South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-14
Real Estate
The Am, rican Cotton Industry

WASHINGTON. Jan. IA bull
letin recently issued by Director
sam. L. Rogers of the bureau Of
census, department Of commerce,
and prepared under the supervision
Of William VI. Steuart, chief statis-
tician. IN charge OF the inquiry.
shows, for the American crop Of
1915. a production Of 11.O68.173
running bales Of cotton. counting
round as half bales equivalent 20
I1,1S1,S2O bales of 500 pounds each.
gross weight, worth S627.94O. 600 10
the growers. and Of 1892. 600 tons
OF cOttonseed worth S167. 500, 900;
and for the cotton year" ended
July 81. 1916, a consumption OF
G.3g7.6l3 bales exclusive OF Inters) ,
exports Of 5.S95.672 bales. net i'm
ports Of 42O,995 bales, stocks on
hand at the beginning of the year
Of 3.936.104 bales and at the end of
the year OF 3,139.7O9 bales. and cot
ton spindles active at some time
during the year 20 the number OF
32.S05.SS3.
The production OF linters from
the crop OF 1915 was 944,640 run
ming bales, the quantity consumed
during the year SS0.916 bales. and
the quantity exported 295,43S bales.
For the entire world the prOduc-
ton OF lint cotton destined for fac
tory use was 1S,65O.0OO and the mill
consumption 21,011.0O bales of 800
pounds net weight. The American
crop Of 1915 fell below that of 1914
to the extent of 4.943.11O equivalent
5OO-pound bales, gross weight, or
more than 30 per cent and was less
than that of any preceding year
since 1909
Texas alone produced 3.227,4S0
equivalent 500 pound bales. or near
~ % per cent of the total American
crop OF 1915; while four states
Alabama Georgia. South Carolina,
and Texas, each with an output of
more than 900. 900 5ales-together
produced nearly two-thirds of the
crop.
Acreage and Yield Per Acre.
According to the revised estimates
of the department Of agriculture.
the acreage from which the crop Of
1915 was harvested amounted to
31,413. O0O-the smallest since 1907.
This reduction i'm acreage was due
TO the demOraliZed state Of the cot
ton market following the outbreak
Of the European war. The average
production of lint per acre in 1915,
as estimated by the department of
agriculture, was 10 pounds, as
against zoe pounds in 1914, 1S2
pounds in 1918. 191 pounds in 1912,
and EOS pounds in 1911. Among the
more important cotton growing
states. the highest average yield
$50 pounds per acre. is shown for
North Carolina, and the lowest. 1852
pounds, for Oklahoma. The highest
average yield for any state, $50
pounds, was reported for California,
where irrigation is practiced. Under
especially favorable conditions, and
with improved cultural methods. the
yield in some localities approaches
bale 10 the acre. and there is good
reason to believe that with the more
general practice of intensive and
more intelligent farming il will be
possible 10 bring about a large in
crease in production without any
general extension of acreage.
Consumption and Exports.
During the year ended July 81.
1915. the American consumption of
cotton and linters amounted to l.
2TS.539 bales and the domestic ex-
ports TO 6.191.11O bales. and stocks
held in the country at the end Of
the year totaled 3,4O3.256 bales The
quantity consumed in American
miles was the greatest on record,
but the exports were less than for
any preceding year since 1904
The exports Of cotton for the past
three fiscal years show great varia-
tons, due principally 10 the war
conditions existing during the last
two years Exports TO the United
Kingdom totaled 1851 Sol equiva-
lent 5OO-pOund bales in 1914. 3.919,-
74s in 1915, and 2.760.S90 in 1915;
to Germany. 2,ss4.32 in 1914, 294,-
1874 in 1915. and none in 1915; to
France, 1.139.399 in 1914, 692,699 in
1915, and S9O.376 in 1915; to Italy.
537.357 in 1914, 1.127,40 in 1918,
and S36,915 in 1915; TO Spain. 297.-
33s In 1914, 464.504 In 1915, and
340.246 In 1916; 10 Belgium. 227.474
in 1914. 5,O57 in 1915. and none in
1915: 10 Russia. 99,076 in 1914, ST.
125 in 1915 and 173.449 in 1915; to
Austria Hungary, 1851 in 1914.
ass in 1915, and none in 1915; to
Netherlands. 35,O53 in 1914. 544.-
OS5 in 1915 and 1O2.OS7 in 1916;
and 10 all other European countries,
6s.725 in 1914. S9S,O96 in 1915. and
169,154 in 1916.
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