The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

~ ioS' iVpolllns, IN 1908. 20.
peI cent OF the quality returned in
i9V', Whlle It's production in 1909 was
only about one-fourth hat of 1905
me bulletin states that Georgia and
the two Carolinas have exhibited es-
peciaIiy favorable conditions in the
iasl three years; their combined pro-
auction in 1905 being only So per cent
less than that Of 1908, where as the
crop OF the entire country was 81
per cent less They contributed in 1908
ABOUT IS per cent of the entire
ton.
Georgia was second in rank in the
quantity OF crop producer being ex-
was third. Mississippi fourth, and Ala
bama fifth.
segregation of the statistics of cot
ton remaining to be ginned in 1905
SHOWS 22,35S bales of lint and 27.OO0
paleS or llnterS, appOrtiOned by states
as follows: Alabama, $685.; Arkan-
sas, 1882; Florida II; Georgia 1889:
louisiana 1873; Mississippi 6,347;
North Carolina, 4,489; Oklahoma g.
lO2: South Carolina, 5,2O8; Tennessee,
1878; Texas, 1888; and all other
states 867 bales.
The quantity of linters produced
from reginning seed of the growth OF
1909 to 313,478 bales, as
compared with 114,544 bales from the
seed crop Of 1899. Much of his hber
was disposed of at less than cent
per pound during 1907 and 1908. but
1t has been in greater demand this
season; the average price returned for
1t being 81 cents per pound.
The bulletin states it has been dis
covered that long staple cotton can
be produced in many sections Of the
cotton growing states, and that some
OF this cotton is grade ed almost as high
&c coo fl0 ~ -
year for as much as 80 cents per
pound.
One of the most important ables in
the bulletin is hat relating TO the pro-
ductlon OF cotton per square mile in
the important cotton growing states
and in selected unit in 1883, 1899,
1904. and 1909. The statistics show
the general distribution, present den
sity, and fluctuations in the produc-
ton Of cotton. The largest increases
between 1889 and 1909 in the produc-
ton per square mile are for South
Carolina with an increase from PAS
bales to 36.3 bales: and for Georgia
sos bales. The states showing losses
for the same period are Louisiana
with a decrease from 14.5 bales to So
bales; and Mississippi, with q decrease
from 24.9 bales to 23.s bales, Texas
shows only 90 bales per square mile
from I4.S DdfeS 10 1913 DdlfS. Texas
shows only SO bales per square mile
for 1909, compared with So in 1889.
The cotton crop of 1904. however.
more nearly represents the normal
production especially IN the Western
States. The production in Texas that
year averaged Il bales per square mile
while that OF Louisiana was "a bales
The effect of improved methods Of
cultivation in recent years on h pro
duction Of cotton per acre is reflected
in the statistics for Georgia and South
Carolina: in the primer the acreage
planted increased during the twenty
years 42.4 per cent and the prOduc-
ton 59.6 per cent; in the latter, the
acreage Increased about IS per cent
and the production about 55 per cent
The elative fluctuations in the
prices of cotton and those of the two
leading cereals. corn and wheat, for
selected years are shown in a
and present an interesting reference
in connection with the development
and tn present status of agriculture
in his country. The diagram shows
that the lowest prices for the products
named are 40 cents per pound Tor
cotton in 1898. 21.5 cents per bushel
for corn in 1896, and 49.1 cents per
b,1sheI for wheat in 1894. It is stated
that when the volume of the crops is
taken into consideration the present
prices of these products are the best
that have been realized undo normal
conditions; and as these are the lead
ing staple products Of the soil the IL
condition Of agriculture
Djscussine the development of the
cottop seed oil industry, the bulletin
states that it has been verv remarka-
BILE. The number Of establishments
in the last ten years has Increased by
about 500, comp pared with an increase