6 HUMAN FACTORS IN COTTON CULTURE 



added to American economic and cultural life by occa- 

 sional settlements of Italians, French, and Germans en- 

 gaged in vine and truck culture, Mexican casuals in 

 Texas, Japanese and Chinese farmers in California, and 

 Poles in the Connecticut Valley. The place of the Penn- 

 sylvania Dutch and of the Scandinavians and Teutons 

 in the wheat culture of the Central Plains is more im- 

 portant. New York Yankees, Chester County Quakers, 

 Georgia Crackers, though of the same racial stock have 

 developed differently. As Ezekiel points out each group 

 has "its own standards evolved out of custom, tradition, 

 and environment." 



The Census of 1920 revealed interesting data on the 

 economic levels of the different regions. 14 Over one-third 

 of the value of farm property in the United States and 

 two-fifths of the value of the farm land were found in the 

 Corn Belt. The Corn Belt also contained one-fourth of 

 the value of live stock in the country, and about one-half 

 of the value of farm implements and machinery was re- 

 ported from the Corn Belt and the Hay and Pasture 

 Region. The value of farm buildings was found to be high- 

 est in southern Pennsylvania, next in the Corn Belt, the 

 Spring Wheat Area, and the Hay and Dairying Region. 

 It was lowest in the Cotton Belt. Tractors were located 

 chiefly in the Corn Belt, Spring Wheat Area, and South 

 Pacific Region. Over one-third of the automobiles on 

 farms were found in the Corn Belt, and the rural tele- 

 phones were concentrated in the Corn Belt and the Hay 

 and Dairying Region. The lowest ratios for automobiles 

 and telephones were found in the Cotton Belt. Running 



13 Sanderson, op. cit., p. 83. 



14 See "Graphic Summary of American Agriculture" in Dept. of 

 Agriculture Yearbook, 1921, pp. 493-506. 



