A Study Of How The Coordinated Program Functions In Community Life Development In Smith County Texas
Date of Award
8-1944
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Discipline
Education
Abstract
The Geographical Setting of Smith County Smith County is situated in the Pine and Oak Belts of East Texas. The terrain is »ed and hilly, drained by the Sabine and Neches Rivers. It has an altitude of 550 feet. Its annual rainfall is 41.63 inches. Its mean annual temperature is 66 degrees; in July 83.7 degrees, and in January 47.2 degrees. Its land area is approximately 920 square miles, equivalent to 588,800 acres.
The soils of Smith County are gray sandy, sandy red, and clay in bottom. Timber includes second-growth pine, gum, and oak. There is some commercial production of lumber. Minerals include oil (6,040,969 barrels in 1940), iron, ore, lignite, brick clay, and glass sand.
Smith County is principally agricultural. Its principal field crops are cotton, corn, sugar cane, oats, peanuts, sorghum, hay, and sweet potatoes. Large quantities of tomatoes, watermelons, strawberries, and all kinds of truck vegetables are grown for market, shipped out in carloads, and sold to local canneries.
Smith County is first in the United States in commercial rose growing. Rose bushes are shipped from the first frost until April. Various fruits are raised for the market; commercial orchards are numerous. Pecans bring cash to farmers in season.
Committee Chair/Advisor
A. C. Preston
Committee Member
Dorothy Burdine
Committee Member
E. M. Norris
Committee Member
E. L. Sasser
Publisher
Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College
Rights
© 2021 Prairie View A & M University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Date of Digitization
3/4/2022
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Seals, L. E. (1944). A Study Of How The Coordinated Program Functions In Community Life Development In Smith County Texas. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/1255