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Show THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP. The cntton crop of 1913 was next to the largest ever raised, according to the census bureau, which places the quantity ginned at 13,982,811 running bales, counting round as half bales and excluding linters, or l4,15b,4S6 bales of 500 pounds. This was a decrease of 1,536,215 bales, or 9.8 per cent, from the crop of 1911, which was the largest larg-est ever gathered or ginned. The amount coming into sight, or commercial commer-cial crop, so far reported by trade authorities is 14.233,106 bales, with a prospect that It will aggregate 14.600.-000 14.600.-000 bales by the end of August. The amount of cotton Beed produced, In tons, In 1913 was 6,305,000. with an estimated value of $156,600,000. Of this quantity, 4,767,802 tons were crushed. The corresponding amounts for 1912 were 6,104,000 tons produced and 4,579,508 tons crushed, and for 1911. 6,997,000 tons produced and 4,-921,073 4,-921,073 tons crushed. The world's production of cotton In 1913, exclusive of linters, measured by the factory supply that Is, the quantity entering commercial channels was 22,325,000 bales of 500 pounds net This compares com-pares with 20,976,000 bales in 1912 21,269,000 bales In 1911, and 16,241,-000 16,241,-000 bales In 1909. Of the total world production of commercial cotton in 1913 the United States contributed 60.0 per cent, India 17.1 per cent. Egypt 6.6 per cent. China 5.4 per cent and Russia 4.5 per cent. Bradstrcet's. |