================+==========+==============+========+=============== | | _Gross | | _Crop Value | |Equivalent 500|_Approx-| Including _States_ | _Acreage_| Pound Bales | imate | Seed | | Exclusive of |Percent-| and Linters_ | | Linters_ | age_ | ----------------+----------+--------------+--------+--------------- Alabama | 1,977,000| 517,890 | 4.6 | $86,940,000 Arizona | | 21,737 | 0.1 | 6,300,000 Arkansas | 2,740,000| 973,752 | 8.6 | 164,840,000 California | | 57,826 | 0.5 | 9,410,000 Florida | 183,000| 37,858 | 0.3 | 10,260,000 Georgia | 5,195,000| 1,883,911 | 16.7 | 322,600,000 Louisiana | 1,454,000| 638,729 | 5.7 | 102,260,000 Mississippi | 2,788,000| 905,554 | 8.0 | 152,270,000 Missouri | 345,000| 60,831 | 0.5 | 10,100,000 North Carolina | 1,515,000| 617,989 | 5.5 | 103,940,000 Oklahoma | 2,783,000| 959,081 | 8.5 | 150,270,000 South Carolina | 2,837,000| 1,236,871 | 10.9 | 207,220,000 Tennessee | 882,000| 240,525 | 2.1 | 40,130,000 Texas |11,092,000| 3,125,378 | 27.7 | 495,590,000 Virginia | 50,000| 18,777 | 0.2 | 3,140,000 All Other States| | 5,666 | 0.1 | 970,000 +----------+--------------+--------+-------------- Totals |33,841,000| 11,302,375 | 100.00 | 1,866,240,000 ================+==========+==============+========+============== There are generally speaking, two kinds of cotton produced in the United States--Upland cotton, and Sea Island cotton. The former makes up the great bulk of the crop, the relative percentages in 1917 being 99.2 and .8. The Constant Search For Long Staples