HDR1012000170171024970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Cotton                                                                          
Ginnings                                                                        
                                                                                
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Released October 24, 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    
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       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
       October 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-1997      
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   Crop         :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
    and         : --------------------------------------------------------------
   State        :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     :      1997     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       107,850         133,100         174,950          57,300 
    AZ          :       172,850         101,500         123,300         171,700 
    AR          :       641,600         520,850         718,450         426,900 
    CA          :       258,700          72,050         223,800         458,450 
    FL 1/       :                        19,650          14,150           7,950 
    GA          :        94,650         413,100         346,300         242,600 
    LA          :       678,750         727,800         642,000         494,550 
    MS          :       822,750       1,083,150       1,027,450         555,450 
    MO          :       209,750         115,700         177,400         134,950 
    NM          :        12,200           3,500          12,950           3,100 
    NC          :        99,100         114,150         118,150          41,600 
    OK  1/      :        89,350             150                          18,700 
    SC          :        55,450          65,250         132,050          43,350 
    TN          :       272,350         238,050         350,050         166,650 
    TX          :     1,465,550       1,166,750         702,850       1,003,400 
    VA 1/       :                        20,100                           2,000 
    US          :     5,002,250       4,794,850       4,779,500       3,828,650 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :         5,100           2,900           7,050           7,200 
    CA  1/      :         5,050                          10,700          41,200 
    NM  1/      :           950                                             700 
    TX  1/      :         4,100           2,000                           1,750 
    US          :        15,200           5,250          20,550          50,850 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (10-97)                                                                 
Estimates are All Cotton ginned prior to October 1, 1997.  Preliminary          
estimates were released October 10, 1997.                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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           :    1,232,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Arizona (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Maricopa               :        7,300 
                        :              :: Pinal                  :       20,850 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :       28,150 
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore              1/ :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       35,600 
 Macon               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70         3/ :       35,600 
 District 40         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Graham              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Pima                1/ :              
 Escambia            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 90            :        2,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :        1,150 :: AZ  Total              :       71,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Covington           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Geneva              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Henry               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Russell             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :        2,200 :: Arkansas               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 AL  Total              :        4,350 :: Clay                   :          350 
                        :              :: Craighead              :        6,700 
                        :              :: Greene                 :          450 
 Arizona                :              :: Mississippi            :       10,550 
                        :              :: Poinsett               :        6,650 
 Mohave              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 30            :       24,200 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
         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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              :: California (Cont'd)    :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden          1/ :              :: Riverside           1/ :              
 Cross               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lee                 1/ :              :: District 80            :       13,750 
 Lonoke                 :          450 ::                        :              
 Phillips            1/ :              :: CA  Total              :       59,650 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :        9,350 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Ashley              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Chicot              1/ :              :: Florida             4/ :              
 Desha                  :          750 ::                        :              
 Jefferson              :        3,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Georgia                :              
 District 90            :        7,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Bleckley            1/ :              
 AR  Total              :       40,900 :: Dodge               1/ :              
                        :              :: Johnson             1/ :              
                        :              :: Laurens             1/ :              
 California             :              :: Pulaski             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colusa              1/ :              :: District 50            :        1,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50         2/ :              :: Bulloch             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
 Fresno                 :        4,350 ::                        :              
 Kern                   :       31,050 :: District 60         2/ :              
 Kings               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madera              1/ :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Merced              1/ :              :: Decatur             1/ :              
 Tulare                 :        2,000 :: Early               1/ :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 51         3/ :       37,400 :: Miller              1/ :              
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
 Imperial            1/ :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
         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)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Seminole            1/ :              :: Franklin               :       27,450 
 Sumter              1/ :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 Terrell             1/ :              :: Morehouse              :        4,200 
 Thomas                 :        4,100 :: Richland               :       13,900 
                        :              :: Tensas                 :       25,850 
 District 70         3/ :        4,100 :: West Carroll        1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Berrien             1/ :              :: District 30            :       93,950 
 Brooks              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Coffee              1/ :              :: Natchitoches        1/ :              
 Colquitt               :        8,800 ::                        :              
 Cook                1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :              
 Crisp               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Dooly                  :        5,450 :: Avoyelles           1/ :              
 Irwin               1/ :              :: Catahoula              :       12,500 
 Tift                1/ :              :: Concordia           1/ :              
 Turner              1/ :              :: Pointe Coupe        1/ :              
