XXI 



FIBER CROPS 



COTTON 



Production and Marketing 



463. Cotton Crop of the World. The following table shows 

 the number of bales of lint produced by continents in 1904: 



Continents Bales x 



North America 13,565,992 



Asia 4,752,015 



Africa 1,346,126 



South America 216,204 



Europe 17,125 



Oceania ........ 137 



Total . . 19,897,599 



Almost all the cotton produced in Africa comes from Egypt, 

 most of that produced in Asia from British India and southern 

 China, although a not inconsiderable amount is produced in Rus- 

 sian central Asia; while ten states of the United States produce 

 nearly all of the cotton of North America, although Mexico 

 also produces some cotton. Brazil and Peru are the principal 

 cotton producing countries of South America. The ten cotton 

 states of the United States in the order of their acreage in 1905 

 were Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, 

 Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, 2 North Carolina, and Tennessee. 

 Over three-fourths the acreage was in the first five named states. 



464. Cotton in the United States. The acreage in cotton in 

 the United States is exceeded only by maize, hay, wheat and 



1 Bales of 500 pounds gross weight, or 478 pounds of lint net. 



2 Includes Indian Territory. 



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