TEXAS 



5771 



TEXAS 



THE FARM 



Cotton 



Corn 



Cattle sold 



Cotton seed 



Wheat 



Oats 



Swine slaughtered 



Butter 



Eggs 



Garden \fegetables 



Mules sold 



Poultry raised 



Rice 



Coarse Forage 



Horses sold 



Swine sold 



Calves sold 



Sweet Potatoes 



Peaches 



Potatoes 



Wool 



MilK 



Sugar Cane 



Cultivated Hay 



Wild Hay 



Alfalfa 



Sheep sold 



Nursery Products 



Millet 



Peanuts 



Cattle slaughte 



TEXAS PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S.Government Reports 



Mil lions of Dol lars Annual ly 

 5 50 75 100 125 150 175 



THE MINES 



Asphalt 

 Natural Gas 

 Coal 



Petroleum 

 THE FACTORY 

 Coffee -Spice 

 Bags 



Patent Medicines 

 Marble StoneworK 

 Fumiture.Refrigsrators 

 Gas 



Men's clothing 

 Cbpper,Tm,Sheet-iron 

 Confectionery 

 Brick and Tile 

 Cotton Goods 

 Steam Laundries 

 Ice Manufactured 

 Leather Goods 

 Food Preparations 

 Bread, etc. 

 Beer.etc. 

 roundry, Machine-shop 

 Rice prepared 

 Printing, Publishing 

 Railroad Cars repaired 

 Refined Petroleum 

 Oil,Cotton-seed,Cake 

 Lumber,Timber 

 Flour, Grist 

 Slaughtenng.Fbcking 



tion still falls far short of the possible output. 

 There are extensive fields of bituminous and 

 lignite coal in the north and east-central sec- 

 tions, and also a large field along the Rio 

 Grande, between Laredo and Eagle Pass. There 

 are probably over 30 billion tons available, in an 

 area of 63,000 square miles. There are beds 

 of a very pure iron ore in the east and central 

 mineral belts, and also in the mountainous 

 region west of the Pecos River. 



One of the newest and the most important 

 of the mineral industries is the production of 

 petroleum. Oil was first discovered in the Cor- 

 sicana field in 1894, and since that time the 

 number of wells has steadily increased. The 

 production in 1914 exceeded all previous rec- 

 ords and showed an increase of thirty-four per 

 cent over that of the preceding year. In 1915 

 Texas was outranked by only three states, Cali- 

 fornia, Oklahoma and Illinois, in the output 

 of petroleum. Both illuminating oil and that 



used for fuel are produced. The Spindle Top 

 oil field, near Beaumont, is famous for its 

 spouting wells, locally known as "gushers," 

 which produce from 25,000 to 50,000 barrels a 

 day. In 1918 rich, new fields were opened in 

 four centers in the central western part of the 

 state at Ranger, DeLeon, Burkburnet and 

 Breckenridge. Closely associated with this in- 

 dustry is the production of natural gas, in which 

 Texas ranks eighth among the states. The pro- 

 duction of cement is the industry next in impor- 

 tance. The state stands high in this product, 

 and also in the output of asphalt and quick- 

 silver. Large deposits of salt and a very pure 

 gypsum are found in the north; gold, silver, 

 copper, lead and zinc are mined in the west- 

 ern mountains; an extensive field of cinnabar 

 lies along the Rio Grande in the west, and clay 

 and building stones are found in many counties. 

 Texas has an abundant supply of artesian 

 and mineral waters. The artesian belt, one of 



