The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-30
Cotton Production
In The Usaieed States

Washington. June The quantity
OF cotton ginned from the crop Of 1913.
counting round as half bales anu ex-
Guiding linters. was 13.9S2,8ll running
bales. With the exception of that of
1914. this Is the iargest cotton crop the
United States has ever produced Ex-
presRed in gross 500-pound bales the
crop amounted TO 14.156.4S6 bales. be-
Ing .b36.?l5 bales, OF 9.8 per cent. less
| than that Of 1911. but exceeding that OF
| 1912 by :453.O65 bales, or 3.3 per cent:
| that or 1903. the smallest crop in re-
cent years. by 4,l51 137 bales, or Al IS
per cent; and that Of 1904. the fourth
| largest crop. by 71S.474 bales, or 5.3
per cent. These figures are given in a
bulletin on cotton production for 1913.
| which has been issued by Director
William ]. Harris. Of the bureau of the
| census. department OF commerce. II
was prepared under the supervision
OF William M. Stuart, chief .etatistician
forJnanufactures.
lhe quantity Of cotton ginned from
tine crop 'of 1913, prior to September !. i.
| was 79e.09g bales. exceeding that OF
lS1l-the next iargest-Lby 1892
bales. Almost one-half of the total
crop, was, ginned prior to October l8; |;
by November ID almost three-fourth
or the crop had been ginned. Xhis is
practically the same as the average for
the years 1902-11l2. the highest per-
centage (SO.5) being shown for 1909
and the lowest t60.9) for 1906.
The amount OF cotton seed produced
! IN tons. In 1913, was 6.306;00O, with an
estimated value of s156.G00.OOO. or this
! practically 4.767, ,802 tons were crush
ed. The corresponding amounts for
la12 were .6,aDa;0U0 tons produced and
a.b79i508 tons crushed; and for 1911,
d,942, 900 tons produced and 4,921,O73
LDnE crushed.
CoRditiOns Affecting the 1913 f.r0p.
Tho cotton crop OF 1913 began witt,
an Increased area planted, the re-
vlsed estimate Of the department Of
agriculture being 37.458.00O acres, as
against an estimate Of "a 4.766 900 acres
for the crop of 1912. The 1913 crop as
whole got late start. but good
stands were obtained in practically the
entire cotton belt other than the At
ianuc coast states, where much re-
planting was necossary-probabIy 20
per cent OF their total cotton acreage.
During May and June favorable
weather conditions prevailed in all
Inections. offHetung to degree the late
ness OF the crop and permitting the
very late replanted cotton to get a
good start. Favorable conditions con-
tinued for the most part in the Allan
tic states and in the greater portions
OF tho. Middle Gulf states, enabling the
plants in tliecc Bectionr to mature and
fruit and converting the early dis
couragtng prospects into an excellent
harvest. On the other hand, what
promised to be large yield in the
AREA west OF the mississippi was rcduc-.
cd by prolonged drouth and excessive
heat to poor Yield. considering that
large percentage OF the increased
acrcage was In this section. The. e.
tects of the idrouth and heat were
saspectaffy severe in Oklahoma and
0nly;sHghtly less SO In Arkansas anu
In the northern and western portions
OF the cotton growing area OF Texas.
The cotton crop of 1913 in general
was less seriously affected, by insect
pests than the previous one, although
Gel tain large sections suffered moro
EeYerely than ever. before. With the
exception OF certain rections in north
ern Texas where there was some re-
cession In the territory Invaded by the
weev1l, there was an advance all along
the line as compared with 1912. The
total territory now infested Is esti-
mated at 296.300 square miles, includ-
Ing 22,800 cquare miles invaded for the
fir.: timedh 1913.
CDtt0H Crop of the States.
The cotton crop of 1913 as compared
with that OF 1912, showed u gain In
each OF the cotton belt states with the
exception of North Carolina, Okla
t.
duction In Alabama. Georgia, ~South
Carolina aud Tennessee. was the lar
gest ever reppi ted for these ctates ex-
cept for 1911. Aikan as made its re-
cord crop In 1913 and Louisiana show
ed the largost-ampupt gi4ned from a
single crop since 1905 While the crop
IN Texas was nearly 1,00D,eG0 bales
short OF the record crop OF 1912. 1t was
exceeded only by two others-those Of
a906 and 1911. A largo part OF tho In
crease In tho production or cotton in
recent years'fas been due to that in
Georgia and South Carolina The pro-
duction OF cottonS in Georgia in 1913,
while showing an increase of more
than half q million. bales. as compared
with the previous, year WAS stilr 452,-
O26 short Of the record crop of. .18l1.
The crop Of 1918, however, was, in that
state greater than that, OF 1906 by
7244.029 bales. or 45b per cent. and in
ISputh Carolina by r5O1 1893 bales. or
b7.3 per cent. 9 the production aof cot
ton in Louisiana decreased steadily
from 1906 to- 1910 though since then
There has been .eonte,incrcase. In 1906
the: productions T6f the state amounted
to 987. .77S .sbales, while in 1910 the
amount wac only z45, ,6s8 bales. This
rapid de0linerwasld ldue largely TO the
ravages of; the bo1lsweevil and to the
consequent diversion ?of cotton lands
to the,, cultivation of sugar. cane, rice
and other crops. ir
The Imperial Valley in, southern Call
hnf mia. searns I'd .hcpsralI. RnifR6 IN the