The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
1918 COTTON CROP
ONE Of LARGEST
EVER GROWN
Census Bureau Gives Out the
Figuaes as Being 14,127,-
$50.

Figuaes as Being 14,127,-
$50.
Washington, March 2O.-One Of the larg-
est cotton crop ever grown, amounting TO
14,127, 1856 equivalent 5OO-pound bales OF
lint and 639, 1876 equivalent 5%OO-pound bales
Of ~linters, was produced by the farmers OF
the United States during 1913, the census
bureau announced today in it's prelimin-
arv report Of cotton ginned as reported by
ginners and delinters to February.
These figures compare with 13,7O3,42l
equivalent %.5OO-pound bales OF lint and
6O9, 594 bales Of linters last year, 1862, 7Ol
bales of lint and 557, SIS bales of linters in
1911.
With report the bureau of census depart
ed from its previous method Of reporting
the cotton corp by not including the quani-
ty of Inter in the total production. Di-
rector William j. Harris announced this
was lone because with installation Of
modern machinery closer delinting OF seed
had lagely increased the quantity OF lint
ers and at the Same time lowered the
average guilty of the fibre, so that now
only a small part, if any was used as a
substitute for linet cotton.
The number of running bales OF lint cot
ton, counting round as half bales, was
1864, 9S1, and Of Inter cotton, 629,O19 run
ming bales, compared with 13,4SS,539 run
ming bales Of lint and 500, 1924 running bales
or linters last year, and Is, 3,O73 running
bales of linters in 1911.
Including in the production for 1918 are
20, 267, bales which ginners estimate would
be turned out after the time Of the March
canvas.
Round bales included numbered 99,916
compared with 81 ,52s last year and 1O1,-
. 554 IN 1911.
Sea Island bales included, 77,49O COM
pared with 73,777 last year and 1929 in
1911.
The average gross weight Of bales for
the crop, counting round as half bales and
excluding linters, was sos and eight-tenths
pounds, compared with $3.50 last year and
504.5 in 1911.
Oklahoma: Total production $4,000
bales, compared with 1921 $50 in 1912 and
1922, 092 in 1911.
Department Of agriculture estimated
S20, 900 bales for 1913.
South Carolina: Total production 1,373.-
700 bales compared with 1,1S2,12S in 1912
and 1,64s.7 12 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated l.
$50, 900 bales for 1913.
Tenssee: Total production, 979, POI bales
compared with 276, SAG in 1912 and 449, 737
in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated
375, 900 bales for 1913.
Texas: Total production, 3,94S,1SS bales,
compared with 1850, 21O in 1912 and 1885,
427, in 1911.
Department Of agriculture estimated
$500, 900 bales for 1918.
Virginia: Total production, 23,409 bales
compared with 24,39S in 1912 and 29,S91 in
1911.
Department Of agriculture estimate 25,-
600 bales for 1918.
AL OlIcI SIuItS. lOldl plpuuClIOil, oA,'
SOB bales, compared with II, 400 in 1912 and
17,2l5 in 1911.
The census bureau announced that the
statistics Of this report for 1913 are sub
ject to slight corrections in the full report
to be published about May l.
Alabama: Total production, 1,494,O57
bales, compared with 1922 in 1912 and
1,716,594 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated
100000 bales for 1918.
Arkansas: Total production, 1,O71 1853
bales, compared with 1872, 04S in 1912 and
939,3O2 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated
900, 900 bales for 1918.
Florida: Total prodcution, So, ECO in 1912
and 49, s in 1911.
Department Of agriculture estimated
6S, 900 bales for 1913.
Georgia: Total production, 2,314,S7O
bales, compared with 1,776, SAG in 1912 and
2,76S ,627 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated
2,275,OOO bales for 1918.
louisiana: Total production, 442 1872
bales, compared with $4,000 in 1912, and
1884, 597 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated
4OO,O 900 bales for 1918.
Missiippi: Total production, 1907 ,449
bales, compared with 1.046,41s in 1912 and
1908, 545 in 1911.
Department of agriculture estimated l.
$4,000 bales for 1913.
MISSOURI: Total production, 81, 1923 bales
compared with 55,691 in 1912 and 9G,SOS in
1911.
Department of agriculture estimated &C.,
600 bales for 1918.
North Carolina: Total production, 1885,
944 bales, compared with s65 ,653 in 1912
and LOTS, 1926.
Department Of agriculture estimated
765, 1000 bales for 1913.
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