The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30
CROP LAST YEAR
Some Interesting Figures About
the Cotton
CROP OF THIS STATE

The Number Of Bales Produced and
aggregate Value OF the Same.
Acreage for the Past Year was
Largest In History OF the State.
Other Facts.
According 70 figures BY Connia-
stone. Watson the 1908 cotton crop
vas 1.242.01c running bales. includ-
Ing !!n:evs and sea !s!aad OK. proper
ly. exclusive OF l:n:e.s i.2I5.S4s
bales. comprising SIS pc. cent Of the
cotton g!aned II the United States.
The production exceeded tha, IN 1907
by 52,e9i bales. South Carolina
has oow fallen to ff;h place. hes
fourth place attained n 1907 being
| taken BY Alabama II Is estimated
| by Mr.. Watson ,Aa: there are $3.50
bales still unsinned. The average
weigh. per bale was ass pounds
against iSl.2 pounds In 1907. Sea
island bales weighed on the average
35is pounds and un,ers 1905
pounds.
The South Carolina sea island
sold IN 1905 at an average Of 1888
cents per pound. while that grown
in Georgia and Florida averaged
1872 cents. IN 1865 South Caroii-
mas average price was $3.50 cents.
and in 1907 35.5 cencs. these being
the best prices since 1904. This
year It was lower than in 1902 or
in any year n the seven year yield.
The South Carolina crop was sinred
in 3.4Sl ginneries, abou, the aver
age number.
The aggregate value OF the South
| Carolina crop was ssi.sS4.522.
| against s72.e57,SI7 IN 1907 and
s4s.sss.sIs in 1906. The 1sos crop
vas the most valuable in money the
State has. ever had save the two
crops 0. 1907 and 1905.
/! According 70 Mr.. Watson. OF sc:-
ua! cotton lin:ers the total vslue
for 1908 was $685. .43e. represent
ing 553.762.4s1 pounds Of upland
worth s51.1s?.s54. 4,sS7.Iso pounds
Of sea island. worth s1.ls1.Scs.
OF cottonseed there were 52l, ,65s
pounds. worth ss.s35.042. the ia-s-
est value since 1901 with the ez-
ception Of the 1907 crop.
The acreage was the largest ir
the history Of the State-2,SsS.00e.
the next largest being ASSISTS 10
ls04. Since 1909 more than o.0o0.-
900 acres have been regularly planted
il cotton.
Anderson. with s3.1s3 bales. con-
,inues to be the chief producing coun-
". having assumed the lead when
Calhoun vas cut from oranseburg-
S2a-tanburs. Marlboro. YORK, Marion
and Greenville. Darlington al, SUM
er a.e the other chief producers.
The stocks on hand in Sout: Car
olina on March l amounted :, 49,
7s3 bales. OF which 220.42S were il
the hands OF the manufacturers and
ll26.2ss II independent warehouses.
including congresses. TIE rest was
N the hands OF transportation CON-
ipau!es.
Tie mills OF he State are consum-
Inns 1895 bales Of cotton annually.
turning GU: p-oduc; worth about
s77.0o0.ooo.
| The yield per acre IN 1908 IN the
State was 2ls pounds. versus 10
year average OF 1ss.
| It is estimated that the acreage
planted this year tls0s) is 1885,
1000 agains: 2.545.o00 in 1908. but
the real acreage is probably abou:
the same as last year.
Cotton OF March I. 1908. was
bringing on the average n South
Carolina 81 cents while at the SAME
date the preceding year * was bring
ing the average price Of II cents.
Ar Watson IN making the estimate
has issued the following statement:
In making the 1908 estimate tor
the Association OF Southern Comm!s-
sioners OF Agriculture as sar!y us
November % 1 used the figures fuTn-
ished by each Southern commission
er. while mentioning the fact taat
II conditions after that date remain
ed The same as to the picking and
gian!ns as the average for the pre-
ceding four seasons We oush. to have
= crop OF a: least l3.3a4.l57 bales.
Assuming that the conditions gave
every estimate on the date named
at i:.55l.0Ss running bales. e1clu-
sive OF i!atess, or including linters.
a, practically 100000 bales-to
be e1ac: I2.ss7.2I2 bales The
actua! crop exclusive OF lin.ers with
everything accounted for was 49,
0S6.005 bales. ,nder which our No
veub Der estimate fell 534.sIs bales.
This difference is almost exactly &C
| counted for by the underestimate
] furnished the committee from the
four States OF Georgia. Texas, Ar
kansas and Alabama. which We wish
ed tc but did not feel authorized to
raise. Had we done so We would
have struck the final crop almost
TO 2 bale
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