HDR1012000170170325961500Cotton Ginnings                                        
Released March 25, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service        
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
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 Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales (Excluding Linters) and Equivalent             
480-pound Net Weight Bales Ginned, by Crop, State, and United States,           
                         Crop Years 1994-95                                     
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      Crop      :         Running Bales Ginned  :       Equivalent 480-pound    
      and       :               by Crop Year    :          Net Weight Bales     
     State      : --------------------------------------------------------------
                :         1994        :    1995 :          1994       :    1995 
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                :                                                               
Upland          :                                                               
  AL            :       687,850         491,150         708,500         509,450 
  AZ            :       743,500         761,000         764,400         780,050 
  AR            :     1,766,950       1,452,900       1,799,200       1,471,350 
  CA            :     2,642,900       2,247,300       2,735,500       2,325,950 
  FL  1/        :                                                               
  GA            :     1,500,900       1,908,700       1,551,950       1,961,600 
  KS 1/ 2/      :                                                               
  LA            :     1,513,100       1,378,550       1,534,100       1,394,650 
  MS            :     2,083,350       1,806,850       2,132,700       1,846,000 
  MO            :       555,350         477,400         564,600         484,150 
  NM            :        54,150          55,800          55,100          55,850 
  NC            :       806,150         787,950         831,000         810,950 
  OK            :       232,400         117,250         239,050         120,450 
  SC            :       370,000         351,900         381,600         356,350 
  TN            :       863,250         713,150         878,900         724,000 
  TX            :     4,789,600       4,358,550       4,938,800       4,472,950 
  VA 1/         :                       128,250                         130,750 
  US            :    18,800,650      17,144,150      19,313,750      17,555,600 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
  AZ            :        78,150          70,750          80,700          72,650 
  CA            :       178,300         215,050         184,550         224,100 
  NM            :        14,100          13,900          14,500          14,150 
  TX            :        56,100          54,950          57,850          56,550 
  US            :       326,650         354,650         337,600         367,450 
                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
  US            :    19,127,300      17,498,800      19,651,350      17,923,050 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.                    
2/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (3-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
   Cotton Ginnings:  Average Net Weight per Bale of Cotton Ginned               
          by State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-95                       
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      Crop      :                  Average Net Weight per Bale                  
      and       : ------------------------------------------------------------  
     State      :          1993 :          1994 :          1995                 
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                :                     Pounds                                    
Upland          :                                                               
  AL            :         497.0           494.0           497.9                 
  AZ            :         492.9           493.5           492.0                 
  AR            :         485.2           488.7           486.1                 
  CA            :         496.6           496.8           496.8                 
  FL            :         498.4           503.0           496.3                 
  GA            :         495.4           496.4           493.3                 
  KS 1/         :         480.0                           480.0                 
  LA            :         488.7           486.7           485.6                 
  MS            :         490.8           491.4           490.4                 
  MO            :         486.0           488.1           486.8                 
  NM            :         491.8           488.6           480.4                 
  NC            :         490.7           494.8           494.0                 
  OK            :         495.9           493.8           493.2                 
  SC            :         494.2           495.0           486.1                 
  TN            :         486.3           488.7           487.3                 
  TX            :         496.0           495.0           492.6                 
  VA            :         489.0           487.4           489.4                 
  US            :         493.4           493.1           491.5                 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
  AZ            :         495.2           495.6           492.8                 
  CA            :         497.2           496.8           500.2                 
  NM            :         493.5           493.4           488.6                 
  TX            :         494.8           494.8           493.9                 
Oth Sts         :         505.0                                                 
  US            :         495.9           496.0           497.3                 
                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
  US            :         493.5           493.1           491.6                 
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1/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
There were 500 bales from the 1995 crop which ginners estimated would           
be ginned after the March survey, compared to 8,600 last year, and none         
in 1993.  The number of active cotton gins for crop year 1995 is 1,275,         
compared to 1,306 in 1994, and 1,364 for the 1993 crop year.                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending January 31, 1996, amounted to           
738,878 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
January was 622,719 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses    
was 8,316,886 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,776,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 1,578,100 bales
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-01", dated     
February 23, 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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           :   17,498,800 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Baldwin             1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       35,200 :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Limestone              :       59,300 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Madison                :       25,750 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      122,300 
 District 10            :      144,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: 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            :      153,650 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Shelby              1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      491,150 
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Arizona                :              
 District 30         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Autauga             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Dallas              1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Elmore                 :        6,100 ::                        :              
 Greene              1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      354,050 
 Hale                1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      266,900 
 Lowndes             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Macon               1/ :              :: District 50            :      620,950 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 District 40            :       34,650 :: Yuma                   :       74,100 
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Miller              1/ :              
 District 70         3/ :       74,100 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70            :       11,000 
