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138 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
total production usually ranges from
1,500,000 to 2,250,000 tcnis.
Though some sei ' are retained on farms
as seed for the following year's criop and:
as feed for mnilk cattle, about three-
fourths of th11e l c'i'I is c~oll nwe ial
or "cash" crop and goes to tie .ottonlseed
oil mills of Texans. 'This great production
of cotton seed supports one of the great-
est manufacturing induitltries of Texas,
the ma nufacture of cottonseed crude, cake
and n(a 'l, and the refining' of the oil and
the manufacture of various t y-1ro i CtS.
There are apprloxi matly 200 cottnl:eced
oil mills in the Sitte, of which 162 were
report iiin operation in 1923 at date of
the last Consus of ranufCtur!'i, from
which staitisiics are a ailable. (See sta-
tistical tables.)
COTV P EAS.-This ilpi has been intro-
duced into Texas durii:g I'ecent year's as
a soil builder. ind a ltattional 'op. There
is little com1m.,' i: ] ;1 oi'ti 't-f li, inst of
the cowpea fih!d> iWng utii;:ed an cattle
aiid hog ran:i'e u,1 H t 0 to1-
rich the soil. 't;e pri ipal a, rage is
found in Cntral and iEas Texas.
C(l(?1 UItBiEl.--tThis croi , a produced
for market, h s dvlo ,i raidly during
the last fei'y. yer . Tih ar:- is a big. imove-
1'nt to market from the1i 1iGr1ai'le IVal-
ley and othei S.!'th rJ 'asi linI 11a1 n!d froln
Aiarion, (rgg ( theTI' ast Txas coun-
ties. The Tixas prodliiitlon gnts to mar-
ket early aiil is utilized as tatle stock.
It is said that th~ soil and cli mate of
some sectiotIs otie 'T:s ofare vi a'alptid
to wilolesale pi ll(l 1con f131' illai!l' lictl'e
stock, ili there is a smanl pirod auction for
pilckling plV'iis at pro sent, with prosectis
of conslitd rall fu!ti're developlinent. (See
statistical tables.)
ID.JA'I'TES.-This is still to be numbered
all ion the li i ti l c'lOliS of Texa: . It
vwas disco\ e,,l at an11 early !,riod in Te'xas
history that date palms thrive i tilhe sub-
tropical regional of the State and there has
en11 considerable interest ill date pro-
ution at Laredo and oithel' South andSouthwest Texas places. Some of the
Sioth Texas farmers and county farm
agents think that a large industry will
be developed in the future.
PIGS.-There is a large and rapidly in.
creasing production of figs from the
orchards of the coastal region, though
the fig has groW n and thrived in Texas
since the beginning of the Spanish mis-
sion era about 1725. The magnolia fig is
grown principally because of its adpta.
bility to canning and preserving. Thou.
sands of trees have been set out in _ra-
zoria, Jefferson, Harris. Jacks! , Mata-
girda, Orange', F t ' nd, W\\har'tOn and
otiier coast counties duringo the lat three
or fOur years. A considerable canning
and l:i'sei\ring industry has spru :g up
and Texas figs are finding a wide mnalket
Tlhe fii :ree grows rali'ly ani begins
production n oi a ppcl ila le scale after
its third year. 'roluction in full -rown
oehards ru s l: hi'h as 12,00 1)o pounds
an acre. ThIe Sn'yrra, an excellent table
fig, is also gro''a in T,''' s, es ,' iallly in
the cinity of S:n A!tiiiio. tiven par
tial pro ct ion again t cold north winds,
figs do well throughout EIast and North
east Texas, and are g'ow-n for home con-
Sy imptoio n,
GR{APE:RE-The area around 1nglesidej
and Hu,,iport in San Patrivio and Arn.
:Ps Coluties is the chief comnm ercial grape
r:,ducing territory of Texas. Tlere is
also considerable 'com n aerial production
ill Va Verde and some oteir ciuinties of
Southwest Texas. mall vineyards are
found throughout the State. ran ing in
size from onh-lf to ti n a-res aind pro.
duciing Ior loial arlets. G rapes do ell
thlou'i i:ut i Sii th eit Texas, and s(ime
viniyrdis have iien started inll th Lower
io (r e fail, -. The Trans-he i os area
and it is the olhn t grain producing ter.
ritry of the State. The :',port of the
B3oundii:ry Coummi:sion of 1S50 containeda
g 'iiig ait Oion of the l p u. s o the El
I'aso territory and pre dicted for it a
great future, Cirit shiment:lt were at+, .: I
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Vs:'ii - I
U]nrvestitng 'lVhe:at 1Wilh "('on bine" in Patn-handle.
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1927 The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, book, 1927~; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123785/m1/142/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.