CROP INSUEANCE : EISKS, LOSSES, ETC. 



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Table 2. — Average annual crop damage from specified causes, in tushels, 

 pounds, or tons, iy geographic divisions, for decade 1909-1918 — Continued. 



[la millions of bushels or pounds, and thousands of tons.] 







Adverse 



weather condition 



s. 











i 



Crop and geographic 

 division. 



o 



'0 



I| 



ft 



'0 



a 

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1 













c 

 





 3q 



d 



1 







•B 



03 



ft 



ft 



a 



'S 



< 



3 



cs 

 



Tobacco (pounds): 

 North Atlantic 



19.1 



7.9 



1.6 



.2 



2.4 



2.8 



.1 



.7 



.6 



.3 



1.4 



fa) 



1.1 



South Atlantic 



114.1 



43.6 



22.3 



3.9 



2.4 



4.4 



.8 



3.0 



2.2 



2.9 



19.8 



(a) 



8.8 



East North Central 



39.5 



13.8 



6.5 



.8 



6.8 



2.3 



.4 



.7 



.7 



.9 



3.6 



(a) 3.0 



South Central 



123.6 



53.7 



25.1 



5.1 



3.9 



2.7 



1.3 



.8 



2.5 



1.7 



14.1 



.1 



12.6 



Total 



296.3 



119.0 



55.4 



10.0 



15.6 



12.1 



2.7 



5.3 



5.9 



5.8 



38.9 



.1 



25.5 







Hay (tons): 

 North Atlantic 



3,128 



1,927 



278 



18 



172 



11 



48 



23 



282 



16 



85 



2 



266 



South Atlantic... 



1,043 



690 



100 



• 34 



18 



9 



16 



9 



57 



6 



16 



1 



87 



East North Central 



4,258 



2,431 



441 



58 



159 



9 



117 



32 



527 



21 



128 



2 



333 



WestNorth Central 



6,441 



4,922 



401 



99 



53 



47 



260 



26 



349 



11 



104 



7 



162 



South Central 



1,704 



1,157 



181 



44 



13 



5 



54 



16 



64 



10 



19 



1 



140 



• Far West 



3,839 



2,414 



266 



49 



241 



51 



84 



45 



157 



35 



. 206 



90 



201 







Total 



20,414 



13,5421,667 



301 



657 



131 580 



151 



1,436 



100 



557 



103 



i.isg' 







Cotton (pounds): 

 South Atlantic 



870.4 



213.3 214. 8 



35.4 



64.8 



15.4 1 31.8 



19.7 



24.3 



95.9 



93.8 



.1 



61.1 



South Central 



2,860.6 



1,078.71249. 8 



74,5 



75.7 



35.0 !129.2 



53.1 



42.1 



114.2 



912.6 



2.4 



93.3 



Total 



3,731.0 



l,292.okfi4. fi 



109.9 



140.5 



50.4 Ifil.n 



72.8 



66.5 



210.1 



1,006.3 



2.4 



154 5 















(a) Less than 50,000 pounds. 



Based on quantitative measurements and considering the country 

 as a whole, deficient moisture is again the leading cause of crop 

 damage to each of the crops here covered, excessive moisture ranking 

 second for corn, oats, rice, tobacco, and hay. In the case of wheat, 

 i)iant disease is the second most important cause of damage, with 

 insect pests third, and these causes also retain this relative importance 

 in potatoes. In the case of barley, hot winds come second as a source 

 of damage, while with cotton insect pests occasion almost as much 

 damage on the average as does deficient moisture. 



The figures in Table 3 indicate that, considering a crop which 

 is 10 per cent above the normal as a perfect or no-damage crop, 

 and applying average farm prices to the quantitative losses of 

 each crop for each year, this total annual crop damage in the 

 United States to the crops here considered varied during the 11 years 

 1909 to 1919, inclusive, from a minimum of 2,054 million dollars 

 in 1912 to a maximum of nearly 3,066 million dollars in 1918. The 

 average annual crop damage during the 11-year period was 2,620 

 million dollars. These loss figures in terms of dollars are particu- 

 larly convenient in making comparisons, but, for reasons stated on 

 page 12, they do not represent the actual monetary loss to farmers 

 through a reduction of the yield. 

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