COTTON 
23 
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 
Season 
Acres Planted 
Crop Pounds Net 
Net 
Pounds 
per 
Acre 
Bales in Crop 
Net 
Weight 
per 
Bale 
Balea 
Per 
Acre 
1888-89 
19,362,073 
3,260,996,300 
168 
6,938,290 
470 
0 36 
1889-90 
20,171,896 
3,472,861,786 
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 37 
1893-94 
19,684,000 
3,578,613,258 
182 
7,549,817 
474 
0 38 
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 38 
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 
