Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-21
1914 Cotton Crop
Worlds Greatest
Continued From Page One)

day giving final ginning figures, Off
cially place the 1914 crop as a record
with l6,102,143 bales of 500 pounds
each That is 409, ,442 equivalent 500
pound bales, or 2O4,721,OO0 pounds
more than produced in the great
crop of 1911.
In addition TO the great produc-
ton of lint cotton, record quantity
Of Inter cotton, which is extensively
used in manufacture Of military cX-
plosives, was obtained. This cotton,
delinted from the seeds at oil mills,
amounted to 395,732,OOO pounds and
brought the total 1914 crop to 16,-
S93,605 equivalent 500-pound bales,
or S,446, 6,S03, 500 pounds,
While the crop was record one,
the only states to make new records
in production We're Alabama, Louisi-
ana and Oklahoma. The other cot
ton states all came close to their
records.
A feature of the crop was the
greatly increased production in Cal
ifornia and Arizona, two states
whore the cotton growing industry
is in its infancy and where super
ior quality Of the staple is raised.
Value Is Great
Caufornia's production amounted
TO 49,S35 bales, or 24,9lI5OO pounds
while Arizona's was 7,l42 bales, or
3,57lO0O pounds.
Unofficial estimates place the
value of the crop, which this season
has been greatly reduced by the
effect of the European war, at $57O,-
100000 for lint That is based on an
Of
to producers. and an estimate Of 20
per cent as the quantity already sold
with the remainder selling at an av-
erage of rs cents a pound. on the
same basis the value Of the seed is
estimated at $l34OOO.OOO These to-
gether make the estimated value of
the 19l4-15 crop to cotton farmers,
$7O4, 100000, compared with SELL
100000, the value Of the 19l3-14
crop, estimated in the same manner.
The 1914 cotton crop Of the United
States aggregated 15,S73,0O2 running
bales Of lint or 16,lO2,143 equivalent
fify-pound bales, the census bureau
announced today. The department of
agriculture, December 10, estimated
15,966,0O0 equivalent five hundred
pound bales. These figures compare
with 13,9S2,S1l running bales, or
1415G,4S6 equivalent five hundred
pound bales in 1913; 13,7O3.421
equivalent five hundred pound bales
in 1912, and 15,533,073 running bales
or l5,692,701 equivalent five hundred
pound bales in 1911, the three largest
crop years prior to 1914, Included in
the 1914 figures are 121,457 bales
which ginners estimated would be
turned out after the March canvass
Round bales included numbered
57,61S, compared with 1882 i'm 1913;
81 ,52S in 1912, and 101 554 in 1911.
Sea island bales included num-
bered S1,59S, compared with 1868 in
1913; 1871 in 1912, and 1928 in
1911.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop was 507.2 pounds, com
pared with 506.2 in 1913; sos in
1912, and 5O4.5 in 1911.
Ginneries operated for the crop
numbered 24,522, compared with
24,749 in 1913; 25,279 in 1912, and
26,3l9 in 1911.
Linter cotton, not included in total
ginning figures, amounted to 722,270
running bales, or 7,914,464 equivalent
five hundred pound bales, compared
with GSl, 1853 running bales, or 63S,S8l
equivalent five hundred pound bales
in 1913; 602, 1924 running bales or 6O9,-
5qI equivalent five hundred pound
bales in 1912 and 556.276 running
bales or 557.575 equivalent five hun
dred pollnd bales I'm 1911
Production of states in equivalent
five hundred mound bales. exclusive
of linters. with comparisons. follow:
Alabama. 1914 1.75O.2S5: 1913. l.
495.4S5; 1872. 1.842.275: 1911. 1.716,-
534.
Arkansas-1g14 1O15.674: 1913.
1.O72.SiG; 1912, 792.O4S; 1911. g39,-
8O2.
Florida-tg14. SO.963: 1913. $685.;
1872, 52,7GO: 1911, S3.3SS.
Georeia-1914, s.713.47O: 1913.
2.21G.6O1; 1912, 1,776,546: 1911, o.
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