Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-07-02
scoND LARGEsT COTTON oRoP.
Ehe Yield for 1912 Amounted to Ia.
313,O15 Bales.


313,O15 Bales. ~
washington, June 2S.--The 1912
S5tton crop of the United States was
5Ile second largest ever produced, and
nounted to 14,313,015 bales of 500
Wounds each, the census bureau an
Kounced to-day in making public the
fHal cotton production statistics
'Ehey show a slight increase over the
preliminary production statistics an
'nounced March 20th.
# The sea island crop amounted to
1T bales; linters to 602,324
ales, and seed production was
s0S104,000 tons, of which 4,579,508
tons was taken by the oil mills, leav-
ing 1524,492 tons for planting, ex-
bort, feeding and other purposes.
The estimated value Of the crop
vas placed at $500, 900, or $60,-
.390, 600 more than the record crop
Of 1911, notwithstanding that the
qaiantity OF lint cotton was 1871 per
Ssnt- less. The estimated value of the
septton crops for the five years 1908
A2 is 1000, the average
spfice being about IL cents a pound,
of nearly 100000 per bale
The 1912 crop graded "middling to
nrice of upland cotton was 1905
Sents per pound.
Insects Caused Damage.
Insect pests seriously affected tn,
crop, growers in large section hav-
ing to contend with the boil weevil.
cotton caterpillars and grass worms.
lshe boil weeIl area showed consider
aDleAextension, but work by the Fed
&eal and State agricultural depart
nents is greatly reducing the de-
Sfructiveness OF the pest
The quantity of cotton reported
fpr The crop OF 1912, with linters in
Guided and round bales counted as
1aI bales, is 14,09O,S63 running
pales. With the exception of that of
4 gll, this is, the largest crop the
t3nited States has ever produced. Ex-
messed in gross 500-pound bales, the
f5DP amounted to 14,323,015 bales,
Icing 1,937,z61 bales, or 11.9 per
snt less than that of 1911, but ex-
eding that of 1910 by 2,307,3 ,327
es, or 4 9s2 per cent; that of 1909
81 997 63 bales, or 1878 per cent,
Al that of 1904, the third largest
by q Q 9. les or AZ per
Z .
cotton for the years 1899~1an2 was
10, ,055, ,00S bales, and for the years
190S-1912, 13,294,333 bales the in
crease in the average annual produc-
ton being 3,239,33O bales, or 80.
per cent.
Practically the entire production
of cotton in the United States is up
land, which includes a number of
lone. staple varieties. Only about
one-half of l per cent of the total
cotton production in 1912 was of the
sea island variety, and only 43 per
cent was linters.
Ser Island Crop.
The sea island crop of 1912
amounted to 3,777 bales, or 28,1SO.-
600 pounds gross weight, and was
less than that of 1911 by 45,516
bales, or 1872 per cent With the ex-
ception of the crop of 1906, the crop
OF 1912 was the smallest produced
since the inauguration of the ginning
reports of the census bureau in 1899.
A severe storm proved disastrous
to the crop in South Carolina in the
year 1911, and the production of that
State decreased from 1905 bales in
1910 30 5,119 in 1911, but Increased
The Seed Crop.
The estimated quantity of cotton
seed produced from the crop of 1912
was 6,104, 900 tons, which compares
with e,977,0 900 tons from the crop of
1911. or the total for 1912, 4,579,-
5O8 tons, or rs per cent, were taken
by the oil mills, thus leaving 1924
492 tons, or 25 per cent, for planting,
export, feeding and other purposes.
The proportion of the seed taken by
the oil mills from the crop of 1911
was 20 per cent, somewhat smaller
proportion than in 1912,
Almost Billion.
The estimated value of the crop of
1912 is $920,63O,0OO, as compared
with $859,840,000 for 1911, $963,-
10000 for 1910, $812,O90, 900 for
1909. $G81 100000 for 1908, and
$7G0,960,000 for 1907. Thus the
yaiue OF the crop of 1912, as esti-
mated, was $60,790,000, or 7 per
cent. more than the estimate for
1911. notwithstanding the fact that
the quantity of lint cotton was 1871
per cent less. While ,the crop of
1911 was the largest ever produced.
and that of 1912 the second In sizea
the crop of 1910 was the most valua-
BILE.
County Farmers Uaian.