Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-23
Colonel A. M. Barrow Says County Will Produce 50,-
 GOO Bales This Year.
SOME DETERIORATION
Other We'll Informed Cotton Men Give Their Views.-CODditiOns Ov-
 CT State Questioned.

According to Colonel A. M. Barrow, a prominent planter of this county and who is considered an authority on the crop outlook, Jefferson county will make 50,000 bales of cotton this year. If that record is established it will exceed that of any previous year in this county. The largest crop ev. CT recorded in this county is said to have been in 1900 when 45,00O bales were marketed in Jefferson county.
 "The crop outlook in this immediate saction," said Mir. Barrow to Graph ic representative last night, "is bright and l firmly believe that Jeff ferson county will raise 50,OO0 bales. The conditions, In so far as crop de- terioration is concerned, are about the same as they always are in August. Cotton has reached it's maturity on the light lands and will not take on any Hoic UoiiS. He COltOH leaI worm has given some trouble. but the dam- age has not been heavy in this sec- ton. The black lands promise big yield. Conditions over the state gen. orally are good, but the drouth has extended from Texas to South and Central Arkansas and has damaged tho cotton rrov, ov, hx>t1, tl,. s.sIt ....s river farms. Taken all in all, am of the opinion that there will be an enormous crop this year.
 It is evident that the plantations around Pine Bluff are going to yield big crop. All of the farms show a fine growth of the fleecy staple and while some of the planters are not SO optimistic as to the outlook, yet they practically all admit that the country surrounding Pine Bluff will yield handsomely"
 w. H. Bennitt, who has been inves- tigating the cotton crop outlook in this immediate section and in some of the other sections of the state, Is of the same opinion as Mir. Barrow. He believes that Jefferson county's crop will reach 50,O0O bales, if it does not exceed that number. "I have never seen a better crop,' said Mir. Bennitt yesterday.
 Clifton Howell, manager of the cot ton department of the Hammett Gro- cer- Company, who recently made an inspection trip over Southeast Arkan- sas. believes that the crop has suffer- ed considerably from the hot and dry weather of the past few weeks. He found the crop fine in some sections and not so promising in others. He is confident however, that this immedi- ate section will yield big crop of cotton.
 "The bayou and hill crops have gone to pieces in the Red River ter- ritory," said Leo M. Andrews, the prominent local planter who return ed to this city yesterday from a visit to Miller and neighboring counties, This is due to the hot, dry weather. The river bottom places are in fine shape" he continued. "The crop in the Red River bototms has fallen off twenty-five per cent in recent weeks because of the invasion of the boil weevil. It's true this is an early crop this year, but I do not find that con- ditions in many sections of South Ar kansas are favorable."
 MT. Andrews is also impressed with the belief that the cotton crop in this immediate section will be big, but he is not convinced that this county will market 50,000 bales this season. The hot, dry weather, he says, has caused deterioration.