6 FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON-BELT 



cotton-belt. Barley, for example, occupies 1 acre in 40 

 of all United States' crops and 1 acre in 5,000 in the cotton- 

 belt. Corn occupies a greater relative area and returns a 

 smaller relative value in the cotton-belt than in the entire 

 United States. 



The total value of all field crops and the relative value 

 of the leading crops for each state in the cotton-belt are 

 graphically shown in Fig. 2. 



In the cotton-belt cotton occupies two-fifths of the land 

 in crops and produces one-half the value of all crops. 

 Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina are the 

 four leading cotton states in order of rank. The 1910 

 Census shows that the acreage of corn and cotton is almost 

 equal in the cotton-belt. The value of the cotton crop 

 is 2.1 times the value of the corn crop. 



