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In comparing the production of cotton by states, it is 

 interesting to note the changes during ten years. In 1900 

 the record of the principal cotton-growing states, in the 

 order of production, the numbers indicating bales of 500 

 pounds, was approximately as follows : Texas 2,610,000, 

 Mississippi 1,240,000, Georgia 1,230,000, Alabama 

 1,000,000, South Carolina 840,000, Arkansas 705,000, 

 Louisiana 700,000, North Carolina 440,000, Tennessee 



FIG. 80. Map shaded to show the states of greatest cotton-production. 



210,000, Indian Territory 145,000, Oklahoma 70,000, 

 Florida 50,000; all other states nearly 30,000. In 1911, 

 when the total production was approximately 15,000,000 

 bales, the seven principal states were as follows : Texas 

 4,200,000, Georgia 2,770,000, Alabama 1,700,000, South 

 Carolina 1,650,000, Mississippi 1,200,000, North Carolina 

 1,100,000, Oklahoma 1,000,000, all other states about 

 1,400,000 (Fig. 80). 



122. Flax. There are numerous species of flax, but the 

 common form in cultivation is a native of the Mediterranean 



