The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-09
Cotton Bulletin.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. "a bplle'
tin recently issued by Director Sam
L. Rogers OF the bureau OF census, de.
partment OF commerce, and prepared
under the supervision Of Mr.. William
NJ. Steuart, chief statistician in charge
OF the inquiry, shows. for the Ameri-
can crop OF 1915, production of H.
06S.173 running bales OF cotton, count
ing round bales as half bales (equiva-
lent to 1i,19l,S2 bales OF 500 pounds
each, gross weight,) worth $627 ,940,-
900 to the growers, and Of 1892 900
ions OF cottonseed, worth $i67,9OO, 600;
aud for the cotton year" ended July
81. 1916. consumption of 6,397, ,613
bales Cexclusive Of linters), exports Of
5,S95,672 bales, net imports Of 42O,995
) bales, stocks on hand at the beginning
Of the year Of S,1s9,709 bales, and cot
ton spindles active at some time dur
ing the year to the number Of 32,SO5,-
SS3.
The production Of linters from the
crop or 1915 was ga, $40 running bales,
the quantity consumed during the year
SSO,916 bales, and the quantity export
ed 95.43S bales. For the entire world
the production Of lint cotton destined
for factory use was 1S,650O00 and the
mill consumption 2l,OllO0 bales Of
500 pounds net weight The Ameri-
can crop OF 1915 fell below that Of
1914 to the extent Of 4,943,1lO equiva-
lent 50O.pound bales, gross weight or
more than 20 per cent, and was less
than that OF any preceding year since
1909.
Texas alone produced 3,2274SD
equivalent 50O-pound bales, Or nearly
20 per cent or the total American crop
of 1915; while four states Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina. and Texas,
each with an output Of more than A.
100000 bales-together produced near
~ ANcTAAtAAn VI th' AhPt
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 81. .412,000
--the smallest since 1907. This reduc-
tion in acreage was due TO the demor-
allied state Of the cotton market fol
lowing the outbreak OF the European
war; The average production Of lint
per acre in 1915, as estimated by the
department OF agriculture, was no
pounds. as against 209 pounds in 1914,
1S2 pounds in 1913. 1911 pounds in
1912, and 20S pounds in 1911.
Among the more important cotton
growing states. the highest average
yield, 26O pounds per acre, is shown
for North Carolina. and the lowest,
162 pounds, for Oklahoma. The high,
est 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 a
bale to the acre, and there is good rea-
son to believe that with the more gen
eral practice Of intensive and more in
telligent farming 1t win be possible to
bring about a large increase in produc-
tion without any general extension Of
acreage.
Consumption and Exports.
During the year ended July 81, 1916,
the American consumption OF cotton
and linters amounted to 1915 ,129
bales and the domestic exports to g.
191,110 bales. and stocks held in the
country at the end of the year totaled
34OS.216 bales. The quantity con-
sumed in American mills was the
greatest on record, but the exports
were less than for any preceding year
since 1904.