The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-09-04
is FOURTH STATE
IN COTTON YIELD
South Carolina Production is Large
Some Census TOtals-Bales of
Domestic Consumption Run
Light. s.
(The State.)

(The State.) &
South Carolina and Georgia arel
credited with a large part of the in
crease in production of cotton in re
cent years, in the census bulletin o
cotton production in 1913, copies Cd
which reached Columbia YESTERDAY y
The crop of 1913, as compared wifi
that of 1912, shows a gain in each of
the States with the exceptions of
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and
Virginia. The production in Alaba-
ma, Georgia, South Carolina and Ten
nessee was the largest ever reported
for these States. except for 1911.
Arkansas made its record crop in
1913 and Louisiana showed the larg-
est amount ginned from a single CROP
since 1908. While the crop in Texas
was nearly 100000 bales short oil
the record crop of 1912, it was ex-
ceeded by that and only two others
thoe of 1906 and 1911. Great varia
tions are shown in the crops of this|
state in the different years. In 1906
while the following wear it amounted
to only 2,3OO,l79 bales. The produc-
tion then rose to 3,S1l,4S5 bales inI
1908, to 4,256,427 bales in 1911. and
to 4,SS0.210 balGs in 1912. The State
produced 25.2 per cent of the total
crop of the country in 1909. 26.3 peri
cent in 1910, 27.1 per cent in 1911
35.6 per cent in 1912, and 279 peri
cent in 1913.
The production of cotton in Geor-1
Igia in 1913, while showing an in
creaseof more than 100000 bales. as|
compared with the previous year, was
still 452,026 bales short of the record
crop of 1911. The crop of 1913, how
ever, was, in this State, greater thanI
that of 1906 by 724,O29 bales, or 45.5
per cent, and in South Carolina by|
sol ,633 bales, or 57.3 per cent.
The production Of cotton in Louis
lana decreased steadily from 1906 toI
J910, though since then there has
been some increase. In 1906 the pro.
duction of the State amounted toI
9S7,779 bales, while in 1910 the
amount was only 245,64S bales. This
rapid decline was due largely to the '
ravages of the boil weevil and to thek
consequent diversion of cotton lands
to the cultivation of sugar cane, rice
and other crops. There has been
tendency to return to the cultivation
of cotton in some sections of the
State, and it is expected that there
will be a further increase in the pro-
duction.
South Carolina ranked fourth
among the States in cotton produc
tion in 1913, 1912 and 1911; fifth ir
1910 and third in 1909. There werJ
1S9 counties which reported mol /
than $4,000 bales each in 1918,
compared with 166 in 1912 and 221 il
1911. There were SO counties whi{d
reported more than $4,000 bales eabd
in 1913, II of which-four in MISC
sippi and seven in Texas-retuy
more than $4,000 bales each and
l.uRaGKar. .-cnLutM-.. Mics ,and
mites. Texas. in the order M f(YS!
more than 100000 bales eacH .nna
The States which contribute Tahas Ie
ger portion of the eXnort Il oi
e those which put up the heaN
les. The average weight of NTI
lie for the States of ArkansAL
,uisana, Mississippi, Oklahoma
nnessee and Texas, which furnishe4 he
lch the larger part of the expo1f fase
tton, was 51S.3 pounds, while thi burr
a i At,<,