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about $600,000,000. Nearly three-tenths of the cotton 

 acreage of the United States is in Texas. This state produced 

 more than one-fourth of the cotton crop of the country and 

 more than 15 per cent of that of the entire world. Georgia, 



25.96% 



Fig. 142. Percentage of the "cotton crop produced in each of the "states^of 

 t largest production, 1902-1911. 



Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina ranked next in 

 the order named. In addition to the states shown in this 

 figure, cotton is produced in Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, 

 Missouri, and California. 



Fig. 143. Percentage of improved farm land annually planted to cotton in the 

 states of largest production and in the United States, 1902-1911. 



The importance of the crop in the various states is best 

 shown by the accompanying diagram (Fig. 143). This 

 diagram shows the proportion of the improved farm area in 

 the various states which is annually planted to cotton. More 



