Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-14
sl63;OOO,0O0 DECLINE
Value Of MississippI Crops 40 Per
Cent Less Than Thst Of 1919
Harvest. sr

WHgurSpVIu.k ne 1E6fc c&dto tdiu&
of the 10 principal crops OF Missis-
sippi harvested In 1920 was slss,2eo.-
600, according to estimates prepared
by the United States bureau Of crop
estimates, and issued by ]. A. Ra.
mey, agricultural statistician The
total value OF the cultivated crops.
not harvested but ''hogged" of, was
$7,853. 900. The combined value. OF
the harvested and unharvested crops
for the year was $196.113,00e, COM
pared with ss59,744.000 for 1919,
showing loss of $163,631 900, or 45.5
per cent in the face of about the
same production for zach year, all
crops considered.
The total harvested acreage for 1920
amounted to S,o50.000 acres, against
1896, 900 in 1919, or an increase OF
$4,000 acres In 1920. yrhe unharvested
crops show $4,000 acres, compared
with 1.f39, 100000 In 1919. or loss OF
$4,000 acres. The total; area devoted
to both harvested and unharvested
crops in 1920 amounted to S,S6S, 900
acres, compared with 9.135, 900 in 1919.
showing 266,000 acres less to all crops
| in 1920 than In 1919. That loss, how
ever is shown largely in cowpeas and
velvet beahsy due largely to an made
quate seed supply. As those crops are
intertilled generally with corn, the
loss does not affect the actual acreage
cultivated.
The actual cultivated acreage of the
state Is much less than indicated by
| the figures shown above on account
Of Implications caused by intertilled or
succession crops. Seventy-five per
cent of the oats land produced a sec.
ond crop, such as corn, sweet potatoes,
! cowpeas. soy beans, hay, etc: so per
cent of the soy bean crop. so per cent
Of the cowpeas crop end 100 per cent
4 Of the velvet bean crop are intertiled
with corn. The figures for those crops
show Implications amounting to l.132,-
900 acres in the cultivated area Of the
state. leaving the, actual area devoted
| to crops reported on a 1920 as 7,737,-
900 acres.rr tThe fore Zoing figures do
not include acreage and values Of
fruits and vegetables. =
4 Very few peanuts are grown in Mis-
| sissippi, the state ranking next to low.
est OF the southern states in the acre
age to that crop. Eighty per cent OF
the small acreage planted is "hogged-
of. ,.l
4 Velvet beans are grown largely in
the open range counties of the south
ern section. where each farm is fenced
On that account very few are har.
| vested, the farm stock grazing them
off during the winter. There are no
i mills within the state for manufacture
ing them into feeds. nor are any ship
A ped from the state.
4 Cowpeas are grown in all counties
for, grain, hay or soil Improvement.
Relatively few peas are harvested in
the delta counties. Nowhere is the
full yield harvested. The commercial
belt extends from the northeast to the
southwest corner. and is SIS miles In
width. @t.us
(, Soy beans are not grown generally
\ over the state, but are found to somo
extent in all counties. The heaviest
acreages are found in Yazoo, Holmes.
Prentiss. Lee and Chickasaw counties,
but relatively few are harvested.
4 The pecan crop was a near-failurs
due to the heavy crop Of last year and
the, spring and summer rains which
washed off the blooms or caused
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