The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17
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ESTIMATED.
TT will be noticed from the above
that if we d the mount ginned
| after the first of december last year
to the amount reported to have been
ginned today, the crop cannot much
exceed 1850, 900, and as the best au-
thorities in the trade agree that 1t IS
100000 or more. 1t is obious that
! today's ginning must be far under the
facts. If we add to the amount gin
ned to date the quantity ginned here
after in 1906 the indicated crop could
only be 1~0,374,0O0, which, Of course,
is absurd."-Theodore H. Price.
ITO the many letters and kilograms
coming to me requesting my opinion
as to the size of the Texas crop and
future course OF the market. l VIII
say tina have spent the last 80 days
trying to size up the crop, and | find
that what cotton remains unSold Is
in better condition than ever before,
as it has been stored in warehouse
or by shelter on the Farms,
and this mean a great saving TO the
people. Upon investigation l find that
fully IS per cent of it is free from
debt and the farmers owe less than
ever before in the history of the state
than | ever saw at this time of the
year. I believe that it is the shortest
crop per acre that we have ever pro-
duced. l have gone over the entire
belt and find a very short crop IN
every cotton growing state except
Georgia, South and North Carolina
but short crops do not always speit
| high prices. Jul prosperity depends
on the prosperity of the whole world
Now I find upon investigation that
the world was never more prosperous
than at the present time. and as evi-
dence I offer a cable that / received
| today from one of the largest impor-
tiers of cotton in the world. 1t is dat
cd Liverpool, Dec 5, and reads as fol-
lows: .Spinners are buying very heav-
~, =, ar-nnl- yIya think SINNERS
hold very small supplies. We are OF
the opinion that the consumption in
England will exceed last year If sup
plies are available.
There is no question but that the
trade is good and also that
and the American mills bought very
| little cotton. and are now in need OF
| their supplies. The cotton crop IS
short all over the world. and ! am
of the opinion that very much higher
prices will soon be a. hand.-Mlke
Thomas, Dallas, Tex.
notwithstanding the simple-minded
(?) farmer was urged to sell MS cot
ton before it went below eight cents,
the present upward tendency of the
| market goes to show that Mr.. Farmer
! was not such a RUDE or simpleton
as some folks 'heerd he was."-
Cleveland Star.
The m~Ortgaged COTTON. the "eaA
cotton, the cotton that has to go 70
market to pay debts just as soon as 1t
is ginned. is the cotton that fixes the
prices for the early cotton market,
if not for the entire season. Farmers
all over the South who are slaves TO
the time business should make a
mighty effort to raise their own sup
plies, their own hog and ho,niny and
hay and farm compost, and thus throw
off this CALLING time yoke; but If they
must make time contracts. they should
see to it next spring that the mer-
chant, when he fixes up the papers.
doesn't make all their dSots fall due
in November, but distributes them over
three or four months. Tbs merchants
| should see tina this arrangement, tend