HDR1012000170170325970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released March 25, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service        
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at (202) 720-5944, office    
hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales (Excluding Linters) and Equivalent             
480-pound Net Weight Bales Ginned, by Crop, State, and United States,           
                         Crop Years 1995-96                                     
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      Crop      :       Running Bales Ginned      :     Equivalent 480-pound    
      and       :           by Crop Year          :       Net Weight Bales      
     State      : --------------------------------------------------------------
                :        1995      :     1996     :     1995      :     1996    
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                :                                                               
Upland          :                                                               
  AL            :       460,650         755,850         476,000         781,700 
  AZ            :       761,000         740,350         780,050         762,100 
  AR            :     1,452,900       1,593,150       1,471,450       1,621,350 
  CA            :     2,247,300       2,327,300       2,325,950       2,404,400 
  FL  1/        :                                                               
  GA            :     1,908,900       2,041,500       1,961,800       2,102,750 
  KS  1/        :                                                               
  LA            :     1,378,550       1,299,450       1,394,700       1,322,200 
  MS            :     1,806,850       1,819,250       1,846,000       1,866,250 
  MO            :       477,400         557,250         484,150         565,500 
  NM            :        55,800          75,150          55,850          75,250 
  NC            :       787,950         985,100         810,950       1,013,650 
  OK            :       117,250         126,100         120,450         127,600 
  SC            :       351,900         434,000         356,400         440,850 
  TN            :       713,150         664,100         724,000         677,400 
  TX            :     4,358,550       4,228,500       4,472,950       4,350,950 
  VA            :       128,250         153,000         130,750         155,250 
  US            :    17,113,850      17,925,400      17,522,550      18,397,300 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
  AZ            :        70,750          72,500          72,650          74,850 
  CA            :       215,050         360,250         224,100         374,200 
  NM            :        13,900          14,450          14,150          14,650 
  TX            :        54,950          62,950          56,550          64,450 
  US            :       354,650         510,150         367,450         528,150 
                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
  US            :    17,468,500      18,435,550      17,890,000      18,925,450 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (3-97)                                                                  
                                                                                
   Cotton Ginnings:  Average Net Weight per Bale of Cotton Ginned               
          by State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-96                       
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      Crop      :                Average Net Weight per Bale                    
      and       : ----------------------------------------------------------    
     State      :         1994      :       1995       :       1996             
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                :                          Pounds                               
Upland          :                                                               
  AL            :         494.0             496.0              496.4            
  AZ            :         493.5             492.0              494.1            
  AR            :         488.7             486.1              488.5            
  CA            :         496.8             496.8              495.9            
  FL            :         503.0             496.3              499.0            
  GA            :         496.4             493.3              494.4            
  KS 1/         :                           497.0              480.0            
  LA            :         486.7             485.6              488.4            
  MS            :         491.4             490.4              492.4            
  MO            :         488.1             486.8              487.1            
  NM            :         488.6             480.4              480.6            
  NC            :         494.8             494.0              493.9            
  OK            :         493.8             493.2              485.8            
  SC            :         495.0             486.1              487.6            
  TN            :         488.7             487.3              489.6            
  TX            :         495.0             492.6              493.9            
  VA            :         487.4             489.4              487.1            
  US            :         493.1             491.5              492.6            
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
  AZ            :         495.6             492.8              495.5            
  CA            :         496.8             500.2              498.6            
  NM            :         493.4             488.6              486.6            
  TX            :         494.8             493.9              491.5            
  US            :         496.0             497.3              496.9            
                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
  US            :         493.1             491.6              492.8            
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1/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
There were 12,750 bales from the 1996 crop which ginners estimated would        
be ginned after the March survey, compared to 500 last year, and 8,600          
in 1994.  The number of active cotton gins for crop year 1996 is 1,213,         
compared to 1,274 in 1995, and 1,306 for the 1994 crop year.                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending February 28, 1997, amounted to          
823,084 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
February was 667,691 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses   
was 9,097,167 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,572,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 652,300 bales. 
