Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-05
BUREAU REPORTS COTTON
CONDITION 69.5 PER CENT
This Compares With us Last
Year, 80 in 1916 74,3 in
1914, 1911 10-Year Az,


cotton crop May -, was 60 per cent of a
normal compared with 10 last year so 0 in
1915, 74.3 n 1914, and 791, the May % ten
year average, the department of agriculture an
nounced today in its first report of the season.
The acreage planted to cotton will not be an
nounccd until July.
Condition OF the crop by states follows:
Virginia, IS per cent.
North Carolina, 90 per cent.
South Carolina, 20 per cent.
Georgia. % per cent.
Florida, 76 per cent.
Alabama, Ol per cent
Mississippi, 60 per cent.
Louisiana, "a per cent.
Texas, a per cent
Arkansas, "a per cent.
Tennessee, 63 per cent.
Missouri, 20 per cent.
Oklahoma, - per cent.
California, 60 per cent.
Cold weather in April and May hurt the cot
ton crop severely through the entire south
Revised -stimates announced today Of the
area planted and in cultivation at the end of
June last year place the acreage at 36,O52,OO
The area licked last yea" at "a 9S5, coo acres,
and the yield per acre at 1865 pounds of linz.
An official statement today by the depart
ment Of agriculture says:
Temperature for many days in early May
were so low that frost rn.ed even i'm the south
part of the cotton Delt. Much cotton was
killed outright and the stand was damaged
everywhere
There has been much replanting in every
state and 'he cotton everywhere has a stunte !
appearance, and has grown but little. In ad-
ditiOn to cold wea Their drouth in some sections
has kept rhe seed from terminating. The crop
will average probably three weeks late in age
and probably more in size and appearance.
Many sections report lice. There is some
complaint Of weevils, but they have not shown
up as yet TO any great extent, probably owing
to the lateness OF the crop. Generally, Guilt
waiting is fully up to normal and there is little
grass in the field. There is a considerable
shortage in tie labor supply, but farmers are
we'll M with their work N most places owing to
the generally dry weather prevailing during
most OF the month.
The labor shortage applies TO the states cast
OF the Mississippi river: those west OF the riy r
probably have sufficient labor to make the
crop"
BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS
NEW YORK, June 4.-Butter, weak; re-
ceipts 7,075 packages.
Creamery-Extra. 92 scoring points, Al
cents high scoring points. 41t2d42c; firsts
IS to "a scoring points, 30 1a@4Ohc; seconds, So
to 81 score; 4Oq Al 1ac; thirds, 35@36c; held,
held, seconds. $50 Ale; state dairy. finest. Az
0441ae; good to prime, 4l443c; renovated eX.
S2h G88lbc; flrsts, 34i5Q85c; lower grades
SIC; seconds, IS Ia GG3c: lower grades, SAG
G2c. Packing stock-No. l, current make, %
current make lover grades. 8Od81c.
Cheese, steady; receipts. ESQ cases. state
fresh special 2shG; average 5 run, &c;
" -
2613c; do. held made average fancy, 2Gd2O4
cents; do. held lower grades, 23Q24c; flats,
fresh colored specials, 24% G25c; flats, fresh
white specials, 25A @2515c flats. fresh cOolred
age run, 24a a25c; twins fresh colored spe.
Gals 24&. M25c; fresh white specials, 25L al
2555c; twins, fresh colored average run. 24hc;
fresh wmte average run, 24& 0I25c. Wisconsin
While milk: All styles held specials. 25Q
81 Nc; twins, white fresh. 24a @25c; twins
colored fresh, 1914 024c; double DAISIES, fresh,
24h@25c; Young Americas, fresh, 25c. Far
milk: Oregon, triple daisies,
fresh, 2S624c. State-Skims: Flats specials
1914 @20c; flats. choice, hd19c; cheddArs,
specials. 19dl0hc; cheddars. choice. lSq1s1ac;
fair TO good, 170 1Sc; lower grades, 10@1Bbc.
Eggs Irregular: receipts 1J.22O cases. Fresh
ga tuered extra, per dozen, 50 p W39c; storage
packed firsts, 37M3Sc; fresh gathered, flrsts
36@3I &c; fresh gathered seconds and lower
grades 321AM55l2c; fresh gathered dirties No
J. 31Q311 kc; fresh gathered dirties, No T.
BOQ3Ohc; fresh gathered checks. 8OG3| nc:
nearby white eggs aud duck eggs: State. Penn.
and nearby western hennery, white, zine 10
white, ordinary to Prime. 3Sd34c; srate, Penn.
and nearby gathered whites. as to size and
quality, 334S4c; western and southern, gath
hennery, browns, 34G34hc; state, Penn. and
nearby, gathered brown and mixed colors,
nrsts to extra fi-sts. 398 @@3lac.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS
s. NJ. Weld & Co: The action of Saturdays
market makes think that we have possibly
for the present the high for the time be-
ing, but the fundamental conditions so
very bullish that we can only advise our friendY
TO abstain from buying at present in the hope Of
buying cotton cheaper.
$. r. Chaplin q Co: Most local traders
pect another upward movement unless unfa-
vorable interna tional complications develop.
Iamson Bros: Il fOregone conclu-
sion that cotton will sell very much higher in
view Of the low condition report Friday.