The Bulletin. 13 



Oats. 

 The oat crop in North Carolina in 1909 was 3,234,000 bushels; in 

 1910, 3,458,000 bushels; in 1911, 3,614,000 bushels; in 1912, 3,794,000 

 bushels; and in 1913, 4,485,000 bushels. The value of the oat crop in 

 $2,352,000; and, in 1913, $2,736,000. 

 $2,352,000, and, in 1913, $2,736,000. 



Table No. 4. — Showing Rank of North Carolina in Oats Produc- 

 tion in 1913 as Compared with Other States.* 



Bushels. 



North Carolina 4,485,000 



Virginia 4,192,000 



Utali 4,1140,000 



Kentuclty 3,168,000 



Vermont 3,082,000 



Mississippi 2,800,000 



West Virginia 2,760,000 



New Jersey 2,030,000 



New Mexico 1,500,000 



Maryland • 1,260,000 



Louisiana 990,000 



Florida 900,000 



Nevada 473,000 



New Hampshire 420,000 



Massachusetts 315,000 



Connecticut 308,000 



Arizona 301,000 



Delaware 122,000 



Rhode Island 52,000 



Cotton. 



Notwithstanding we are on the northern limit of the cotton belt, a 

 large amount of this staple crop is produced every year — indeed we 

 have a few counties that are unexcelled in cotton production. Last 

 year it was the boast of Robeson, one of the largest counties in the 

 State, that it produced a bale of cotton to every man, woman, and child 

 in it. 



The cotton crop is at present the most valuable single crop in the 

 State, ranging in value between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000 per annum. 



The total cotton crop for North Carolina in 1906 was 579,326 bales. 

 Since then we have gradually increased the total yield until in 1911 we 

 produced the maximum crop in the history of the State, amounting to 

 1,075,826 bales. It is true that in 1911 we had greater acreage than in 

 any other year since 1906, but the yield per acre, which should always 

 be the basis of calculation in comparing farm crops, was considerably 

 more than that of any other recognized cotton-growing State in the 

 Union. We, are, therefore, not only increasing the total yield of this 

 product, but we seem to be doing better farming than we have done in 

 past years. 



* Taken from United States Year Book for 1913. 



