CLASSIFICATION AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS 5 



5. Importance of field crops in the cotton-belt. 



Below is shown the relative importance of the eleven field 

 crops treated in this text to the agriculture of both the 

 United States and the cotton-belt: 



TABLE 2, SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF ENTIRE ACREAGE OCCUPIED 

 BY EACH CROP 



u. s 



Cotton-belt 



10.331.7 

 39.538.2 



14.2 

 3.5 



11.2 

 3.7 



0.2 

 0.6 



0.2 

 0.8 



0.3 

 0.9 



0.5 

 1.4 



0.1 

 0.3 



0.7 



2.5 



0.02 



VALUE OF ALL CROPS VALUE OF ALL CROPS 



U.S.A. COTTON BELT 



FIG. 1. Diagram showing relative value of field crops in United States 

 and in cotton-belt. 



PERCENTAGE OF VALUE OF ALL CROPS REPRESENTED IN EACH CROP 



In 1909, practically all of the cotton, sugar-cane, rice, 

 and peanuts grown in the United States was produced in 

 the cotton-belt. On the other hand, a relatively small 

 percentage of the small-grain crop was produced in the 



