Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

| crease since 1906 for the three States
combined being S44,449 bales. or Pal
] per cent.
The production of cotton in Louis
! lana decreased steadily from 1906 to
| 1910. though the crops Of 1871 and
! 1912 show an Increase over that of
! 1910. In 1906 the production of the
| State amounted to 1,O12.573 bales
| while in 1910 the amount was only
255,I bales. This rapid decline was
| due largely to the ravages of the boil
| weevil and to the consequent diver
/ sion of cotton lands to the cultivation
! Of >ugarCane, rice and other crops
| The boil weevil was also largely
! responsible for the decrease in the
| production in Mississippi, in which
! State the crop Of 1912 was the small
| est for five years.
The Acreage Large.
According to the revised estimate Of
| the Department of Agriculture the
J area planted in cotton I'm 1912 was
| 34,i66, 600 acres. Of which Asa. 600
! acres. or IA per cent, were aban-
doned. leaving 34283.OOO acres as the
| area from which the crop was har-
! vested. This is a reduction Of l.762,
! OO0 acres. a S compared with 1911.
! With this exception. the acreage both
| that planted and that harvested was
! the largest for any year. Mississippi
! Arkansas and Oklahoma all show
| material reductions, as compared with
! lSll, while Texas shows an Increase
/ of $4,000 acres. The average nro-
! duction of lint per acre in 1912. as
| estimated by the Department Of Ayr
| culture, Wa5 1871 pounds. as compared
/ with 2OS pounds in 1911, and III
! pounds in 1910
There We're S.215 bales reported as
| ginned in California in 1912 as com
/ pared with $3.50 bales in 1911. and
! 39s6 bales in 1910 These amounts
| include some foreign cotton grown i'm
| Mexico Clover California; and
| ginned in California
Cotton Insect Pests.
! The cotton crop Of 1912 was Sc
! Hously affected by insect pests The
| growers in large section of the cot
ton beIt had to contend with the bou
| WeeNu, while in some sections tho
! crop suffered damage from cotton
| 'aterpillars, grass worms and other
! pests 10 greater extent than in for
| mer years Drouths in 1909 and 1910
| particularly in Texas Oklahoma and
| LOUISIANA, checked the deyelODmpnt
| Of the boil Weevils in their early
| stages, and killing frost followed BY
] warm weather in the latter year
/ greatly reduced their numbers. These
! conditions resulted in great reduc-
I non IN the number of weevils in 1911.
| The season Of 1912 however. again
| was favorable to the weevil. and
| there was considerable extension Of
| the area subject TO this pest. Owing
! to the general dissem nation of the
I information obtained by the Federal
| and state Departments Of AgrfcuI-
! ture, the destructiveness of the bolr
Weeyil is being greatly reduced.
! me quantity Of cotton ginned from
/ the crop of 1912 prior to September
| was t3O,935 bales, the largest amount
Tor any year since the Inauguration
/ OF these reports by the Census Blu
| reau with the single exception Of
| 1911, when the number of bales was
! 'tl.29l. BY October is. 1912. 81 per
| cent of the crop had been ginned. as
! compared with 49.9 per cent in 1911
| 46.9 per cent in 1910, 54.9 per cent in
| 1903. 4S.l per cent in 1908. and 40 per
| cent in 1907.
| BY November IA slightly more than
| three-fourths Of the crop had been
/ glnned. There was considerable diff
| terence, however, among the several
states in the proportion of the total
amount ginned to specific dates.
I More than tWo-thirds Of the total
| crop of Texas had been ginned by
| october Is while Tennessee showed
! less than one-third
Crops Economic Status,
some idea Of the Importance Of cot
| ton pro luction in the United States
I trom an economic standpoint may be
! had when it is considered that. next
/ to corn, cotton is the most valuable
| crop grown in the country, and that
! raw cotton is the largest single item
| of export. The value of the cotton
crop of 1909 represented Is per cent
! Of the total value of all the crops of
/ the country. The value Of cotton
/ exported during the fiscal year 1912
amounted to $565.S4927l. or 2G.1 per
I cent Of the total value of all articles
of domestic merchandise exported
/ during the year. 1t exceeded the
amounts for iron and steel manufac-
| lures, meat and GARY products and
| breadstuffs combined, these three
/ groups ranking next in importance
/ among articles exported. These large
( exports combined with the more
| than 5000 600 bales consumed in do
! nestle manufacture, strikingly indi-
| cate the importance Of cotton In the
economic affairs Of the nation.
Altogether. the greatest cotton
/ growing section in the world both in
/ extent and in production, is located
/ in the South-Central and southeastern
! parts Of the United States. II in
| cludes small portions Of Virginia.
/ Kentucky. Missouri. Kansas and New
Mexico. and the States lying to the
! south This cotton producing area is
about 1.50o miles long. from east to
/ west and bout SEQ miles wide With
I In the past few years the cultivation
/ Of cotton has been undertaken I'm Ari-
I IONA ami california on irrigated land