CHAPTER II. 



ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION! WHERE THE WORLD'S 

 SUPPLY IS GROWN 



Of the 17,782,440 bales making up the 1904-5 

 cotton crop of the world, it is estimated that the 

 United States grew 13,420,440 bales, the East In- 

 dies 2,960,000, Egypt 1,187,000, Brazil, etc., 215,- 

 000. 



In India, the oldest of cotton-producing coun- 

 tries, the total yield of late years has been de- 

 creasing. In 1893-94 India grew 2,993,000 bales 

 (she had grown more than 3,000,000 three years 

 before) and in 1903-4 she produced only 2,634,400 

 bales. The soil of India is well adapted to cotton 

 growing, but the climate is largely unfavorable* 

 too wet in some places, too dry in others and the 

 average yield per acre is hardly more than half 

 the average American yield. 



EGYPTIAN AND INDIAN PRODUCTION 



The abnormal demand for cotton during the Civil 

 War stimulated Indian production, but "when the 

 final result of the contest between America and 

 India became apparent, America had gained com- 

 mand of the market, and India was considered only 

 as a supplementary source of supply, resorted to 

 mainly in the event of a short crop in the West." 



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