The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-10-27

COTTON SHOWS INCREASE
POTATOES AND PEANUTS
Over Two Millions OF Acres
Planted In Cereals With Aver
age Value Being Sii.s3
Per Acre.


the state ~ Mississippi collected ~
iBe thirteenth dscenuial census. Apfil
BE-. ioin afe contained ~ an Dfflclal
statement issued tuday by Census III
rector Dursod II IL based 20 tabular
summaries prepared under the dlfec-
tiua ~ Df Le Grand Powers. chief
statlstician Tor agriculture IN the
bufeau ~ the census. The Bgnres
are preliminary and subject 20 sliVht
revision later, when a few other
farms, whose returns, now Incomplete
will be Included IN the HDal tables.
H. Is not expected that these additions
will materially modify the amounts
or rates given In the present state
ment
The leading crops ~ the state for
900, ranked 10 order of valuation,
were: Cotton, sS3, lI0,00O corn, $685.
$4,000 hay and forage, s3,36i 600;
sweet potatoes and yams. s3.0730 900;
oats, 1923 600: potatoes, 1920 and
peanuts. S3l7 ,00G
| INCREASE IN COTTON.
In the decade between 1890 and 1905
cotton increased 500, 300 acres, or II !
per cent. From 2,106,2l5 acres In 1870
to 1897 920 IN 1899, and again TO 3,4OO,
1910 in 1909 The total yield In 1905
was !, ,l27 ,l58 bales; the average yielt
per acre, 0 3 bale; the average value
per acre, S24 45.
Corn showed a decrease for the de
cade ending 1909 Of l03,70l acres, o
l4.6 per cent. From 1879, when 1870
$50 acres we're harvested. corn rose T.
1,706,3 1852 in 1880, to 2,279,313 10 1885
but fell In 1909 to 2,172,6l2. The tota
! yield In 1909 was 2S,42S,667 bushel.
the average yield per acre, 13 bushels
the average value per acre, Sl2
Il For the decade ending 1909 hay an
forage showed an increase OF 1904
acres, 1914 per cent. Starting wit
1890 acres In 1870, hay and forage ros
J. to so. 159 acres In 1889. to 90, ,261 In 1S9
and finally to 900, ,7o5 in 1909 The al
gregate yield in 1909 was 279, 238 ton
: the average yield per acre, 1.2 ton
q, the average value per acre. sl4 65.
u SWEET POTATOES.
Is Sweet potatoes and yams In the Il
1. years between 1899 and 1909 increas,
a. 1855 acres, or 40 $ per cent Star
:, ing with Al, s74 acres IN 1879, they 70
to 44,lss In 1889, fell to 3S, 169 in !SE
). but rose again to SO, 045 In 1909. II
= aggregate yield Ia 1909 was 4,427, 8
' bushels; the average yield per acie,
- bushels; the average value per acI
~ $14.85.
o. In the decade ending 1909 oats !
rd creased 1903 acres, or lls5 per Ger
10 Starting with l9s,4g7 acres in lS'
N, oats fell to 1873, 36l 10 1889, to S7,066
lin 1899, but rose TO 07,0S5 10 1909 Il
be aggregate yield in 1909 was l,26S,
re- bushels; the average yield per acre,
of bushels; tue average value per &C
%, 1855
he POTATOES AND PEANUTS.
~ From 1899 to 1909 potatoes increas
w l,972 acres, or 81 per cent. From 81
V, acres in 1889, potatoes rose to $50
u. 1899, and again by 1909 TO S,342 I
- total yield In 1909 was Ga, 742 bushe
20. the average yield per acre. n busht
70. the average value per acre, S6S
,b For the decade ending 1909, peanl
OILS Increased S,l54 acres. or 139. per ce
so. From 1889, when l,D60 acres we're b
ia vested, peanuts rose TO 1858 by Is
tic and again ia 1897 by 1908 The to
II yield Ia 1909 was 2S4,79l bushels:
,,'p average yield per acre, 20 bushels;
;. average value per acre, 80 50.
~ CROP COMPARISONS.
ev The cereals had an acreage OF 80
.is, 5O3 acres In 1908, as compared to 2,3
sst 065 Ia 1870, n decrease OF l0l ,562 acI
ia, or 4.3 per cent. Among the cerei
The corn stood first, constituting over
Nm per cent OF their total acreage q
value. The remaining s per cent !
distributed throughout the OF
cereals, oats comprising the grea
l part.
The average value OF cereals
acre Ia 1909 was Sl1 SO less than &
4 Of hay aud forage, and slightly
than one.half as great AS that OF {
1 lton. or the cereals having imports
acreages, corn showed the high
\ Iaverage value per acre; oats the /
/ lest. or the hay and forage crops
most important were "Other tam
| cultivated grasses" "Grains
| green" aud "Wild salt. or pra
| grasses" These three crops combi
presented about ilve-sixth OF
| total acreage aud value Of the en-,
croI,. Coarse forage, alfalfa,
"CIo yer alone" comprised the gre;
part nf the remaining sixth. tt
we're number OF miscellaneous cr'
| and the most OF these were well al
the more usual crops In value per a
putn,s,~ne Ia dup tn N disorde