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UNITED STATES

The output of caue sugar in 1918-19 amounted to 568,800,000 pounds; and in 1919-20, 244,250,000 pounds ; and the preliminary estimate for 1920-21 was 385,974,000 pounds. The beet sugar production in 1918-19 was 1,521,900,000 pounds ; and in 1919-20 was 1,452,902,000 pounds, and the preliminary estimate for 1920-21 was 2,219,200,000 pounds.

Cotton acreage and production (excluding "linters"), for the last six vears were : —

Years

Acres Bales harvested (500 lbs. gross)

v „„„„ 1 Acres Iears 1 harvested

Bales (500 lbs. gross)

1915 1916 1917

31,412,000 11,192,000 34,985 000 11,450,000 33,841,000 11,302,000

1918 36,008.000

1919 33,566,000

1920 ] 36,383,000

12,041,000 11.421,000 12,987,000

The estimated cotton production in 1920 was grown in the following States: Texas, 4,200,000 bales; South Carolina, 1,530,000; Georgia, 1,400.000 ; Oklahoma, 1,300,000 ; Arkansas, 1,160,000 ; Mississippi, 885,000 ; North Carolina, 840,000 ; Alabama, 660,000 ; Louisiana, 380,000 ; Tennessee, 310,000 ; California (including some grown in Mexico), 150,000 ; Arizona, 110,000 ; Missouri, 85,000 ; Virginia, 19,000 ; Florida, 18,000 ; all other, 15,000 bales.

In 1920 there were under tobacco 1,894,400 acres, which yielded 1,508,064,000 lbs. of tobacco. The chief tobacco-growing States were Kentucky, 550,000 acres, yielding 467 500,000 lbs.; North Carolina, 582,000 acres, yielding 384, 120,000 lbs. ; Virginia, 243,000 acres, yielding 177,390,000 lbs.; Tennessee, 117,000 acres, yielding 85,410,000 lbs. ; South Carolina, 103,000 acres, yielding 66,950,000 lbs. ; Wisconsin, 50,000 acres, yielding 62,400,000 lbs. ; Ohio, 63,000acres, yielding 60, 480, 000 lbs. ; Pennsylvania, 40,000 acres, yielding 60,400,000 lbs. ; Connecticut, 24,400 acres, yielding 36,112,000 lbs. ; Maryland, 35,000 acres, yielding 30,625,000 lbs. ; Indiana, 20,000 acres, yielding 18,000,000 lbs. ; Georgia, 26,700 acres, yielding 16,020,000 lbs. ; Massachusetts, 10,200 acres, yielding 15,810,000 lbs. ; West Virginia, 13,000 acres, yielding 10,400,000 lbs.

The following table exhibits the number of farm animals in 1900 (June 1), 1910 (April 15), 1920 and 1921 (January 1) :—

Live Stock

1900 (Census)

1910 (Census)

1920 19 - .'l (Estimate) (Estimate)

Horses

Mules

Cattle of all kinds

Sheep

Swine

18,267,020 3,264,615 67,719,410 61,503,713 62,868,041

19,833,113 4,209,769 61,803,866 52,447,861 58,185,676

20,785,000 20,183,000 5,041,000 4,999,000 68,369,000 66,191,000 47,114,000 45,067,000 71,727,000 68,649,000

The value of farm animals in the United States on January 1, 1921, was: — Cattle other than milch cows, 1,346, 665,000 dollars ; milch cows, 1,491,900,000 dollars ; total value of all farm animals, 6,235,569,000 dollars.

In 1914, the factories used 8,431,426,426 lbs. of milk and 2,384,084,699 lbs. of cream, made 786,003,489 lbs. of butter, 377,513,409 lbs. of cheese, and 883,112,901 lbs. of condensed milk. The total value 6f thb products manufactured was 370,688,431 dollars.