316 
COTTON 
one-fourth; ten years later consumption called for 
three-fourths of total quantity produced ; five years 
later, in 1905, almost the entire quantity produced 
was consumed — or its equivalent — within the bor- 
ders of the State. 
ALABAMA 
Year 
Bales consumed 
Bales produced 
Per cent, 
of Crop used 
1850 
1860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1905 
5,208 
11,406 
7,385 
14,702 
30,364 
157,832 
223,872 
564,429 
989,955 
429,482 
699,654 
1,011,000 
1,021,845 
1,249,685 
.9 
1.2 
1.7 
2.1 
3.0 
15.4 
17.9 
GEORGIA 
Year 
Bales consumed 
Bales produced 
Per cent, 
of Crop used 
1850 
1860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1905 
20,230 
30,235 
24,821 
71,389 
164,981 
365,878 
483,335 
499,491 
701,840 
437,934 
814,441 
1,310,000 
1,271,573 
1,759,000 
4.3 
4.1 
5.7 
8.8 
12.6 
28.1 
27.5 
