Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-12

lgrown in the hot, dry portions Of south
mia.
Cotton Ginned to Specified Dates.
The percentages Of the crop Of 1907
lginned to the respective report dates
are as follows: 1.S to September 1st;
l13.9 to September 25th: 40 to October
l1Sth: 55.4 to November list; 66 to No
vember 14th; 75.5 to December 1st; "a
to December 18th; 80 to January 1st;
and 93.5 to January 18th. The season
was relatively late; in 1905, AIS per
cent of the crop was ginned by Octo-
Der 18th, and in 1904, Az per cent,
while in 1902 the corresponding per-
centage was 53.7.
The statistics Of cotton ginned are
lcomputed from ginners' returns. The
crop OF 1907 was reported from 1873
counties in sixteen states. OF these
lcounties 791 were canvassed by 725
Especial agents Of the bureau Of the
census. The eighty-two remaining
lcounties were canvassed by mail The
Iagents are given six days in which to
visit the ginneries and secure returns
Of cotton ginned. Summaries Of these
are wired to the bureau on the last
day Of the canvass, and on the follow
ing day these summaries are added
and the results telegraphed over the
country. The individual card reports
OF the ginners, upon which the agents
base their summaries, are also for
check against the wired summaries.
During the past season the reports
were published at 10 a. m., instead Of
at 2. p. m., as in the previous year,
with the resultant advantages that
there has been no unnecessary wait
ling for the reports on the part Of the
trade interests, and that there is no
room for accusations Of improper use
of the information, as no business is
transacted on the cotton exchanges be-
tween the close Of the canvass and the
publication Of the returns.
5,6sy, ,73o71e Pounds of Lint Cotton
Produced.
The total gross weight Of the cotton
reported from the crop of 1907 in the
United States was 5,6S7, ,730,71S pounds.
The total tare computed amounted to
246,53S,261 pounds. leaving the guam
tity Of lint produced as 5,441,192,4 ,457
pounds. The quantity Of cottonseed
produced was estimated at 1882, 2,402
tons.
Average Weight of Bale 5o2.2 Pounds.
Careful records Of bale weights were
returned by the agents, from which it
has been ascertained that the average
gross weight Of the bale for the total
crop, counting round as half bales and
Including linters, was 502.2 pounds,
compared with 510.9 pounds in 1906.
34,o3o,736 Pounds of Sea Island Cotton.
The production of sea island cotton
during 1907 amounted to S6,S95 bales,
with a gross weight Of 34,030,736
pounds, as compared with $3.50 bales,
weighing 22,281,SS9 pounds, in 1906
The average gross weight Of the bale
was 1915 pounds. The only states pro-
ducing sea island cotton are South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida; Of
these Georgia ranked first, with a pro-
duction Of 44,713 bales. or more than
one half Of the total.
Average Prices.
The average price per pound of up
Hand cotton of the crop Of 1907 was
1146 cents: of Georgia and Florida
sea island, 24.27 cents: of South Caro-
olina sea island, 1853 cents. The av-
arage price Of cottonseed per ton was
$1763 The average prices Of upland
cotton marketed prior to April 1st have
ranged from 500 cents to 1916 cents
per pound during the six years begin
ming with 1902, the average price for
1907 being exceeded only by that for
1903.
Estimated Value of Crop $500, ,956,01f.
The estimated total value Of the crop
of 1907 was $7OO,956,O11. OF this,
$GO5 ,O63,592 represents the value Of the
upland cotton produced. $8.566,S44 that
lof the sea island, and $87,325,575 that
of the seed. There was a falling off in
aggregate value as compared with 1906
of $40, ,226, but this was due solely
t. decrease Of $2S,S09,795 in the value
of upland cotton. as the value of sea
island cotton and of cottonseed in
creased $2,128693 and $5,9S9,976, re-
spectvely. The average value Of
bale of upland cotton for the five-year
period ending with 1907 was $3.50, as
compared with an average Of $31.75 for
the corresponding period ending with
1899, an increase of $25.55 per bale.
27,592 Active Ginneries.
The crop Of 1907 was ginned by 27,-
592 ginneries, as compared with 2S.7O9
in 1906. In addition, 1920 idle ginner-
les were reported in 1907. Georgia re-
ported the largest number Of active
ginneries, 4.567, or 1866 per cent Of
the total, but ginned only 1853 per cent
of the crop: while Texas, with 14.5
per cent of the active ginneries, ginned
20.8 per cent Of the crop. The average
number Of bales ginned per active es-
tablishment in 1907 was 4O4, against
an average of 457 in 1906. This differ
erce is occasioned by the fact that the
production in 1907 was largest in those
states having comparatively small es-
adjustments.
Exports Amounted to 8,825,237 Bales.
One of the most interesting tables
in the report is that showing the pro-
duction consumption, exports and i'm
ports of cotton for the United States
for each year from 1890 to 1907, inclu-
sve. A realization Of the great devel-
opment of cotton growing in the coun-
try is given by the fact that in 1870
the total production Of the country
amounted to but 3,13S bales Of 500
pounds each, and that the exports for
the year beginning October 1st, 1870,
were but $40 bales, compared with s.
S25237 bales for the year commencing