pennsylvania. SO per cent.
OF the Ia Southern states but
three had a, rate of increase less
than the average for the rest of the
country. the three being Kentucky
Al per cent; Tennessee, Sc per cent
and Virginia, 81 per cent. OF the
II otler Southern States had A
rate of increase below the average
rate for the whole South, 1873 per
cent, the five being Maryland, 70 per
cent Mississippi, 76 per cent; LOU
isiana, 17 per cent; Arkansas, 81
per cent, and Alabama, S3 per cent.
Oklahoma led the whole country
In the date of increase, 257, from
$40, 0,343,0O0 to $144,1S4,030, and
Georgia led the South. with 1876 per
cent, from $72, ,985, 900 to $171, ,486,-
024. The rates in other Southern
states not already mentioned we're
South Carolina, 116 per cent, West
Virginia. 104 per cent; Texas, 101
per cent; Florida, SO per cent, and
North Carolina, 80 per cent.
In actual value of 1908 Texas
ranked first in the country with
$305. zoos, Illinois being second |
with $293,546,262.
The first coal mined in this coun-
try was taken from the small field
near Richmond, Va, in the latter |
NudAANi VI AH0 NiHnNNbhih bSlhluigF /
1t was commercially mined there as
early as 1922, and the other states |
came into production in the follow |
ing order: Maryland, 1920; Ken |
lucky, 1928; Alabama, North Caro- |
lima, Tennessee and Arkansas, 1910; |
Georgia, 1860; West Virginia, 1868;
and Texas, 1884
The total area of the coal fields |
in the South include 5000 square |
miles in Alabama, $500 square |
miles in Arkansas and $500 of ter
ritory that may contain workable /
coal and the total area for the |
country includes 137,375 square
miles OF territory that may contain
workable coal, and 1906 square
miles of coal under heavy cover.
The total area in the South includes
5000 square miles of coal under
heavy cover. The total area in the
South includes 5000 square miles in
Alabama. 5000 square miles in Arr
kansas, $500 square miles in Lou
siana, $500 square miles in Missss-
ippi, 1000 square miles in Tennes-
see and $4,000 square miles in Tex
as total of $4,000 square miles OF
Ignite, leaving the total area OF
bituminous coal In the South 63,-
966 square miles and of anthracite
coal 200 square miles, --ManufaC-
turers Blue Book.