THE GRANGER MOVEMENT 



COTTON 



It will be seen from these tables and the accompanying chart 

 (I) that the increase in acreage devoted to these crops was rapid 



1866 

 701 



1868 . 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 



60 



50 



40 



30 



20 



10 



CHART I, ACREAGE 



and almost unbroken throughout the period, amounting, for 

 corn, to 8 1 per cent; for wheat, to 146 per cent; and for cotton, 



