The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-06-08
COTTON PRODUCTION.


bulletin on cotton production during
the year 1907 which contains some
interesting figures. A remarkable
demonstration of the pre-eminence
of Texas in this important industry
is found in the fact that the produc-
ton of this state could be decreased
cent without the state losing it's
leadership. On this report the bulle-
tin says:
"'The state reporting the largest
cotton crop in 1907, as well as in
every other year since the inaugura-
ton of the ginning reports, was Tex
as, with a total of 2,360,47S bales.
This represents an enormous de-
crease from 1906, however, amount
ing to 1,921,346 bales, or 44.9 per
cent. AS a result of this decrease
Texas produced only 20.S per cent
OF the total for the country, as COM
pared with BIB per cent in 1905 and
WIN pCl tOiit, lSplCoChlo
the proportion contributed by it to
the aggregate, production of the last
six years.
"Other states showing large de-
creases are Louisiana and Arkansas,
which reported losses of about one
third and ~one-fifth, respectively, as
compared with 1906. The new state
of Oklahoma reported SS2,9S4 bales,
loss of about per cent. which,
however, was so insignificant as COM
pared with the losses shown by other
states that Oklahoma actually ad-
vanced from seventh place to sixth
in the quantity of cotton produced"
Although Texas is decreased so
enormously it still led it's nearest
competitor, Georgia, by over 100000
bales. Georgia total was ,S55, 7S9
bales. Mississippi ranked third in
1907, with 1,504,303 bales, or 1872
per cent of the total for the country,
followed by South Carolina, which
advanced from eighth place in 1906
with total of 1 ,142,244 bales, and
Alabama with 1892, 966 bales, or 10
per cent each of the total crop.
The figures on the total weight of
the cotton crop of the United States
are uncomfortable by the human
mind, The total gross weight of the
crop of 1907 in the United States
was 5,6S7,730,71S pounds. The to-
tai tare computed amounted to 246,-
53S,261 pounds, leaving the guam
tity of lint produced as 5,441,1 1872
457 pounds. The quantity of cotton
seed produced was estimated at A.
1924 tons.
One of the most interesting tables
in the report is that showing the
production, consumption, exports,
and imports of cotton for the United
States for each year from 1890 to
1907, inclusive. A realization of the
great development of cotton growing
in the country is given by the fact
that in 1890 the total production of
the country amounted to but 3.138
bales of 500 pounds each, and that
the exports for the year beginning
October l, 1890, were but 379 bales,
compared with S,S25,237 bales for
the year commencing September /
1906.
The second part of the bulletin
gives brief summary of the pres
ent countries where it is carried on
to any extent. The total world pro-
duction of cotton for mill consump-
ton in 1907 was estimated at &c.
512,1S5 bales of 500 pounds net, of
which the United States furnished
10 ,SS2,3 1885 bales, or 65,9 per cent
British India, which ranked second.
produced but 2 ,444,S00 bales, or 14.S
per cent. Numerous efforts have been
made in recent years to develop new
fields of cotton production, but it
will be years before the United
States will no longer be required to
furnish the greater part of the sup
ply, if indeed that time will ever
come