The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-03


ductive agricultural State in the
Union, but that belt of country from
Middle Ohio to Western Iowa seems
to be the most steadily productive in
dollars and cents.
The production in the Memphis ter
ritory is interesting. The table shows
a large production of rice here, a
large production of tobacco and the
largest Of all strawberry production
areas.
Rice is produced in large quanti-
ties in California, Texas, Louisiana
and Arkansas and in diminishing
quantities in Southeast Georgia and
South Carolina.
The book also shows that there is
growing production of vegetables
in the Mid South.
The cotton production, combining
price with volume, is as large in the
Basin and in the Delta as anywhere
else.
1t is interesting to note where
things come from. The fax country
is in the Dakotas. The big bean
country is in Middle Michigan. The
champion potato region is in Maine.
Kentucky leads as a tobacco State.
Broom corn is in Illinois. Georgia
has a tremendous production of
sweet potatoes. California leads in
most fruits except apples.
The highlands of the Middle States
and Arkansas are the apple regions.
The largest rainfall is along the
upper Pacific slop, but rainfall as
heavy as that along the Louisiana
Gulf is in the mountins of Western
North Carolina.
Summing the whole thing I'D the
two most important and most general
crops of the United States are corn
and hogs The largest commercial
crop, that is leaving the farm, is cot
ton.
Iowa leads the States in the value
of livestock on farms Texas has
more, but the grade is lower.
The value of poultry in the United
States in 1920 was about 100000
600.
Half of the poultry in the United
States is in the so-called corn belt.
West Tennessee is doing very well
with chickens, but in East Tennessee,
north of Knoxville, there is a great
region.
Iowa has more chickens than any
other State, with Illinois, Missouri
and Ohio following in the order
named. Tennessee has more chickens
han Kentucky. Arkansas has more
chickens than Mississippi.
The greatest honey producing re-
ZION is in East Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia and in Southern California.
Here is sad story. Farm tenantry
S on the increase. The movement
# the people from the country to the
'ty has not halted. In Kentucky 90 1
yer cent Of all the farms are operated
y tenants and share troopers. in
'ennessee Al; Arkansas 81; Louizi-
ma 81, in Mississippi SIS, Georgia IS
nd Alabama 81.
In New York only 19 per ce1t are :
perated by tenants and croppezz. In r
'ennsylTania p, in Michigan II 5er =
ent, Wisconsin - per cent z-t u 9
exas 50 per cent Of the fzrrs az
perated By the tenant. {
The most thickIy settled razsc.s s-#
he United States are in sout.vsa
enngylTania, Middle Co.nec.te-.
ong Island and z small SPOT il gzr
ennessee. The largest number u
1tomobiles is IL the eo-n se
he largest number II teae- a
ZONES in the homes Il also FRI f,
Il same corn belt. West Ter1eegee q
I'd West Kentucky have the lzrgens :,
zaber Of telephones IL the hone +, Ii
z South. 4,
The dlshearteuing thing. = sooye
own n tais wonderful book. Ir the
1D@ratiTeiy small number Il land
ynerz and : large number of ten a.
"a. l.
To1 SHOULD write 70 your Congress- l.
n foT copy of the agricultural hi
~ BDek,' ead give il two or three q
'ntas Study a. odd times. Then L;
z ~assl1 fno out for yourself some 4
The 1-1at pressing difficulties that 2
afrozc ~ = aation. You might ST
d out wazs "a wrong in your meth w
ard FtZai the wrong.-Memphis In
numerical appeal. A
The Nashville Banner, supposed tr
Democratic paper, is fighting tooth 81
toenail against Austin peay, l.
candidate for Novarnor