Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-28
COTTON CROP MOST
VALUABLE PRODUCED
BUREAU PLACES 1913 FIGURE AT
14,76715t BALES. SECOND LARG-
EST YIELD ON RECORD.
3,943,l33 BALES GROWN IN TEXAS
Crop Weighed 7,383.5575O0 Pounds,
and Is Valued at stOOO,oOO,OCO. In
Guiding Seed-Texas Leads
Them All.

second largest in point of quantity.
Statistics announced by the bureau of
census saturday Indicated j. amounted
20 7.3S355I. 800 pounds, or lI,1t,151
bales of lint and Inter cotton The
total value O, the crop, including tuc
value of cotton seed, is mu.iciauy
estimated round at more than SI0H0.-
100000. compared with $9-poHU0oo
asst year aud S9@6.OoO.0oO Tor the ure.
7ious most valuable crop. char of 1910.
These figures compare with 1915
t21 equivalent 5O0-pouud bales OF lint
and GO9,59f bales Of linters last year.
and 1862 701 bales of lint and 55757j
bales Of linters in 1911.
The department of agriculure's es-
innate, announced Dec l.. placed tho
1913 crop at 13,671OOO equivalent 500
pound bales
With this report the bureau Of cen.
sus departed from its previous meth
ID of reporting the cotton crop by not
including the quantity Of huters in
The total production. Director vii
liam j. Harris announced this was
done because with the installation of
modern machinery closer delintng of
iced had largely increased the guam
ity of linters and at the same time
lowered the average quality Of the
fiber. so that now only a small part,
If any, was used as a substitute for
tint cotton
The number of running bales of lint
cotton, counting round as half bales
was 13,964,9S1, and of Inter cotton
629,019 running bales, compared With
i3,4SS,539 running bales of lint and
602,324 running bales of linters last
year and 15,553,072 running bales of
lint and 556,276 running bales Of lint
ers in 1911.
Included in the production for 1913
are 29,267 bales, which ginners est
mated would be turned out after the
time of the March canvass.
Round bales included numbered 60.
ZIG. compared with SLIPS last yeaI
and 1O1,55 in 1911.
Sea Island bales included 77,49O
compared with 1917 last year and
1928 in 1911.
The average gross weight of bale
for the crop, counting round as half
bales and excluding liaters, was 505S
pounds, compared with sos last veal
and 504.5 in 1911.
Texas Leads All.
Tezas-Total production, 3,943,133
bales, compared with 4,SS0,21O in 1915
and 4.256,427 in 1911. Department OF
agriculture estimated 100000 bales
for 1913.
Alabama-Total production, 1882.
asa bales, compared with 1,342.275 in
1912 and 1,716,534 in 1911. Depart
ment of agriculture estimated 1,5l0,OOC
bales for 1913.
Arkansas-Total production, 1896,
s41 bales, compared with 702,04S in
1912 and 939,302 in 1911. Department
of agriculture estimated 100000 bales
for 1913.
Florida-Total production, 66,514
bales, compared with 52,76O in 1912
and S3,3SS in 1911. Department Of az.
riculture estimated $4,000 bales for
1913.
Georgia-Total production, 2,345,S22
bales, compared with 1,776,546 in 1912
and 2,768,627 in 1911. Department of
agriculture estimated 2,275,O0O bales
for 1913.
Louisiana-Total production, 442,13E
bales, compared with 376,O96 in 1912
and 3S4,597 in 1911. Department of
agriculture estimated 100000 bales foI
19I<ss>
Mississippi-Total production, 1,24S,
724 bales, compared with 1,04G,41S in
1912 and 1,2O3,545 in 1911 Depart.
ment of agriculture estimated 1850
bales for 1913.
Missouri-Total production, 63,77E
bales, compared with 55,691 in 1913
and 96,80S in 1911. Department Of ag-
riculture estimated $4,000 bales for
1913.
North Carolina-Total production,
S35,435 bales, compared with S65, 653
in 1912 and 1,O75,S26 in 1911. Depart
ment of agriculture estimated 765, 00C
bales for 1913.
Oklahoma-Total prediction, S41, 1884
bales, compared with 1921 $50 in 1912
and 1,022,092 in 1911. Department of
agriculture estimated $4,000 bales fol-
1913.
South Carolina-Total production,
1.414, 400 bales, compared with 1882
1913 in 1912 and 1,648,712 in 1911 De-
partment Of agriculture estimated /,
$780, 900 bales for 1913.
Tennessee-Total production, $685..
SAG bales, compared with 276,546 in
1912 and 449.737 in 1911. Department
of agriculture estimated 375,000 bales
for 1913
Virginia-Total production, PASS
bales, compared with 24,398 in 1912
and 29,S91 in 1911. Department OF az
riculture estimated $4,000 bales for
1913.
All Other States-Total production,
81 1897 bales, compared with II ,402 in
1912 and 1925 in 1911.
The census bureau announced that
the statistics of this report for 1913
are subject to slight corrections.
Would Kill Predatory Beasts.