The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-18
VALUABLE COTTON CROP.
THIS YEARS CROP PRNOSNISE,S
BEST RETURNS IN HISTORY.
department of Agriculture Es.ima cs
production at f3,S20,000 Bales
Exclusive of LintCrs-probubI bIy
Second Largest.

| try's cotton crop this year will amount
! TO 6,6l2,335,000 pounds Of lint, ex-
elusive OF lnters, the department Of
agriculture estimated n its annual
! report This is equivalent to 1880.
900 bales OF 500 pounds gross
weight, and makes the crop this year.
In point of quantity second only to
the great record crop Of 15,692,7O1
bales grown last year. IT is probable
that this years crop may rank as the
most valuable ever produced
Inc quantity of Inter cotton last
year amounted to 2,27S,79O pounds.
With this as basis it is estimated un-
| officially that Inter cotton production
! mis- year will amount to 491, SEQ bales.
| or 235, ,03S,000 pounds, making the
entire crop, including linters. aDpro.5-
! imately 14,311,300 bales of 500
pounds, gross weight, or 6,S47,373,O00
pounds Of lint.
With an average price Of 121
cents pound this quantity of cotton
! would be worth about sS55,92O,OOO.
| approximately the value Of this years
cotton seed at $4,000, 600, the aver
age for the past three years, the to-
! tai value of the cotton crop this year
would be about s9SG,920,OO0 Should
the crop yield this amount cf money
1t would rank as the most valuable
crop ever produced,
! The department Of agriculture's Of
fetal estimate Of the crop last wear
made at corresponding date, was
| l4,SS5,OO0 bales. The census bureaus
Official report on production for the
year was 15,692,7O1 bales.
Texas, this year, grew the great
est crop it ever produced
! North Carolina, South Carolina
| Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla
homa and Missouri all produced
crops greater than the average for
| l900-1O.
| The estimate Of 13,S2O,OOO COM
pares with 15,692,701 bales Of 500
pounds, exclusive Of linters. produced
In the record crop of last year. when
the total crop, inclusive of linters,
was 1920, 900 bales of 500 pounds:
| l1,60S,616 bales in 1910, which, in
| cludlng linters, amounted to 12,005,-
| 6SS bales; 1O,004.949 bales in 1909.
which, including linters, amounted to
1o,315,3S2 bales; 13,241,7O9 bales in
1908, which, including linters.
amounted to 1857, ,3O6 bales, and H.
107,179 bales in 1907, which, includ-
| ing llntcrs, amounted to 11,375,461
| bales. The average total production.
| exclusive Of linters for the five years
from 1906 to 1910, was f1,847,27O
| bales. The value OF the crop, includ-
ing seed. for the same period averag-
ell s775, ,S22, 900. while last years rec
ord crop is estimated to have been
worth 9,S40,OO0 and the 1910 crop
1888. $4,000, the most valuable ever
| produced.
| The estimated production. exclu-
sive Of lnters and stated in 500 pound
| bales, by states, with comparisons
follow:
Virginia; Total production, "a
| 600 bales, compared with 29,S91 bales
last year, and 12,OG4 bales, the aver
! age 19O6-10. The value Of the crop
! last year was s1.3SO,OOO
North Carolina: Total production
! $4,000 bales compared with 1915
S26 bales last year, and 627,6SS bales,
/ the average 190G-1O. The value OF
the crop last year was s5S,S1O,OOO.
! South Carolina: Total production
! l,1S4,000 bales, compared with L.
! GiS,712 bales last year, and l.OS5,S93
! bales, the average 19O6-1O. The value
of the crop last year was $9O12O,-
600.
Georgia: Total production, 1,7O1, 600
! bales, compared with 2,76S,627 bales
! last year, and 1,7S2,l6o bales, the
! average 1906-1O. The value of the
crop last year was $15f.33O, 900
Florida: Total production, GS,OO0
bales, compared with S3,3SS bales last
year, and 56,15S bales, the average
/ 190G1o. The value Of the crop last
Year was $3.50, 900
! Alabama: Total production, 1880
COO bales, compared with 1,7lG.543
Nalcs last year, ana 11S7,7O7 bales
the average 190G-lO. Tho value Of
tho crop last year was $93.1OO,OOO
Mississippi Total production, L.
100000 bales, cnmparcd with l.,
.e%.5l5 bales last year, ana 1,4O0.153