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190 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1945-1946.
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.5,5Most of the Texas cotton crop is still picked by hand, though this method adds greatly to the cost
of production. The usual experienced picker will gather Ifrom 150 to 300 pounds a day, according to
conditions, though highly skilled pickers gather 400 and 500 pounds daily.large quantities to livestock over the na-
tion. The Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
ics, in a breakdown to show how the crop is
used, estimated that, of the 1,238,000 tons of
seed produced in Texas in 1942. a total of
178.000 tons was left on the farm, 1.060,000
tons were sold to oil mills. 64,000 tons were
exchanged for meal and 2,270 tons of meal
were used as fertilizer on cotton farms.
Cottonseed's greatest utility in the future,
however, will probably come through chemi-
cal discoveries and expansion of present
uses. Approximately 150.000 tons of hulls
were used in 1944-45 to make furfural in the
manufacture of synthetic rubber. Cottonlinters are recognized as the richest source
of chemical cellulose available. In wartime,
the linters have been used almost exclu-
sively in production of smokeless powder,
The crushing industry is versatile and mills
are encouraging production of peanuts and
other oil seeds to supplement the reduced
supply of cottonseed. Texas cottonseed oil
mills crushed 9,301,000 bushels of northern-
grown soybeans in the 1943-44 season.
Texas oil mills from the 1943 crop produced
287.475.000 pounds of cottonseed oil, 451.339
tons of cake and meal, 226,099 tons of cot-
tonseed hulls and 284,450 bales of cotton
linters.Texas Cotton Acreage, Production and Value, 1849-1944
The following figures are from the U. S. Department of Agricullure (all figures in thousands):Acres *Prod
Year- Har'd. Bale1849. ...
1859 .....
1866 ..... 490
1867 ..... 491
188G ..... 581
1869 ..... 720
1870 ...... 922
1871 .... 867
1872 .... 1,004
1873 .... 1,308
1874 .... 1,384
1875 .... 1,530
1876 .... 1,562
1877 .... 1,838
1878 .... 1,993
1879 .... 2,175
1880 .... 2,473
1881 .... 2,553
1882 .... 2,501
1883 ..... 2,723
1884 .... 2.808
1885 .....3,115
1886 .... 3,329
1887 .... 3,570
1888 .... 3,783
1889 .... 3,928
1890 .... 4,177
1891 .... 4,925
1892 . 4,5215
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69
62
1,07
80
1,27
86
1,32.
1,12(
92
1,33
1,514
1,59C
1.59
1,47
1L99
2,40:
2,24t' n Acres
s. Value. Year - Hlar'd.
8 . . 1893 ..... 4,930
1 1894 ..... 5,612
9 ..... 1895 ..... 5,163
5 ..... 1896 ..... 6.329
8 ..... 1897 .... 7,159
1 .... 1898 ... . 7,084
2 .... 1899 ... . 6,950
0 .... 1900 .... 7,363
8 .... 1901 .... 8,105
2 .... 1902 ..... 8.206
6 .... 1903 .... 8,117
3 ..... 1904 .... 8,658
6 ..... 1905 .... 8,018
1 ..... 1906 .... 9,265
0 ..... 1907 .... 9,262
5 . - 1908 ... 9,377
4 $54,782 1909 .... 9,900
8 37,324 1910 .... 10,212
5 56,975 1911 .... 11,261
0 48.160 1912 .... 11,134
5 42,785 1913 .... 12,352
2 48.678 1914 ... 12,020
4 65,132 1915 ... 10,523
0 88.370 1916 ... 10,951
4 68,548 1917 ...o 11,339
1 63,153 1918 .. 11,851
6 67,864 1919 ... 11,165
5 81,770 1920 ... 12,323
6 89,840 1921 10,426*Prod'n
Bales. Value.
1,997 $68,896
3,212 71.270
1.905 69,532
2,123 68,997
2,822 93,126
3.390 98,310
2,609 122.70(6
3,4:8 139,641
2,502 111,339
2,498 9)9,345
2,471 146,9100
3,145 145.507
2.542 139.038
4,174 227,897
2,300 131,215
3,814 182,095
2,523 171,564
3.0491 213,4:30
4,256 183,008
4.880 280,600
3,945 226,837
4.592 156.128
3.227 180,712
3,726 365,733
:,125 417,187
2.697 361,111
3,099 540,.225
4,345 286,771
2.198 176.939Acres *Prod'n
Year IHar'd. Bales. Value.
1922 .. 11,963 3,222 $378,585
1928 .... 14,851 4,340 659,680
19124 .... 17,1049 4,949 554,288
1925 .....17,336 4.163 385,007
1926 . ... 17,749 5,628 303,912
19127 .... 15.689 4.352 419,968
19128 . . .. 16,887 5.105 446,687
1929 . . .. 16.875 3,9t40 315,200
1930 . . .. 16,138 4,0:17 189,739
19:31 .... 14,754 5,320 148,960
1932 .... 13,334 4,500 139,500
1933 . ... 11.069 4,250 195.500
1934 .... 110,097 2,401 150,062
1935 .....10.657 2,950 161,102
1936 .... 11,597 2,933 173,487
1937 .....12,539 5,154 217,490
1938 ..... 9,153 3,125 129,688
1939 ..... 8,520 2,846 124,104
1940 .... 8.523 3,285 147.825
1941 .... 7,717 2,652 215.072
1942 .... 8.044 3,038 273.226
1943 .... 7,780 2,823 268,766
1944 .... 7,200 2,640 264,000
*Running bales prior to 1899;
500-pound gross-weight bales
since that dale. Acres as ac-
ltully harvested.THE SHIPPERS WAREHOUSE CO.-DALLAS
Reasonable Rates-Cheap Insurance on Cotton and General Storagep.; *2 ::
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