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362. Production of cotton seed. — For each bale of 

 500 pounds there is usually produced a half ton of cotton 

 seed. The value of the seed produced in 1908 has been 

 estimated! at more than $92,000,000. More than half 

 of the cotton seed pro- 

 duced are manufactured 

 into cotton-seed oil, 

 meal, cake, hulls, and 

 linters, — the latter be- 

 ing a very short, low- 

 priced fiber adhering to 

 the seed after ginning. 

 The remainder of the 

 crop is used as food for 

 cattle, as seed for plant- 

 ing, and as fertilizer. 



353. Production by 

 states. — Only ten 

 American states produce 

 large amounts of cotton (Fig. 165) . These are the following, 

 named in order according to the average percentage of 

 the crops of 1906, 1907, 1908 produced in each state. 



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Fig. 165. — Peecentage of the Total 

 American Crop of Cotton grown in 

 Each State in 1908. 



State 



Per Cent of 

 American Crop 



Texas 27.0 



Georgia .... 14.3 

 Mississippi . . . 12.4 

 Alabama . . . 9.8 

 South Carolina . . 8.5 



State 



Per Cent of 

 American Crop 



Arkansas .... 7.3 



Oklahoma . . . 6.6 



Louisiana . . . 5.7 



North Carolina . 4.9 



Tennessee . . . 2.5 



Since Figure 165 gives the percentages for only one year, while 

 the table states the average results for three years, the latter may 



> U. S. Bur. Census, Bui. No. 100. 



