BOTANY, HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION 



northern limit for the most successful growing of 

 cowpeas. In the warmer southern climate they are 

 grown with great success for soiling purposes and 

 in restricted sections for canning factories, and in 

 green state for northern markets. 



The accompanying table, taken from the Federal 

 Census of 1900, affords something of an idea of the 

 pea-producing states. It gives the number of acres, 

 comparative yield in bushels, with the increase and 

 the average yield to the acre. 



PEA-PRODUCING STATES 



States 



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South Carolina 143,070 1,162,705 698,281 66.5 8.1 



Michigan ------ 7^,376 i,i34,43* 1,428,475 20.6 15.9 



Georgia ________ 167,032 1,130,441 974,670 16.0 6.8 



Wisconsin ______ 68,819 1,098,819 919,058 19.6 16.0 



North Carolina 88,407 876,167 437,284 100.4 9-9 



Tennessee ______ 82,841 760,663 96,972 684.4 9-2 



Alabama ______ 91,126 665,388 326,413 103.8 7.3 



Mississippi _____ 69,490 590,537 254,526 132.0 8.5 



Texas --------- 33,974 333,462 205,692 62.1 9.8 



New York ______ J 4,748 251,889 228,726 10.1 17.1 



Arkansas ------ 31,4*4 245,894 169,170 45-4 7-8 



Virginia _______ 22,206 219,142 19,864 1,003.2 9.9 



Florida -------- 17,875 159,814 70,632 126.3 8.9 



Louisiana ______ 15,190 146,298 81,700 79.1 9.6 



Illinois ________ 12,982 103,386 9,010 1,047.5 8.0 



Washington ---- 3,573 91,889 25,523 260.1 25.7 



Kentucky ------- 8,394 83,089 8,445 883.9 9-9 



California _____ 2,014 57,299 32,364 77.0 28.5 



Missouri ------- 5,319 54,763 14,486 278.0 10.3 



Colorado _______ 3,621 47,461 45,270 4.8 13.1 



Maine _________ 2,300 35,991 23,146 55.5 15.6 



Montana ______ 1,512 32,265 9,612 235.7 21.3 



New Mexico ____ 2,220 28,071 7,430 277.8 12.6 



Iowa __________ I ,556 27,606 27,240 1.3 17.7 



Oregon -------- 1,304 22,615 11,214 101.7 17.3 



Director C. B. Williams of the North Carolina 



