The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-23
COTTON CROP IS LATE REUNION At NORFOLK
Estimates Vary As to Size OF the
Crop in Wake

~, SANDY Light Soil There Will Be
poor Crops. But Otherwise Condi-
t;on. Are Such That The Wake Cot
-, Crop May Reach Last Years
Figures.
What is to be the size Of the Wake
o,,.7fy cotton crop? When will the
s,.+ bale come in? What will be the
,,i.a of cotton this year? These are
came Of the questions that are now
,,ftatinc Raleigh cotton circles as we'll
a. others.
There are varying estimates as to
.t. POSSIBLE size of the crop in Wake
This wear. the estimates varying from a
+rra.n per cent decrease to q crop
ao,aI in size to that of last year, about
o. 600 bales. At present there is only
g,rass work, but those who make esti-
mates base these upon the l~ateness of
the crop. the unfavorable season which
started it off, and the prospects for
+t. resi- Of the time till the crop is put
r.lking with MI. n. NJ. Rand, of the
firm of Crow3er and Rand, he said
tha. the first bale this ear would be
possibly from two to three weeks late.
Ia-r wear the first bale on the Raleigh
market came from his Swift Creek
farm. and he says that on that farm
nor II cotton boil has yet opened. Mr..
Rand has talked with many cotton
farmers and he believes that the error
viii he smaller and later this year
than last.
Ii is my belief said Mr.. Rand,
.luau the crop will be from two to
three weeks late this year. In the be-
shining Of the season the rains inter
Tered materially, but now the cotton
has improved, the weed is big and the
outlook is improved. In some places
in the county | expect q bale to the
acre. but on the piney woods
lands it may take ten acres to
make a bale. Last year the first bale
on the Raleigh market came from
my Swift Greek farm in August, but
it seems now that it will be Septem-
ber before the first bale comes in.
We may look for a crop that will be
about fifteen per cent less than that
Of last ear in Wake, the trouble
being on the light sandy lands. On
the red lands. and where Improvement
has been made and fertilizer used,
there is prospect for a fairly good
yield. With fair weather and the
sun not too hot conditions will i'm
prove from now on. In the last few
weeks conditions have improved.
Mr.. e.. 3. Barbee, Of Barbee & Com
pany, cotton buyers, is Of the opinion
that the Wake County crop this year
will be about the same as last year.
I'm regard to the present outlook he
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Speaking Of conditions generally
in the cotton belt the sentiment is
bulilsh Texas appears to have fallen
down on its crop, caused by the
drouth in the early season, while in
the other States the conditions are
fairly good. The prospect is for good
prices for cotton this year.
The crop in Wake County is com
inc along rapidly now said Mr..
Parbee. In the early part of the sea-
son rains set it back, but conditions
are now good, and with a continu-
ance of good weather We may expect
a crop as large as hat of last year.
The recent good eason has helped on
the crop, though the season is fully
Two weeks late. On the red lands in
Wake the cotton crop is good, but on
the light, sandy lands the crops are
poor. The average, however, will be
Such, IN my opinion, as to bring the
crop Of Wake up to that Of the pre-
Nou~ year,
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