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in weight according to their country of origin, the 
nominal unit bale is one of 500 lb. It will be easiest for 
the general reader to deal with pounds, or rather with 
thousands of millions of pounds; the distribution of 
the world’s production and consumption of cotton then 
appears as follows, grouping the countries according 
to their political relations. 
THE WORLD’S COTTON CROPS. After J. A. Topp. 
(Expressed in thousands of millions of pounds weight.) 
Production, 1912-13. Consumption, 1913-14. 
USA 3 a 2 # © « 730 USA: «. 4 ce = a B66 
India . . . . . . 260 Great Britain . . . 2:10 
Egypt . . . . . . °75 ~~ India ot Broce of CHAO! 
Russia . . . . . . 50 Russia . 2. . . . 6125 
Other Allies . . . . ‘10 Japan . .. . . ‘80 
Neutrals . . . . . 50 France . 1. . 2.) 50 
Turkey. a4) <a ae, “S900 Ataly sok a A gO 
Ghia” = -% gw &%- ~ ¢ Belgium. 2...) . ‘10 
Portugal. 2. 2...) 05 
Canada . . . . «05 
Neutrals . oh ara “Seas 
Germany . . . .  :85 
Austria... . . 40 
Ching . 1... ¢ 
Total Crop (Excluding Total Consumption (Ex- 
China) . . . . 11°85 cluding China) . . 10°85 
It will be clear from this table that the U.S.A. domin- 
ates the world’s supply of cotton, and is, moreover, 
a great cotton manufacturing country. The remainder 
of the supply is largely British, including the Egyptian 
crop, and a small but valuable crop from the West Indies, 
which will now be almost the sole source for very long 
fine cotton (the “ boll-weevil” having made its way 
into the Sea Island districts of the U.S.A.) excepting 
the Islands themselves. It should be understood that 
