. Alabama. Agriculture. Part of Alabama's 820,000 Bales of Cotton Growing Between Pecan Trees. In 1917 the production had increased to 146,000 pounds, and in 1918, 700,000 were reported. A representative of one of the development agencies, working with the farm- ers, supervised a large acreage of tobacco and kept careful records during 1918, and reported an average of 700 pounds per acre, with a gross value of $ per acre. Every item of cost that entered into the production of this crop amounted to $, leaving an average of $, which is the net profit per acre. A great deal of Su
. Alabama. Agriculture. Part of Alabama's 820,000 Bales of Cotton Growing Between Pecan Trees. In 1917 the production had increased to 146,000 pounds, and in 1918, 700,000 were reported. A representative of one of the development agencies, working with the farm- ers, supervised a large acreage of tobacco and kept careful records during 1918, and reported an average of 700 pounds per acre, with a gross value of $ per acre. Every item of cost that entered into the production of this crop amounted to $, leaving an average of $, which is the net profit per acre. A great deal of Sumatra and Havana tobacco, used for fillers and wrappers of cigars is also grown under shade and sells at very high prices because of the duty on the imported tobacco used for cigars. Cotton. Cotton, which at one time was practically the only money crop of Alabama, con- tinues to run into millions of dollars. In 1916 the State grew cotton valued at $52,007,000. In 1917 the value of the crop was $72,505,000. In 1918 it reached $110,700,000 in value. The value of the cottonseed for 1918 was $25,155,000. There is no county in the State that does not produce cotton in great quan- tities. While the Northern man who reads this knows nothing of cotton, he will find that it is not difficult to raise, and will fit very satisfactorily into any rotation that he might adopt. A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds, and the yield runs from a bale to the acre, down to 125 pounds, depending upon the quality of the land, and the manner in which it is farmed, with an average of 160 pounds to the acre, and for every pound. Bringing the Cotton to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Railroad Administration. [Savannah?]
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