THE SOY BEAN FOE OIL AXD OTHER PRODUCTS. 



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Table XI. — Acreage, production, and vahie per ton of cottonseed in the holl-weevil 



States. ^ 



[The numbers printed in black-faced type indicate the beginning of boll-weevil invasion.] 





United States. 



Louisiana. 



Year. 



Acres. 



Cotton- 

 seed. 



Value 

 per ton. 



Acres. 



Cotton- 

 seed. 



Value 

 per ton. 



1899 



1902. 



24, 275, 101 

 27,114,103 



TOTIS. 



4,668,000 

 5,092,000 

 4,716,000 

 6,427,000 

 5,060,000 

 5, 913, 000 

 4,952,000 

 5, 904, 000 

 4,462,000 

 5,17.5,000 

 6,997,000 

 6, 104, 000 

 6,305,000 

 7, 186, 000 



SIO. 28 

 15.75 

 17.82 

 14.15 

 14.89 

 13.76 

 17.64 

 15.65 

 27.96 

 27.60 

 18.21 

 21.03 

 24.84 

 17.93 



1,376,254 



1,617,586 



1,642,463 



1,745,865 



1,561,774 



1,739,000 



1,622,000 



1, 550, 000 



957,000 



975, 000 



1, 075, 000 



929, 000 



1,244,000 



1,340,000 



Tons. 

 338,388 

 422, 685 

 395,000 

 521,000 

 246, 000 

 440, 000 

 300,000 

 209, 000 

 112,000 

 109, 000 

 171,000 

 167, 000 

 197,000 

 200,000 



SIO. 29 

 13.50 



1903 



28,016,893 

 30, 053, 739 

 26, 117, 153 

 31,374,000 

 31,311,000 

 32,444,000 

 32,044,000 

 32, 403, 000 

 36, 045, 000 

 34, 283, 000 

 37,089,000 

 37,406,000 



18.74 



1904. 



13.93 



19a5 



15.97 



1906 



12.39 



1907 



16.00 



1908 



16.41 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



29.28 

 26.42 

 18.59 

 22.15 



1913 



1914 



20.66 

 18.60 









Mississippi. 



T exas.2 



Year. . 



Acres. 



Cotton- 

 seed. 



Value 

 per ton. 



' Acres. 



Cotton- 

 seed. 



Value 

 per ton. 



1S99 



2, 897, 920 

 3,183,989 

 3,327,960 

 3, 632, 458 

 3,051,265 

 3, 408, 000 

 3,220,000 

 3, 395, 000 

 3,400,000 

 3,317,000 

 3,340,000 

 2, 889, 000 

 3,067,000 

 3,100,000 



Tons. 

 634,083 

 691,007 . 

 686, 000 

 861,000 

 574,000 

 680, 000 

 6.52,000 

 736, 000 

 481,000 

 561,000 

 535,000 

 465, 000 

 583, 000 

 553, 000 



SIO. 55 

 14.60 

 18.72 

 15.57 

 15.49 

 12.41 

 15.50 

 15.64 

 29.50 

 28.69 

 20.01 

 ♦ 24.39 

 24.77 

 18.69 



6, 960, 367 

 7, 640, 531 

 7,801,578 

 8, 355, 491 

 6,945,501 

 8, 894, 000 

 9, 156, 000 

 9,316,000 

 9,930,000 

 10.060,000 

 10, 943, 000 

 11,338,000 

 12, .597, 000 

 12,052,000 



Tom. 

 1,262,651 

 1,198,140 

 1,185,000 

 1, .507, 000 

 1,219,000 

 1,858,000 

 1,024,000 

 1,698,000 

 1,122,000 

 1,356,000 

 1,893,000 

 2,171,000 

 1,755,000 

 2,043,000 



$9.82 



1902 



15.00 



19a3 



17.95 



1904 



14.32 



1905 



12.75 



1906 



12. .50 



1907 



17.35 



1908 



1909 



13.91 

 26.16 



1910 



1911 



24.60 

 17.70 



1912 



18.28 



1913 . 



23.02 



1914 



15.30 







• Compiled from U. S. Dept. Com., Bur. Census Bui. 10 (Quantity of cotton ginned in the United States, 

 1899-1903), 1904; Bui. Ill fCotton production and statistics of cottonseed products: 1910), 1911; Bui. 131 

 (Cotton production and distribution, 1914-15), 1915. 



2 The boll weevil entered Texas in 1892. 



Although the seed is the factor of prime importance, the improve-' 

 ment to the soil from growing a legmne and using the straw as feed 

 should be considered in estimq^ing the value of the crop. In view of 

 the short working season and the fact that no additional equipment is 

 essential in using the soy bean, it seems that the soy-bean oil and meal 

 industry should Ix'come an important adjunct of the cotton-oil mills. 



'Jlie soy-l)CHn in(histry lias gained such importance in Kuro])e that 

 the various countries have been conducting extensive investigations 

 in their African colonies for the production of seed in competition with 

 the Manf;hurian h(uins. When soy bcuns were first imported from 

 Manchuria, the price was about $24 per ton on the European market, 

 but the competition of tluj Europc^an countries for the raw product 

 hnjijght the price quickly to S^F) jx-r ton, and (hiring th(^ last three 

 years quotations on tin; (hflcrcnt markets average about $40 per ton. 



