Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-01
CROP 80
CENT NORMAL.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES FIRST COaDl-
TON ANNOUNCEMENT - WAS
EXPECTED WITH INTEREST.


Washington. II. III, june 1.-The newly
planted cotton crop uf the United States
showed a condition ri 80 per cent normal
on May -. the department Of agriculture
announced today VI it~ first condition r.
port WI thr season. which had been awaited
with interest ~ cotton. textile and other
Interests. That condition compares with
1i.3 en- May - last year. 19l ~ 1918,
80 IL 1872, N1.S % lHll and a9.5 Tire
average for the past Ten wears ~ May 23.
Conditions ~ states arc: Virginia. -.
North Carolina. 30: South Carolina. 50:
Georgia. -: Florida. 80. Alabama. i~.
Mississippi. =: Louisiana. III. TcNa~, I'M;
Arkansas. -; Tennessee. -. Missouri. go
Oklahoma, ~; California. -.
Until the official report VI thc govern
mcnt estimating the area planted IN issued
JULY 4. me- calculation will hc made hN the
departments CROP experts a- to The prob
able lie of the crop. The record Yield
last season. the decreased foreign takin-~
because VI the war. and the tow price WIT
cotton early thi- season. are believed to
have influenced n%lnutrr- ~ reduce their
paintings 10 some extent. No official rc
port ~ 20 the extent III The reduction
have been made. hut unofficial estimate
place the area planted WI from IN NV 20 per-
cent less than last year. The preliminary
estimate nj the planted area last year made
IN the department ~ agriculture Ia~t july
was 3G 5000. 600 acres.
While the early season nearly every
where IL the cotton belt was backward
for vegetation. planting operations were
carried On successfully. The soil in the
western part nf the belt was we'll supplied
with moisture but eastward a drought de
vclopcd. Toward May ! excessive raIn-
III Texas and oklahoma made u rcplauting
necessary Az some extent hut the drought
I'M the east continued. An uniavorahlc
week. except in the central states. followed.
During the ~ccond week II the month good
rains broke the drought wv the eastern
States Int w the west conditions were num-
favorable because uf continued rams The
following week wa- the best in all portions
ii the belt the crop bad had tins season.
Generally favorable weather prevailed
hut little rain occurred in the belt during
ihr final week III the month. The -utl ul
those portions uf the bolt whore rainfall
was light wa-. IN most eases supplied with
sufficient moisture for present needs and
III harmful effects were produced. cNcrpi
locally III Mississippi and Southern Texas
where the late planted needed more mons
turc and IN Louisiana where the crop was
suffering for lack Of rain. IN Oklahoma
and portions 81 Arkansas the soil was tuo
vet tor cultivation and the crop wa hc-
coming grassy. but III I'M other portions WI
! the belt IN ccarly planted was M ~ y good
stand and well cultivated.
The tentative dates tor the issuance hy
the department Of agriculture ~ rcport-
On the condition. acreage and production
III cotton thi~ season are:
Thursday. july 4. condition w. WI june
- and estimate of the area planted.
Monday. August =. condition a. ~ July
%.
Tuesday. August 81, condition ~ of IN
gust -.
Saturday. October ?. condition ~ VI
September %.
Friday. December ln. estimate 81 total
production of the crop.
These reports will be announced ~ noon
Eastern time. On the dates named except
the estimate Ut production ~ December
10. which will H. issued M : y. IN.
The Ameriacn Peat Society. which