Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-31
COTTON 78 PER
CENT NORMAL
SAYS REPORT
Crop Reporting Board of United States De-
partment OF Agriculture Issues Estimate
Of Condition OF Crop Up to August rs.
Texas Condition 20 Per Cent.
CROP IN BETTER SHAPE
THAN AUGUST rs, 1918
Louisiana Is Only Cotton State Showing
Crop TO Be IN Condition of Less Than
20 Per Cent OF NormaI-6ood Rains
Help in Alabama.

Washington, ID. ~, August 1l.--Ihp con-
dition Of the cotton crop 0f the United
States on August 25 was rs per cent. OF
a normal, the United States Department of
Agriculture's crop reporting board am
nounccd Al noon today IN H. fourth con
dition report Of the season. This com
pares with 1914 per cent on July % Of this
year, 6S.2 per cent on August % last year.
74.s per cent in 1912, and 73.4 per cent. the
average for the past ten year, on August
rs.
Following the lat condition report IN
July the crop reporting board announced
that the condition of July 25 forecast a
yield Of lT9 pounds Of cotton per acre.
which on the acreage reported July 4. viz.
36-960,0 600, would produce 6,6l6.O00, 600
pounds of line, or about 13.s5O.00O bale.
OF 500 pounds gross weight. II added that
If an allowance of one per cent be- made
for abandonment Of acreage, the forecast
would b. about 1925. 900 bales. The Of
fetal figures of the crop reporting board
announce the equivalent IN yield of 100 per
cent condition on August 70 a. 3d.
pounds per acre. With an acreage of
36,590, 400, making an allowance of one
per cent for abandonment, the forecast of
yield a. Indicated from the August 25 con
diticn can bc obtained IL pounds. This
total OF pounds may be- reduced TO 500
pound gross weight bales by dividing by
.47S.1 pounds the average net weight Of
such bales
During the early part Of the month good
rains occurred In portions "a the eastern
belt, especially in Alabama and Georgia.
and the crop was reported as having made
satisfactory progress in those States as
well a. IN portions VI the CarolinaS and
Mississippi where showers fell West of
the Mississippi II was hot and dry. espec-
tally in Texas and Oklahoma, where prac-
tically no beneficial rains occurred and the
crop was reported a. suffering severely,
although the early planted was reported aS
standing the drouth well IN many sections.
Bolls were opening prematurely ani.4aed-
ding was reported from some localities.
Toward the middle Of the month the
eastern and central cotton States waS
favored with good weather and cotton
made rapid growth Picking then was un-
der way IN the southern portions but de-
layed somewhat in Georgia BY frequent
rains. In Texas the severe drouth was
very generally relieved, especially in the
eastern and central portions, although the
late planted waS small and shedding wa
reported.
Frequent rains promoted plant growth in
the cotton region during the latter part Of
The month, and favorable progress was re-
ported from nearly An sections ~ the belt.
Picking vas becoming quite general NJ the
southern portions, but was being hindered
somewhat by too frequent rains, and some
damage was reported from too much
moisture and from shedding, while insect
pests were reported from number IA Io-
caIities.
Comparisons Of conditions, by states,
follows.