Cotton Crop

Returns by the Census Bureau of the final ginning report for the year shows that the last cotton crop amounted to 10,128,478 bales, close to the estimate of 10,081,000 bales made for the crop last December. This compares with a crop the preceding year of 9,762,069 bales.

As between the cotton-producing states, Texas led with 4,339,940 bales; North Carolina came second with 1,017,325; South Carolina was third with 769,416.