The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-17
 THE COTTON CROP Second Largest American Crop
 on Record
 fsS z EXCESS IS AL!zy;' TEXAS
 o$ Texas and Indian Q tory Raised 50 Per Cent Moi an Last Year. Average Price Per Bale
 Is Little Less.

New Orleans, September 16-Secretary Hester's annual report of the cotton crop of 1906-07, issued tonight. said:
 'The cotton crop of 1906-07 is estimated at 13,510,9S2 bales, an increase of 2164,9 ,994 over that of 1905-06, and a decrease of 3d. 903 under that of 1904-05. Compared with last year the excess was entirely Tn Texas, including Indian Territory and what was termed the "other gulf states" which together marketed in round figures 2.7A,o00 bales more. while the group of Atlantic states, embracing Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia, lost 609,- GOO bales.
 Production by states in thousands Of bales:
 Alabama 1.20s,ooo, against 1888, 900 last year.
 Arkansas 940o0o, against 635.o0 last year.
 Florida 65.o00 against 5000 last year.
 Georgia 1,s95, 600, against 100000 last year.
 Louisiana 995.OoO, against s25,Ooo last year.
 Mississippi 1.54i, 900. against 1,225,OoO last year.
 North Carolina, etc, 6sS,O0o against 7S4,- GOO last year.
 South Carolina 957,Ooo, against 1,175,OO0 last year
 Tennessee. etc, SeS, ,ooo against 647 last year.
 Texas and Indian Territory 4,503 COG. against 5,026,000 last year.
 Total crop 1851, against 1,346 last year.
 The total production of Indian Terri. tory, which is included in Texas, was 452, 6l0 bales, against 321 .260 last year: of OK lahoma, 490,929 bales against 324 45s last year; Missouri, 54.S75, against 42,754 last year, tho two last being included under the head of Tennessee, etc The average commercial value of this crop was $5S,02 per bale, against s56 .5t last year and $46.31 the year before For the first time in history the cotton crop of the United States brought over s70o, ,O00, 600. It brought s75,000 900 more than last season. The total value was s71e 252, ,265
 Taking the cotton belt as a whole the highest figure for middling was 13 9-16c per pound. reached in August 1907, and the lowest 9lsc, in Septem- Der, 1906; average. 10 9-16c. On ac- count of the autumnal storms the aver from low middling to middling as compared with full middling the season before
 The actual growth for the season was T. ,630,0 900 bales, against 11,161, poo last season, an increase of 2469.o0O bales.
 Southern spindles numbered 10,59S.- 0s5 against 9,760,192 last year. The in crease in southern mills over last year was 20, making the total S14.
 The years consumption was as fol- lows, in bales:
 Alabama, 239091; Arkansas, s614; Georgia. 532,169; Kentucky 25,564 Louisiana, HIT: Mississippi, s7,964; Missouri, S40s North Carolina 733,60S; South Carolina, 666,697; Tennessee, 61,- 276; Texas. 42.016; Oklahoma, 1106; Vir- ginia, 7O,41S. Total, 2,439,10S.
 In round numbers 4.SS9,000 bales of American cotton were worked into yarns and fabrics by American mills against 4,S35,0O0 last year, a gain of 54000. Adding foreign cottons Amer ican mills have used in round figures 5.O63,OOO bales, against 4,96O,0O0 last year. In the south the number of spin dies in active mills has increased 791.- 965 and there are still in course of erection in southern states 640,978 spin dies.
 The worlds consumption of Ameri- can cotton was 12,698,00 bales, an ex- cess over last year of 532,000.
 The importation of foreign cotton was 1Sl6O4 bales. an excess of 56.310 over last year. United States exports to Mexico dwindled to S43 bales, against 24,620 last year and 6S.4S7 the year be- fore.
 The gross weight of bales of this years growth averaged 515 2-1Oo pounds against 510 9-100 last season, an in- crease of 11100 pounds.