Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-01

~ bale Tor upland cotton put 90 IL
squared packages ~ pronounce
throuahout the cotton belt. the aY
orages ranging from less than $50
pounds for q numDcr of counties 10
Georgia and North Carolina 10 800
.'ounds for counties in Mississippi
Oklahoma and Texas
Texas Crop Phenomenal.
Tho cotton crop Of i112. a. c0m.
pared with that NJ 1911. shows a
loss ln each Of the staten with tho
exception NJ Texas and Oklahoma. lu
which states 10 nns me LARGEST ever
produced Alabama. NDrth Carolina.
and South Carolina. however an
how an increase over every other
year except $780,
The crop OF 1912 b. Texas was
phenomenal being almost talrc as
large as that ~ 1909 TvaF alone
produced almost ono.f fourth Of the
total commercial crop Of the world
4 large part ~ Tho Increased pro.
1uciion ~ cotton boz recent years has
been duo 10 The large crops Boo Go0r
".a and w the Clroliuas tbc net in-
crease since 1906 Tor the three states
combined being $500 bates. or
2Il per cent
The production OF cotton lu Loul-
Hiani decreased steadily from 1906
10 1910. though tho crops NJ 1911
and 1912 SHOW 400 increase over that
Of 1870 lu 1906 the production Of
the state amounted ~ I.UIga4a
bales while iu 1910 the amount VAS
only 1aa.ta3 bales This rapid de-
cline ni. due largely ~ the rayaros
OF tho boil nco,il aud 90 The conse
on'nI diversions of cotton lands 10.
the cultivation OF uaar cane. rice
and other crops
The boil WooIl Was also largely
responsible" for The decrease Ia the
production in Mississippi. IN which
state The crop Of lpl2 was tho small
20 for i've years
According 40 tho revised estimate
of tho department Of Agriculture.
'hc area planted ia cotton In lglg|
Naf 3lctGooo acres of which iSa.-
loo acres. or I I per cent. wcro aban-
loncd. leaving 3l.2sa.OO0 acres Ak
lho area from which the crop was
harvested This IS Is reduction of I
''t."no acres as compared with 1871
with this exception. the acreage
both that planted ana that harvested
Was The largest for any year Mis-
'issippi, Arkansas. and Oklahoma AN
Show material reductions. ,s com
pared with 1914, while Texas shows
In lncrcas" Of $4,000 acres. The
average production Of lint per acre
IN 1912. as estimated by the Depart
mont Of Agriculture. was lnl pounds
ls compared with POS pounds IN lal1l
md l1l pounds iu l1lO.
Their" were N.2l5 bales reported
- ginnod In California In 1912. asI
'omparcd with $3.50 bales In tglll
md P.'SG balog In 1914. These
include some FOREIGN cot
on grown In Mexico n.owcr Cali !
orniai aud rinned IN California
Cotton Insect Pests.
The cotton crop of 1912 was seri |
'usly affected 10y insect pests The
.ro~crs In q large section of tho cot
ON belt had 10 contend with the bou
'ccvil, white In some sections the
rop suffered damage from cotton
aierpillors, grass worms. aud other
'"sts 10 q greater extent than IN
ormor Years Drought In 1909 and
$40, particularly in Texas. Okla
.oma nd Louisiana. checked tho de-
rlopmcnt of tho holl wocyns I'm their
arly stages. and killing frost fol.
owed Dos war weather. boz the latter
ear greatly reduced their number
hes" conditions resulted iu great
'du'liou I'm the number of woc,ils
% l'll The season of IqIa. how
.Nor was again uuiayorahlr ~ the
'o0il and there was q considerable
'Nt'nsiou of the area subject 10 this
pest owing to the general dlsscm.
nation of the Information obtained
by the Federal and state depart
uonis of agriculture. the dostruc-
ivcncss of the boll vooyl ~ being
.rcatlv rcduccd
Ih" quantity of cotton eiunci from
u" crop of l'l2 prior o. september
was i5o.23' bales. The largest
mount for any year since tho imam.
DURATION of these reports by tho
'ousus bureau. with tho single ca
option of lHll, when the number oil
.alos was 5Il2e1. ny October IN.
PIG, % per cent of the crop had
.ccn ginncd. as compared with o. /
Der cent IN l9ll. lGa per cent In
hlu, 90 per cent In 1909. lSII
'cr cent 100 1908. and 90 per cent IN
300 Hy November ~ slightly
lorc than thro- fourths of the crop
ad been ginncd There was con
idorablc difference. however. among
b." several states IN the proportion
q the total amount ginned 10 spcci-
led dates. More than two-thIrds OF
ho total crop of Texas had been
inued by October ~. while Tonnes
co showed less than one-third.
Some idea of the importance OF
ottun production Ia the United
tato, may ne had when h s. con
idrrod that. next 10 corn. cotton Is
be- most valuable crop grown IN the
ouniry. and that cotton In Us manu-