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(97)-02", dated     
March 21, 1997.                                                                 
                                                                                
  Estimates are All Cotton ginned.                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
UNITED STATES           :   18,435,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       76,400 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Limestone              :      116,650 ::                        :              
 Madison                :       40,500 :: District 50            :      125,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10            :      286,900 :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Covington           1/ :              
 Blount              1/ :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fayette             1/ :              :: District 60            :      192,550 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      755,850 
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore                 :       24,250 :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      329,200 
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      273,600 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      602,800 
 District 40            :       82,950 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       67,000 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70         3/ :       67,000 :: District 70            :        8,350 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      100,650 
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      198,850 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       84,400 :: Jefferson              :      126,250 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      812,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      509,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,593,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       30,150 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      163,150 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       26,150 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      353,500 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      109,200 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      682,150 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       91,950 :: Fresno                 :      966,350 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      601,000 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      507,800 
 Lonoke                 :       57,450 :: Madera              1/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      183,700 
 Phillips               :      128,500 :: Tulare                 :      246,000 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       40,550 :: District 51         3/ :    2,504,850 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      393,450 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80            :       60,300 
 Miller              1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 California (Cont'd)    :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 CA  Total              :    2,687,550 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      158,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Florida  Total      4/ :              :: Bulloch             1/ :              
                        :              :: Burke                  :      113,750 
                        :              :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      292,000 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
                        :              :: Decatur             1/ :              
                        :              :: Early               1/ :              
 Georgia                :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
                        :              :: Miller              1/ :              
 Bartow              1/ :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
                        :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: Seminole            1/ :              
                        :              :: Sumter              1/ :              
 Elbert              1/ :              :: Terrell             1/ :              
                        :              :: Thomas              1/ :              
 District 30         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70            :      472,650 
 Taylor              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Colquitt               :      238,850 
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      197,750 
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
                        :              :: Tift                1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Georgia (Cont'd)       :              :: Louisiana (Cont'd)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Turner              1/ :              :: Natchitoches        1/ :              
 Wilcox              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Worth               1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 80            :    1,031,300 :: Avoyelles           1/ :              
                        :              :: Catahoula              :       90,300 
 Appling             1/ :              :: Concordia              :       96,200 
                        :              :: Pointe Coupe        1/ :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: Rapides                :       52,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 GA  Total              :    2,041,500 :: District 50         3/ :      239,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: LA  Total              :    1,299,450 
 Kansas              4/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Mississippi            :              
 Louisiana              :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Bolivar                :      117,000 
 Caddo                  :       37,000 :: Coahoma                :      174,850 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Quitman                :       69,900 
                        :              :: Tallahatchie           :      111,600 
 District 10         3/ :       37,000 :: Tunica                 :       51,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Ouachita            1/ :              :: District 10            :      524,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Benton              1/ :              
                        :              :: Calhoun                :       44,300 
 East Carroll           :      113,350 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Franklin               :      183,700 :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      141,350 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Richland               :      219,350 :: Panola                 :       35,300 
 Tensas                 :      136,350 :: Tate                1/ :              
 West Carroll           :       94,250 :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         3/ :      888,350 :: District 20            :      161,400 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              :: Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lee                 1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pontotoc            1/ :              :: District 70            :       71,800 
 Prentiss            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tippah              1/ :              :: MS  Total              :    1,819,250 
 Union               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Missouri               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       85,200 :: Dunklin                :      207,050 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      161,600 
 Leflore                :      144,950 :: Pemiscot               :      130,700 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      156,150 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      165,950 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      130,050 :: District 90            :      557,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      682,300 :: MO  Total              :      557,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      102,750 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       34,900 :: Quay                1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Rankin              1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
 District 50            :      214,350 :: Luna                1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Chaves              1/ :              
 District 60            :       48,800 :: Dona Ana               :       38,950 
                        :              :: Eddy                1/ :              
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: District 90            :       77,600 
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 New Mexico (Cont'd)    :              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 NM  Total              :       89,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 80            :      257,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 North Carolina         :              :: Bladen              1/ :              
