. Southern pork production. raphical distribution of swine in the South.—As a result of the last census we find the distribution of hogsin the several southern states as follows: Delaware 49,260 Maryland 301,583 District of Columbia— 665 Virginia 797,635 West Virginia 328,188 North Carolina 1,227,625 South Carolina 665,211 Georgia 1,783,684 Florida 810,069 Kentucky 1,491,816 Tennessee 1,387,838 Alabama 1,266,733 Mississippi 1,292,119 Arkansas 1,518,947 Louisiana ,605 Oklahoma 1,839,030 Texas 2,336,363 ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SWINE INDUSTRY 15 From the above figures and from the accompanyi
. Southern pork production. raphical distribution of swine in the South.—As a result of the last census we find the distribution of hogsin the several southern states as follows: Delaware 49,260 Maryland 301,583 District of Columbia— 665 Virginia 797,635 West Virginia 328,188 North Carolina 1,227,625 South Carolina 665,211 Georgia 1,783,684 Florida 810,069 Kentucky 1,491,816 Tennessee 1,387,838 Alabama 1,266,733 Mississippi 1,292,119 Arkansas 1,518,947 Louisiana ,605 Oklahoma 1,839,030 Texas 2,336,363 ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SWINE INDUSTRY 15 From the above figures and from the accompanyingmap it is seen that as a general proposition swine arerather evenly distributed over the entire South. Thelarger states lead in total numbers and the smaller stateshave the least numbers. In numbers the states rank asfollows: Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Arkansas, Ken-tucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, WestVirginia and Maryland. A study shows that the more. Distribution of swine in southern states according to ThirteenthCensus. (One dot equals 2,500 hogs.) level sections sustain more hogs than do the rougher andmore mountainous sections. The tendency seems to befor the industry to develop more rapidly in those sectionsthat are more easily cultivated. There are great differ-ences in the hogs of the different sections of the country,which differences are largely due to the extent of theinfusion of improved blood. a general proposition,the farther south towards the Gulf Coast one goes theless improved the individual. 16 SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION Average value of swine per head.—The difference in value of the hogs in the different states is well brought out by the following figures, showing the value of hogs per head for several states on January 1, 1916, according to figures issued by the United States Department of Agriculture: Texas $ Kentucky $ Oklahoma West Virginia 9 00 Louisiana Vir
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