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Show jcesESfioi; IN COTTON CROP 1918-19 Production Estimated Esti-mated to Be 400,000 Bales Above Last Year. W SH 1 ' !TO. Dec. U.- Tho total prodm lion el' coC-m tn the I'nited State for the mmm'm of HM-lli will amount to T.. 'jvH' i minds, not including lin-i.ts lin-i.ts nl equivalent to H.Tl'O.iHMt bale of .".'Hi pounds ross weight, the il part ment of agriculture today announced in its final report of i ho ."i'iimhi. Total production last Year was ll."0i;.o7,"i 1 ales. I'l oilMv lion of sea island cotton Is cstl-initcil cstl-initcil at 4.iH'0 bales compared with !',. (t;i hales last year 'iiu! of American Kgvp-uau Kgvp-uau cotton produced in Arizona and ifali-lorm.i. ifali-lorm.i. ;5.iio i minini; hales. The :it.c weight per i mining halo 1.- -timated at I.e.". pounds gross, compared wnli pounds lust year. The pr.ee per pound of lint cotton tn w.ilur;'is l VtvmhiT I was L'T.ti cents, V w ith 'JT.T cents ;i year ago. . I'ho est i mated production by states tn ' l'i,!ts of ;"0 pounds gross weight follows: Yin-.nia. 'Jfi.i'cO; North Carolina. 7m.iHH: South Carolina. l.r00.O0O; Ueorhi. IMi'O.-C'.'i'; IMi'O.-C'.'i'; Florida. :r.iHiO; Alabama. S-O.uOO; M;s-sissii M;s-sissii pt. l.'JlO.OO'.i: liouisiuna, Oim; Texas. :"S'lali0; Arkansas. Tennessee. Ten-nessee. 'LiO.ecc; M.ssomi. ?i'.00); Oklahoma, Okla-homa, : Oal.fornta liM.Oec; Arizona, M. ".'.. all other states, mc0. |