 Cochise                :       17,100 ::                        :              
 Graham              1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      110,450 
 Greenlee            1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      174,050 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       75,900 :: Jefferson              :      101,650 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      831,750 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      470,500 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,452,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       20,750 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      133,250 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       22,100 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      292,950 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      105,750 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      574,800 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       94,700 :: Fresno                 :      854,700 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      494,700 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      515,350 
 Lonoke                 :       51,950 :: Madera                 :      104,350 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      158,650 
 Phillips               :      136,150 :: Tulare                 :      264,500 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       38,250 :: District 51            :    2,392,250 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      396,600 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80         2/ :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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              :    2,462,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      118,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Florida                :              :: Bulloch             1/ :              
                        :              :: Burke                  :      107,100 
 Escambia            1/ :              :: Candler             1/ :              
 Jackson             1/ :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
 Santa Rosa          1/ :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: District 60            :      251,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 FL  Total           4/ :              :: 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            :      532,250 
 Taylor              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Colquitt               :      255,150 
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      136,100 
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
                        :              :: Tift                1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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/ :              ::                        :              
 Wilcox              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :      900,300 
 Worth               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Natchitoches        1/ :              
 District 80            :      938,100 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 40         2/ :              
 Appling             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pierce              1/ :              :: Avoyelles           1/ :              
                        :              :: Catahoula              :       71,300 
 District 90         2/ :              :: Concordia              :       95,800 
                        :              :: Pointe Coupe        1/ :              
 GA  Total              :    1,908,700 :: Rapides                :       73,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      310,900 
 Kansas              4/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: LA  Total              :    1,378,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Mississippi            :              
 Caddo                  :       37,450 ::                        :              
 Red River           1/ :              :: Bolivar                :      103,200 
                        :              :: Coahoma                :      152,150 
 District 10         3/ :       37,450 :: Quitman                :       58,250 
                        :              :: Tallahatchie           :      100,350 
 Ouachita            1/ :              :: Tunica                 :       49,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: District 10            :      463,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 East Carroll           :      118,400 :: Benton              1/ :              
 Franklin               :      186,900 :: Calhoun                :       22,300 
 Madison             1/ :              :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      155,900 :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Richland               :      209,650 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      127,600 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 West Carroll           :      101,850 :: Panola                 :       65,500 
                        :              :: Tate                1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)   :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Yalobusha           1/ :              :: Hinds               1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
 District 20            :      181,900 :: Warren              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lee                 1/ :              :: District 70            :       66,750 
 Pontotoc            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Prentiss            1/ :              :: MS  Total              :    1,806,850 
 Tippah              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Union               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Missouri               :              
 District 30            :       23,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Dunklin                :      147,150 
 Humphreys              :       94,550 :: New Madrid             :      153,500 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: Pemiscot               :      104,650 
 Leflore                :      156,750 :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      188,400 ::                        :              
 Washington             :      172,650 :: District 90            :      477,400 
 Yazoo                  :      143,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: MO  Total              :      477,400 
 District 40         3/ :      756,050 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              :: New Mexico             :              
 Holmes                 :      103,750 ::                        :              
 Leake               1/ :              :: Quay                1/ :              
 Madison                :       27,100 :: Roosevelt           1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Rankin              1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
 District 50            :      197,500 :: Luna                1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Chaves              1/ :              
 District 60         2/ :              :: Dona Ana               :       28,700 
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Eddy                1/ :              :: Wilson              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         3/ :       28,700 :: District 80            :      215,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 NM  Total              :       69,700 :: Bladen              1/ :              
                        :              :: Duplin              1/ :              
                        :              :: Harnett             1/ :              
 North Carolina         :              :: Hoke                1/ :              
                        :              :: Robeson                :       37,700 
 Rutherford          1/ :              :: Sampson                :       50,800 
                        :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90         3/ :       88,500 
 Anson               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: NC  Total              :      787,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       41,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Bertie              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              :: Beckham                :        7,150 
 Gates               1/ :              :: Custer              1/ :              
 Halifax                :       64,100 :: Washita                :       10,650 
 Hertford            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Martin              1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       17,800 
