COTTON STATISTICS 



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352. 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 1 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 „ ,„. „ ^ 



•' Fig. 16.3. — Percentage of the Total 



states. Only ten American Crop of Cotton grown in 



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. 



State 



Texas . . . 

 Georgia . . 

 Mississippi . 

 Alabama 

 South Carolina 



Per Cent of 

 American Crop 



. 27.0 

 . 14..3 

 . 12.4 

 . 9.8 



. 8..5 



State 



Arkansas . 

 Oklahoma 

 Louisiana 

 North Carolina 

 Tennessee 



Per Cent of 

 American Crop 

 . . 7.3 

 . . 6.6 

 . . 5.7 



4.9 



2..5 



Since Figure 16.5 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. 



