A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . h . .« $6,805,6215,,888,6844,623,7784,217,4004,088,528 wool AND HIOHAIR-CiaL STATE DOLLARS .. (,«S ],010,IK< , loll ... ,719 F 2,239,021 iivtsa m .. U7!,59« K,.... 1,775,201 oiw . u. (JS9 Fig. 94.—The farm value of the wool produced in the United States in 1919 was about120 million dollars, and of the mohair about three and a half million. Texas led theStates in value of wool and mohair produced, but as the value of the
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . h . .« $6,805,6215,,888,6844,623,7784,217,4004,088,528 wool AND HIOHAIR-CiaL STATE DOLLARS .. (,«S ],010,IK< , loll ... ,719 F 2,239,021 iivtsa m .. U7!,59« K,.... 1,775,201 oiw . u. (JS9 Fig. 94.—The farm value of the wool produced in the United States in 1919 was about120 million dollars, and of the mohair about three and a half million. Texas led theStates in value of wool and mohair produced, but as the value of the mohair amountedto $2,673,275, the value of the wool produced in Texas was less than in Montana OhioWyoming, Idaho, or Oregon. The average value of the wool produced in 1919 per maturesheep January 1, 1920, was $ in Ohio, $ in Montana, $ in Oregon andabout $4 in Texas; while the value of mohair in Texas per mature goat raised for thefleece was $ The price of wool in 1919 was about three times the pre-war price A Graphic Siemmary of Americcm Agricultv/re. 487. Fig 95.—Half of the poultry in the United State? are in the Com Belt and aroundits margin, where feed is cheap. But the two most notable districts of production arethe counties in southeastern Pennsylvania, near Ihlladelphia, and Sonoma County,Oalif especially the district around Petaluma. Six counties in southeastern Pennsyl-vania had nearly 5 million poultry on January 1, 1920, or 4,000 to the square mile;while in Sonoma County there were over 3 million poultry, with sales of eggs andSickens amounting to over 12 million dollars in 1919. Los Angeles County, Calif.,had 1,350,000 poultry^^ The California, cities are supplied largely from these twobounties; but the eastern aties draw their supplies from a much wider territory. 488 Tearhooh of the Depa/rtment of Agricullntre, 1921. =3SsgiS=||g2|S S ?•:AV iiM^ tS•^:•; MIW^: o > V,v. iaiiij ^ =!^^&..t a i ^ f^^^^W^^^^^. * ^^^b \ / •s*/^VI:&/.;
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