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UNITED STATES : — TENNESSEE

conditions permitting a great diversity of crops. Peanuts are groAvn in tlie Tennessee valley. The cotton crop lor 1909 covered 735,000 acres, and yielded 253,397 bales ; in 1910 the yield Avas 337,596 bales ; in 1911, 449,737 bales, and the estimated yield for 1912, 854, 000 bales. The tobacco crop (1912) from 110,000 acres was 72,600,000 pounds, valued at 5,155,000 dollars. Fruit- trees and small fruits (notably strawberries) are cultivated. There are important forest products from about 27,300 square miles of woodland. Stock-raising in the State is falling off. In 1910 the farm animals consisted of 324,000 horses, 290,000 mules, 321,000 milk cows, 565,000 other cattle, 347,000 sheep, and 1,264,000 swine.

The coal-fields of Tennessee have an area of about 4,400 square miles. The coal output in 1910 was 6,433,156 short tons, valued at 7,209,734 dollars. Petroleum also is obtained. Pig-iron was obtained in 1910 to the amount of 297,594 long tons (value 3,439,644 dollars). Copper was produced to the amount of 18, 965, 143 pounds, valued at 2,370,643 dollars in 1911. The zinc output was 1,000 sliort tons (114,000 dollars). Other products were gold, 576 fine ounces, valued at 11,900 dollars ; phosphate rock, 431,566 long tons, valued at 1,688,267 dollars; sandstone, marble, and limestone, to the value of 1,498,798 dollars. Clay products amounted to the value of 1,385,100 dollars. Including the value of iron-ore, and of some products from coal, but not pig-iron, the mineral output of the State amounted to the value of 17,902,451 dollars in 1911.

The manufacturing industries include iron and steel working, but are mainly concerned Avitli agricultural products. Flour-milling, lumbering, the manufacture of cotton-seed oil and cake, the lU'eparatioii of leather and of tobacco are progressing. There are also textile manufactures. According to the results of the census of manufactures in 1910, there Avere in the State, 4,609 manufacturing establishments, with a total capital of 167,924,000 dollars, employing 8,417 salaried officials and 73,840 wage-earners. The salaries paid in a year an)ounted to 9,186,000 dollars, and the Avages to 28,252,000 dollars ; the cost of materials used amounted to 104,016,000 dollars and the value of the output was estimated at 180,217,000 dollars. The folloAving are the statistics of the more important industries in 1910 : —

Industries

Capital

Wage earners

Cost of material

Value of Output.

Foundries

Gas, illuminating and heating Iron and steel blast furnaces. Lumber and timber Leather

Dollars 9,253,000 9,370,000 7,122,000 30,159,000 3,504,000

Numbers

4,041

422

1,143

22,389

395

Dollars

4,560.000

357,000

3,3S1,000

13,641,000

1,994,000

Dollars 9,190,000 1,282,000 4,653,000 30,457,000 2,530,000

The Mississippi and Tennessee rivers are natural AvaterAvays, and the State contains (1910) 3,815 miles of steam railAA^ay, besides 362 miles of electric raihvay.

Books of Reference,

The Reports of the various ExecutiA'e Departments of the State. Karns (T.), Civil GoA'ernment of Tennessee. Philadelphia, 1897