The crop naturally depends upon the quality of the soil, and upon the attention which the fibre has received in its various stages; the yield per acre varies in different districts. Three bales per acre, or 1200 lb. is termed a 100% crop, but the usual quantity obtained is about 2.6 bales per acre. Sometimes the crop is stated in lakhs of 100,000 bales each. The crop in 1906 reached nearly 9,000,000 bales, and in 1907 nearly 10,000,000 was reached. The following particulars were issued on the 19th of September 1906 by Messrs. W. F. Souter & Co., Dundee:-- +---------+-----------+---------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------------+--------------+-----------+ | | |Estimated yield| Estimated | Shipment to Europe. | Shipment to America.| Supplies to | Out-turn | | Year. | Actual | (100% | total +-----------+----------+---------+-----------+ Indian mills |total crop.| | | acreage. | equal 3 bales | crop. | Jute. | Cuttings.| Jute. | Cuttings. | and local | Bales. | | | | per acre). | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | consumption. | | +---------+-----------+---------------+-------------+-----------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ |1901--1st| 2,216,500 | 94% = | 6,250,000 | | | | | | | | Final | 2,249,000 | 96% = | 6,500,000 | 3,528,691 | 54,427 | 295,921 | 426,331 | 3,100,000 = | 7,405,370 | |1902--1st| 2,200,000 | 80% = | 5,280.000 | | | | | | | | Final | 2,200,000 | 80% = | 5,280,000 | 2,773,621 | 39,019 | 230,415 | 207,999 | 2,600,000 = | 5,851,054 | |1903--1st| 2,100,000 | 85% = | 5,400,000 | | | | | | | | Final | 2,250,000 | 93(3/4)% = | 6,500,000 | 3,161,791 | 59,562 | 329,048 | 236,959 | 3,650,000 = | 7,437,360 | |1904--1st| 2,700,000 | 87(1/2)% = | 7,100,000 | | | | | | | | Final | 2,850,000 | 85% = | 7,400,000 | 2,939,940 | 44,002 | 253,882 | 290,854 | 3,475,782 = | 7,004,460 | |1905--1st| 3,163,500 | 87% = | 8,250,000 | | | | | | | | Final | 3,145,000 | 87% = | 8,200,000 \| | | | | \ | | | | | Outlying | 200,000 /| 3,483,315 | 63,118 | 347,974 | 245,044 | 4,018,523 / =| 8,233,358 | | | | | Madras | 75,384 | | | | | | |1906--1st| 3,271,400\| 87% = | 8,713,000 | | | | | | |