Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
CROP Of
1872 SECOND IN
SIZE AND VALUE
South Gets $92O,63O,OOO for
Producing 14,3l3,Ol5 Bales.
Three-fourths of Seed Sold.

WASHINGTON, June 2S-Statis-
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. II was prepared under
the supervision Of william NJ. Steu-
art. chief ststistlcian.
The quantity Of cotton reported for
the crop Of 1912, with linters included
and round bales counted as half bales,
Is 14,Os0,S69 running bales With the
exception Of that Of 1911, this is the
largest crop the United States ever
produced. Expressed in gross SEQ
pound bales. the crop amounted 70
l4313,O15 bales, being 1.937,261 bales.
or 11.s per cent, less than that Of 1911,
but exceeding that OF 1910 by 1907 ,327
bales, OF 1872 per cent; that Of 1908 by
3.997,633 bales, or 3s.S per cent, and
that Of 1904, the third largest crop,
by e33,O6l bales. or 4.e pei. cent,
The average annual production OF
cotton for the years lSss-isoS was
1O.O55, 1908 bales, and for the years
f90s-Ig12. 13.2S4,33 bales; the In
crease in the average annual produc-
ton being 3,239, $50 bales, or S2.2 per
cent. When Il is considered that or
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.
The production OF linters SHOWS q
marked Increase from 114,644 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 TOT
dellntiug. 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, ana par
ticularly in the closer dellnting OF the
seed for the better separation OF ths
meat from the hulls
The estimated quantity or cotton
seed produced from the crop or 1917
was 6.IO40 600 tons, which compares
with 6eg7 900 tons from the crop OF
1g11. OF the total for 1912, 4,519,5OS
TONS or rs per cent, were taken ny
The oil mills. thus leaving 1,524,482
TONS or 25 per cent. for planting, ex-
mort feeding and other purposes. The
nroDortion of the seed taken by the
on mills from the crop OF 1911 was ~
ner cent a somewhat smaller propot-
tion than In 1872,
Crop Worth $500, $4,000.
The estimated value of the crop OF
1912 Is 1920 $50, 900, as compared with
SS5g $40 0O0 for 1911, $963,lS0,0OO Tor
f9I9 sSi2. $50. 900 for 1909, 1851, $780,
0o0 for 1908 and $500, 900 for 1907.
Thus the value of the crop or l9l2'
as estimated was $50, $780, 600, or Z per
cent more than the estimate for 1911,
twithstanding the fact that the
1,antitv of lint cotton was 12.7 per
cent less. While the crop Of 1911
was the largest ever produced. and
tbat ~ 1912 the second in size, the
ron oF 1910 was the most valuable.
kccordInp to the revised estimate of
the Denartment of Agriculture. the
area planted in cotton in 1912 was
"a, 766, 900 acres, of whlch 4eS,UoV
ceres or IA per cent, were aban-
doned. leaving 34,2SS,OOO acres as the
area from which the crop was mar
vested. This is reduction or l,loZ,-
GOO acres, as 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 snow
material reductions, az compared with
1911. while Texas shows an increase
OF Sa5. 600 acres. The average pro-
duction of lint per acre In lSl2, as
estimated by the Department of Agrl
culture. was 191 pounds as compared
with 20S pounds in 1911. and III
pounds in 1910.