Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-02-09

THE severe 1921 drought in the cen
| trail and upper Piedmont area Of the
Istate seriously damaged -aaii crops.
lit has resulted in relatively high
prices for most farm commodities in
North Carolina. Cotton alone male
d good Yield IN view Of the growing
conditions. The tobacco prices, av-
eraging over % cents were better
than expected last spring.
Corn.
While corn is the states uniyer-
sal crop, our rank is only 18th in
value and 2lst in production COM
pared with the larger western states
The two states leading in both pro-
duction and value We're Iowa, 4iA
million bushels at 1873 million dol
lars, and Illinois 306 million bush
els at 116 million dollars. On De-
eember LIST, 1921, corn was selling
at an average of 42.3 cents per bush
eli for the United States as compared
with Is cents in North Carolina
There were "a states, however, hav7
ing higher per acre value. The
2, 55s,p90 acres OF corn harvested for
era i in the state produced 49,252,O0
ia,s. els valueH at $3S,41S,00O.
Cotton.
North Carolina Produced one-tenth
OF the cotton crop and holds 9th
rank in both production and value
of cotton, getting ahead of both Ok
Iahoma and South Carolina. This
was due primarily to the rayages OF
the boil wccvil in these two states.
Mississippi ranked seventh in l92O,
but she moved up to third place for
last year. North Carolina stands
first if the per acres value Of cotton
among the main cotton states, but
California, Arizona and Missouri
were better. The production and
value in the five leading states were
Texas 100000 bales, SIT, 10OOO0;
Mississippi $4,000 bales, $72,210O0O;
Georgia $4,000 bales, 1853, 720,O 900; Ar
kansas 100000 bales, S69,230, 900;
North Carolina 100000 bales with
$65,600,000 for the last crop. The
sixteen cotton states have produced
about eight million bales, which, at
the December price of 1862 cents per
pound was worth 677 million dollars,
Wheat.
This states present wheat crop
shows reduction in acreage of-one
per cent below the 1921 crop, and
| the 100000 bushels produced last
yearwas IS per cent below the pre-
| yious crop and was worth $6,4S0,0 600
at the December price OF "A per
bushel Our rank in both produc-
| ton and value is goth compared
with other wheat states. The two
states leading in production and
value of this crop were Kansas 12S,
$4,000 bushels worth $l19,687 900
! and Nebraska 59,S75,000 bushels
worth $49,696000 The national crop
twas 795 million bushels, which at
927 cents was valued at 1877 million
dollars. There are AZ states produc-
| ing wheat on commercial scale.
Oats.
Due primorily to the state severe
: dry conditions during the last sea-
son, there was a reduction in the
Il yield of oats from % bushels i'll 1920
. TO IL last year. The production was
: over three million bushels in 1921
or eleven per cent less than in 1920,
/. this Notwithstanding considerable
acreage increase. Compared with
: other states, this state is small
producer 3Oth in production and
33rd in value. The national crop
!. was one billion bushels at 322 mil
7 lion dollars Or about 46 per cent q
the 1920 value.
: Tobacco.
Tobacco is North Carolina's prin
O cipal money crop. In 1920 we pro
I duced 1873 million pounds which solo
\ at % cents per pound, an amount
. much below the cost Of production
THAT year. The average season.
q price Of 26 cents places the presen
e 294 million pound crop at S76,500
g 900. This gave us the conspicuousl1
I, first rank in value Of this crop. Ken
!, lucky produced S26 million pounnd