Our country and its resources; . 50 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES 4,238,494 bales of cotton in 1914against over 16,000,000 for theUnited States for the same total for Russia Id 1914 was1,177,995 bales and Egypt is creditedwith 1,4501000 bales during the sameperiod, statistics of 1910 give theworlds production of llJ:::..!);!)bales of cotton, but arc frankly in-accurate and arc only for those com-paratively few countries from whichfigures arc available. Normally theUnited states has under cultivation in the neighborh 1 of 36,000,000 acres of cotton and could normallyexpect this year to
Our country and its resources; . 50 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES 4,238,494 bales of cotton in 1914against over 16,000,000 for theUnited States for the same total for Russia Id 1914 was1,177,995 bales and Egypt is creditedwith 1,4501000 bales during the sameperiod, statistics of 1910 give theworlds production of llJ:::..!);!)bales of cotton, but arc frankly in-accurate and arc only for those com-paratively few countries from whichfigures arc available. Normally theUnited states has under cultivation in the neighborh 1 of 36,000,000 acres of cotton and could normallyexpect this year to produce a muchlarger quantity than will be pickedunder the abnormal conditions. Texas is the largest producer ofcotton among the States, accountingfor 3,175,000 bales of 500 poundseach. Georgia is next with 1,900,-000 hales, followed by South Caro-lina with 1,160,000 hales. Virginialias the smallest cotton crop, mar-keting hut 16,000 bales. Tobacco In the year 1849 the United Statesproduced 199,753,000 pounds oftobacco. In 1915
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