Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-10

William M. Steuart, chief statistic1an
in charge of the inquiry. shows for the
American crop of 1915, a production
of IL .O68,173 running bales OF cotton
counting round as half bales (equival-
ent to II ,191 1920 bales of 500 POUNDS
each. gross weight, worth 1921, 94O, OO0
70 the growers, and 4,992.000 tons OF
cottonseed, worth $167, 100000; and for
the cotton year" ended July 81, 1915
a consumption of 6,397613 bales Eek
elusive of linters), exports of 5,S95'0Iz
bales. net imports of 420,995 bales
stocks on hand at the beginning OF
the wear 3,936,1O4 bales and at the
end of the year 3,139,7O9 bales, and
cotton spindles active at some time
during the year to the number OF 81
SO5,SS3.
The production of linters from the
crop of 1915 was 944,640 running pales
the quantity consumed during the year
$40 916 bales, and the quantity export
ed 2e5. 438 bales. For the entire world
the production of lint cotton destined
for factory use was 1S,65O.000 and the
mil, consumption 21,011,O00 bales OF
500 mounds net weight. The American
cron of 1915 fell below that of 1914 TO
the extent of 4,949, 10 equivalent 500
pound bales, gross weight, or more
than 20 ner cent, and was less than
that of any preceding year since lSOS'
Texas alone produced 1927 ,480 equiv
,alan+ 5OO-nound bales, or nearly 20 per
cent of the total American crop Oh
1915: while four states-Alabama'
Georgia. South Carolina, and Texas'
each with an output of more than l.
100000 bales-together produced near
" 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 1913
was harvested amounted to 31,412,OOo
the smallest since 1907 This reduc-
t:on in acreage was due to the demon
allied state of the cotton market tol-
lowing the outbreak of the European
war The average production OF lint
ner acre in 1915, as estimated by the
Department of Agriculture, was l7o
mounds. as against 209 pounds in 1914
1872 pounds in 1913, 191 pounds in 1917
and 2O8 pounds in 1911. Among the
more important ton-groWing states
the highest average yield. 260 pounds
rer acre. is shown for North Carolina,
and the lowest, 1862 pounds, Tor OKla-
homa. The highest average yleld lor
any state. $50 pounds, was reported LOT
California, where irrigation is PRAGUE
ed, and with improved cultural meth
DDS the Weld in some localities ap-
pdoaches a bale to the acre, and there
is good reason to believe that with the
more general practice of intensive and
more intelligent farming it will be pos
s;ble to bring about large increase III
production without any general eX-
tension of acreage.
Consumption and Exports.
During the year ended July 81, 1916.
the American consumption of cotton
and linters amounted to 7,27S,529 bales
and the domestic exports to 6,191,11
bales. and stocks held in the country at
the end of the year totaled 3,4O3,zoo
bales. The quantity consumed in
American mills 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 yarla-
tons. due principally to the war con
ditions existing during the last two
wears Exports to the United Kingdom
totaled 3,5S1,5O equivalent 5OO-pound
bales in 1914. 3,919,749 in 1915, and q
7GO.890 i'll 1916; to Germany, 2,SS4'5Z4
in 1914, 294,194 in 1915, and none in
1916; to France, 1895 in 1914, 692,-
G99 in 1915. and S9O,376 in 1916; to
Italy, 537, 1857 in 1914, 1,127,40O in 1872
aud 896,915 in 1916; to Spain, 2975S39
in 1914, AGA, 504 in 1915, aud 34O.246 IN
1916: to Belgium, 227,474 in 1914, D. +
O557 in 1915, and none in 1916; to Rus
STA. 99.O76 in 1914, S2,125 in 1915. and
17S.449 in 1916; to Austria-Hungary'
lO6.511 in 1914, ASS in 1918, and none
in 1916; to Netherlands, 35,O53 in 1914 ,
544.O35 in 1915, and 1O2,0S7 in 1916; i
and to all other European countries
G. ,725 in 1914, 1906 in 1915, and l69,-
During the three-quarter century
oeriod from 1910 to 1916 the consump-
ion of cotton Gncluding linters) IN
the United States increased from ESQ.,
s25 to 1878, 529 bales, or about thirty
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