AMERICA X FRUITS 



CENSUS OF PECAN TREES 



A summarizing statement of the general 

 results of the thirteenth census relative to 

 the production of pecans in 1909, has been 

 issued by Director Durand, of the Bureau 

 of Census, Department of Commerce and 

 Labor. It was prepared under the direction 

 of Le Grand Powers, chief statistician, and 

 John Lee Coulter, expert special agent, for 

 agriculture. Further analysis may result 

 in immaterial modifications of the totals 

 here presented before final publication. 



At the census of 1900, taken as of June 

 1, there were reported 643,000 pecan trees 

 of bearing age, as against 1,620,000 trees 

 in 1910 (census taken as of April 15), an 

 increase of 977,000 trees or 151.9 per cent. 

 In 1910 there were 37,549 farms reoprting 

 the growing of pecan trees and the aver- 

 age number of trees per farm reporting 

 is given as 43. No report was published in 

 1900 showing the number of farms report- 

 ing. 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 

 average 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 census 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 beingl, 088,000 trees. In 1900 the 

 number was 359,000. In 1909 there were 

 produced 5,823,000 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 



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