THE SOY BEAN FOR OIL AND OTHER PRODUCTS. 
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Table XI. — Acreage, production, and value per ton of cottonseed in the boll-weevil 
States. 1 
[The numbers printed in black-faced type indicate the beginning of boll-weevil invasion.] 
United States. 
Louisiana. 
Year. 
Acres. 
Cotton- 
seed. 
Value 
per ton. 
Acres. 
Cotton- 
seed. 
Value 
per ton. 
1899. 
24,275,101 
27, 114, 103 
28, 016, 893 
30,053,739 
26, 117, 153 
31,374,000 
31,311,000 
32, 444, 000 
32,044,000 
32, 403, 000 
36, 045, 000 
34, 283, 000 
37, 089, 000 
37,406,000 
Tons. 
4,668,000 
5,092,000 
4,716,000 
6,427,000 
5,060,000 
5,913,000 
4,952,000 
5,904,000 
4, 462, 000 
5,175,000 
6,997,000 
6,104,000 
6, 305, 000 
7,186,000 
$10. 28 
15.75 
17.82 
14.15 
14.89 
13.76 
17.64 
15.65 
27.96 
27.60 
18.21 
21.03 
24.84 
17.93 
1,376,254 
1,617,586 
1,642,463 
1,745,865 
1,561,774 
1,739,000 
1,622,000 
1, 550, 000 
957, 000 
975, 000 
1,075,000 
929, 000 
1,244,000 
1,340,000 
Tons. 
338,388 
422, 685 
395,000 
521,000 
246, 000 
440, 000 
300,000 
209, 000 
112,000 
109, 000 
171,000 
167,000 
197, 000 
200,000 
$10. 29 
1902 
13.50 
1903. 
18.74 
1904 
13.93 
1905 
15.97 
1906 
12.39 
1907 
16.00 
1908. 
16.41 
1909 
29.28 
1910. 
26.42 
1911 
18.59 
1912. 
22.15 
1913 
20.66 
1914. 
18.60 
Mississippi. 
Texas.2 
Year. 
Acres. 
Cotton- 
seed. 
Value 
per ton. 
Acres. 
Cotton- 
seed. 
Value 
per ton. 
1899 
2,897,920 
3,183,989 
3, 327, 960 
3, 632, 458 
3,051,265 
3, 408, 000 
3, 220, 000 
3, 395, 000 
3,400,000 
3,317,000 
3,340,000 
2, 889, 000 
3, 067, 000 
3, 100, 000 
Tons. 
634, 083 
691,007 
686, 000 
861,000 
574,000 
680, 000 
652, 000 
736, 000 
481,000 
561, 000 
535, 000 
465, 000 
583, 000 
553, 000 
$10. 55 
14.60 
18.72 
15.57 
15.49 
12.41 
15.50 
15.64 
29.50 
28.69 
20.01 
24.39 
24.77 
18.69 
6, 960, 367 
7,640,531 
7, 801, 578 
8,355,491 
6,945,501 
8, 894, 000 
9, 156, 000 
9, 316, 000 
9, 930, 000 
10. 060, 000 
10, 943, 000 
11,338,000 
12,597,000 
12, 052, 000 
Tons. 
1,262,651 
1,198,140 
1,185,000 
1,507,000 
1,219,000 
1,858,000 
1, 024, 000 
1,698,000 
1,122,000 
1,356,000 
1,893,000 
2,171,000 
1,755,000 
2, 043, 000 
$9.82 
1902 
15.00 
1903 
17.95 
1904 
14.32 
1905 
12.75 
1906 
12.50 
1907 
17.35 
1908 
13.91 
1909 
26.16 
1910 
24.60 
1911 
17.70 
1912 
18.28 
1913 
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1914 . 
15.30 
1 Compiled from U. S. Dept. Com., Bur. Census Bui. 10 (Quantitv of cotton ginned in the United States, 
1899-1903), 1904; Bui. Ill (Cotton production and statistics of cottonseed products: 1910), 1911; Bui. 131 
(Cotton production and distribution, 1914-15), 1915. 
2 The boll weevil entered Texas in 1892. 
Although the seed is the factor of prime importance, the improve- 
ment to the soil from growing a legume and using the straw as feed 
should be considered in estimating the value of the crop. In view of 
the short working season and the fact that no additional equipment is 
essential in using the soy bean, it seems that the soy-bean oil and meal 
industry should become an important adjunct of the cotton-oil mills. 
The soy-bean industry has gained such importance in Europe that 
the various countries have been conducting extensive investigations 
in their African colonies for the production of seed in competition with 
the Manchurian beans. When soy beans were first imported from 
Manchuria, the price was about $24 per ton on the European market, 
but the competition of the European countries for the raw product 
brought the price quickly to $45 per ton, and during the last three 
years quotations on the different markets average about $40 per ton. 
