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FORAGE CROPS.
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The production of syrup from sorghum and sugarcane is one of the oldest and most con-
sistent farm industries in Texas. Farm-produced syrup has an annual value of about
$1,500,000.tion and value are from U. S.
Department of Agriculture:
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.- Acres. (Tons). Value
1920 ...33,000 3,800 $448,000
1921 ...25,000 3,900 293,000
1922 ...16,000 3,000 600,000
1923 ...51,000 9,300 1,396,000
1924 ...23,000 4,800 480,000
1925 ...12,000 1,800 252,000
1926 ...16,000 3,100 233,000
1927 ...11,000 1,300 143,000
1928 ...12,000 1,400 150,000
1929 ...10,000 1,500 168,000
1930 ...10,000 1,400 105,000
1931 ...10,000 1,500 60,000
1932 ... 9,000 1,300 46,000
1933 ... 8,000 1,200 126,000
1934 ...16,000 2,900 450,000
1935 ...75,000 12,000 900,000
1936 ...38,000 5,200 525,000
1937 ...34,000 4,600 294,000
1938 ...29,000 4,400 246,000
SWEET SORGHUM AND
SUGARCANE.
Sweet sorghums are grown
throughout the state, but
principally in the eastern
half. Aside from furnishing
the forage crop, there is an
annual production of approxi-
mately 1,500,000 gallons of
sorghum syrup. Sugarcane is
grown extensively along the
coastal prairies and in South-
east Texas. Though not prop-
erly a sorghum, it is usually
placed in this classification
for commercial purposes.
There is no production of su-
garcane for sugar making in
Texas. The two largest re-
fineries, at Sugar Land and
Texas City, import their raw
products in the form of rawsugar. Approximately 1,000,-
000 gallons of sugarcane
syrup are produced annually
from the Texas crop.
Figures below on Texas
sorghum syrup acreage, pro-
duction and value are from
the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture:
(Figures In Thousands.)
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.- Acres. (Gal.). Value.1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938........ 36
........35
.........35
.........32
.........26
.........22
.........24
.........22
.........18
..........14
..........16
.........23
.........30
.........38
.........26
.........35
.........30
... ....33
.........333,384
3,045
2,415
2,688
1,170
946
1,752
1,584
1,170
700
704
1,380
1,620
1,976
858
1,820
1,135
1,716
1,650$3,553
2,132
1,739
2,150
1,076
880
1,402
1,267
936
595
528
676
616
909
472
910
675
858
825Figures below on Texas
sugarcane syrup acreage, pro-
duction and value are from
the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture:
(Figures in Thousands.)
Acr'ge Prod'n
for syrup Farm
Year- syrup. (gls.) value.
1920 ........... 7 2,215
1921 ...........12 3,192
1922 ...........14 2,485
1923 ...........13 2,118
1924 ........... 7 770 $962
1925 ........... 6 810 1,053Sorghum and Sugarcane (Cont.)
(Figures in Thousands.)
Acr'ge Prod'n
for syrup Farm
Year- syrup. (gls.) value.
1926 .......... 7 1,050 $997
1927 ........... 8 1,160 1,276
1928 ........... 8 1,200 1,320
1929 ........... 9 1,116 1,172
1930 ...........8 960 912
1931 ..........10 1,350 945
1932 ...........11 1,320 660
1933 ...........10 1,350 742
1934 ...........10 1,050 682
1935 ........... 8 1,040 624
1936 ........... 7 840 504
1937 ........... 6 768 461
1938 ......... 7 785 525
SOYBEANS.
Soybean production in Tex-
as is centered principally In
Lamar, Fannin, Bowie, Red
River, Hopkins and contigu-
ous counties in Northeast
Texas. There is production
in some other sections of the
state and in 1938 several car-
loads were shipped from the
Panhandle, the only commer-
cial movement of beans.
Growth is usually as a cover
crop. There is no mill in Tex-
as at present for processing
the soybean. Both of the soy-
bean's primary products, its
oil and its high protein con-
tent meal, have been involved
in significant chemical de-
velopments in recent years.
Many of the most valuable
new plastics are from the soy-
bean meal. There is possi-
bility that the soybean in
some one of its many varie-
ties will become a large com-
mercial crop in the future.189
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