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

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. Il was prepared under
the supervision of William NJ. Steu-
art. chief statistician.
The quantity of cotton reported for
the crop of 1912, with linters include ed
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
14.31S,015 bales. being 1.g37.26I bales.
or 11.9 per cent, less than that of 1911,
but exceeding that of 1910 by 2.307, 1927
bales, or 1872 per cent: that of 1909 by
3.997,633 bales, or 3SS per cent and
that of 1904, the third largest crop.
by 633,061 bales, or as per cent.
The average annual production OF
cotton for the years 1S99-1903 was
10,055,003 bales, and for the years
190S-1912 13294.333 bales: the in
crease in the average annual produc-
ton being 323933 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 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
Hnters.
The Sea Island Crop.
The sea island crop of 1912 amount
ed to 70, III bales. or 2S,1S0 900 pounds
gross weight. and was less than that
of 1911 by 45,516 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 1893. A 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 $500 run
ming bales in 1906 to 1928 in 1911,
there has been no general tendency
'toWard an increase or decrease IN
TIE production of this variety, the
amount in 1912 being 1877 running
bales.
The production of linters shows a
marked increase from 114,544 running
bales in 1899 to 602,3 bales in 1917
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
ticularly in the closer delinting OF the
seed for the better separation OF the
meat from the hulls.
The estimated quantity OF cotton
seed produced from the crop OF 1917
was 61O4OOO tons, which compares
with 997 600 tons from the crop OF
1911. OF the total for 1912, 4,5is,oOe
TONS or as per cent. were taken ~
the oil mills thus leaving 1,oZ4,4S-
tons. or 25 per cent, for planting sE-
port. feeding and other purposes INC
proportion of the seed taken by t4e
oil mills from the crop OF 1911 was ~
per cent, a somewhat shlaller pA9po'
ton than in 1872.
Crop Worth $500, $4,000
The estimated value of the crop OF
1912 is. 1920, $4,000 as compared WIN III.
$3.50 $4,000 for 1911, 1868, lSO,9VU loi
lola $3.50 O90 coo for 1903, 1851, o3O.-
606 for 1908 and 500, $50, 600 for 1907
thus the value of the crop of 1917
az estimated. was $50, 100000, or per
cent more than the estimate Tor ~! l.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
quantity of lint cotton was IL peI
cent less. While the crop OF 1911
was the largest ever produced. anu
that of 1912 the second In size, the
crop of 1910 was the most vaIuaple'
The estimated value or the cot!oI
crobs of the five-year perloo eHu Iil
with 1912 is S4,236. 100, zoe, While the
corresnonding value for the flve-year
period ending with 1899 was Sl'9zs,
500 1000 During the last five years
the price of upland lint cotton mas
averaged about III cents per pouho'
or nearly $50 per bale. a-.,,s,,ua
The crop Of 1912 graded "mlddllne
TO strict middling." The average
price of upland cotton, which mas
been computed from the New OF.
leans market reports. has range
from $40 cents in 1912 to LAOS III
1910 For the crop of 1912 1t was
19O5 cents which is 232 cents more
than the average for 1911 ana Z'o1
cents less than for 1910.
The average bale weight Tor the
crop of 1912, counting round as nan
bales and including linters. Is 50i )
pounds gross, as compared with 9V a, :
pounds for 1911, 501.7 pounds for l9It
and 1866 pounds for 1909. The Varla-
ton in the average weight of bale toi
upland cotton put up in square pach
ages is pronounced throughout the
cotton belt. the averages ranging
from less than 430 pounds for num-
Der of counties in Georgia and North
Carolina TO $50 pounds for countles
in Mississippi, Oklahoma and IeNas
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 winch
States it was the largest ever pro,
duced. Alabama, North Carolina ano
South Carolina. however, all show ar
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 tota
commercial crop Of the world in 1917
4 large part of the increased pro
duction of cotton in recent years has