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

" <nsoAAlANNrA CANs ullt
tics for the cotton crop in the United
states for the year 1912 are given in
detail in a bulletin soon to be issued
by Director Durand of the Bureau Of
the Census. 1t was prepared under
the supervision of William NJ. Steu-
art chief statistician.
The quantity of cotton reported for
the crop of 1912, with linters included
and round bales counted as half bales,
is 14,090,863 running bales. With the
exception of that of 1911, this is the
largest crop the United States ever
produced. Expressed in gross 500
pound bales. the crop amounted 20
14313.015 bales. being 1 1887 ,261 bales,
Or 11.9 per cent, less than that of 1911,
but exceeding that of 1910 by 2.307 ,327
bales, or 1872 per cent; that of 1909 by
1897, 6S3 bales, or 1873 per cent and
that of 1904, the third largest crop,
by 633,061 bales. or 4.6 per cent.
The average annual production OF
cotton for the years 1S991903 was
10,055, 003 bales and for the years
190S-1912, 13,294,333 bales; the in
crease in the average annual produc-
ton being 3,239,33O bales, or 1922 per
cent. When it is considered that Of
the total area of the counties from
which returns of cotton ginned were
made only about one eleventh was
devoted to the production OF cotton in
1911 and 1912, the figures afford some
idea of the possibilities Of cotton pro-
duction in the United States.
Practically the entire production II
cotton in the United States is upland,
which includes number of long
staple varieties Only about one half
of / per cent of the total cotton pro-
duction in 1912 was of the sea island
variety, and only 4.3 per cent was
linters.
The Sea Island Crop.
The sea island crop of 1912 amount
ed to 1877 bales. or 2S.1S0 900 pounds
gross weight. and was less than that
of 1911 by 1856 bales. or 3S.2 per
cent With the exception of the
crop of 1906. the crop of 1912 was
the smallest produced since the in
auguration of the ginning reports OF
the Census Bureau in 1899. very
severe storm proved disastrous to the
crop in South Carolina in 1911, ard
the production of that State decreased
from 1906 bales in 1910 to 5,119 in
1911. but increased to 1907 bales in
1912.
While production Of sea island cot
ton shows variations from $3.50 run
ming bales in 1905 to 1928 in 1911,
there has been no general tendency
toward an increase or a decrease IN
the production of this variety, the
amount in 1912 being 1911 running
bales.
The production of linters shows a
marked increase from HASA running
bales in 1899 to 602 ,324 bales in 1872.
This gain is due in part to the IN
crease in the production Of cotton
and hence of cotton seed available Tor
delinting. and in part to the marked
DEVELOPMENT since 1899 Of the cotton
seed products industry, resulting IN
an increase in the proportion OIL the
total seed supply reglnned. and par
ticularly in the closer delinting or the
seed for the better separation OF Il@
meat from the hulls.
The estimated quantity of cotton
seed produced from the crop of l9lZ
was 6.1O4. 600 tons, which compares
with 6.997,O 600 tons rom the crop 81
1q11. of the total for 1912, 4,579,5OS
tons, or 70 per cent, were taken ~
the oil mills, thus leaving l,524'4Sz
tons, or 20 per cent. for planting ,t eA-
port, feeding and other putposGhs H.. : t he
proportion Of the seed taken by tne
OH mills from the crop OF 1911 was ~
ner cent. a somewhat smaller propor-
ton than in 1912.
Crop Worth 1920, $4,000
The estimated value of the crop of
1919 is 1920, $50. 600, as compared with
SS5a $40 600 for 1911, 1858, 1901 600 for
1q19 1912, 600 for 1909, S6S ,o3O.-
OOO for 1898 and $700, 100000 for l9VI'
Thus the value of the crop of 1872,
as estimated, was $60,190,O 600, or PEI
cent more than the estimate for III l.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
quantity of lint cotton was Il per
cent less. While the crop of l9l
US tbe largest ever produced. and
that of 1912 the second in size, the
crop of 1910 was the most valuable.
The estimated value Of the cotton
crcps of the five-year period ending
with 1912 is $42S6,790,0 900, While the
corresponding value for the five-year
neriod ending with 1899 was $l,529'-
5000. During the last five years
the price of upland lint cotton has
averaged about Ill cents per pound
or nearly $50 per bale.
The crop of 1912 graded "middling
"a strict middling' The average
price of upland cotton, which has
been computed from the New Or
leans market reports, has ranged
from $50 cents in 1912 to 1853 in
1910. For the crop of 1912 it was
1906 cents. which is 2,32 cents more
than the average for 1911 and 2.64
cents less than for 1910.
The average bale weight for the
crop of 1912, counting round s half
bales and including linters, is 5O19
mounds gross as compared with 5O44
bounds for 1911, 5017 pounds for 1910
and 1866 pounds for 1909. The varia
ton in the average weight of bale for
upland cotton put up in square pack
ages is pronoBfced throughout the
cotton belt. the averages ranging
from less than 430 pounds for a num-
Der of counties in Georgia and North
Carolina TO $50 pounds for counties
in Mississippi. Oklahoma and Texas
Texas Crop Phenomenal.
The cotton crop of 1912, as COM
pared with that of 1911. shows a loss
in each of the States, with the excep
ton Of Texas and Oklahoma, in which
States it was the largest ever pro-
duced Ala bama, North Carolina and
South Carolina. however all show an
Increase over every other year except
1911
The crop of 1912 in Texas was phe
nomenal. being almost twice as large
as that of 1909 Texas alone pro-
duced almost one-fourth of the total
commercial crop of the world in 1912
4 large part of TIE increased pro-
auction of cotton in recent years has