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BULLETIN 1444, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 10. — Sources of the world supply of cotton, average 1909-10 to 1913-14, 
annual 1921-22 to 1923-2 A 
Country 
Average 
1909-10 to 
1913-14 
1921-22 
1922-23 
1923-24 
North America: 
Bales 
13, 033, 235 
193, 000 
Bales 
7, 953, 641 
147, 302 
Bales 
9, 762, 069 
178, 243 
Bales 
10, 139, 671 
138, 000 
Total - 
13, 226, 235 
5,301 
13, 889 
1, 453, 000 
12, 552 
20, 338 
3,525 
8, 100, 943 
3,062 
8,311 
902,000 
19, 707 
31, 381 
997 
9, 940, 312 
4,329 
13, 635 
1, 391, 000 
23, 452 
77, 678 
2,816 
10, 277, 671 
Central America, South America, and West Indies 
4,137 
15, 147 
North Africa: 
1, 353, 300 
40, 607 
94, 142 
5,774 
Total 
1, 489, 415 
133, 000 
3, 585, 000 
953, 000 
3, 473, 000 
17, 387 
2,080 
954, 085 
30,000 
3, 753, 000 
43, 000 
1, 517, 000 
92, 448 
1,713 
1, 494, 946 
50, 000 
4, 247, 000 
55, 000 
2, 318, 000 
103, 347 
1,687 
1, 493, 823 
Asia: 
60, 000 
4, 247, 000 
189, 000 
1, 992, 900 
111, 088 
2,031 
Total .- 
8, 163, 467 
5, 437, 161 
6, 775, 034 
6, 602, 019 
22, 898, 307 
14, 503, 562 
18, 228, 256 
18, 392, 797 
Southern Hemisphere: 
110, 000 
322, 000 
3,045 
13, 743 
182, 410 
505, 000 
17, 282 
18, 080 
200, 000 
552, 857 
26, 892 
26, 286 
212, 000 
576, 000 
68, 785 
35, 723 
Total ... . 
448, 788 
722, 772 
806, 035 
892, 508 
Total of countries reporting for all periods listed 
23, 347, 095 
15, 226, 334 
19, 034, 291 
19, 285, 305 
Note.— Division of Statistical and Historical Research. Official sources and International Institute 
of Agriculture except as otherwise stated. Bales of 478 pounds net. Data for crop year as given at the 
head of the table are for crops harvested between August 1 and July 31 of the following year. This applies 
to both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 
Figures include about 99 per cent of world production. 
LINTERS 
Even after ginning, some short fibers remain attached to the seed 
of most kinds of cotton, especially in the case of the American Up- 
land varieties. Oil mills engaged in the cottonseed oil pressing in- 
dustry, began to remove this adhering fiber, when conditioning the 
seed for oil extraction. The resulting by-product was soon found to 
have a distinct and increasing commercial value and, to distinguish 
it from the lint cotton of commerce, it became known as linters. 
The development of new uses for linters, together with improved 
methods of reginning or " delinting," has resulted in an increased 
production from about 100,000 bales in 1900, selling for less than 1 
cent a pound, to nearly 1,000,000 bales in 1924, selling for aproxi- 
mately 5y 2 cents a pound. Delinting is accomplished by passing the 
cotton seed through a modified gin known as a linter. 
7 International Institute of Agriculture. The Cotton Growing Countries. Rome, 1922. 
