Excerpt from The World Cotton Situation With Outlook for 1931-32 and the Long-Time Outlook for Southern Agriculture The United States is the outstanding consumer of American cot ton. Nearly three and one-half times as much of the American crop is consumed in this country as in Great Britain, the second largest consumer of American cotton. Of the total cotton crop produced in this country, around 40 to 45 per cent is consumed here and 55 to 60 per cent is exported. (fig. The general trend in cotton consumption in the United States is upward, although depression years temporarily reduce consumption. From 1900 to 1916 there was an increase of over 70 per cent. The depression Of 1920 - 21 carried consumption to the lowest levels for 10 years, but thereafter the upward trend was resumed except for the reductions accompanying the business depressions Of 1924, 1927, and 1930. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.