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192 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.-1939.
spinach than any other kind
of truck crop.
*Figures below on the Texas
spinach crop are from the
United States Department of
Agriculture :
(Production and Farm Value in
Thousands. )
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.- Acres. (Bu.). Val.
1919....... 5,000 1,560 $1,498
1920....... 6,000 1,686 1,366
1921...... 8,000 2,105 1,158
1922...... 8,000 2,299 1,517
1923....... 9,000 2,549 1,275
1924....... 9,000 2,740 2,110
1925....... 14,000 4,751 2,993
1926....... 17,000 5,130 2,462
1927....... 19,000 6,457 3,229
1928....... 26,000 5,120 2,304
1929....... 29,000 8,595 3,008
1930....... 25,000 5,463 3,114
1931....... 28,000 7,074 2,688
1932....... 31,000 6,468 2,975
1933....... 44,000 5,720 2,002
1934,...... 36,000 6,035 2,233
1935 ...... 36,000 3,780 2,192
1936 ...... 48,000 6,000 1,800
1937 ...... 50,000 7,000 2,100
1938 ..... 40,000 4,800 1,440
*Figures for late years do not
include appreciable production
for manufacture, amounting to
about 10,000 tons annually, pro-
duced from 8,000 acres, valued
at approximately $110,000.
GARLIC.
One of the newest of Texas
crops, garlic has an annual
production of around 2,100,-
000 pounds from 1,400 acres,
valued at approximately $47,-
000. This production places
Texas second only to Califor-
nia in rank of states. Princi-
pal shipping point in Texas
is Moulton, Lavaca County.
COWPEAS.
The cowpea is grown wide-
ly in Texas as as a cover crop
and for food and forage. The
drouth resistant, dependable
black-eyed pea, is grown
widely for home consumption
especially in the East Texas
sandy lands. Its susceptibil-
ity to root rot has limited its
cultivation in the Blacklands.
There is a small commercial
movement and a mill at Ath-
ens, Henderson County, proc-
esses peas for the commercial
market. The acreage has in-
creased in recent years part-
ly because of the increased
effort of farmers to grow
their own living at home and
partly because of the govern-
ment conservation program
which accepts the cowpea as
a soil builder.
CABBAGE.
Cabbage growing is one of
the older and larger of the
Texas truck industries, but it
has been subject to wide
variations in acreage, produc-
tion and value of annual crop,
largely due to a widely fluc-
tuating market. Most of the
Texas crop is produced for
shipment directly into thefresh vegetable market, but
there is an increasing produc-
tion for kraut manufacture.
The development of this in-
dustry is expected to aid in
stabilizing the market. Cab-
bage production is largely in
the coastal area near Corpus
Christi, in the Rio Grande
Valley, Winter Garden and
other early shipping areas of
South Texas.
Figures below on the Texas
cabbage crop are from the
United States Department of
Agriculture :
(Production and Farm Value in
Thousands.)
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.- Acres. (Tons). Val.
1915....... 4,000 14
1920....... 16,000 78 $2,317
1921....... 11,000 45 323
19....... 15,000 74 723
4,000 22 710
1924....... 11,000 107 2,350
1925....... 14,000 76 815
1926....... 14,000 83 2,423
1927....... 19,000 122 1,194
1928....... 16,000 92 1,760
1929....... 25,000 155 2,105
1930....... 21,000 104 4,821
1931....... 31,000 189 846
1932....... 23,000 115 2,954
1933....... 18,000 67 556
1934....... 39,000 212 993
1935....... 13,000 44 856
1936....... 38,000 209 2,090
1937....... 36,000 154 1,563
1938 .--. 24,000 96 1,632
CARROTS.
The acreage and production
of carrots has developed rap-
idly in recent years, coming
largely from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. Figures below
on the Texas carrot crop are
from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture:
(Figures for Production and
Farm Value in thousands.)Yr.- Acres.
Harv'd
1924....... 2,250
1925....... 5,750
1926....... 3,920
1927....... 4,340
1928....... 8,300
1929....... 10,500
1930....... 10,300
1931....... 8,200
1932....... 8,300
1933....... 10,500
1934....... 10,100
1935....... 9,100
1936....... 10,100
1937....... 7,800
1938 .... 8,600(Bu.).Value.
Prod'n Farm
848 $382
1,501 510
1,047 335
998 429
1,834 880
2,667 827
2,060 659
2,091 167
1,328 1,076
1,365 218
1,162 221
1,183 438
1,616 275
1,248 374
1,204 205CUCUMBERS.
Cucumber acreage and pro-
duction has fallen somewhat
during the last two years, but
between 1924 and 1935 there
was a very rapid increase.
They are grown principally in
the Rio Grande Valley and
other South Texas irrigated
areas, but there is also a pro-
duction on commercial scale
In East Texas. Like all Texas
vegetable crops, it is pro-
duced largely for the fresh
vegetable market, but there isa rapidly growing consump-
tion by pickling plants. Some
of the larger manufacturers
buy manufacture stock cu-
cumbers in the Texas market.
Figures below on the Texas
cucumber crop are from the
United States Department of
Agriculture:
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.-Acres. (Bu.). Value.
1924. 950 163,000 $277,000
1925. 980 66,000 141,000"
1926. 3,000 357,000 553,000
1927. 4,150 415,000 436,000
1928. 5,220 360,000 608,000
1929 . 2,450 184,000 342,000
1930. 7,100 710,000 1,080,000
1931 . 8,530 502,000 303,000
1932. 7,000 487,000 196,000
1933 . 6,400 224,000 284,000
1934. 6,050 269,000 321,000
1935. 7,300 505,000 368,000
1936. 8,500 468,000 421,000
1937. 7,300 292,000 482,000
1938 5,600 291,000 291,000
BEANS-PEAS.
Snap beans are grown large-
ly in the Winter Garden, Rio
Grande Valley a n d other
South Texas irrigated sec-
tions, and there is a large
commercial movement. Mexi-
can varieties are being grown
in the upper Rio Grande Val-
ley and Pecos area. Commer-
cial movement of peas comes
largely from the Rio Grande
Valley and Winter Garden.
Many varieties of beans and
peas are grown for home con-
sumption throughout the state.
There is a fairly sizable com-
mercial movement, and dur-
ing the last few years there
has developed a considerable
commercial canning industry.
However, the great impor-
tance of the bean and pea
crop to Texas is in its value
as a product for home con-
sumption. The black-eyed pea
is grown generally throughout
the cotton belt for home use.
in South and Southwest Texas
there is a large production of
beans for home consumption
by the Mexican population.
Snap Beans.
Figures below on the Texas
snap bean crop are from the
United States Department of
Agriculture:
Harv'd Prod'n Farm
Yr.- Acres. (Bu.). Value.
1924 3,030 361,000 $606,000
1925. 4,730 364,000 466,000
1926 5,240 477,000 777,000
1927. 6,220 287,000 482,000
1928, 6,140 573,000 881,000
1929. 5,700 534,000 957,000
1930. 8,800 650,000 1,052,000
1931. 11,930 614,000 1,148,000
1932. 12,600 895,000 705,000
1933. 10,300 714,000 347,000
1934, 6,600 395,000 386,000
1935. 7,000 383,000 349,000
1936 8,300 538,000 618,000
1937 7,300 504,000 706,000
1938 7,000 370,000 356,000
Green Peas.
Figures below on the Texas
green pea crop are from the
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