62 THE TEXAS RICE BOOK. 



being 94 per cent. In 1890, 2,235,523, an actual increase of 640,- 

 874, or 40 per cent. In 1900, 3,042,828, an increase of 807,305, or 

 36 per cent, the number of the last increase being only about n,- 

 ooo less than the entire population of 1870, and the largest in the 

 State's history. 



The ratio of increase in population for the thirty years end- 

 ing in 1900, has been 274 per cent. The growth of other import- 

 ant factors in our progress has been much greater : For example : 



In cotton production the increase has been 800 per cent. 



In corn production the increase has been 425 per cent. 



In wheat production the increase has been 3,754 per cent. 



In oats production the increase has been 2,653 P er cent - 



In taxable values the increase has been 430 per cent. 



In railway mileage the increase has been 1,323 per cent. 



The cotton product of 1870 was 350,628 bales, or about one- 

 ninth of the total crop of the United States 3.011,996 bales. Of 

 1880, 805,284 bales, or about one-seventh of the total crop 5,- 

 755*359 bales. Of 1890, 1,471,511 bales, or about one-fifth of the 

 total crop. In 1894, the product reached 3,154,000 bales, or about 

 one-third of the total crop, and since that date has alternated 

 around the 3,000,000 mark, and this may be estimated as the crop 

 of 1900. The increase in Texas has been over six times as great 

 as in the balance of the country. 



The large increase in 1894 was followed by a corresponding 

 decrease in price, which arrested progress in cotton culture and 

 turned attention to other crops, so that the corn crop, which was 

 69,112,150 bushels in 1890, reached 107,905,565 bushels in 1895. 

 This in turn was followed by a corresponding increase in the hog 

 product, which went from 2,252,476 in 1890 to 3,035,119 in 1895, 

 ranking the State in 1895 and 1896 fourth among the great hog- 

 producing States of the Union. 



The corn product of 1870 was 20,559,538 bushels. 



The corn product of 1880 was 29,065,772 bushels. 



The corn product of 1890 was 69,112,150 bushels. 



The corn product of 1900 was 100,000,000 bushels, estimate. 



The wheat product of 1870 was 415,112 bushels. 



The wheat product of 1880 was 2,567,737 bushels. 



The wheat product of 1890 was 4,238,244 bushels. 



The wheat product of 1897 was 9,342,464 bushels. 



The wheat product of 1900 was 16,000,000 bushels, estimate. 



The oats product of 1870 was 762,663 bushels. 



The oats product of 1880 was 4^93,359 bushels. 



The oats product of 1890 was 12,584,310 bushels. 



The oats product of 1897 was 21,121,639 bushels. 



The oats product in 1900 was 20,000,000 bushels, estimate. 



The assessed valuation of the State in 1870 were $170,473,- 

 778. 



The assessed valuations of the State in 1880 were $311,- 



470,736. 



