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 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 



70 



50 



j 30 

 20 



10 



CHART I, ACF 



EAQE 



and almost unbroken throughout the period, amounting, for 

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



