The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-26
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VT5sroinia. Kentucky, No., etc, so, ,0D
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Total Io, $50. 900
Each cotton crop must be consider
ed as an independent proposition.
The causes why one years crop was
large or small may have little or nc
bearing on the crop of the next year.
IF Ii measure necessary to make
comparis0ns, bu5in the main, COM
parisous between one cotton crop and
another are most deceptive, for the
reasnn llsbat thare.is little or no atten-
ton ;,,sr,s nai5 to.fhe peculiar conditions
gorarnin,y tha Weld of one year that
nav o. may not have bearing on that
os another season.
Tie bumper crops have been sur
nrises. They have for peculiar reasons
tn med ont larger than even the most
nr,fiimistic Fad expected. The same
ssftrues With the crops that have been
rrusuailv snail. they have, for particu-
lsr rsasons. failed to come uD to what
was a,ted. and as rule these pecu-
lar conditions have been unanticipat-
Sd.
3 The speculative Interest in the cot
ts,n ms rs,at Is always so strong tl.at it
;s rafnraf for even the most clear
isasSe5 is. ,,;ss no. S, the marker TO deceive
s;-asoIf. Je.e 1sroe crnn vonld. mean
5oIisrs -. ,,is sr,oetess. every indica-
fsar oe . LARGE eron is eagerly seized
:nY,n,, ~ lain.made much OF. and rnagni-
Ged He has no ears for the other side
81 fl,s story. He knows that there is an
atgI,ers side To the market. and he is apt
~ fa.,ass as i;n,tent;ons of those opposed
- s,;r, ayen tha z,,x,st clearly defined
trrts5c =. ;f Ahev asntagonisic 10 his
rsrsconca;vad - s e.,,1 ;deas The same IS
,scnaIlv trne of the man who wishes to
~, "a ,s., sIort croI-every masou;to in the
4ssa,,+h ss,s, beconEs bo}l Ueevil to him.
Is Thsre arc some things thas ere al
,s,r .ysars naran,onnfi in the consideration
- e,,p : pscror nc tne sereaoe ard the
ssses.+LaT 0f all things that have
dose Of what cotton
:s..s .aniJ ID .. tbere none rerhans
s..st 49, iaS os, ,n.,,y MOI, eeetrav as fhe
s.sa =. - -. &c ~ and & w;se man
.asaa5 .aSs ~ 80 - s, s-or,s 5;etsnca hv
,,as.s rae -onar5 " I'D - @ tanrarstnres and rain
s.ss ,..y, f,rr,, AZ, accnrate x.oncention
of the effect OF weather conditions upon
the cotton crop.
The government each year gives oat
a statement Of the acreage The pub
lie, becaass these fpuTes are given
ont By she government. is prone to ssc-
.cept them as correct. There is, how
sver, 40 perfect system cs computing
acreage. and that employed by the
government is far from perfect. This
fact has long been recognized by cot
son men who have given the matter
careful attention. Many suggestions
have been made to the government as
to some sert Of a method by which
scme accurate idea of the amount of
lard planted in cotton could be arsiv-
ed at.
Perhaps the best suggestion is that
at The close of season each ginner
be asked to give his idea as to the
weld per acre of the Gotten ginneo by
him. This would, Of course, Lot give
rl,, burean the advance Of the crop in-
formation which it ATTEMPTS to dis
seminate, but it would at least give
il fairly good basis upon which, to
make future estimates.
That the government has been count
ing in new land nut into cotton WITH
ont making proper deduction for the
land Going ont os cotton is something
that is known 10 everyone who has