8 BULLETIN 733, TJ. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Proportion of crop over li inches in length and that 1% to li inches, seasons of 
1917 and 1916. 
[Not including Sea Island and. Egyptian. Bales in thousands, i. e., 000 omitted.] 
State. 
Over 1J inches. 
1J to 1J inches, inclusive. 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
South Carolina 
P.ct. 
2.9 
5 
0.5 
0.5 
2.5 
0.8 
P.ct. 
1.5 
3 
1.0 
""'i.Y 
Bales. 
36 
45 
3 
15 
25 
8 
Bales. 
14 
24 
4 
is" 
P.ct. 
8.6 
44.7 
3.6 
7.1 
21.5 
16.2 
23.2 
2.4 
P.ct. 
7.8 
35 
6 
5 
15.7 
11 
30 
10 
Bales. 
106 
404 
23 
222 
209 
155 
13 
81 
Bales. 
73 
284 
27 
Texas 
186 
178 
90 
13 
All other States . . 
0.3 
' Q 1" 
95 
United States . . 
1.2 
1.3 1 
10.8 
8.3 
1,213 
946 
Yield of lint per acre, long staple above li inches, i| to ij inches, inclusive; 
under 1% inches, Sea Island and Egyptian. 
State. 
Long 
staple 
above 
1J 
inches. 
Long staple 
1J to 1J inches. 
Short staple 
under 1| 
inches. 
Sea Island and 
Egyptian. 
1917 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
Pounds. 
240 
160 
170 
191 
163 
169 
Pounds. 
259 
190 
236 
168 
168 
174 
182 
200 
Pounds. 
156 
133 
166 
160 
200 
163 
275 
232 
160 
80 
Pounds. Pounds. 
197 155 
Pounds. 
136 
Pounds. 
125 
132 
232 
133 
185 
175 
246 
225 
117 
176 
159 
209 
153 
275 
450 
1 
Texas 
163 
224 
122 
130 
115 
1^3 
All other States 
162 
170 
156 i 
United States 
184.9 
174.8 
160 
161.3 
163 13fi.fi I 128 
vcrage price per pound received by growers about Dec. 1. 
State. 
Long 
staple, 
H 
inches 
or over. 
Long staple, 
li to 11 inches. 
Short staple, 
under 1J 
inches. 
Sea Island and 
Egyptian. 
1917 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
1917 
1916 
Cents. 
41.2 
44 
43.1 
49 
43.5 
38.1 
Cents. 
36.8 
35.5 
33.2 
29.8 
34.9 
28.9 
36 
34 
Cents. 
25.3 
25 
24 
20.5 
23 
19.6 
26 
Cents. 
28.2 
28.4 
26.7 
26.9 
28.1 
26.6 
28.8 
29 
Cents. 
19.3 
19.4 
19 
19 
19.1 
19 
20 
19 
Cents. 
72.8 
Cents. 
49 
Mississippi 
Texas 
71 
72 
72.1 
71.9 
49 
46 
Florida... 
46 
All other States 
44.5 
33.5 
28. i | 19.3 
United States 
43.4 
33.5 
27.6 
19.1 
72 46. 1 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 191S 
