The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
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Final Figures
FROM THE GINNERs REPORTS.

Over Eleven Million Bales Ginned
During the Last Year. The
Ginneries and ,he
Oil Mills.
The census office Tuesday made pub
lie the final figures Of cotton proCiuc-
ton obtained from the reports Of cot
ton g!nnerS. The quantity of cotton
ginned from the growth Of 1902. eS-
elusive OF linterS. amounted to ii .O's.-
So running bales. Bales as pressed
at the ginneries are equal to lO,63o,-
945 bales Of I. 800 pound standard, or
counting round bales as half bales To-
5SS.25Q. During the four years cover
ed by the ginning reports OF the census
office the average crop. extensive OF
linterS, has been 1902. 2171, ales OF 800
pounds The crop OF 1892 SHOWS az
increase Of .2S.6SS f:aics over THIS
average. While the crops Of 1929 and
1901 show decrease OF 536, $50 and
392,5 bales respectively For the
crop Of 1902 there ha; been & general
increase ir al the States, both east
and west Of the Mississippi river, With
the exception OF Alabama and Texas.
Drought in Alabama and the Eo!l Wee
vii in Texas are responsible for the
losses IL those States.
The report contains many interest
ing details concerning the variation 0,
production in the various sections ol
the country. For instance, attention
is called to the degree Of compensation
which has been maintained Tor the
past three crops between the divisions
Of the cotton belt as made by the
Mississippi river East Of the MlsslS-
sippi production decreased IN 1900
3I3.256 bales. This was more than of
set By the increase west OF the MiSslS-
sisoi river of l,090,S ,Ss2 bales. or 25. /
per cent. In 1902 the territory east
of the Mississippi increased its proouc-
tion in a manner which largely con-
pensates for the material loss west OF
the river. The per cent. of the coun-
try's production grown in 1902 east
and west Of the Mississippi was $50
and 46.4 respectively, against 4..2 aDd
SIS in 1900. 70 show the extent OF
the reduction in the cotton crop IN
Texas it is shown that whereas IN 1900
that State produced 81 per cent. OF
the entire crop Of the United States.
or about one-Quarter OF the cotton
supply of the world, in 1902 the Texas
product was only a little over % per
cent. of tue entire product OF this
country. The States showing the
most n. ticeacle Increases in produc-
ton in 1902 aye Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The increase in Arkansas is remark
able, being 26+,622 bales, or more
than 81 per cent. over the total re-
ceipts for the smallest crop-that OF
IS99-and 1921. or over 10 per
cent. over that Of 1900, the largest
crop prior to that Of 1902. There
was also large increase in the pro-
duction of Indian Territory and Okla
boma. The combined crops Of these
territories for 1902 were 5t3.3S2 bales,
as compared with 2l5.59l bales for
1899, an increase Of 329. 1.91 ba IS. cr
153 per cent.
The figures Oh the ginning industry
show that there are-5 ,94S glnnerleS
in the United States. The average
number of bales ginned per active
establishment in Texas was 563. IN
Indian territory S55, and in Oklahoma
ee3, against 254 in Alabama, 292 in
Georgia and POS in North Carolina.
This great difference in the average
number Of bales Of cotton handled per
establishment is due to the extensive
emplovment in the newer cotton pro-
ducipg States Of modern methods Of
handling seed cotton and a more gen
eral employment Of round bale presses.
The values Of the crop for 1902 is
estimated at s501,S97, ,l34. making 1t
the second most valuable crop Of the
United States, corn taking first rank
and wheat third. The value Of the
raw cotton exports for 1902 is given at
s2eO,651,S19, giving that article the
first place in value IN American e1-
ports. The export price for 1902 was
about i cent per pound less than that
Of 1901.
The value Of the cotton crop Of 1902
in the States included in the Louis
lana purchase is given at sll3, eS3. 044,
or more than S5.00O.O00 more than
the original price paid to France for
that territory with interest at ? per
cent. compounded to the present
time.
The rapid development OF the cot
ton seed oil Industry is represented
as annually increasing the quantity
Of short cotton saved to the CONNER
cial world by the reginn!ng of cotton
seed for oil extraction. y canvass OF
this industry has developed the fact
that $50 cotton seed oil mills have
been operated during the season Of
1923 and that they have obtained
from the reginning Of seed of the
growth of 1902 linterS amounting to
1928 bales Of 500 pounds each.
Cotton bulletins are promised at
more frequent intervals in future
years. The first report ueXt season
will cover all cotton ginned Of the
growth of 1903 up to Sept. !: the Sec
one, to Oct. IS; the third to Nov. is:
the fourth to Dec. l3:Sthe fifth will
be the inal report, and will cover the
total growth Of the year.
Held for Ransom.
Col. Martin Ericsson, worth several
millicu dollars and well known