A SURVEY OF THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY. 
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was shipped to other points was used as feed. This may be due to 
the fact that in order to be able to pay freight on cottonseed meal 
it is necessary to utilize it in the most efficient way. It is also proba- 
bly true that the meal shipped away was of a higher grade than that 
used in the immediate vicinity of the oil mill. 
TasLe VIII.—Production and disposal of cottonseed meal and cake, by States, July 1, 
1917, to June 30, 1918. 
AMOUNTS IN 2,000-POUND TONS. 
Quanti- | Quantity sold to | Quantity shipped 
Totaltons| ty used farmers to be to other points 
Numb of cotton-| by mills| used as— to be used as— Tne 
State. of mili | seed meal| in the distrib- 
ne: i. and cake manufac- er wee uted 
roduced.| ture of erti- erti- 
r fertilizer. Feed lizer Feed lizer 
Total for 16 
States. ..-.-.- 506 | 1,616,617 62,656 | 186,952 | 200,905 | 756,581 243,625 | 165,898 
Mabama sec: acces 41 78,352 4,738 8,107 6,210 26, 645 12, 424 20,228 
PATAZONG Co 2 Noes as 3 OO fal easole soa Qs 406 eee see 2S 88) le aaa ips) Fagen ly 
Arkansas’: \:. 25-22-55 32 137, 633 3, 226 14,510 3,305 | 104,690 8,614 3, 288 
Wahitormiaiss<2 co <\- 1 BOLUS eae eee letee Sees cine ele cosmo este UCVUH Be eensasas|RsSosabac 
Wlonidae? 22s: cee 1 Jee 3 6.692; | esse iee: 160 440 4,025 2-067 see teens 
Geortian ini 107 | 346,603 | 23,691] 29,879] 52,781] 114,786] 71,638] 53,828 
(Hin GIS asses. 255-5 1 SHISIs Ss Seyret 3002S. S225. 38 37:481.:|zent cas: | sees 
Kentucky... 2. -<ss<5- 1 Bea | eestor EO00M iceniaccce SBR 400) Nos eines 
(OUISIAM A Shres ssace 25 140, 434 427 9, 490 8, 224 80, 671 AIG 22) |e eee 
Mississippi Rai aeiae sens 48 214,715 6,917 16,718 9,210 | 140,023 18, 841 23,006 
Missoni: oe22 22 - 3 20; 130r extrrene 1, 0803.) 235 Se meyer 19, 050 ee els Dee 
North Carolina..-.... 57 129, 466 13, 049 13,024 42,251 11,985 40, 683 8, 474 
Oklahoma........... 48 141, 282 1,098 43,910 2,080 94 194 ene Sea Se 
South Carolina......- 75 161, 804 9, 409 21,748 71, 230 15, 565 AZ ESo Ds Hee ewlercre 
Tennessee.....-.-.... 20 1052368) 2222 ee 2,540 4,378 62,199 3, 484 32,676 
AR OKAS cin ajar es 4] 111, 260 101 22,080 796 63497632 ease 24, 307 
PERCENTAGES. 
Sold to farmers to | Shipped to other| Total percentage 
ee by, be used as— points to be used used as— 
State. the manu- ce 
acture of : 
“1s Ferti- Ferti- Ferti- 
pourmizer Needs lizer. Feed. lizer Feed lizer 
Total for 16 States...... 4.3 12.9 13.8 52.2 16.8 65.1 34.9 
PAM ADAMNAE Sana cccceecnisce sees 8.2 13.9 10.7 45.8 21.4 59.7 40.3 
I SEVIS 5 CBG Gop ES Ho SC Ce OO TEE SEGAL SAS Eee Bina aeeeesos Gee aaeeasaoee 10008| sees 
PATIATIS AS sea eece ER 3 USS 2.4 10.8 2.5 77.9 6.4 88.7 11.3 
WAM ORTU ae eee ae Fs eee ccna sl sis ccm ee Sleere ecathew 10020) saescceeee 1OOROR|Bsteete oe 
Ori ae eerie Seals esos we -2.4 6.6 60.1 30.9 62.5 37.5 
Georeiabe eee ete. ead ee 8.1 10.2 18.0 39.2 24.5 49.4 50.6 
TT OS peers eee arse cee oo ee 5 7PoLS 9 Teese dc QO | eateries TOOSORIRES eS eeae 
Vein ay Rate Ce ee eae 19Suleeere ce 73.0 eu 92.3 eu 
AEMWISIANA See: oaio oe See see we cc -3 6.8 5.9 57.4 29.6 64.2 35.8 
WOBSTSS HN - = SoocscGact a5 5anee 3.6 8.7 4.8 73.1 9.8 81.8 18.2 
IVEISS OUT Sseyeeen se oe ino 3 Cte wes cin ciel era di | ees eryeen rt 9456) (see 100% OG Sse 
North Carolina............... 10.8 10.8 34.9 9.9 33.6 20.7 79.3 
Oklghomas-.: fac sk ccesse Sage -8 31.0 1.5 GOES eonccee eee 97.7 20 
South Carolina. .............- 5.8 13.5 44.0 9.6 Qik 23.1 76.9 
PRE TRMOSSCG ee lays sees oe oe eee vewecee 3.5 6.0 85.7 4.8 89.2 10.8 
MOKAGe Rega Ee we er eg TE Is all 25.4 9 MoiOs eeemoee nes 99.0 1.0 
In the aggregate, two-thirds of the cottonseed meal was used as 
feed and one-third as fertilizer. 
this respect between the different States. 
There is a considerable variation in 
In Arizona, California, 
Illinois, and Missouri all of the cottonseed meal was reported as being 
used for feed, and in Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and 
