COTTON 
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STATISTICS WHICH SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
COTTON GROWING 
I do not know that in any way we can get the 
subject more clearly before the reader than to give 
herewith the statistics of production by years for 
seventy years past, and the acreage and average 
yield by years since 1888: 
ACREAGE AND YIELD SINCE 1888 
Net Net | Bales 
Season Acres Planted Crop Pounds Net |Pounds| BalesinCrop |Weight] Per 
per per Acre 
Acre Bale 
1888-89 19,362,073 | 3,260,996,300 | 168 6,938,290 | 470 | 0 86 
1889-90 20,171,896 8,472,861,786 | 172 7,311,322 | 471 | 0 36 
1890-91 20,809,053 4,092,678,381 | 196 8,652,597 | 473 | 0 41 
1891-92 20,714,937 4,273,734,267 | 206 9,035,379 | 473 | 0 43 
1892-93 18,067,924 | 3,182,673,375 | 176 6,700,365 | 475 | 0 87 
1893-94 19,684,000 | 3,578,613,258 | 182 7,549,817 | 474 | 0 88 
1894-95 21,454,000 4,792,205,484 | 223 9,901,251 | 484 | 0 46 
1895-96 18,882,000 3,414,054,042 | 181 7,157,346 | 477 | 0 88 
1896-97 22,341,000 | 4,177,548,828 | 187 8,757,964 | 477 | 0 39 
1897-98 24,071,000 | 5,398,397,108 | 224 11,199,994 | 482 | 0 47 
1898-99 23,572,000 5,513,396,760 | 232 11,274,840 | 489 | 0 48 
1899-00 22,583,055 | 4,757,062,942 | 210 9,436,416 | 479 | 0 44 
1900-01 25,558,000 | 4,958,252,000 | 198 10,383,422 | 485 | 0 41 
1901-02 27,532,000 | 5,176,016,000 | 188 10,680,680 | 483 | 0 39 
1902-03 27,450,000 | 5,188,050,000 | 189 10,727,559 | 483 | 0 39 
1903-04 28,907,000 | 4,885,283,000 | 169 10,011,374 | 483 | 0 35 
1904-05 31,730,371 6,695,108,281 | 211 13,565,885 | 491 | 0 43 
