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shows a power stripper operating in a field of cotton that has been defoliated by chemical process.
This scene is on the High Plains of Northwest Texas. The machine gathers several bales a day.U. S. Cotton
Yield, Production and Price, 1790-1944
(Production in Thousands.)Yield
Per *Prod'n
Year- Acre. Bales.
1790 ........ ... 3
1800 ........ ... 73
1810 ........ ... 177
1815 ....... ... 209
1819 ........ .. 349
1820 ......... 334
1821 ......... 377
1822 ........ .. 439
1823 ....... . . 387
1824 ....... . . 450
1825 ....... . . 533
1826 ....... . . 732
1827 ........ .. 5 65
1828 ........ ... 680
1829 ........ ... 764
1830 ........ .. 732
1831 ........ .. 805
1832 ........ .. 816
1833 ........ .. 931
1834 ........ .. . 962
1835 ....... . . 1,062
1836 ....... . . 1,129
1837 ........ .. 1,428
1838 ........ ... 1,093
1839 ........ ... 1,654
1840 ........ ... 1,348
1841 ........ ... 1,398
1842 ........ ... 2,035
1843 ........ ... 1,750
1844 ........ ... 2,097
1845 ........ ... 1,806
1846 ........ ... 1,604
1847 ........ ... 2,128
1848 ........ ... 2,615
1849 ........ ... 1,975
1850 ........ ... 2,136
1851 ........ ... 2,799)
1852 ........ ... 3,130
1853 ........ ... 2,766
1854 ....... ... 2,708
1855 ........ .. 3,221
1856 ........ ... 2,874
1857 ........ ... 3,012
1858 ........ ... 3,758
1859 ........ ... 4,310Price
Cts.
26.0
44.0
15.0
29.0
17.0
14.9
14.3
11.4
14.7
18.6
12.2
9.3
10.3
9.9
10.0
9.7
9.4
12.3
12.9
17.4
163.5
13.2
10.1
13.4
8.9
9.5
7.8
7.2
7.7
5.6
7.9
11.2
8.0
7.5
12.3
12.1
9.5
11.0
11.0
10.4
10.3
13.5
12.2
12.1
11.0Yield
Per *Prod'n Price
Year- Acre. Bales. Cts.
1860 ........ . 3,841 13.0
1861 ........ ... 4,491 31.3
1862 ........ ... 1,597 67.2
1863 ........ ... 449 101.5
1864 ........ ... 299 83.4
1865 ....... ... 2,094 43.2
1866 ........121.5 2,097 31.6
1867 ........142.6 2.520 24.9
1868 ........150.7 2.366 29.0
T269 ........155.4 3,091 24.0
1870 ........208.2 4,352 17.11
1871 ........159.0 2,974 20.5
1872 ....... 182.3 3,933 18.1
1873 ....... 168.3 4.168 17.0
1874 ........157.0 3,836 15.0
1875 ....... 181.2 4,631 13.0
1876 ....... 167.6 4,474 11.7
1877 ....... 170.4 4,773 11.3
1878 ....... 167.5 5.074 10.8
1879 ....... 180.5 5,756 12.0
1880 ....... 190.9 6,605 11.3
1881 ....... 149.0 5,456 12.2
1882 ....... 208.9 6,949 10.6
1883 ....... 162.0 5,713 10.0
1884 ........ 155.1 5,682 10.5
1885 ....... 169.9 6,576 9.4
1886 ....... 164.3 6,505 10.3
1887 ....... 175.1 7,047 10.3
1888 ....... 169.5 6,938 10.7
1889 ....... 176.9 7,473 11.5
1890 ....... 195.5 8,653 8.6
1891 ....... 198.7 9,035 7.3
1892 ....... 168.7 6,700 8.4
1893 ....... 175.3 7,493 7.5
1894 ....... 219.0 9,901 5.9
1895 ....... 172.2 7,162 8.2
1896 ....... 175.2 8,533 7.3
1897 ....... 209.0 10,899 5.6
1898 ....... 223.1 11,278 4..)
1899 ....... 185.0 9,346 7.6
1910 ....... 194.7 10,124 9.3
1901 ....... 168.2 9,508 8.4
1902 ....... 184.7 10,630 9.6
1903 ....... 169.9 9,851 12.4
1904 ...... 213.7 13,438 8.7Yield
Per *Prod'n Price
Year- Acre. Bales. Cts.
1905 ....... 182.3 10,576 10.9
19016 .......202.3 13,274 10.9
1907 ....... 172.9 11,106 11.4
1908 ....... 203.8 13,241 9.8
1909 ....... 156.5 10,005 14.3
1910 ....... 176.2 11,609 14.6
1911 ....... 215.0 15.694 10.8
1912 ....... 201.4 13.703 12.2
1913 ....... 192.3 14,153 13.1
1914 ....... 216.4 16,112 8.7
1915 ....... 178.5 11,172 11.6
1916 ....... 165.6 11,448 18.8
1917 ....... 167.4 11,284 28.9
1918 ...... 164.1 12.018 29.8
1919 ....... 165.9 11.481 38.2
1920 ...... 186.7 13,429 16.o
1921 ....... 132.5 7,945 17.9
1922 ....... 148.8 9,755 25.9
1923 ....... 136.4 10.140 30.4
1924 .... .. 165.0 13,630 22.6
1925 ....... 173.5 16.105 18.2
1926 ....... 192.8 17,978 10.9
1927 ........ 161.7 12.956 19.6
1928 ....... 163.3 14.477 18.0
1929 ....... 164.1 14.825 16.8
1930 ....... 120.0 13,932 9.5
1931 ....... 173.0 17,097 5.7
1932 ....... 162.0 13,003 6.5
193 3 ....... 209.0 13,047 10.2
1934 ....... 171.0 9,636 12.4
1935 ....... 184.0 10,6:38 11.1
1936 ....... 199.4 12,399 12.3
1937 ....... 269.9 18,946 8.4
1938 ....... 235.8 11,943 8.3
1939 ....... 237.9 11.812 10.3
1940 ....... 252.4 12.686 9.8
1941 ........231.9 10,744 17.0
1942 ........272.4 12,817 18.8
1943 ........253.5 11,427 19.9
1944 ........295.3 12,359 20.3
*Running bales prior to 1899;
500-pound gross-weight bales
since that date.THE SHIPPERS WAREHOUSE CO.-DALLAS
Reasonable Rates-Cheap Insurance on Cotton and General Storage4 4,.
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