The American Cotton Growing Industry: Some Impressions-II

Abstract

In 1936 the State of Texas produced 2,961,000 bales, which was nearly 28 per cent of the total crop of the United States. All this cotton is rain grown. In the extreme west the total annual precipitation is 15 inches, increasing to 45 inches in the east. Generally speaking, the greater part of the cotton is grown to the east of the 30-inch line. The northern half of the State experiences up to 10 inches of snow each winter; in the southern half, snow in the winter is less than •one inch. (These figures refer to unmelted snow.) In 1938 the estimated yield per. acre for Texas was 170 lb. of lint, giving an estimated total crop of nearly three and a half million bales.