The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-22
Vi 1912 Crop in North Caro-
Ina Figures Available.
GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR 1913
State Reports Indicate Poor
Cfop-Wake County to Fall
Short 1881 Bales This
Year.

;. That Of the 1000, 600 bales OF cot
ton produced in North Carolina in
!s1z only $4,000 bales of the pro
auction will remain to b. marketed
with the incoming 1913 crop, was the
accurately estimated prediction based
on statistics available, advanced by
Raleigh cotton brokers and cotton ex-
peTts OF the State yesterday.
n observation combined with the
report that comes from practically
every cotton producing county in the
State that the 1913 crop presents the
most discouraging outlook Of NAM
years. furnishes a situation perhaps
without parallel. With the growing
crop spotted, Of dwarf-size and signs
vest. in all probability three weeks
later than in former years, the pres
ent status for a good year for one
OF North Cardinals very important
crops is not altogether a situation Of
rich promise.
The cotton statistician of Wake
county, w. A. Wyatt, whose interest
IN the ~ituatiO in the State has call
ed for observation in a number of the
leading cotton producing counties. re-
ports that the crop is altogether dis
couraging and unless seasons from
hencefOrth are favorable the crop will
be cut considerably short. The snar
OF colo weather in early June, when
the stalk was just budding forth, was
such as to seriously impair its
growing qualities, thus making wha1
would have otherwise been a for
ward, q crop some three weeks later
than normal years. The hope for {
fair crop, contend those hat keel
their hand on the situation, is tn,
anticipation of toe so-called Angus
crop, produced from the catch il
that month.
Wake county, which ranks on al
average with other cotton CROWN,
counties in the State, gives a safe in
dex to the situation that faces the cot
ton producers and in tn
State. The statistics as compiled yes
'terday for sake Of information show
that the 1911 crop in Wake county il
sum total was 1851 bales. To DAT
the crop of 1912 market reach tn
figures OF only $3.50. Safe eStima
ton by the cotton Oke OF Raj
eigh places the unSold of the 1S1
production, that will be marketed be
fore the new crop is placed On tn
r market, is 1900 bales, thus 9akin
, total Of 1850 bales tor 1912 in tn
, entire county. Thus the difference Q
1881 bales in favor Of the forrne
year. OF this Raleigh marketed -
: 0O0 bales in 1911, and to date for tn
1912 crop has bought 10000 bales
The contrast between the prices 70
which the cotton crops of 1911 an
1912 sOld indicate hat the 1911
: prices ranged from 7 to IL cents an
last years prices SCARED from II I
13 So. Yesterdays prices, as quote
by Parker Bros. of Raleigh, range
from II l-S TO II IL.
The cotton acreage in Wake count
is something around 10000 acres. az
cording to the figures quoted by Sta
l ttistician w. A. Wyatt, and there are /
1.-THE county LIS ginneries.
t The first bale of cotton sold on III
d Raleigh market Of the 1912 crop We
: on August IS. Careful estimation
f predict that the first bale will nt
!. reach market this year before Sci
s TENDER 5. and that the marketln
proper will not get under way befol
; the middle Of September.