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

OF only 200 in the preceding decade.
Inc world production of cotton is
treated OF IN the second part of the
bulletin. 1t is stated that practically
All or the worlds crop is grown be-
tween the fOrtieth degree of north
latitude and the twentieth degree of
south latitude, and that about two
tnlfds OF the commercial crop is pro
uuced IN the southern portion of the
United States.
The production of cotton in 1903.
as measured by the factory supply
that is, the quantity entering m
cial chaRneis-shows a loss of 3,O55,-
900 bales, or 1856 per cent, when
with the supply for 1908,
ana shows a gain of $4,000 bales, or
three-tenths of l per cent when COM
pared with the supply of 1907
n statistics Of the worlds produc-
tlon present quite a seesaw in alter
nate years, being 16,558,OO bales in
1909; 19,613,00O bales in 1908; &c.
$4,000 bales in 1907; 1s,942,oOo in
1906; 15,747,eO0 bales in 1905; and
1S,S3O,00 bales in 1904.
The average production Of cotton
for the world during the last six years
was 17,863.OO0 bales or about laos
600 bales more h a the production in
1909.
1t is cautioned that the figures con-
Germ the worlds mill consumption Of
cotton and not the total production.
IN 1909 the United States contr1but-
ed $50 per cent Of the commercial
cotton; British India 21.S per cent.
Egypt 5.5 per cent; and Russia 4.3
per cent.
n worlds production in 1908
to about 8,279.00O,00O
pounds, valued at about $1,000, 00O,-
900.
The third part of the bulletin re-
lates to the supply and distribution of
cotton for specified periods in 1899
and 1910. 1t reviews the bureaus
compliance with a joint resolution Of
Congress, approved February 8, 1905,
under which reports have been com
piled since that year, showing for
each year ending August 81, the sup
ply Of cotton made up Of that on hand
at the beginning Of the year, that
ginned during the year, and hat i'm
ported during the year 1t states that
the next step in the extension of the
method of collecting statistics of cot
ton production from ginners was taken
when Congress passed a joint reSOlu-
ton, approved March 2, 1909, which
directed the Bureau of the Census to
prepare three additional reports of the
stock Of cotton in this country sum-
marized as OF November /, January 1,
and March /.
The bulletin then goes on to show
that, Of the total supply of cotton for
the six months ending February %.
l9IU, dILcOIllIiS W I1,oiS,OoU OdiCS,
there were 2,53s,3se bales. or 21.9
per cent. consumed in this country;
4,599,6S2 bales. or 39.7 per cent, ex-
ported, while 4.436,249 bales, or 38.S
per cent, remained in he United
States ct the close of the period.
OF the total stocks of cotton in the
country at the close Of business Feb
ruary %, 1903, 81. per cent was held
by manufacturers, 42.5 per cent in
Independent warehouses, and 22.s per
cent by other olders. These proper
tons compare with the following for
held by manufacturers, 42.9 per cent
in independent warehouses, and 1873
per cent IN the possession Of other
holders. Practically the same proper
ton of the stocks Of the country in
each year was stored in warehouses,
but a slightly larger proportion was
held this year bv manufacturers. Only
three Of the States show increases this
year in the holdings Of the independ-
ent warehouses. Massachusetts, with
an increase of 1854 bales: Mississippi.
1879 bales; and New York, 29,554
bales.
The last part of the bulletin briefly
covers the Investigations Of the gov
m with relation to cotton. 1t
states that the expenditures made by
the National Government and by the
several cotton growing States and
other local subdivisions, in the inter
est of cotton, not including the cost
Of educational work in schools. col
leges, and Institutes, amounted to ap-
proximately 1000, 900 annually, and
it is probable one-third is devoted to
cotton at the experiment stations,
to statistical inquiries, and
the remaining one-third to special
phases of the plant and it's enemies.
1t states that a number OF bureaus in
OF the departments of the
National Government are now charged
with work relative to some phase of
the cotton industry and it indicates
the genera scope and Importance Of
these endeavors by naming the char
acter of the Investigations and the
publications by each of these bureaus.
The report contains % tables, II maps,
and 3 diagrams.