The Robesonian., 1909-07-05
INTERESTING COTTON FIG
URES.
Robson Leads in the State and
Has Distinction of Producing
More Than Any County in
Six Other States.

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Six Other States.
The following interesting cot
ton figures are quoted by H. E.
&. Bryant. Washington CORES
pondent of The Charlotte OBJ
server, from A. d. Watts, pri-
vate secretary to Senator Sim
mons:
What district in North Car
DINA produces the most cotton ?"
he asked.
The second led, last year,
with 116, 166 bales. The figures
for the other nine follow:
Fourth, 11O, ,740; seventh, 1O5,-
763; sixth, IS, ,596; ninth, 81, ,619;
first, 62, 307; third, SO, ,51l;
eighth, A, 82l; tenth, 10,501, and
fifth, 1924.
'Robeson leads by a large
number of bales over any other
county. The production, by
counties. runs: Robeson, 81
438; M C k lenburg, 32,123;
Johnston, $50, 300; Edgecombe,
26, AT; Scotland, 26,343; Union,
1878; Wake, 24,642; Wayne,
%, 46O; Anson, 23,O1O; Halifax,
2O,371; Pitt, 1854; Cleveland,
18, ,568; Nash, 1862; Wilson,
II, $50; Franklin, 13, 349; Iredell,
13, ,228; Sampson, II, 917; Cum
berland, II, S35; Richmond, IL, =
1888; Castor, II, 718, Northampton,
II, ,6O6, and Bertie, lO,O16.
These are the ones that pro-
duced more than 10, each.
Scotland county produces
more to the population than any
other county, its yield being
more than two bales to each
man, woman and child within
its borders. In other words, its
cotton per capita amounts to
about $125 a person. Robeson
comes next with one and a
quarter bales. Anson and Edge
combe are the only other coun-
ties that produce more than a
bale a person.
Robson has the distinction
of producing more than any
county in any of the States of
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
Arkansas, Tennessee or Oklaho-
ma.
There are but four States in
the Union that have counties
that produce more than $4,000
bales; they are: Texas, which has
twenty-one, four of them yield
ing more than 100, 900 bales each.
with Ellis, the leading cotton
county of the world, making
1873, ,O41; Mississippi, five; South
Carolina, four, and North Caro-
lima, one.
1.-The average number of
pounds of lint an acre for the
South is 2O7, with Missouri,
which produces very little cot
ton, leading the list with 81
pounds; Mississippi, next, with
245; then, South Carolina, 244
North Carolina, 24O; Virginia
235; Tennessee, 232, Arkansas
222; Georgia, 209; Texas, 200
Alabama, 1870; Louisiana, 155
Oklahoma, 152, and Florida
135.
Leaving Missouri out of tn
consideration North Carolin;
comes third. The farmers O.
our State are improving thei
! land and growing more to tn
! acre than their fathers did.
; missouri, Kentucky, Kansas
! New Mexico and Arizona, com
bined, yied but $4,000 bales.
, "The total crop for 1908 wa
1857, ,3O6 bales. It was dis
tributed as follows: Alabama
, 1,374, lao; Arkansas, 1,058, OBS
Z Florida, 1921; eorg q
1880, OF; Louisiana, 1876, 35(
= Mississippi, 1,704,9 972; Mort
y Carolina, 663, 167: Oklahoma
> 706,8 ,815; South Carolina, 1.195
235; Tennessee, 359, 859; TeXa:
: 1913, O84, and all others, 80
! 297.
1t will be noticed that Texs
produces more than twice &
much as any other State an
: five times as much as Mort
. Carolina.
y Mr.. Watts pointed out mar
! J interesting features that hs
" y attracted his attention. For i
: stance, he was surprised to fir
! that Iredell made more cottt
y than Cumberland, where Il
- farmers have of recent yea
e le turned their efforts of truck.