SPINNING TESTS OF UPLAND LONG-STAPLE COTTONS. 
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CONSUMPTION OF STAPLE COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
CANADA. 
In the fall of 1912 a letter was addressed to each of the cotton 
mills in the United States and Canada, asking for a statement of 
their average annual consumption of cotton of each of the different 
commercial staple lengths. Detailed replies were received from 
practically all of the mills, and the result of this inquiry is shown 
by States in Table XI. Some of the mills reported their exact con- 
sumption for the last preceding year; others reported their average 
consumption for a period of three to fi.ve years. 
These figures can not be absolutely accurate, because one mill may 
designate its cotton as 1^ inches, while another mill, using exactly 
the same cotton, might call it 1J inches. 
Table XI represents as nearly as possible only Upland staples of 
American cotton. A special effort was made to secure separate re- 
ports on all Sea Island and Egyptian, and also of all cotton of T V 
inch staple or less. 
It will be seen that the average consumption of Upland staple 
cotton of 1-J inches or more in length is. considerably over 1,000,000 
bales, or more than one-fifth of the entire American consumption of 
raw cotton, the total number of bales consumed for the entire United 
States and Canada being reported as 5,429,916. 
Table XI. — Number of Mies of cotton of each length of staple consumed an- 
nually by the mills of the United 8tates and Canada. 
State. 
1| inches. 
1^5 inches. 
1} inches. 
1^ inches. 
13 inches. 
Total. 
8, 437 
2,000 
26, 427 
36, 555 
33, 055 
2, 100 
500 
9,340 
12, 020 
1,500 
12,037 
2,500 
46, 485 
52,175 

5,718 
3,600 
500 
4, 500 
33, 055 
1,200 
11,000 
500 
700 
... 
! 
11,000 
47, 400 
4,264 
248,035 
3,100 
i 
Maine 
9,950 
150 
950 
SO 
58, 530 
4,264 
335, 129 
3,100 
Maryland 
Massachusetts 
41,924 
25, 158 
3,434 
16, 578 
6,381 
500 
6,381 
153, 955 
12 556 
147,809 
8,714 
2,000 
76, 290 
800 
2,619 
86,248 
26, 932 
1,400 
5,070 
4,146 
900 
1,500 
16,600 
1,500 
2,942 
814 
25, 300 
600 
30 
14, 869 
5,100 
4 314 
5,000 
2,400 
125, 590 
1,400 
Oklahoma 
1,000 
15, 145 
8,984 
2, 025 
6, 138 
1,000 
5,674 
Rhode Island 
4,843 
6, 250 
127, 243 
48,266 
1,400 
Tennessee 
500 
900 
5, 570 
900 
Vermont 
3,300 
65,979 
1,200 
2,000 
4,500 
Canada 
2,000 
69, 979 
Total 
847,434 
126,447 
88, 311 
27, 858 
37, 163 
1,127 213 
