CLASSIFICATION AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS 5 



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

 Below is shown the relative importance of the eteveh field 

 crops treated in this text to the agriculture of both the 

 United States and the cotton-belt: 



Table 2, Showing Percentage op Entire Aceeagb Occupied 

 BY Each Crop 



u. S -. . 



Cotton-belt , . . 



10.3 

 39.5 



31.7 

 38.2 



14:2 

 3.S 



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 

 0.1 



2.5 

 0.02 



VALUE or 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 op Value op all Crops Represented in Each Crop 



U. S 13.9 28.4 13.0 8.4 



Cotton-belt 47.0 22.5 2.0 1.9 



0.5 

 0.2 



0.3 

 1.1 



0.4 

 0.9 



0.2 

 0.4 



0.2 

 0.4 



0.4 1.8 

 0.04 0.01 



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 



