Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-09-07
COTTON CROP IS
FIGURED BY HESTER
Makes His Report on the Crop
BY States.
INTERESTING FIGURES ARE GIVEN

Exchange Fixes the Total Value
Of the Cotton Crop for This ssAson
at Ss4t,72o,AS4.
New Orleans. Ia, sept G-The an'
uual repor, On the United States cot
ton crop Tor l9O5.G, issucd 'by Secre'
tary Hester. or tic Now Orleans Cot
ton exchange u summarized as FOL
lows;
lie puts the cotton from 10000 at
ll,S15,ySS bales. a decrease Ut 2,?l9..
SUI under that Of lyOA'b.
lie says that compared with laat
year, In round figures, Texas. includ'
ing Indian Territory has fallen on
5oS, OOO bales, The group known IA
other gulf states. consisting Of Louis
lima. Arkansas. mississippi. Tonnes
sre, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah and
Kansas has desctoRsed l,i3i,0O0. and
group of Atlantic. states alabama,
Georgia Florida. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky aud V,r
giuipl. has lost $4,000.
Mr.. Hestecs report on the cotton
crop Ut the different states Ii given
as follows, In thousands ~ bales;
Alabama. 1850 agalnt 1870 last sea-
son Arkansas. cos against 300;
Florida. ~ against 50; Georgia. LOO
against 1875; Louisiana. b2b against
loo. Mississippi. 1876 against LII:
North carolina, 7St against 77h: South
Carolina. i,i76 against 1900: Tonnes.
see. Gt7 aRalnst 6al. Texas and In
dian Territory. 5000 against 1854. To.
ia CN9 this yenr 1895 agalns, IT,.
5GS last yCar.
Ito makes the total production Of
inilap Territory. which ID included
IN Texas. Isl. 900 bales against $50, 7iDe
lnst year. of Oklahoma 32l ttG against
1iD2ai last year, of Missouri tl,76i
bales against 7.6Ds last year, the twO
last being included under the head Of
Tennessee. etc.
lie puts the average commercial
value II this crop NJ t6G.bG per bale.
RgainAt tig3i last year. and the total
value Of tho crop at tGii .720.A3t, as
aralnst tG2s, Ie0.1sa last year. lie
states that while thla crop was prAc
ncAly 2.2OO.OO0 bales less than that
Of last year. II Aold for ti2.ssgO7B
moro
Ne gives details ot pFicea. showing
thai taking the cotton belt ~ whole.
the hlzhes, Azure for mIddlina during
the year Ma ~ isc per pound. reach.
I'D In December. 1905. and the loweat.
. 3 Ice. In August. 1904. and the aver.
aRc valns per pound was n 7.IO0O, "a
compared With sps.lQ0 cents last sea.
son
Ne puts the average weight per
balc ~ sl09t pounds. showing q do.
rr"aso Un,ler hat year at ig7.iO0. Mr.
iisstsr makes the aciHai growth for
the season ii.isi.O 900. and says that
tss last FspoFs ~ the census bureau
~ eoiiOn Kianed does not cover thls
years sniirS growth. that even vith
the allowance ~ ths old oosloH carried
1vsF. the giABSs' returns seem short
b. several hundred thousand bales OF
me actual crop
me consumption has bsen divided
b. fDllows5
Aiahama. s1ssss. Increase tG0i3
ArtaHfas. safs. Increase iaz.
Georgia. sitsT5. increase ai.sss
ksaisekf. 1871 issrsnss Ts2s.
i>'"isisna 1897. Increase sea-.
Missisalppi. ti.2ss. ineFeass ASH
Aiss0an 'sIS lacrosse 77s
Se'sa Cafolias. sst.tos. increase o..
~.
tos''A csro'iAa. sss1Is. Increase az
Tesbsasss. -. f9g. iaersase ssss.
TsNat. E.ate lgersass stg1
Fissisls. a. Increase ezg0
T"'sis. 14ftz9s. Increase lio.7se
inefssss ossF year bsfors iast. 4sf,
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