A SURVEY OF THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY. 



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was shipped to other points was used as feed. This may be due to 

 the fact that in order to be able to pay freight on cottonseed meal 

 it is necessary to utilize it in the most efficient way. It is also proba- 

 bly true that the meal shipped away was of a higher grade than that 

 used in the immediate vicinity of the oil mill. 



Table VIII. — -Production and disposal of cottonseed meal and cake, by States, July 1, 



1917, to June SO, 1918. 



AMOUNTS IN 2,000-POUND TONS. 



State. 



Number 

 of mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Total tons 

 of cotton- 

 seed meal 

 and cake 

 produced. 



Quanti- 

 ty used 

 by mills 

 in the 



manufac- 

 tiu'eof 



fertilizer. 



Quantity sold to 

 farmers to be 

 used as- 



Quantity shipped 

 to other points 

 to be used as- 



Un- 

 distrib- 





Feed. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



Feed. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



uted. 



Total f r 16 

 States 



506 



1,616,617 



62,656 



186,952 



200,905 



756,581 



243,625 



165,898 



Alabama 



41 



3 



32 



1 



3 



107 



1 



1 



25 



48 



3 



57 



48 



75 



20 



41 



78,352 



6,697 



137,633 



7,327 



6,692 



346,603 



3,781 



5,173 



140,434 



214,715 



20,130 



129,466 



141,282 



161,804 



105,368 



111,260 



4,738 



8,107 

 2,406 

 14,510 



6,210 



26,645 



4,191 



104,690 



7,327 



4,025 



114,786 



3,481 



3,773 



80,671 



140,023 



19,050 



11,985 



94,194 



15,565 



62, 199 



63,976 



12,424 



20 228 



Arizona 





Arkansas 



3,226 



3,305 



8,614 



3,288 



California 



Florida 





160 



29,879 



300 



1,000 



9,490 

 16,718 



1,080 

 13,024 

 43,910 

 21,748 



2,540 

 22,080 



440 

 52,781 



2,067 

 71,638 





Georgia 



23,691 



53,828 



Illinois 



Kentucky 







400 

 41,622 

 18,841 







427 

 6,917 



8,224 

 9,210 





Mississippi 



23,006 



Missouri 



North Carolina 



Oklahoma 



13,049 

 1,098 

 9,409 



42, 251 

 2,080 



71,230 



4,378 



796 



40,683 



8,474 



South Carolina 



43,852 

 3,484 





Tennessee 



32,676 

 24,307 



Texas 



101 







PERCENTAGES. 



State. 



Used by 

 mills in 

 the manu- 

 facture of 

 fertilizer. 



Sold to farmers to 

 be used as — 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



Shipped to other 

 points to be used 

 as — 



Feed. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



Total percentage 

 used as — 



Feed. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



Total for 16 States. 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



North Carolina . 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina . 



Tennessee 



Texas 



4.3 



8.2 

 '2'4' 



.3 

 3.6 



10.8 



.8 



5.8 



...... 



12.9 



13.9 

 36.5 

 10.8 



2.4 

 10.2 

 7.9 

 19.3 

 6.8 

 8.7 

 5.4 

 10.8 

 31.0 

 13.5 

 3.5 

 25.4 



13.8 



52.2 



16.8 



10.7 

 "h'.b 



6.6 

 18.0 



5.9 



34.9 

 1.5 



44.0 

 6.0 



45.8 

 63.5 

 77.9 

 100.0 

 60.1 

 39.2 

 92.1 

 73.0 

 57.4 

 73.1 



66.7 

 9.6 

 85.7 

 73.6 



21.4 



30.9 

 24.5 



7.7 

 29.6 



27.1 

 4.8 



65.1 



59.7 



100.0 

 88.7 



100.0 

 62.5 

 49.4 



100.0 

 92.3 

 64.2 

 81.8 



100.0 

 20.7 

 97.7 

 23.1 

 89.2 

 99.0 



34.9 

 40.3 



37.5 

 50.6 



7.7 

 35.8 

 18.2 



79.3 



2.3 



76.9 



10.8 



1.0 



In the aggregate, two-thirds of the cottonseed meal was used as 

 feed and one-third as fertilizer. There is a considerable variation in 

 this respect between the different States. In Arizona, California, 

 niinois, and Missouri all of the cottonseed meal was reported as being 

 used for feed, and in Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and 



