The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-02
SOUTH CAROLINA FOURTH.
States Cotton Production in 1913
is Large.

South Carolina and Georgia are
credited with a large part of the in
crease in production Of cotton in re-
cent years, in the census bulletin on
cotton productions in 1918. The
crop of 1913, as compared with that
Of 1912, shows gain in each of the
states with the exceptions of North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Vir-
ginia. The production in Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Tennes-
see 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 single
crop since 1908. While the crop in
Texas was nearly 100000 bales
short of the record crop of 1912, it
was exceeded by that and only two
others-those of 1906 and 1911.
Great yarietions are shown in the
crops of this State in the different
years. In 1906 the production was
4,174,206 bales, while the following
year it amounted to only 2,300,179
bales. The production then rose to
8, S14,4S5 bales in 1908, to 1885,
427 in 1911, and to 4,SS0,210 bales
in 1912. The State produced 25.2
per cent. of the total crop of the
country in 1909, 26.3 per cent. in
1910, 27.1 per cent. in 1911, 25.6
per cent. in 1912, and 27.9 per cent.
in 1913.
The production of cotton in Geor-
gia in 1913, while showing an in
crease of more than 100000 bales, as
compared with the previous year, was
still 452,026 bales short of the rec
ord crop of 1911. The crop of 1913,
however, was, in this State, greater
than that Of 1906 by $4,000 bales,
or ass per cent, and in South Caro-
lima by 50l,633 bales. or 51.3 per
cent.
The production of cotton in Louis
lana decreased steadily from 1906 to
1910, though since then there has
been some increase In 1906 the pro-
duction of the State amounted to
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 the
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 furher increase in the pro-
duction.
South Carolina ranked fourth
among the states in cotton produc-
ton in 1913. 1912 and 1911; fifth in
1910 and third in 1909. There were
1Ss counties which reported more
than $4,000 bales each in 1913, as
compared with l66 in 1912 and 221 |
in 1911. There were 38 counties |
which reported more than $4,000
bales each ir 1913, II of which
four in Mississippi and seven in Texas
more than $1,000 bales
each and fve-Bolivar county, Miss. |
and Ellis, Williamson, McLennan and |
Navarro counties, Texas. in the order
named-more than 100000 bales
each.
The states which contribute the
larger portion of the export cotton
are those which put up the heaviest
bales. The average weight of the
bale for the states of Arkansas,
Louisiana. Mississippi. Oklahoma.
Tennessee and Sexas. which furnish
Il much the larger part of the export
:otton. was 31S.3 pounds. while that
or the states of Alabama. Georgia.
North Carolina and South Carolina.
which contributed most largely to
he domestic consumption, was 491.4
'ounds.