1900 produced 34 per cent of the total crop of this country, or one- 

 fourth of the crop of the world for that year. As will be seen from 

 the accompanying map (fig. 1), this region is bounded on the north 



b}' the Red River and on the east by the pine forests of the divide 

 between the Trinity and Sabine rivers. It includes all of the 22 coun- 

 ties, which, in 1899, according to the Twelfth Census, produced 



