The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-12-28
RICE MAKES GAINS
Production Makes Big Jump in
Last TWenty-Four Years.
Worlds Market Amounts to $3.50, 900,
900 to $2oo,ooo,ooo Per Annum-
Louisiana Leads in United
States.

production In the United States, from
less than 100,000.000 pounds few
years ago to over 6O0,O00.0OO in 1908.
lends interest to study by the bureau
of statistics of the department of com.
MERGE and labor of the markets offered
for this particular commodity.
Rice production in the United States
seldom reached 10O.000.000 pounds per
annum prior to 1885, and had but
twice crossed the 2OO,0OO.OOO line prior
to 1900. Then came in 1901 produo-
ton of 3ss.OOO,0OO pounds; in 1908.
100000; in 1904, 5s6.000.00o. and in
1908. 60S.O0O,0O0 pounds.
The rice production Of the United
States in the last decade has thus
equaled that of the half century imme-
diately preceding, or, in other words.
the quantity produced since the begin
ming of the year 1900 has been as
great as that of the so years from 1850
to 1900.
Domestic production about equaled
the imports, making an average annu-
al consumption ranging from 250,00O,.
900 to 4OO,OO0,0O0 pounds.
Even during the recent period of
large domestic production, importa-
tons have continued at about the
same rate as in former years, while
exports have been comparatively
small, limiting at a largely increased
domestic consumption.
The worlds market for rice, meas.
uring this market merely by the i'm
ports of the principal countries Of the
world, amounts to from $150,000,000 to
$200,00O,000 per annum. The imports
of rice into the principal countries Of
Europe in the latest available year
amounted to about sS2,00O,00O value:
into North and South America, exclu.
sive OF the United States. $13.000.00O.
and into Africa, 100000.
1t is estimated that the worlds rice
crop is 75.0OO.OOO.OOO pounds per an
mum, of which 6O.00O,00O,O0O are pro-
duced in British India, 100000. 900
to 10000 100000 in China, 15.OOO.O0O.-
900 in Japan, 6.75O.OOO,OOO in Siam.
$500 100000 in Java. 5,0OO,00G,0OO in
French Indo China. 3,000,0O0,OOO in
Korea, 2.75O.OOO,OOO in Formosa, $780,.
$1,000 pounds In Italy and 100000 900
pounds each in Spain, Ceylon. the
Philippine islands and the United
States.
Rice forms the chief cereal food of
about one-half Of the worlds popula-
ton, and wheat the chief cereal food
of the other half.
OF the 6OS,OOO,00O pounds of rice
pi oduced in the United States in 1908.
52.8 per cent was produced in Louisi
ana, ALB per cent in Texas. az per
cent in South Carolina. 81 per cent in
Arkansas. and the remainder in Geor.
gia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and
North Carolina.
This years rice crop in Arkansas
will net the growers about $95O.OOO,
according to estimates thus far for.
mulated, and under the impetus of the
prosperity which this will bring about
It is probable that the rice acreage In
the state will be nearly doubled next
year.
In September about 100000 pounds
of the present years crop were mar
keted in that state and twice that
amount was shipped. BY February
It ia predicted that the entire crop of
25,OOO,OO0 pounds. the produce of 49,.
600 acres of land. will have been mar.
keted. It is calculated that only one
twelfth Of the state land available for
rice culture is utilized.