YEAR BOOK 



In 1910 there were 37,549 farms reporting 

 the growing of pecan trees, and the average 

 number of trees per farm reporting is given 

 as 43. No report was published in 1900 

 showing the number of farms reporting. The 

 returns of the 1900 census also, did not 

 secure the number of trees under bearing 

 age. In 1910 however, 43,944 farms had 1,- 

 685,000 trees not of bearing age, or an aver- 

 age of 38 per farm. 



The present census shows that in 1909 

 there were produced in the United States 

 9,891,000 pounds of pecans, having a total 

 value of $971,596. The production at that 

 time was more than three times what it was 

 ten years previously, when 3,207,000 pounds 

 were gathered. The reports of the 1900 cen- 

 sus give no information as to the value of 

 pecans. 



Trees and Production, by States 



Among the states, Texas alone had, in 

 1910, over 65 per cent of all pecan trees of 

 bearing age in the United States, the actual 

 number being 1,088,000 trees. In 1900 the 

 number was 359,000. In 1909 there were 

 produced 5,832,000 pounds, valued at $556,- 

 203, but in 1899 the production was only 1,- 

 811,000 pounds. 



Oklahoma is next in rank with 97,000 

 trees of bearing age in 1910. The number 

 in 1900 was 5,000. The value of the 894,0a0 

 pounds produced in this state in 1909 was 



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