COTTON STATISTICS 



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352. Production of cotton seed. For each bale of 

 500 pounds there is usually produced a half ton of cotton 

 seed. The value of the seed produced in 1908 has been 

 estimated 1 at more than $92,000,000. More than half 

 of the cotton seed pro- 

 duced are manufactured 



into cotton-seed oil, 

 meal, cake, hulls, and 

 linters, the latter be- 

 ing a very short, low- 

 priced fiber adhering to 

 the seed after ginning. 

 The remainder of the 

 crop is used as food for 

 cattle, as seed for plant- 

 ing, and as fertilizer. 



353. Production by , 



FIG. 165. PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL 



States. Only ten AMERICAN CROP OF COTTON GROWN IN 



American states produce EACH STATE IN 1908 - 

 large amounts of cotton (Fig. 165) . These are the following, 

 named in order according to the average percentage of 

 the crops of 1906, 1907, 1908 produced in each state. 



Since Figure 165 gives the percentages for only one year, while 

 the table states the average results for three years, the latter 



1 U. S. Bur. Census, Bui. No. 100. 



