The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13
THIS YEARS COTTON CROP.
The Latest Figures Of the Govern
ment Pat IL az 0.OsS.OOO BaIes.

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Washington. FEB. 1z-The statements fur
nished the department Of agriculture By
various railway ana water transportation
companies OF the cotton movement TO the
ports ana northern ana eastern points from
the beginning Of the season TO Jan. j.
1855. together with the returns made by
the departments county agents Of the
amount OF cotton remaining on the planta-
tons and IN interior towns Jan. /. and
the amounts reported by mills as bought
from Sept. 10 Jan. ]. show as follows.
Railway movements from North Caro-
lima, E3,l72 bales; remaining on planta-
tons and at interior towns. 1862 bales:
bought by mills, i0s, 9s3; total CROP. 442.if1
Railway movements from South Caro-
lima, 4ss,59l bales; remaining on planta-
tions, etc. lia.s7i' bought by mills. ls25l3:
total crop. 7S7SN.
Railway movement from Georgia. 5000
bales; remaining Oh plantations. etc, o.
i9S: bought by mills, ll0.9i2; total crop,
LIS. 40
Railway movement from Florida. s9.7u
bales. remaining on plantations. etc, &. sos;
total crop. IS. 637
Railway movement from Alabama. 530.-
en- bales: remaining on the plantations
1899 -'~fAN-a AeNeAAA ata AAAtAs7r @arNAtf AbNeA
crop Sz5.7lG.
Railway movement from Mississippi,
SHIPS bales; on the plantations. etc. TO-
376. bought by mills, 1856; total crop, Ill.,
go.
Railway movement from Louisiana.
SOS. f0j bales; on the plantations. etc, 49,
ga; bought By mills. 6,1le; total crop. 49,
SIS.
Railway movement from Texas, 2.2i6.-
0i3 bales; on the plantations, etc, Oil ct;
bought by mills. SG4i; total crop. 2.s6t.65s.
Railway movement from Arkansas 49,
582 bales; on the plantations, etc. 196, 2lg,
bought by mills, $50; total crop. G65,2l7
Railway movement from Tennessee.
2J0.3Ss bales; on the plantations, etc. a.
Sl2; bought by mills, 1l,1S3; total crop, $685.
9l4.
Railway movement from Indian Terri
tory and Oklahoma, 50. J9l bales; on the
plantations, etc. q. 40; total crop, li2SSl.
Railway movement from Missouri, 20,Ui2
bales, on the plantations, 5,7z8; total crop.
(scaie ed. 25T10
Railway movement from Virginia. TO-
S72 bales; on the plantations, etc, 253; to-
tai crop. lll25.
halfway movement from Kentucky. 1867
bales; total crop 1855.
Railway movemer, from Kansas, a
bales; on the plantations q: total crop, g..
Total railway movement, 6,345,72S; re-
naming on the plantations, etc. $780,
7S9; bought by mills. 461, 533; total crop.
9,0SS 600.
No deduction has been made Of cotton
remaining on the plantations and in
terror towns on Sept. /, 1894.
In addition to the above mill purchases
are 70 be added s,2SS bales bought by
Alabama, Georgia and North and South
Carolina mills from states In which their
mills are not located. and also 4,Ss6 bales
holgnf nv ~ trfrtnfa .aW -
by Kentucky mills, all OF which are in
cluded In the railway movement. making
a total of 493. Z92 bales reported by southern
mills as bought from Sept, /. 1894, to Jan.
j, 1885.
The figures in the above report are sub
ject to revision in the final April report
OF the department The proportion of the
crop forwarded TO market up To Feb. /,
and which is therefore no longer in the
hands of producers or in smaller towns,
Is shown by the consolidated returns of
the correspondents to be 1913 per cent.
leaving i01 per cent. still in the hands of
the producers, or IN those of local mer-
chants
The percentage by states is as follows:
North Carolina, s.; South Carolina, 81;
Georgia. "a; Florida, 81; Alabama, 81; Mis-
sissippi, IS; Louisiana, So: Texas, 50; Ar
kansas, 90; Tennessee. 80; Indian Terri
tory and Oklahoma, So; Missouri. Virginia,
Kentucky and Kansas. 81; average, 1913.
The losses from insects have been
small, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas
reporting less TO some extent.
The proportion of lint TO seed ranges
from 29O to 1873 per cent. The average
is 1923.
The average date of the closing of
picking was Dec. 4.
The quality of the present crop Is
slightly above the average.