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COTTON 



ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF COTTON CROP 



It has been the custom of the Department of 

 Agriculture annually on December 1st to estimate 

 the yield in cotton for each State and the total for 

 all the cotton-producing States. This estimate 

 compared with the report of the Census Bureau 

 (which is charged with the duty of publishing the 

 exact amount produced after the crop has been 

 entirely ginned) for the last seven years, shows that 

 the estimates of the Department of Agriculture have 

 been within an average of one and four-tenths per 

 cent, of absolute accuracy, which, in view of the 

 fact that "to err is human" is little short of mirac- 

 ulous. 



This fact is shown in the table following: 



NUMBER OF POUNDS OF LINT COTTON 



MORE FREQUENT REPORTS 



The objection to the reports of the Department 

 now may be said to lie with their infrequency. So 

 important is correct and accurate information to 

 the producer and consumer, and so important too is 



