Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-09
COTTON PLANTERS ASSOCIA-
TON.
Address by Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture Geo. B. Loring.

Address by Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture Geo. B. Loring.
ATLANTA, GA, December S.-The
National Cotton Planters Associa>
ton continued in session to day, and
transacted the regular business.
President Morehead was re elected
president; George M. Kline, treas
urer and Jas. N. Ogden, secretary.
United States Commissioner OF Ag-
ricuiture Geo. B. Loring, delivered
an address on Mutual Relations OF
American Industries" in the course
of which, he said: The relation ex-
listing between the cotton plantation
and market, created by American
manufacturers, is deeply interesting
to this association, which represents
great branch of industry. l learn
from the cotton movement and regu>
lations compiled by R. T. Salter,
member of the New York Cotton
Exchange, that of the total crop Of
1870 and 1871 of 4,350,317 bales,
1,11O,196 bales were consumed IN the
United States; of the total crop OF
1874 and 1875 of 1882, ,961 bales,
1,193,O05 bales were consumed IN
the United States, and of the crop of
1880 and 1881 of 6,605,750 bales
1885, ,937 bales were consumed in
the United States. The increase Of
home consumption during ten years,
from 1870 to 1881, was 92S,7
bales This increase is more
important considering the fact that
the loss of cotton soldin the English
market is nearly 2 cents per pound
in freight, port charges and loss Of
weight on bagging, ETC., and the
average price in $780, 81 in Liver
pool was 64s>10O pence, and New
York 1134-100 cents per pound, the
advantage of the American market
being nearly 2 cents per pound to
the producers. This important re-
lation will continue to increase in
value as American manufactures ex-
tend and the home market is ems
larged, and will undoubtedly produce
al increase in the average yield of
cotton per acre and the ultimate
uniformity of the crop in the cotton
States, allowance being made for the
! difference in soil and climate.
This, added to the wide
diversity of farming which
will be adopted hereafter, will do
much to develope the agriculture of
this section. 1t is undoubtedly true
now that the cotton belt needs varie
| ty of crops to fill vast unoccupied
areas not suited to the cotton plant.
| (Applause). Nine-tenths of the su-
perficial area Of these States yield no
production in agriculture except in
q limited degree in pasturage and
wood products. Bnt three acres in
every hundred are in cotton, which
occupied one-third of the breath of
the land actually cultivated. The
cotton area in 1879 was IA, 1852 ,A38
acres. The area of ten cotton States
is 45,6OO,O0O acres. The cotton
crop is not evenly distribu-
ted in these States. It is almost
unknown. The whole mountainous
system of the southern slopes, as
well as the SUBMITS and broad table
lands and high elevations, suited
only to the products of high tenn
perate latitude, mixed farming, grain
growing, dairylng and orcharding.
1t is grown mainly on the limestone
belt of Southwestern Georgia, Cen
trail Alabama and Western Missis
sippi. In general terms, one tenth
of the counties yielding cotton pros
duce half of that crop. The largest
average yield per acre, according to
the census, discloses the local belts
of the greatest productiveness as
follows: The richest cotton land in
the States is Oh the Mississippi above
and opposite Vicksburg, The high
est county averages in three States
to prove the superiority of this dis
trict, East Carroll in Louisiana,
Chicot in Arkansas, and Washington
in Mississippi, respectively, stand for
the largest rate OF production in
these States, and in the cotton belt,
yielding in 1879 but little less than a
bale per acre. The second best dis
trict is also on the Mississippi. The
best yields of three States, Dunklin
in Missouri, Cooke in Tennessee, and
Hickman in Kentucky. In the same
way are grouped Cherokee in Alaba
ma with Polk in Georgia and Mari
borough in South Carolina and Rich
mondin North Carolina. Nine coun
ties north and east of Raleigh, n.
Carolina, scarcely a tenth part of
the State, produce half Of the crop
of that State, and the adjoining dis
trict in south east Virginia produces
all Of the crOD of that State