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

ttCs lot lne 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 statistieian.
The quantity of cotton reported for
the crop of 1912, with linters included
and round bales counted as half bales
Is l4,090,S63 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
l43l30l5 bales. being 1.937,261 bales,
or 1l.9 per cent. less than that of 1911,
but exceeding that Of 1910 by 1907, 1927
bales, or 1872 per cent; that of 1909 by
399T633 bales, or SS.S per cent and
that of 1904, the third largest crop
by 633 061 bales. or 46 per cent.
The average annual production OF
cotton for the years 1899 1903 was
10,055003 bales, and for the years
1908-19l2 13294333 bales, the in
crease in the average annual prOduc-
ton being 3.239. $50 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 i'm the United States.
Practically the entire production II
cotton in the United States is upland,
which includes a 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 1917 bales. or 2S1SO 900 pounds
gross weight and was less than that
of 1911 by 45,516 bales, or 1872 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, and
the production Of that State decreased
from 1906 bales in 1910 to 0,ll9 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 1906 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 ll4,544 running
bales in 1899 to 6O2 ,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 OF the
total seed supply reglnned, and par
ticularIy in the closer delinting OF me
seed for the better separation OF the
meat from the hulls.
The estimated quantity OF cotton
seed produced from the crop Of 1872
was 6.104.000 tons which compares
with 6q97 600 tons from the crop Of
1911. Of the total for 1912, 4,519,5OS
TONS or IS per cent. were taken by
the oil mills. thus leaving 1,524,4S2
tons or - per cent, for planting, eH-
mort. feeding and other purposes ne
nrOportion of the seed taken by tne
oil mills from the crop or 1911 was ~
per cent, a somewhat smaller proper
tiCn than in 1872.
Crop Worth S92o,63o,OoO.
The estimated value of the crop of
1912 is 1920, $50 600 as compared with
SS59S4O. 600 for 1911, $963,lSO,0O0 LOT
1919 1872. 100000 for 1909, S6Sl, o6U.-
400 for 1908 and $700,96O,0OO for l9Vt,
Thus the value Of the crop OF l9l2,
as rstiua ted. was $50. 100000, or pei
cent more than the estimate for lSi 4,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
ouantity of lint cotton was l2.l per
cent less. While the crop of 1911
was the largest ever produced! ana
tbat or 1912 the second in size, the
crop Of 1910 was the most valuable.
The estimated value of the cotton
rrgps Of the fve-year period endlng
with 1912 is $4,236,I90, goo. while the
corresponding value for the tive-Year
rCriod ending with 1899 was $l.529.-
400 600 During the last five years
The price of upland lint cotton has
averaged about III cents per pound,
or nearly $50 per bale. .,,.-
The crop Of 1912 graded 'middling
20 strict middling" The average
price of upland cotton, whlch mas
been computed from the New Or
leans market reports. has ranged
from $50 cents in 1912 to 1859 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
rron of 1912. counting round as mar
bales and including linters, Is 2Ot9
mounds gross. as compared with oO4. 4
bounds for 1911, 5O17 pounds for 1910
ana 1865 pounds for 1909. The varia-
ZION i'm the average weight of bale for
upland cotton put up in square pack
ages is pronounced throughout the
corron belt. the averages ranging
from less than $50 pounds for num-
her Of counties in Georgia and North
carolina 10 $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 loss
in each of the States. with the eXcep-
ton of Texas and oklahoma, in which
states il was the largest ever pro-
duced. Alabama North Carolina and
South Carolina. however. all show an
Increase over every other year except
1911
The crop of 1912 in Texas was phe-
nomanal being Utmost twice as large
as that Of 1909. Texas alone pro
duceG almost one fourth Of he total
commercial crop of the world i'm 1912
large ua"t of tie increased pro-
duction of cotton in recent years has