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UNITED STATES : — MISSISSIPPI
county of iesi(.lciice. Pauper orphan children may be apprenticed on contract.
Finance, Defence. — The annual receipts and disbursements in the year ending September 30, 1912, were as follows : —
Dollars Balance, October 1, 1911. . . . 572,047 Receipts, 1911-12 4,179,283
Total . Disbursements, 1911-12
Balance, October 1, 1912
. 4,751,330 . 4,500,331
250,999
In 1911 the bonded debt of the State amounted to 4,185,891 dollars. For 1910 the assessed valuations were : Real property, 231,889,588 dollars ; personal property, 110,713,772 dollars ; railroads, &c., 51,002,284 dollars : total, 393,605,644 dollars.
The State militia, or National Guard, in 1911 had a strength of 135 officers and 1,372 men.
Production and Industry. — Agriculture is the chief industry of the State, which has a semi-trojjical climate and a rich soil. In 1910 the farm area was 18,557,533 acres, of Avhich 9,008,310 acres was improved land. The chief product is cotton, which was grown on 3,291,000 acres, and yielded 1,254,419 bales in 1910, valued at 88,830,000 dollars. Other crops are maize, 56,840,000 bushels in 1912 ; rice, Avheat, oats, potatoes, and tobacco (50,000 pounds from 100 acres). In 1910 there were in the State 265,000 horses, 290,000 mules, 330,000 milk cows, 577,000 other cattle, 178,000 sheep, and 1,290,000 swine.
The State has oyster, shrimp, and other fisheries. The fishery products in 1908 were valued at 556,170 dollars. Though there are mineral deposics in Mississippi such as hydraulic limestone, coal, gypsum, and rich clay, there is no mining enterprise. The total mineral output in 1911 was valued at 1,052,842 dollars, and that amount included 687,836 dollars for clay products.
In 1910 there were 2,598 establishments engaged in the manufacturing industries; their aggregate capital amounted to 72,393,000 dollars; they employed 3,403 clerks, &c., and 50,384 wage-earners ; the raw material used cost 36,926,000 dollars, anci their output was valued at 80,555,000 dollars. The most important industries are associated with the products of the State.
Industries
Capital
Wage- earners
Material used
Output
Lumber products .... Cotton-seed oil and cake
Cotton-goods
Turpentine and resin
Railway v-avs, &c
Dollars
39,455,000
10,133,000
5,S36,000
1,251,000
1,412,000
Number 33,397
2,5(13 2,645 2,573
2,572
Dollars
14,207,(^00 12,169,000
2,042,000 349,000
1,427,000
Dollars
42,793,000
15,966,000
3,102,(00
1,475,000
3,233,000
Oyster-canning and preserving, and the mamifactnre of fertilizers are also prosperous.
