488 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE 



Years. 



— . 



Production. 



Exports. 





Pounds. 



977, 267, 700 

 1,086, 865,650 

 1,421,413, 340 

 1, 542, 325, 720 

 1, 390.il 2, 420 

 1,363,537, 635 

 1,658,631, 975 



Pounds. 

 635, 381, 604 

 927, 237, 069 

 1,093,230, 639 

 1,111,670,370 

 987, 833, 106 

 1,008, 424, 601 

 1,351,431,701 



1850 



1851 



1852 



1854 



1855 



1857 . 



1 , 467, 1 1 20 | 1, 048, 282, 475 

 1, 554, 701, 760 | 1, 118, 624, 012 



1, 949, 306, 728 ! 1, 386, 468, 562 



2, 274, 372, 309 1, 767, 686, 338 

 1 , 934, 545, 603 j 307, 034, 242 



1858 



1859 



1860 



Total 



26, 699, 139, 760 



18, 573, 013, 026 



1861-1864. 









1865 



1,041,962, 263 

 969, 175, 303 

 1, 173, 431, 114 

 1,129, 811,645 



1, 451, 401, 357 



2, 020, 693, 736 

 1,384,084, 494 

 1,833,188,931 

 1, 940, 648, 352 



1, 783, 644, 032 

 2, 157, 958,142 



2, 082, 492, 190 

 2, 260, 285, 666 

 2, 404, 410, 373 

 2, 771,797,156 

 3, 199, 822, 682 

 2, 588, 736, 630 

 3,405, 070,410 

 2.757, 544,422 

 2, 800, 000, 000 



651, 921, 489 

 662, 733, 679 

 785, 415, 226 

 644, 957, 327 

 958, 785, 304 

 1,463, 704,507 

 933,825, 710 

 1,200,398, 178 

 1, 358, 979, 913 

 1.260, 851,944 

 1,491,629,831 

 1,445,047, 079 

 1, 608, 469, 052 

 1, 628, 875, 979 

 1, 822, 295, 843 

 2, 192, 169, 348 



1, 741, 819, 451 



2, 291, 313, 992 

 1,862, 572, 530 



I860.... 



1867 



1868 



1869 



1870 



1871... 



1872 



1873 



1874 . 



1875 



1876... 



1877 



1878 



1879 





1881 





1883 



1884 _ 



Total 





41, 150, 158, 904 



26, 026, 366, 382 



The product of the first period was 26,699,139,760 pounds, equal to 

 53,398,279 bales of 500 pounds gross weight (including baling, as all 

 cotton is sold in this country). It is an annual average for the period 

 of 2,669,914 bales of this size. The more recent period of twenty years, 

 if we allow 2,800,000,000 pounds gross for the crop of 1884, furnishes 

 a product of 41 ? 156,158,904 pounds, or 82,312,317 bales of the same 

 weight. This makes an annual average of 4,115,616 bales, and an in- 

 creased production of 54.1 per cent, over the first period. 



A still more interesting and important fact is the increased home 

 consumption. Of the first twenty years 7 product there remained, after 

 exportation, 30.5 per cent, of the whole; while of the product of the 

 recent period there remained 36.8 per cent. The actual quantities were, 

 respectively, 8,126,126,734 and 15,129,792,522. The quantity actually 

 manufactured is therefore nearly twice as much as in the twenty years 

 before 1860. 



AEEA OF COTTON. 



The area of cotton has increased rapidly in the past twenty years, 

 with somewhat unequal annual steps, and with very little halting. The 

 area attained in 1884 has exceeded 17,000,000 acres, constituting about 

 one-third of the cultivated area of the cotton States, corn and cotton 

 comprising fully three-fourths of the entire acreage in arable culture. 



The idea of Diagram XXV is to present the area by States, as re- 

 ported for the year 1879 by the census. Many may feel a greater con- 

 fidence in the census returns than in any estimates, though my own 

 estimate for that year was 14,500,000 acres, while the census made it 



