The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-20
GOVERNMENT REPORT ISSUED
OVER 100000 BALES.
TO-DAY SHOWS GlNHiNGS OF
WAS VERY SHORT CROP
Nineteen Fifteen Cotton Crop, as IN.
dcatsd by Ginners' Reports Was
Far Below Former Years-639, 600
Eaies Gnned in Oklahoma.

Washington, March 2O.-The 1915
cotton crop of the United States ag-
gregated 1lO59,OO0 running bales, or
I1I,1SG,lS2, equivalent 500 pound bales,
exclusive of linteys and counting round
bales as half bales, the census bureau
today announced in its final ginning
report Of the season. The department
Of agriculture on December 10, last,
basing its calculations on reports of
its agents throughout the cotton belt,
estimated the crop at 11,161, 600 equi-
valent 5OO-pOund bales. The census
bureaus final figures of the crop COM
pare with 15,9O5,S40 running bales, or
IS, 134,93 equivalent 5O0-pound bales
produced in 1914; 13,9S2,Sl1 running
bales, or 14,156, 4S6 equivalent 500.
pound bales in 1913, and 13, 4SS,539 run.
ming bales, or 13,7O3, 421 equivalent 500
pound bales in 1912. The 1914 crop
was the record for production. Includ-
ed in the figures are 39,623 bales
which ginners estimated would be
turned out after the March canvass.
Round bales included numbered H.
716. compared with 5I61S in 1914, 99,-
962 in 1913, and S1,52S in 1912.
Sea Island bales included numbered
1920, compared with S1,654 in 1914,
1868 in 1913 and 1871 in 1912.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop was 5O5.6 pounds, COM
pared with 507.2 in 1914, 5OG2 in 1913,
and $3.50 in 1912.
Ginneries operated for the crop num-
bered 23,146, compared with 24,547
in 1914, 24749 in 1913, and 25,279, in
1912.
Linter cotton, not included in the
total ginning figures, amounted to
S95,274 running bales, or SSO,7SO equi-
valent 5OO-pound bales, compared with
S32, ,401 running bales, or S56,9OO equt-
yalent 5O0-pOund bales in 1914: G31..
1913 running bales, or 63S,SS1 equiya.
lent 50O-pound bales in 1913, and co.,
32l running bales, or GO9,594 equiya-
lent 500 pound bales in 1912.
Production of states in quivalent 500
pound bales, exclusive of linters, with
comparisons, follows:
Alabama-1915, 1,O2O21S; 1914, L.
751,375; 1913, 1495,4S 1912 1,342,275.
Arkansas-1915 S15,S46; 1914, l.
O16,17O; 1913, 1O72, SAC; 1912, 792,O4S.
Florida-1915, 47S16; 1914, S1,255;
1913, 5S,695; 1912, 52,76O.
Georgia-1915, 19O731O; 1914, 2
1S,O37; 1913, 2,316,6o1; 1912, 1,776,-
SAB.
Louisiana-1915, 34O,6O6; 1914 449,,
45S; 1913, 443,S21; 1912, 37G,O96.
Mississippi-19l5, 953,62O; 1914, L.
245,535; 1919, 1,31O,749; 1912. 1,O46,41S.
Missouri-1915, 47S1G: 1914, S1,752;
1913, 671O5; 1912, 55,691.
North Caroina-191j, 69S,S52: 1914,
93O,631; 1913, 2,545; 1912, S65,653.
Ohlahoma-1915, 639,2O9; 1914, IT,
262 IFS; 1913, $40, 3S7; 1912, 1921, ,25O.
South Carolina-1915, 1,133,5S1;
1914, 1,533,S1O; 1913, 1,37LS14; 1912,
1,1S2128.
Tennessee-1S15. 3O2 PCS; 1914, $685.
81; 1913, 879,471; 1912, 276.546.
Tcxas-1915, 3,223,SO3; 1914, 1892
112; 1913, 3.594970; 1912, 4,SSO.21O
virginia-1915, 15,SC9; 1914, 25,222;
1913, 23,490; 1912, 2i,39S.
All Other States-19l5. 56.G94; 1914,
G2,Sso; 1913, 32,513; 1912, 11.4O2.
The census bureau announces that
the statistics Of this report for 1915
are subject to slight corrections in the
rl report to be published later.