The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-12-04
REPORT ON COTTON.
Census Bureau Makes Public Stats
tics on Quantity Ginned.

Washington, December 2.-The census |
bureau today issued report on the
quantity of cotton ginned from the
growth OF 1903 up u and including No
venber Il, showing total commercial
bales of 7.O7O437 OF these 6.519. 332
We're square bales and 510,555 sea island
crop bales. There We're %, 500 gimme. les
this season Up TO and including Novem-
ber Il. The cotton gInned in 1902, as
reported by the census bureau was s.
925,S72 commercial balls up TO October
is and 9,3l1.S35 commercial bales up TO
December 18th. Counting round bales. |
the number this year is 6,S15,1 ,162.
In this report no account has been |
taken Of the quantity of linters obtain |
ed by the cotton seed oil mills from |
refining cotton seed of this years |
growth, but statistics Of such cotton |
will be included in the final report for |
this season.
This report viii be followed by two
others. showing the quantity of cotton
ginned from the growth of this year to
December 13, 1903, and to January Is,
1904
No estimates are given of the amount
| of cotton remaining unginned. The
FcenSuS agents we're asked to submit
| these estimates, but the census bureau
| has not even computed them as re-
| turned, turning them over to the bu-
| reau of statistics of the department Of
| agriculture to aid that Office in the
annual estimate Of the cotton crop, to
be issued tomorrow. The reason for
| this, as announced by the census bu-
reau, is that when the final reports
| We're received a year ago 1T appeared
that the estimates Of the agents made
in October. We're six and four-ten tbs
per cent. short of the actual crop
| grown. A margin of error 50 large as
that, is equal to the difference between
a short crop and q normal crop; and
under the peculiar conditions existing
in the cotton market today, the census
! bureau does not feel warranted in pub
fishing any figures in whicn so large
an element of error may exist again.
| The policy of cooperation between
the census and the agricultural de-
| partment is adopted on the recomnlen-
dation OF Secretary Cortelyou, of the
department of commerce and laboc, to
} avoid conflicting reports as FAR as pos
: sible. The census bureau announces
=
= uary 18th report 20 cover practically
; the entire cotton crop of 1905-1904, and
t this will be two months earlier than we
. | We're able to do year ago. 1t is to
e be regretted. in view of the cotton sit
t uatiOn that no canvass, corresponding
j to the one now reported, was made
: by the census office a year ago.
7 AS to the call for estimates of cotton
i ungnned in the several counties, al
- | though it was not intended to use than
Il in this report, the bureau says: we
+ desired to ascertain by practical test
= whether it is possible for the specia
T agents to make such estimates. at diff
r. | ferent periods during the progress OF
h the harvest, which can be relied upon
G as sufficiently accurate TO be of value
70 to the public. 1t IS possible that with
their increasing experience these agents
g can come nearer to the fact than il
# 1902. We can definitely ascertain tht
Il fact, when the full returns Of this sea
IS son are received, and the results com
n pared with their estimate.
/, The statistics of the cotton ginned t
n November 14th follow by states:
:, Alabama 743, ,53S, total commercial
It bales, embracing 691,153 square bales
l. and 52,3S5 round bales, active ginneries
!
= cial bales embracing 31S,663 square
d bales and 27,73O round bales, active gin.
l. neries 246S. Florida 39,144 fat bales
l. embracing 22,379 square bales and 6,76;
g sea island crop bales, active ginnerie:
J. 264. Georgia 992,653, total commercial
r. bales. embra cling 93S, ,535 square bales
l, 81, 633 round bales and 19,4S5 sea island
r | crop bales, active ginneries 1913. In.
O | dia n rNtarr-itOry 172 1913 total cotton bales
r | embra cling 1872, ,594 bales and 40199 rounC
p bales active ginneries 4S5. Kansas nc
returns; Kentucky, total commercial
d bales 308, all square bales active gin
8, neries 2; Louisiana, total commercial
e bales 510,494. including 462,4T square
bales and 4S,017 round active ginnerie:
| zoos, Mississippi, total commercial ba G:
{ 929, $50 including SSS,545 square bales anC
- Al, ,345 round, active ginnelies 4l01; Mis-
% souri,, total commercial bales -. 294
embracing 1S,309 square and $3.50 rounH
bales, active ginnerieS 90 North caro-
lima, total commercial bales 40l, ,199. EN-
bracing 407,122 square and a rount
bales active ginneries 2,652; Oklahoma
total commercial bales 1868, embrac
S ing 1O0399 square and 1920 round ba es
a active ginneries 227; South Carolina
n, total commercial bales 625,611, ernbrac
[e ing 621,306 square and 4,3O5 sea islan'
n. bales, active ginneries 3,174; Tennessee
If | total commercial nales 163, 1885, embrac
II ing 1925 square and 13, 462 roun'
Il. bales. active ginneries 755; Texas, tota
- commercial bales 1,932,549, embracin;
u. .7OO.O72, square and 232, Az round kal s
ls active ginneries 4412; Virginia. tota
v commercial bales 7,744. all square, &C