 Nash                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Northampton            :       65,450 :: Caddo                  :        5,550 
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
                        :              :: Greer                  :        4,400 
 District 70            :      364,500 :: Harmon                 :       11,950 
                        :              :: Jackson                :       28,300 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        8,800 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       34,050 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :       93,050 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Grady               1/ :              :: Sumter                 :       25,850 
 Mcclain             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50         3/ :      187,350 
 District 50            :        4,000 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Allendale           1/ :              
 Bryan               1/ :              :: Barnwell            1/ :              
 Stephens            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 80         2/ :              
 District 60         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: SC  Total              :      351,900 
 OK  Total              :      117,250 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Tennessee              :              
 South Carolina         :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
 York                1/ :              :: Lake                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lauderdale             :       65,550 
 District 20         2/ :              :: Tipton                 :       80,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Darlington             :       21,050 :: District 10         3/ :      145,600 
 Dillon              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Florence            1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Marlboro               :       35,500 :: Crockett               :      139,000 
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Fayette             1/ :              
                        :              :: Gibson                 :       95,200 
 District 30            :      115,600 :: Hardeman            1/ :              
                        :              :: Haywood                :      163,450 
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Madison                :       36,000 
 Saluda              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      521,850 
 District 40            :        5,750 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Calhoun                :       61,850 ::                        :              
 Clarendon           1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :              
 Lee                    :       41,950 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg             :       57,700 ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Tennessee (Cont'd)     :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 TN  Total              :      713,150 :: Cottle              1/ :              
                        :              :: Dickens             1/ :              
                        :              :: Donley              1/ :              
 Texas                  :              :: Foard               1/ :              
                        :              :: Garza                  :       13,000 
 Briscoe                :       25,000 :: Hall                   :       33,800 
 Castro                 :       47,400 :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Deaf Smith          1/ :              :: Kent                1/ :              
 Floyd                  :      102,150 :: Motley              1/ :              
 Hale                   :      230,350 :: Wichita             1/ :              
 Parmer                 :       64,100 :: Wilbarger              :       20,250 
 Swisher                :       30,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 21            :      152,150 
 District 11         3/ :      499,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Baylor              1/ :              
 Bailey                 :       62,000 :: Coleman             1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Crosby                 :      142,200 :: Haskell                :       41,550 
 Dawson                 :      152,750 :: Jones                  :       18,950 
 Gaines                 :      311,700 :: Knox                   :       22,450 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Mitchell               :       20,600 
 Hockley                :      276,350 :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Howard                 :       45,450 :: Runnels                :       13,250 
 Lamb                   :      188,750 :: Scurry                 :       27,900 
 Lubbock                :      241,950 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lynn                   :      185,750 ::                        :              
 Martin                 :      102,050 :: District 22            :      189,350 
 Midland             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Terry                  :      217,300 :: Clay                1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      132,350 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
                        :              :: Young               1/ :              
 District 12            :    2,150,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 30            :        6,400 
 Borden              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Delta               1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 12.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Denton              1/ :              :: Uvalde              1/ :              
 Ellis                  :       24,300 ::                        :              
 Falls               1/ :              :: District 70            :       63,700 
 Fannin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hill                   :       39,100 :: Burleson            1/ :              
 Hunt                1/ :              :: Caldwell            1/ :              
 Kaufman             1/ :              :: Medina              1/ :              
 Lamar               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Mclennan            1/ :              :: District 81            :       32,600 
 Milam                  :       29,750 ::                        :              
 Navarro             1/ :              :: Kleberg             1/ :              
 Williamson             :       63,100 :: Nueces                 :      135,200 
                        :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 District 40            :      231,300 :: San Patricio           :      238,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: District 82            :      457,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Brazoria               :       18,950 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       78,700 
 Robertson              :       51,700 :: Jackson             1/ :              
 Walker              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
                        :              :: Wharton                :      177,050 
 District 52            :       86,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      365,750 
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 District 60            :       82,450 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       15,500 
 Concho              1/ :              :: Hidalgo                :       30,350 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Schleicher          1/ :              :: Willacy                :        7,600 
 Tom Green              :       28,300 ::                        :              
 Upton               1/ :              :: District 97         3/ :       53,450 
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               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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 Texas (Cont'd)         :              ::                        :              
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 TX  Total              :    4,413,500 ::                        :              
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 District 90         2/ :              ::                        :              
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 VA  Total              :      128,250 ::                        :              
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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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