Comparisons are drawn between the cotton crop acreages and yields for the yrs. 1924 and 1944, since the cotton crops in these 2 yrs. were not controlled either in size or distribution by acreage quotas under the A. A. A. and both yrs. were somewhat abnormal crop yrs.[long dash]in 1924 the boll weavil was still invading the farms of the S. Atlantic cotton farms, in 1944 the volume of cotton was limited by World War II labor shortages. The survey showed that neither in 1924 nor at present has the "Cotton Belt" existed as a contiguous area. Today there are 7 cotton regions: the inner coastal plain of Georgia and the Carolinas; the lower and central Ga.-Car. Piedmont; N. Ala. sector of the Tenn. Valley; Miss. alluvial valley; N. "Black Waxy" prairies of Texas; S. Texas coastal plains; and the high plains of W. Texas and S. W. Okla. Other conclusions stated are: There has been a decline of about 48% in the acreages planted; an increase in productivity particularly in the Miss. valley and east of it was found; the Ga.-Carolina Piedmont and coastal plains and the Tenn. and Miss. valleys have increased their per-A output so that they have become relatively more important[long dash]the median center of production is now e. of the Mississippi R.; and cotton outside the high-density nodes of production has become of secondary importance.