The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
TEXAS CROP REVIEW FOR 1920.
by f.. NJ. JOHNSON. Agricultural Sta
tistIcian. bureau of Crop Estimates
U. $. Department of Agriculture.
Houston, Tcxns, Jan. 25, 1920.

| It is always of interest. and Otter
Of value, to bring together compar.
| able data on agricultural production
and Values at the close of the year il
the states position when considered
either alone or In relation to other i'm.
portant states
Texas, throughout the calender yeai
year, considering conditions as a
whole, regardless of an unfavorable
and later spring. late frosts, labor
troubles and money stringency.
For its ten principal crops the
states aggregate crop-value is $751;
100000 and 1921. 900 for all crops
which gives 1t first rank in agricul-
tural wealth over all other states as
was the case in 1919. For 1919, though
S1053, 1865. 900 and 81 1854, 100000 respec-
lively, they show the decline in prices
for the current year and not a re-
duction In production.
The two states which rank next to
Texas are Iowa and Illinois. Crop VAL
ues, in the same manner as given for
Texas are; Iowa s436,213,000 and
1853. l91, 900; Illinois, $431,6zS,o00 and
On December list our corn crop was
valued at STAG, 900; wheat at S27,-
$4,000; oats at 500, 900: cotton at
1927, 100000; grain sorghums at $751;
500, 900; hay at S17,97S,00O: broomcorn
at $1,512.O0O; rice at 81, $4,000; and
sweet potatoes at S12.14S,000 with
minor crops such as barely rye, sor-
ghum, strip, peanuts and sugar maxi
ing up the balance
This state with an acreage in grain
sorghums equal to the combined acre.
age in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Ari-
iona and California, or S5 per cent of
that of the United States, produces
cent Of the total in all states which
Is valued at Sc per cent of the to-
tai for the country
Though we have many minor crops
they are not insignificant. In 1920
there were 2.215.O00 gallons of sugar
cane strip produced as compared to
2,421 900 in 1919. There We're 1874
900 pounds of sugar made from do
April damaged fruit and the spring
potato crop severely injured the stand
of early planted corn and, with the
dry weather following delayed the
germination Of cotton while the fall
These, however, seem to have been
our most adverse weather conditions
and have been offset by other eX-
eeedingly favorable conditions
Unofficial estimates of spring pro-
duction of truk crops in the Rio
Grande Valley place the movement at
1851 cars for cabbage, 375 for mixed
stuff 100 cars of lettuce, Isl cars of
potatoes, SAT cars of onions and IS
cars of tomatoes while some 1000
cars of cabbage are said to have re-
manned in the field due to railway
congestion and the switchmen's strike
at that time.
The state is a leader in the pro-
duction of stock and range cattle as
well as cotton and has produced H.,
100000 pounds of wool as compared
to 14,9S6.000 pounds in 1919.
In spite of the difficulties which be-
set the farmer this year the total Gull
tivated acreage was increased from
"a, 622, 900 acres in 1918 to 25,493,0O0
This fall the winter wheat acreage
was increased 40 per cent over that OF
1890 Ranges have been good through
out most of the year, water abundant
and in most cases the range was I'M
derstocked
The level Of prices to producers OF
crops decreased about Al per cent
during December; in the last ten
years the price level Increased in like
period about "a per cent. On jan
prices was about 46.6 per cent lower
than a year ago, AIS per cent lower
than two years ago, and 1914 per
cent lower than the average of the
last ten years on January. 1st.
The prices ofmeat animals. hogs
cattle, sheep. and Ehickens to The pro-
ducers OF the United States decreased
IS per cent from November 18th. TO
December 18th; in the. last ten years
prices decreased in like period l per
cent. On December 18th. the index
figure of prices for these meat ami
mails WIS about 26.5 per cent lower
than year ago, 36.7 per cent rover
than two years ago, and lie per cent
higher than the average for the last
ten years on December 18th.
We face at the present time, the pc
culiar situation of. having on hand
abundant crops and stocks of most
every kind and yet there obtains an
underlying dissatisfaction with condi-
tons; an association which is not gen.
orally common in normal times and
yet, as many of the factors account
able for this are unusual and since
the country must be basicly sound, 1t
all seems to point to the correctness
of a y1aw Of conservative optimism