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COTTON PRODUCTION. 219
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.j& ;::L 9': - , r;:1:..'::-%4A typ'd (lj, vai ad scene dur n tie height of the cotton-picking season. Notice toe absence
of horse-drawn vehicles. Cotton ginning has made rapid technological advances notable in
machinery for cleaning the lint as it is ginned. This has greatly facilitated mechanical harvest
of cotton. Gin shown above is in the Upper Rio Grande Valley, El Paso County.
Cotton Production, by Counties, Selected Years, 1906.1948.-(Continued.)
Bales Ginned. Bales Ginned. Bales Ginned.
County 1y1
1906 I 1916 1926 1936 1942 1943 1945 I 1946 1947 t1948Lynn ....... ..... ..... I 50,3381
MIcCulloch . 22,103 15,4331 29,600!
McLennan . 120,2361108,168 89,6741
M cM ullen .. ..... ..... ..... !
Madison ... 13,254 10,914, 18,1451
Marion .... 6,538, 5,9271 9,0831
Martin .. .. . .. .. 10,243
Mason ..... 7,781 3,076 4,860
Matagorda ..... 2,888 8,4781
Maverick.. ..... .
Medina .... 16,074 9.016 6,287
Menard . 1,638 .. 2,753
Midland ........ ..... 6,078
Milam ..... 60,004 59,808 69,546
Mills ..... 2.3,184 4,834 5,6611
Mitchell ... 10,926 12,247 41,188
Montague ..37,450 19,916 19,9461
Montgomery 9,701 7,1551 7,461
M oore ..... . .... ....
Morris .... 10,2271 9,8851 13,7721
Motley ... 2,215 ..... 26,354;
Nacogdoches! 9,3951 12,7431 33,806'
Navarro ... 79,5631 86,6801 78.081
Newton ... 597
Nolan ..... 9,807 10,722 25,481
Nueces .... 4,983 9421102,717
Orange .... ..... .... .. ...
Palo Pinto 24,795 5,2721 5,456
Panola ... 8,463 16,0681 30,845
Parker .... 43,890 12,413; 11,950
Parmer .. .
Pecos ..... ..... . . .. .
Polk ...... 4,708, 7,421 16,3901
Presidio ... ..... . .. .....
Rains. 3,250 6,051 4,535
Randall .... I .
Red Raver.. 31,310 40,9361 23,836
Reeves.... ......
Refugto . 18.68949,6711 55,3081
15,829! 7.1431
64,0311 42.4311
.. .. 3141
556 9,415
2.978 3,6471
9,3741 15,1071
746 3831
3.3531 8,4071
..... 490
.... 2
72 352
5,4381 3,157
26,599 27,650,
3,799 1,2761
16,233 17,515,
3,361 2,810
742 2,227
6,039! 4,086
7,2711 7,5821
17,8621 13,598
61,614 51,169,
S 725
16,0311 9,4711
85,105I 77,244
S 1901
2,061 717
15,787 13,546
3,738 1,234
4,8881 5,070
3,686;
3,704 7,318
3,6281 1,499
3,266 6,936
24,857 24,927
3,2521
2,521 9,529;98,243
11,138
35,199
3,799)
1,205
24,771
6,2461
..... i
6,198
22,030
2,1371
17,407'
3,805
639
4,083,
14,480
8,216
41,0911
13,8281
75,704
8,i10
884
1,9451
5.301
1,0341
2,990
14,53)
2.433
4,569169,5071
8,1181
42,401
5,523
1,4941
16,1741
.....
13,9531
4,7941
28,032
1,734,
16,803i
2.4679
3,923,
9,4901
11,6021
36,349'
12,782
81,659
10,529
2,442
3,099,
.I
1,905
18.312
2,053
8.54583,9381
6,3071
27,0401
304
3,095
1.361,
20,070;
59
5,950
1,5131
141
130
6,828
18,151
949
25,000
3,188
436
2,0101
12,117
4,3921
37,598
139
16.3101
52,010
2
1,061
5,586
875
108,
4,2971
1,922
937
3,259
17.33
3,478;
3,289!7,1611
4,548 I
45,8271
2,362i
:..7
11,127
17.574
20,07511
1,2141
4,839'
2,3811
39.682'
46,2591
2.172
3,746
8,372
1,99718,3401106,0271 51,637
1,639! 2,131 992
31,0471 54,621 55,773
..... .... .6
1,231 2,212 2,261
9,933 47.846 24,599
4,280 7.5121 9.985
..... ........
2,823, 9,336 3,665
9,6661 22,846 20,939
13,386 22,9001 22,092
992: 2,255 2,024
4,213' 13,292 12,094
1,806! 2,943 5,213
28,369i 47,789 46,218
10,197 11,433 11,895
43,339 64,295 51,231
2,076 3,201 4,902
2,465 5,600 7,328
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10,230 18,224 19,200
3,351' 4,933 5,731" 2% ':" :" ; ...I
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