The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-13
Result Of Exhaustive Inquiry by
ihe Agriculture Department,
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
Cotton Movements to Ports.
Amount Remaining on Planta-
ton and Interior Towns.
Amount Bought by the
Mills TO Jan. I, '95.
B7 Southern Associated Press.

Agriculture by the various railway
0ud water transportation companies
Of the cotton movement TO ports aud
Northern and Eastern points from
the beginning OF the season to Janu-
ary lst, lSJ5, together with returns
made by the departments country
Ggents OF thu amount OF cotton re-
malnlng on plantations ana interior
towns January lst, and amounts re-
ported by mills as bought from Sep.
temher lst to January 1st, show as
follows:
Hallway movement from North
Carolina, 227, 172; remaining on
plantations and interior towns, 100, =
2o2; bought by mills, 100. 993; total
crop, l42, AL,
halfway movement from South
Carolina, Ass, 59l; remaining on
plantations. etc.. ! l6, S14; bought by
mills, lo2, 3l3; total crop, 7S7, sos.
Hallway movement from Georgia,
soT, O2O; remaining on plantations,
etc, 2S3. lJS; bought by mills, 110, :
o42; total crop, l,ljl, iO6.
Halfway movement from Florida,
9,1I; remaining ON plantations,
ETC.. 3,0G6; totul crop, l5.63
RSliwaY movement from Alabamn.
$50, ,57l; on plantations, etc., 2GS, los;
bought by mills, 27,Ol7; total crop,
625. ZIG.
Hallway movement from N1issis.
Ippi, S41, DIS; on plantations, etc, ,
27O,37G; bought by mills, 9,656:
total crop, |, ,l27, 2G0.
hallway movement from Louisi.
ana, 5GS, 40j; on plantations, etc,
i5l, ,33l; bought by mills. &, 1l9; total
crop, T25, Sj3.
Halfway movement from Texas,
e,2l6, ,0i3; on plantations, etc., GIL,
eG6; bought by mills, 3,644; total
crop, g S6l,G ,G53.
hallway movement from Arkan-
cas-. 46S, 332; on plantations, etc..
l96, 6,24J; bought by mills, 636; total
crop, GG5, ,2l7.
hallway movement from Tennes
see, 800, $50; on plantations, etc. ~,
GID; bought by mills, 1l,lS3; total
crop, 303.9ll.
hallway movement from Indian
Territory and Oklahoma, S9,59l: on
plantations, etc. I'D, 100; total crop,
ll2.3S1.
+ Railway movement from Missouri,
40, OH; on plantations, ETC., ., 12S:
total crop, 20, 40.
halfway movement from Virginia
3u,Sl2; on plantations, etc, 2j3; to
fal crop, II, l25.
Halfway movement from Ken
tncky, ,Gj7; total crop, ,Gj7.
Hallway movement from Kansas.
q on plantations, %; total crop,
G..
Totsl railway movement. G,545,
w.; remaining on plantations. etc,
2.OSO, l39; bought by mills, .6l, 533;
sotnl crop, 9,OSS,0UJ
No deduction has been made of
cotton remaining on plantations and
auterlor towns on September lst,
'0!i. IN addition to the above the
mllI purchases are to he added
e.3SS bnles bought by Alabama
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina mills from the Stntss in
Chich their mills nre not Iocotod
Glso II. $50 bales bought by virginia
nnd S.4S5 bales bought bv Ken
lucky mills, nil Of which are in
cluded Ill railway movement. max
ing totnl of i93,292 bales reported
by Southern mills as bought from
September /, 1894, to January /.
1855.
The figures in the above reporI
ore subject to revision III tho final
agricultural report OF the Depart.
Mcnt.
The proportion of the crop for
|arded to market up to February
'st and which s,therefore, no longer
'n the hands of producers or in
smaller towns. is shown by consoli-
dated returns Of correspondents to
na o9.9 per cent, leaving lO.1 per
cent. IN the hands of producers or IN
'hoso OF local merchants.
The per cent. by States was ms fol
lows; North Carolina, 81; South
Carolina, 81; Gcorgln, Of; Florida
q; Alabama, 81; Mississippi. IS;
Louisiana. 81; Texas. 80; Arkansas
90; Tennessee, 80; Indian Territory
nnd Oklahomn, IS; Missouri, Vif.
gina. Kentucky md Kansas, 81;
average, 500.
he losses from insects have been
email, Mississippi, Louisiana ana
Texas reporting loss to some extent.
mo proportion OF lint to seed
ranges from 29.0 to 1919 per cent.
average, 1919.
december ith.
me quality of the present crop ia
n's h'ly above the average.
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