12-26    Output of Major Agricultural Products in
Comparison with Peak Year Prior to 1949
           
Item Peak Year prior to 1949 Indices (peak year prior to 1949=100)
Year Output 1949 1952 2001
           
  Planting          (10 000 tons)          
      Grain                      1936 15000 75.45 109.28 301.76
          Rice                     1936 5735 84.83 119.32 309.64
          Wheat                    1936 2330 59.27 77.81 402.88
          Corn                     1936 1010             166.83 1129.60
          Soybeans                 1936 1130 45.04 84.25 136.34
          Tubers                   1936 635 155.12 257.17 561.12
      Cotton                     1936 84.9 52.30 153.59 627.09
      Peanuts                    1933 317.1 39.99 73.04 454.62
      Rapeseeds                  1934 190.7 38.49 48.87 594.18
      Sesame                     1933 99.1 32.90 48.54 81.13
      Jute and Ambary Hemp       1945 5.5 34.55 278.18 192.73
      Mulberry Silkworm Cocoons  1931 22.1 14.03 28.05 226.24
      Tea                        1932 22.5 18.22 36.44 311.56
      Sugarcane                  1940 565.2 46.74 125.90 1338.69
      Beetroots                  1939 32.9 58.05 145.59 3309.73
      Flue-cured Tobacco         1948 17.9 24.02 124.02 1142.46
      Apples                     1926 12.1             97.52 16541.32
      Citrus                     1926 40.1             51.62 2894.51
      Bananas                    1927 10.3             106.80 5118.45
  Animal Husbandry  (10 000 head)          
      Large Animals    (year-end) 1935 7151 83.93 106.92 209.70
          Cattle and Buffaloes     1935 4827 91.02 117.26 265.68
          Horses                   1935 649 75.12 94.45 127.27
          Donkeys                  1935 1215 78.14 97.17 72.55
          Mules                    1935 460 31.98 35.59 94.83
      Hogs             (year-end) 1934 7853 73.54 114.31 582.49
      Sheep and Goats  (year-end) 1937 6252 67.74 98.82 477.07
  Fishery          
  Aquatic Products  (10 000 tons) 1936 150 30.00 111.33 2852.33