The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-11-10
COTTON GINNED TO NOVEMBER
Nearly Ten Million Bales, All Records
Surpassed-Exact Total, Accord
ing to Report Of Census
Bureau, 9,96S,172.

Bureau, 9,96S,l72.
Washington, Nov. S.-With total OF
9,Se8,172 bales of cotton of the growth
Of 1911 ginned prior to November 1, as
announced today by the census bureau,
the promised record-breaking cotton
crop of this season is fast being made
ready for the manufacturer. At no
time in the history of the American
cotton industry has so great a. crop
been ginned to this time of the year.
The amount ginned to November l
exceeds by 1,777,000 bales that ginned
in 1908, the previous record. 1t also
is greater than the ginning to Novem-
Der IA of any year, being about 2OO,-
600 bales more than was ginned to
that date in 1904, the record year.
Fhis would indicate that the crop was
at least two weeks earlier in matur-
ing and reaching the gins than in pre-
vious years.
Possibly Fourteen Million.
Calculations Of the years total crop,
based on the ginning reports would,
therefore, probably be more accurate
II figured on the November II reports
OF other years. In previous record
years, about so per cent Of the total
crop has been ginned to that date, and
q rough estimate OF this years crop
might be placed at a minimum of A.
100000 bales. Commercial experts' eS-
simates, however, range up to more
than 100000 bales.
The CENSUS bureaus fourth cotton
ginning report of the season, showing
the number of running bales, count
ing round as half bales, ginned to No
vember 1, with comparative statistics
to the corresponding date for the past
three years, is as follows:
United States, 9,96S,172 bales, COM
pared with 7,245,e53 bales last year,
when 63.5 per cent of the entire crop
was ginned to November l.! 7,017,849
bales in 1909. when 697 per cent. was
ginned, and 8,191,557 bales in 1908,
when 62.6 per cent. of the crop was
ginned.
The number of round bales includ-
! ed were 6S,343, compared with S1,183
bales in 1910.
The number of bales Of sea island
cotton included were 56,133, compared
with 40,504 bales last year; 55,237
bales in 1909, and 45,479 bales in 1908.
The distribution of sea island cotton
by States was: Florida, 20,974 bales,
compared with 1871 bales last year;
1910 bales in 1909, and 19,O64 bales
in 1908. Georgia, 33,796 bales, COM
pared with 22,490 bales last year; 81,
277 bales in 1909 and 21,8O2 bales in
1908. South Carolina, 1863 bales,
compared with 1923 bales last year;
1920 bales in 1909, and 4,613 bales in
1908.
Reports by States.
- Ginning by States, with compara-
tive statistics and the percentage OF
the total crop ginned to November !
in previous years follows:
Alabama, 1,OS9,376 bales, compared
with 42,769, or 40.7 per cent, In 1910;
676,331 or $50 per cent. in 1909; 891,-
667, or 66.9 per cent, in 1908.
Arkansas, 443,505 bales, compared
with 422,769, or 4O.7 per cent. in 1910;
472,252, or SIT per cent, in 1909; $685.
7S5, or 53.9 per cent, in 1908.
Florida, 55,s73 bales, compared with
38,924, or 579 per cent, in 1910; 49,
eS4, or 1873 per cent, in 1909, and 49,
234, or 61.2 per cent, in 1908.
Georgia, 1,9Oe,256 bales, compared
with 1,241,826, or 68.5 per cent, IN
1910; 1,3S4,913, or 74.9 per cent, in
~ 1909, and 1,3S7,e41, or 70.2 per cent.
in 1908.
-~ Louisiana, 332,047 bales, compared
with 154,6s4, Or ST. psr eeat, Ia 1910;
49, .--> -. ~: D. ;->.:I.- n 1893, and