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THE FORAGE AND FIBER CROPS IN AMERICA 



Sea island cotton, 42,721 bales, went out of Atlantic ports ex- 

 clusively. More than 95 per cent, of the raw cotton exported 

 from the United States in 1905 was shipped from twelve ports. 

 For the five years 1901-05 five ports sent out more than 200,- 

 ooo bales annually in the following descending rank: New Or- 

 leans, La. ; Galveston, Tex. ; Savannah, Ga. ; New York, N. Y., 

 and Wilmington, N. C. During the same period New Orleans 

 and Galveston together contributed more than 47 per cent, of the 

 total exportation, the former port being a trifle in the lead. 

 Other important ports were, respectively, Brunswick, Ga. ; Mo- 

 bile, Ala.; Charleston, S. C., and Puget Sound, Wash. 1 



468. Imports of Cotton. For the five years 1891 to 1895 m ~ 

 clusive, there were imported into the United States 340,557 

 bales of raw cotton, while in the corresponding five years ten 

 years later 659,141 bales were imported. 2 Chief among the coun- 

 tries from which this trade comes are Asiatic Turkey and 

 Egypt, these two countries together contributing more than 90 

 per cent, of the entire importation. The remaining importations 

 come from Great Britain and Peru, the trade with other coun- 

 tries comprising a negligible quantity. 3 These importations 

 came by way of Atlantic ports chiefly. 



1 Dept. Com. and Labor, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1905, 

 p. 388. 



2 Dept. Com. and Labor, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1905, 

 p. 440. 



3 Dept. Com. and Labor, The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the 

 United States, 1905, p. 195. 



