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produced that exceeds the cotton crop in value. Among the eight 

 leading crops of the United States, the cotton crop ranks much 

 higher in percentage of total value than in percentage of total acre- 

 age. This is shown by the following table drawn from the average 

 acreage and value of each of these crops for the years 19191921: 

 Value, Acreage, Average Value and Average Acreage of Crops for 1919-1921 



Total . . $8,374,229,000 100.0 Total .... 330,257,000 100.0 



Cotton Production by States. The American cotton crop is 

 produced almost entirely by ten States. These are the following, 

 arranged in order according to their average crop of 1919-1921 : 

 Per Cent of American Crop, Average 1919-1921 

 State Bales Per rent 



Texas 3,215,000 30.0 



Georgia 1,305.000 11.8 



South Carolina 1,270,000 11.5 



Arkansas 986.000 8.9 



Oklahoma 960,000 8.6 



Mississippi 909.000 8.2 



North Carolina 852,000 7.7 



Louisiana 327,000 3.0 



Tennessee 325,000 2.9 



Missouri 73,000 .7 



Total 10,322,000 93.3 



All others _ 74 ^. ? 6.7 



United States . . 1 1~067VOOO T0076 



Other southern States combined produce only 6.7 per cent of 

 the total crop. 



Thus it is seen that the American cotton crop is fairly dis- 

 tributed within the territory lying south of a line running west 

 from the southeast corner of Virginia to the northwest corner of 

 Oklahoma and thence south along the western border of Texas. 

 In certain States of this territory the production of the possible 

 amount of cotton is not reached by reason of the interposition of 

 other crops. Thus, in North Carolina and Tennessee tobacco super- 

 sedes cotton to a considerable extent. 



