Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-18
CAROLINA COUNTIES HIGH
Anderson, oranseburg, Spartanburg
and Marlboro Among Fifty Leaders.
(To be Continued.)

Anderson, oranseburg, Spartanburg
and Marlboro Among Fifty Leaders.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of Census, an
nounces the following data from the
1920 census of agriculture for. the Uni
ted States:
The Census Bureau has determined
the rank of the fifty counties in the
United States leading in the combined
Value of farm crops and livestock
products in 1919. The livestock prod
ucts include. dairy products, chickens
and eggs, honey and wax, and wool
and mohair, but not domestic animals
sold and slaughtered. There is some
duplication, to be sure, when the value
Of crops and the value of livestock
products are included in the same to-
tai, by reason of the fact that a large
part of the livestock products are de-
rived from the feeding of farm crops
TO farm livestock. This combined
value, however, appears 10. offer the
best available index of the counties
agricultural production.
The fifty leading agricultural coun-
ties were distributed among the sew
eral states as follows: California 13,
New York Z, Illinois 5, Texas 4, Penn
sylvania 4, South Carolina 4, North
Carolina 8, Washington 2, Wisconsin 2,
NJ Oh Foe, k,iy A1 ID
Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota and
Mississippi.
Los Angeles County, Cal, ranks first
among all counties in the United
States in the combined value of crops
ard livestock products in 1919, the to-
tai value amounting to $71,579,S99. The
value of crops in the county was $61,-
S64,479, which was greater than the
combined value of crops and livestock
products in any other county. Oranges
contributed slightly more than one
third of the combined value of crops
and livestock products in this county.
Other important items were lemons,
walnuts and hay and forage.
Fresno County, Cal, ranked second
among all counties with a value of
s55,110,101 for crops and livestock
products, and stood third in the value
Of crops alone, with $51 1,S61,252. Grapes
made up a little more than one half
of the combined value of crops and
livestock products, with peaches and
hay and forage following in order.
Aroostook County, Maine, stood third
in the combined value Of crops and
livestock products, with S54,376,256,
and was second in value of crops with
| 52.541, POS. Potatoes comprised about
four fifths of the copbined value in
| this county, while hay and forage was
the next item in importance\as regards
value.
San JoanQuin County, Cal, rankcl
| fourth, with a combined value Of $41,
| 1920 for crops and livestock prod
ucts, and also stood fourth in the
value Of crops, with $37, 1856, S66. Po-
tatocs, grapes, barley and hay and
forage were the leading items from
the standpoint of value.
Lancaster County, Pa, was fifth in
rank, with $40,776,212 representing the
value Of crops ard livestock products.
! Tobacco, corn, hay and forage and
wheat were the most important items
in the order named.
Yakima County, Wash, stood sixth
in value Of crops and livestock prod
ucts, with $34,741.71O. Apples and hay
and forage were the leading items as
regards value.
Other counties with their rank acs
cording to the combined value of crops
and livestock products in 1919 were as
follows: Tulare County, Cal, seventh,
with $34,O36,167; Sonoma County, Cal,
eighth, with $32,3OO62S; Whitman
County, Wash, ninth, with $31,921.-
e47: and Dane County, Wis, tenth
$29,395,753.
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