The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-03-25
1918 COTTON CROP
A BUMPER ONE:
Second to the Largest on
Record.
OVER 100000
HAVE BEEN IiNNED

over *i,Coe,cGa,GGG. South Caro-.
Ina nc&ris 2G0.GGG Ea!as Ahead OF
Last Year.
! Washington, March 20. One of the
largest cotton crops ever grown,
amounting 10 i4,l27,3EG equivalent
800 pound bales Of lint and G3o.795
equivalent 500 pound bales OF linters,
was produced by the farmers OF the
United States during 1919, the cen.
sus bureau announced today in its
preliminary report OF Gotten ginncd as
| reported by ginncrs and dclintcrs to
| February 2S
| These figures compare with 49,
7O3, 42l equivalent 500 pound bales or
lint and GC9 594 bales OF lntcrs last
year and l5,C92,701 bales Of lint and
557,575 bales Of lintcrs in 1911.
The department Of ag,iculture's es-
innate, announced December i2, plac-
es the 1913 crop at 1867 900 equiva-
lent 500 pound bales
With this report the bureau OF
census departed from its previous
method of reporting the cotton crop
! by not including the quantity of lint
ers in the total production. Director
! william j. Harris announced this
was done because with the instaIla-
ton of modern machinery closer de-
linting OF seed had largely increased
the quantity Of linters and at the
same time lowered the average quail
ity OF the fibre, 50 that now only a.
small part, if any, was used S IL
substitute for lint cotton.
The number Of running bales or
lint cotton counting round as half
bales, was l3.964,9S1 and OF Inter cot
ton, G29,0l9 running bales, compared
with 13,4SS,5S9 running bales of lint
and G02,324 running bales of lint
ers last year, and l5,553,o73 running
bales Of lint and 556,27G running bales
Of .lintcrs in 1911.
Included in the production for 1913
are 29,267 bales which ginners csti-
mated would be turned out after tho
time of the March canvass.
Round bales included numbered 90
GIG compared with Sl,528 last year
and 101 ,554 in 1911.
Sea Island bales included 77,49O
compared with 1877 last year and
1928 in 1911.
The average gross weight of bale
for the crop, counting round as half
bales and excluding linters, was 5O5.S
pounds, compared with $3.50 last year
and 5O4.5 in 1911.
Production Of states in equivalent
500 pound bales, exclusive of linters.
with comparisons and the department
of agricultures December estimate,
which excludes linters follows:
Alabama: Total production 1884,
057 bales, compared with 1,342275 in
1912, and 1,716,534 in 1911. Depart
ment of agriculture estimated 1,5IO.-
900 bales for 1913.
Arkansas: Total production, 1,O71,..
351 bales, compared with 792,O4S In
1912 and 939,302 in 1911. Department
of agriculture estimated 10000 bales
for 1918.
Florida: Total production, 5S.45l
bales, compared with 52,760 in 1912
ana S3,3SS in 1911. Department Of ag-
riculture estimated $4,000 bales for
1913.
Georgia: Total production, ?,314,-
$40 bales, compared with 1,77G,5l6 in
1912 and 2,768,627 In 1911. Depart
ment Of agriculture estimated 2,275,-
coo bales for 1913
Louisiana: Total production, 442.-
i3z bales, compared with '316,036 in
1912, and 3S4,597 in 1911. Department
OF agriculture estimated 100000 bales
for 1918. .,
Missssippi: Total production. 1 =
1904 bales, compared with 1,Oi6,4IS
in 1912 and 1,203,545 in 1917. Depart
ment Of agriculture estimated 1885,
600 bales for 1913.
Missouri: Total production, CITES
bales, compared with 5b,69t in 1917
and 96, sos in 1911. department OF
agriculture estimated $4,000 bales for
1913.
! North Carolina: Total production.