Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-13
THE FLEECY STAPLE.
Cotton Movement to Ports, Amounts on Hand and Sold to Mills
 Carefully Compiled.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.--Statemente fur nished to the department ot agriculture by various railways and water transporta- ton companies of the cotton movement to potts and northern aud eastern points from the beginning of the season to Jan- uary 1. 1895, together with the returns made hy the departnent's 8 country agents of the amount of cotton remaining on the plantations and Interior towns January 1, and the amounts reported by the milla as, bought from September 1 to January 1, show as follows:
 Railway movement from North Carolina, 227, ,l72; remaining on plantations and in- ieror towns, 105, ,2S2; bought by mills, t09, s93. Total crop, 442, ,447. Railway movement from SouthCaroljna, 4SS, 591; remaining on plantations, 116, STA; bought by mills, 1S2, ,3i3. Total crop, 7S7, sos.
 Railway movement from Georgia, 757, 020; remaining on plantations, etc. 2S3, 49S; bought by mills, 110, ,942. Total crop, 1 ,151, 46O.
 Railway movement from Florida, 59, ,771; remaining on plantations, etc., 5S66. Total crop, 45, ,637.
 Railway movement from Alabama, 530, 571; remaining on plantations, etc.. 266, 15S; bought by mills, 27,017. Total crop, S25, 746.
 
 947 ,f28; on plantations, etc., 270, 576; bought by mills, 9856. Total crop, l,127,- 260.
 Railway movement from Louisiana, 568,- 405; on plantations, etc., 151. .s34; bought by mills, 61l9. Total crop, 725, S58. Railway movement from Texas, 2,246,- 04S; on plan etc., ell ,966; bought by mills, 3644. Total crop, 2,S6l ,653.
 Railway movement from Arkansas, 468,- sa2; on plan tations, otc., l9e. 249; bought by mills, 636. Total crop, 665, 217.
 Railway movement from Tennessee, 250,- 3s9; on plan tations, etc.. 42. 342; bought by mills, Il, 1S3. Total crop, 303, 9l4.
 Railway movement from Indian territory and Oklahoma, S9, ,591; on plantations, etc., 21, 790. Totat crop, 112, 1881.
 Railway movement from Missouri, 20,- 042; on plantations, etc., 5728. Total crop, 25, TO
 Hallway movement from Virginia. 10,- S72; on plantations, etc., 253. Total crop, II. .125.
 Railway movement from Kentucky, i657. Total crop, 1857. Railway movement from Kansas, A; on plantations, 23. Total crop, 67.
 Grand total railway movement, 6,545,- FPS; remaining on plantations, etc., 2, ,osO,- 7S9; bought by mills, 461, ,533. Total crop, 9,0S8, GOO.
 No deduction has been made of cotton re- maning on plant and interior towns on September 1, 1894, In addition to the aDOve miI purchaseS are to De auQe0 ooSo bales bought by Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina mills from states in which their mills are not located, also IA SS6 bales bought by Virginia and 84s5 bales bought by Kentucky mills, all of which are included in the railway movement, making a total of 493, ,292 bales reported by southern mills as bought from September ], 1894, to January 1, 1895.
 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 the market up to Feb- ruary 1, and which is, therefore, no longer in the hands of the producers or in smaller towns, as shown by the consolidated re- turns of the correspondence, is s9.9 per cent, leaving 10.1 per cent still in the hands of producers, or in those of merchants.
 The percentage by states is as fol- lows: North Carolina, 67; South Carolina, 91; Georgia, 94; Florida, 97; Alabama, 9l; Mississippi, sS; Texas, s9; Louisiana, s9; Arkansas, 90; 'rennessee, 90; Indian ter ritory and Oklahoma, eS; Missouri, Vir- ginia, Kentucky and Kansas, 67. Av- craze, 699. Losses from insects have been small, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas reporting loss to some extent. The pro- portion of lint to seed ranges from s9 to 39.9 per cent, an average of 32.9. The av- craze date of closing picking was DeceT- Der A. The quality of the present crop is slightly above the average.