 Worth               1/ :              :: Rapides                :        8,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 80            :       26,800 :: District 50            :       31,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 GA  Total              :       39,800 :: LA  Total              :      130,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :        2,650 :: Bolivar                :        5,200 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :        3,350 
                        :              :: Quitman             1/ :              
 District 10         3/ :        2,650 :: Tallahatchie        1/ :              
                        :              :: Tunica                 :          400 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10         3/ :        8,950 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 East Carroll           :       12,350 :: Desoto              1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
               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)   :              :: Missouri               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Grenada             1/ :              :: Dunklin                :        9,600 
 Yalobusha           1/ :              :: New Madrid          1/ :              
                        :              :: Pemiscot               :        2,950 
 District 20            :        1,100 :: Scott               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       15,700 :: District 90            :       12,600 
 Leflore                :        4,400 ::                        :              
 Sharkey                :        7,200 :: MO  Total              :       12,600 
 Sunflower              :        8,300 ::                        :              
 Washington             :        9,450 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :       11,450 :: New Mexico Total       :            0 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :       56,500 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :        5,400 ::                        :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: North Carolina         :              
 District 50            :       11,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Sampson             1/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60         2/ :              :: District 90         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Hinds               1/ :              :: North Carolina      4/ :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 District 70            :        7,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Harmon              1/ :              
 MS  Total              :       86,600 :: Jackson             1/ :              
                        :              :: Tillman             1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
               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)      :              :: Tennessee (Cont'd)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Crockett               :          850 
 District 30            :          800 :: Fayette             1/ :              
                        :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 OK  Total              :          800 :: Haywood                :        3,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :        5,850 
 South Carolina         :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TN  Total              :        9,250 
 Darlington          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Marlboro               :          100 :: Texas                  :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         3/ :          100 :: Hale                1/ :              
                        :              :: Parmer              1/ :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lee                 1/ :              :: District 11         2/ :              
 Orangeburg          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Bailey              1/ :              
 District 50            :          600 :: Cochran             1/ :              
                        :              :: Crosby              1/ :              
 Allendale           1/ :              :: Dawson                 :          350 
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Gaines                 :        2,100 
                        :              :: Glasscock           1/ :              
 District 80         2/ :              :: Hockley             1/ :              
                        :              :: Howard              1/ :              
 SC  Total              :        1,200 :: Lamb                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lubbock                :          100 
                        :              :: Lynn                1/ :              
 Tennessee              :              :: Martin              1/ :              
                        :              :: Midland             1/ :              
 Lake                1/ :              :: Terry               1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Yoakum                 :          250 
 Tipton                 :        2,500 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 12            :       11,300 
 District 10         3/ :        2,500 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Collingswort        1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
               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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Garza               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: District 52            :       41,350 
 Wilbarger           1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Culberson           1/ :              
 District 21            :          200 :: Reeves              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Baylor              1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :              
 Fisher              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jones               1/ :              :: Tom Green           1/ :              
 Mitchell            1/ :              :: Upton               1/ :              
 Runnels             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: District 70            :        1,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 22            :          400 :: Burleson            1/ :              
                        :              :: Caldwell            1/ :              
 Collin              1/ :              :: Medina              1/ :              
 Ellis                  :        6,750 ::                        :              
 Falls               1/ :              :: District 81            :       16,550 
 Hill                   :       16,450 ::                        :              
 Hunt                1/ :              :: Kleberg             1/ :              
 Lamar               1/ :              :: Nueces                 :       78,200 
 Mclennan            1/ :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 Milam                  :        8,150 :: San Patricio           :      145,500 
 Navarro             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Williamson             :       24,800 :: District 82            :      260,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :       74,650 :: Brazoria               :       10,050 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       32,300 
                        :              :: Jackson             1/ :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
                        :              :: Wharton                :       79,500 
 Brazos              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Robertson              :       20,450 :: District 90            :      163,900 
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 8.                                                        
                                                                                
               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)         :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 96         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cameron                :       43,600 ::                        :              
 Hidalgo                :       50,600 ::                        :              
 Starr               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Willacy                :       88,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 97         3/ :      182,200 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 TX  Total              :      774,450 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Virginia Total         :            0 ::                        :              
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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.   
                                                                                
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10, 1997.                                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
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