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SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



cotton ; and (3) the extreme western part of the cotton- 

 belt, where the slight rainfall prevents the extensive culti- 

 vation of this crop. 



355. The principal foreign cotton-producing countries. 

 The United States produces about two thirds of the 

 supply of cotton used in the world's mills. Next to the 



United States, 

 with its twelve 

 to thirteen mil- 

 lion bales per 

 year, comes In- 

 dia with an an- 

 nual crop of 

 about 3,000,000 

 bales, and Egypt 

 with about 

 1,300,000 bales. 

 356. Countries 

 producing small 

 quantities of cot- 

 ton. Next, with 



FIG. 166. PERCENTAGE OF WORLD'S MILL SUPPLY muc h smaller 

 OF COTTON CONTRIBUTED BY EACH COUNTRY IN quantities, come 

 1908. -A . , ., 



Russia and its 



Asiatic provinces, China, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Turkey, 

 and Persia (Fig. 166). 



If account were taken of the unknown quantities of 

 cotton that never reach the mills, but that are converted 

 into cloth in the homes of the people of China, the Celestial 

 Empire would probably rank above Egypt as a cotton- 

 producing country. 



