Description: A world map from 1916 showing the principal cotton–producing regions of the world at the time. Based on five–year averages; "WorldÕs annual production, 22,000,000 bales of 500 pounds each. Leading cotton–growing countries, with percentages of world production: United States (65%), India (17%), Egypt (6%), China (estimated: 6%). WorldÕs annual imports, about 14,000,000 bales, of which Great Britain takes about one third, and France and Japan each about one ninth. Before the World War Germany imported about half as much as Great Britain. Average annual cotton production of the United States: 14,260,000 bales. Leading cotton–producing states, with percentages of United States crop: Texas (30%), Georgia (15%), Alabama (9%), South Carolina (9%), Mississippi (8%)."
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent,
ISO Topic Categories: farming,
inlandWaters,
location
Keywords: Cotton Production, statistical, kAgriculture, agriculture, farming,
inlandWaters,
location, Unknown, 1916
Source: Albert Perry Brigham & Charles T. McFarlane, Essentials of Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company, 1916) 406
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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