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World's Production of Cotton (U. S. Census). 

 Cotton can be grown over a wide area of the 

 earth's surface, but its profitable production 

 is limited to certain well-defined sections. For 

 some countries satisfactory data regarding 

 the production of cotton are not available. 

 The following table, showing production by 

 countries, from 1907 to 1911 inclusive, is 

 believed to approximate the facts. 



TABLE IX. PRODUCTION OF COTTON FOR MILL CONSUMP- 

 TION, BY COUNTRIES, 1907 TO 



The average production for mill consumption 

 during the five years shown in the table was 

 T 8,787,ooo bales, or 3,510,000 bales less than 



