Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
LARGE DECREASE
IN THE COTTON
ACREAGE IN b. S.
5000 900 ACRES LESS THAN LAST
YEAR ACCORDING TO AGRiCuL-
TURE DEPARTMENT.
ACREAGE N TEXAS fG2a5 900 ACRES.
SHOWING H1 PR CENT NnAHAL
CONDITION


Washington, july Ia total area 0i
81 .,.sJ,,0O0 acres OF cotton is under
cultivation III thc United States accord
ing to The preliminary estimate of the
department az agriculture announced tu-
day That compares with ~. l06npD
acres. the revised estimate ~ acreage
under rIttvatiuR n YEAR ago. .ih 81, puD
acres picked last year - .0Sg iiup in 1919
and :I.2S2 600 III 1912 Abandonment Of
acreage during The season last year
amounted 10 Ii per cent of III. planted
area and for the past i've years ~ has
averaged Is per cent Of the area planted.
There has been much interest ia cotton
and textile circles concerning the area
planted 10 cotton this year III view OF
the record crop last year, the curtailed
fuIll,l .IA.n= because ti the huf tfaN
war and the low price ol Int this early
season. which were believed 20 have III
ilnenced cotton growers ~ reduce then
acreage and put some "a their lInr in
grain and other crops The extent OF
this reduction had been yarlonslv esti-
mated uHoffcially M from ~ ID ~ per
cent
The condition Of The growing crop on
june - Gas sos pe rcent ct normal
a. compared with 50 neI cent on M lv ln
this year, fl.b Ter cent ~ June ll Last
year. and 100 per cent the tcn-vear av-
eraee ~ June -. The average change ID
condition from May - - June III during
the past ten years. has been All increase
IF o. per cent
Growing conditions eenerallv were
favorable throughout the month since
the last condition report was ranvasscd.
Precipitation during the first week m
practically all portions n the belt FIR
nisned sufficient moisture ton the time
being and the CrOp made satisfactory
growth. Late planted IL Texas was COM
ing UP and good stand was reported
Excepting in portions NJ Oklahoma. Ar
Kansas and some Of the more eastcrFecC-
lions Of the belt where the soil was too
vet, cultivation proceeded satisfactorily
Cultivation and satisfactory growth
in al excepting few districts was "a
vored during the second week br the
moderated warm weather With gnaral
damage w flooding ln northern Texas
Oklahoma aud the Carolnaz where eflla
were becoming grassy II most other sec
tons however the crop was wfll cultI-
waited and the fields clean
continuation ~ lhfittlAlttA " arm wet
ther with local shoNeT5 sufficient for re-
qmirmcnis greatly favored cotton
growth during the third reCl in an
portions Of the belt DELAY N cultivation
permitted fields IA A few seriiona lo bc
come grassy. but over most districts cul-
tivaiion proceeds satisfactorily, the
fields were clean and the crop continued
IN gnod condition
Rapid growth was forced during tie
final week of the month ~ continued,
warm weather with sufficient moisture
and the crop was In good condition and
wei cultivated III nearly All IistfiCts.
Some retariaticn of rrowrh WIS reported
/ from oklahoma anal ADJOINING trim
aHf grassy Haif. irnH innair NJ
boil wees reported H~ active In portions
pt Ai:nHma Mississippi 1nd IeNas fh
cIop was irHiling ia -oulherp district.
and some bloom was reported aa tal
north a. North Carolina
The report also gives the acreage in
Texas at 1886 900 acres a. compared
with 12.OJ2O0O acres ia 1911. The con
dition Of the Texas crop II given IA -
per cent of normal