CEOP INSURANCE I RISKS, LOSSES, ETC. 
Table 2.— Average annual crop damage from specified causes, in bushels, 
pounds, or tons, by geographic divisions, for decade 1909-191S— Continued. 
[In millions of bushels or pounds, and thousands of tons.] 
Adverse weather conditions. 
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Tobacco (pounds): 
North Atlantic 
19.1 
7.9 
1.6 
.2 
2.4 
2.8 
.1 
.7 
.6 
.3 
1.4 
(a) 
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 
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6.8 
2.3 
.4 
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.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 
Hav (tons): 
North Atlantic 
3,128 
1,927 1 278 
18 
172 
11 
• 48 
23 
282 
16 
85 
2 
266 
South Atlantic 
1,043 
690 I 100 
34 
18 
9 
16 
9 
57 
6 
16 
1 
87 
East North Centra! 
4,258 |2^31 j 441 
58 
159 
9 
117 
32 
527 
21 
128 
2 
333 
WestNorth Central 
6,441 ! 4,922 1 401 
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 
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 
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Cotton (pounds): 
1 
South Atlantic 
870.4 
213.3 214. 8 
35.4 
64.8 
15.4 
31.8 
19.7 
24.3 
95.9 
93.8 
.1 61.1 
South Central 
2,860.6 
1,078.7 249.8 
74.5 
to. 1 
35.0 
129.2 
53.1 
42.1 
114.2 
912.6 
2.4 93.3 
Total 
3,731.0 1 -2S2.0 '464. 6 
109.9 Il40.5 
50.4 
161.0 
72.8 
66.5 
210.1 
1,006.3 
2.4 154.5 
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(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, 
plant 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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