The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-20
FARMER AND PLANTER.
COTTON ACREAGE QUESTION.
A Matter That In Now of Prime Ina
portnnce TO Southern Cotton
Planters.

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cotton this year, as shown by the au-
thorjties of southern states, led the
Manufacturers Record. of Baltimore.
Md, to wire to governors of the cot
ton states asking for their opinion IS
to the extent of the reduction to be
made.
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi has
entered upon a canvass of his state in
the interest of reduction, making di-
rect appeal to growers and others, and
Gov Blanchard of Louisiana has issued
an official call urging the growers TO
promote their individual interests, as
well as the interests of the entire
south, by planting much smaller area
to extend their influence in behalf of
and the bankers, merchants and others
to extent their influence in behalf OF
such reduction.
Such actions by state authorities, to-
gether with the vigor with which other
prominent men throughout the south
are pressing the campaign, reinforce
the impressions favorable to reduction
given in the letters published by the
Manufacturers Record about a month
ago from nearly thousand southern
bankers, telling of plans in their re-
spectiye communities for curtail-
ment of the acreage.
kilograms received from some Of the
governors will tend to strengthen the
campaign. They are as follows:
Tn L 10 -
sippi: your request for report on
the question of the reduction Of cot
ton acreage in Mississippi has been re-
ceived. | am now making a pretty
thorough canvass of the state, but
am not as well prepared to answer
your question as shall be a little
later. However. am sure that / am
within the limits of conservatism when
say that in Mississippi the cotton
acreage will be reduced not less than
20 per cent. l believe it will go to %
per cent. The farmers are greatly in
terested in this matter, and the work
of campaigning has hardly begun"
Gov. N. B. Broward of Florida: II
know of no reduction contemplated by
our farmers"
Gov. J. M. Terrell of Georgia: AT
least 10 per cent of the cotton growers
will reduce their crop from rs to 80 per
cent Twenty-Five per cent. Of the
growers will make only nominal re-
duction. A reduction of 20 per cent. is
a conservative estimate"
Gov. S. w. T. Lanham of Texas: ct
is impossible to answer with any GER
tainty. Excessive rains have affected
the sowing of spring oats. Corn plant
ing has been delayed for the same rea-
son, and it is not likely that the usual
acreage will be used for corn. In con-
sequence it is not probable that the
cotton acreage will be materially re-
duced."
Gov. ID. C. Hayward of South Caro-
lima: Answering your telegram of in
quiry, do not feel warranted at this
time in making forecast as to the re-
duction of the cotton acreage in South
Carolina this year. Official duties have
prevented my having the opportunity
to observe the conditions of the fields,
and, consequently, such forecast
would be merely matter of personal
opinion. should think that the officers
of the South Caroline Growers associa-
ton. who have travelled over the state,
would be in better position to fur
nish the desired forecast. These Of
ficers report that farmers are making
the reduction as pledged by them am
in hearty sympathy with the Cotton
Growers association, and the import
ant movement that has been inaugu-
rated looking to the reduction of the
acreage and an increase of the price of
cotton. j do not hesitate to express my
belief that South Cardinals acreage In
cotton will be reduced. ! also believe
that this movement has done much to
encourage our farmers in undertaking
diversified agriculture"