KURAL ECONOMICS. 



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United States, together with Alaska and Hawaii, special attention being given 

 to principal crops grown, prices of farms, climate and soil, stock raising, etc. 



[A tour through the cotton belt of the U. S. A,, 1911], G. S. Henderson 

 (Agr. Jour. India, 7 (1912), No. 2, pp. 175-190, pis. 10). — This article presents 

 notes gathered on a tour through the cotton belt of the United States in 1911, 

 showing that the yield of cotton for the last 10 years has varied from 9,500,000 

 bales to over 13,000,000 bales, and the price per pound of lint from 8 cts. to 

 over 14 cts., while the price of Egyptian cotton has fluctuated between 3.8 and 

 5.3 cts. Observations are also made as to the types of soil and cultural 

 methods in different States, significance of insect pests and diseases of cotton, 

 the use of farm machinery, the tendency after the civil war for the large plan- 

 tations to be broken up and cultivated by small landowners or tenants, systems 

 of tenancy, and the tendency of corporations or syndicates to purchase and 

 operate very large areas. 



Cotton production, 1911 {Bur. of the Census [U. S.] Bui. II4, pp. 61, figs, 

 l.'i). — A census report presented under the following heads: "(1) Annual 

 cotton production in the United States, as returned by ginners and delinters, 

 distributed by States and counties, from 1907 to 1911, inclusive, with statistics 

 of production for previous years; (2) world's cotton production from 1907 to 

 1911, by countries; and (3) supply and distribution of cotton in the United 

 States for siiecifled periods, 1909 to 1912, inclusive." 



The quantity reported for the year with linters included and round bales 

 counted as half bales was 16,109,349 running bales, the largest crop ever pro- 

 duced, 5,934,894 bales more than in 1909, and 2.570.322 bales more than in 1904. 



[Live stock on farms and elsewhere in the United States] (Bur. of the 

 Census [U. S.] Bui. 13, pp. SJ/, figs. 6). — This bulletin presents the principal 

 results of the enumeration of live stock in the United States by the last census, 

 including the totals both by geographic divisions and by States, and sum- 

 marized as follows : 



Nutnber of domestic animals on farms and elsewhere in the United states in 

 1910 and 1900, their value in 1910, and other data. 



Number in 



1910: 



On farms. 



Not on 



farms. . . 



Number in 



1900: 



On farms. 



Not on 



farms. . . 



Value in 1910: 



On farms. 



Not on 



farms. . . 



Average value 



per head, 



1910: 



Total 



On farms. 

 Not on 

 farms. . . 

 Farms and m- 

 closures re- 

 porting: 



Farms 



Bams and 

 other in- 

 closures 

 not on 

 farms . . . 



All domestic 

 animals. 



4,760,060,093 

 $536,361,526 



2,013,563 



All cattle. 



61,803,866 



1,878,782 



67,719,410 



1,616,422 



,499,523,607 



$60,816,261 



$24.50 

 $24. 26 



$32. 37 



5,284,916 



899,346 



Dairy cows. 



20,625,43: 

 1,170,338 



17,135,633 



973,033 



3706,236,307 



$47,001,623 



$34.56 

 $34. 24 



$40.16 



5,140,869 



867,226 



Horses,muIes 



asses, and 



burros. 



24, 

 3, 



21, 

 3, 



$2,622, 

 $463, 



148,580 

 469,662 



625,800 

 126,636 

 180,170 

 280,313 



$111.72 

 $108.59 



$133. 52 



Swine. 



58,185, 

 1,287, 



62,868, 



1,818, 



$399,338, 



$10,076, 



$6.88 



4,351,751 



Sheep. 



$232 



,447,861 

 390,887 



,503,713 

 231,301 

 841,585 

 822,943 



$4.44 

 $4.44 



$4.66 



610,894 



Goats. 



2,915,125 

 114,670 



1,870,599 



78,353 



$6,176,423 



$365, 749 



$2.16 

 $2.12 



$3.19 



82,755 