                        :              :: Duplin              1/ :              
 Rutherford          1/ :              :: Harnett             1/ :              
                        :              :: Hoke                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Robeson                :       42,900 
                        :              :: Sampson                :       75,600 
 Anson               1/ :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Stanly              1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :      118,500 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       64,350 :: NC  Total              :      985,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bertie              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Gates               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Halifax                :       89,000 :: Beckham                :        8,050 
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Custer              1/ :              
 Martin              1/ :              :: Washita                :        7,850 
 Nash                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Northampton            :       82,100 :: District 20         3/ :       15,900 
 Perquimans          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Caddo                  :        3,550 
 District 70            :      447,500 :: Cotton              1/ :              
                        :              :: Greer                  :        3,100 
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: Harmon                 :       20,450 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Jackson                :       53,150 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        8,150 
 Jones               1/ :              :: Tillman                :       15,150 
 Lenoir              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pitt                1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :      103,550 
 Wayne               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
                        :              :: Grady               1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Oklahoma (Cont'd)      :              :: South Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Mcclain             1/ :              :: Allendale           1/ :              
                        :              :: Barnwell            1/ :              
 District 50            :        4,450 :: Hampton             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bryan               1/ :              :: District 80            :       33,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60         2/ :              :: SC  Total              :      434,000 
                        :              ::                        :              
 OK  Total              :      126,100 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Tennessee              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 South Carolina         :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 York                1/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       59,250 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       64,500 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10         3/ :      123,750 
 Darlington             :       28,200 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Marlboro               :       50,000 :: Crockett               :      141,600 
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Fayette                :       48,700 
                        :              :: Gibson                 :       81,700 
 District 30         3/ :       78,200 :: Hardeman            1/ :              
                        :              :: Haywood                :      174,600 
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 Saluda              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      507,000 
 District 40            :        7,400 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Calhoun                :       74,200 ::                        :              
 Clarendon              :       29,950 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Lee                    :       48,250 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg             :       64,700 :: TN  Total              :      664,100 
 Sumter                 :       32,450 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      249,550 ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas                  :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Briscoe                :       50,100 :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Castro                 :       79,500 :: Kent                1/ :              
 Deaf Smith          1/ :              :: Motley              1/ :              
 Floyd                  :      170,600 :: Wichita             1/ :              
 Hale                   :      323,400 :: Wilbarger              :        6,900 
 Parmer                 :      101,700 ::                        :              
 Swisher                :       66,400 :: District 21            :      195,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 11         3/ :      791,700 :: Baylor              1/ :              
                        :              :: Coleman             1/ :              
 Bailey                 :       77,200 :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Haskell                :       46,400 
 Crosby                 :      193,950 :: Jones                  :       35,800 
 Dawson                 :       90,000 :: Knox                1/ :              
 Gaines                 :      281,950 :: Mitchell               :       10,350 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Hockley                :      290,650 :: Runnels                :       28,000 
 Howard              1/ :              :: Scurry                 :        5,150 
 Lamb                   :      253,300 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lubbock                :      261,050 ::                        :              
 Lynn                   :      206,950 :: District 22            :      196,100 
 Martin                 :       36,000 ::                        :              
 Midland             1/ :              :: Clay                1/ :              
 Terry                  :      296,950 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      149,950 :: Young               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 12            :    2,217,400 :: District 30            :        3,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Borden              1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       18,700 
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Hill                   :       26,400 
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Donley              1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Garza                  :       17,950 :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Hall                   :       64,100 :: Mclennan            1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Milam                  :        6,100 :: Nueces                 :       49,050 
 Navarro             1/ :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 Williamson             :       22,550 :: San Patricio           :       66,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :      118,150 :: District 82            :      144,500 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: Brazoria               :       12,200 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       49,050 
                        :              :: Jackson             1/ :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
 Robertson              :       33,350 :: Wharton                :       95,150 
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      186,250 
 District 52            :       63,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       48,950 
 District 60            :       90,500 :: Hidalgo                :       33,200 
                        :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Concho              1/ :              :: Willacy                :       78,650 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tom Green              :       38,400 :: District 97         3/ :      160,800 
 Upton               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    4,291,450 
 District 70            :       69,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              :: Virginia  Total        :      153,000 
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       19,350 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
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 1/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins.                              
 2/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total. 
 3/  Excludes some gins' data to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included 
     in State total.                                                            
 4/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in U.S. total.  
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on           
May 12, 1997.                                                                   
                                                                                
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