The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-07-17
CONDITION OF
LOUISIANA CROP
SHOWS INCREASE
ST. LANDRY AMONG THE LEAD
Frs WITH A SHOWING OF
NINETY FOUR PER CENT

Mr. Lionel L. James, Agricultural
Statistician at New Orleans, of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture, is
sues the following statement relative
to the Louisiana cotton crop of 1920.
The area of cotton in cultivation in
Louisiana on June 25, 1920, is esti-
mated to be 1851, 900 acres, (preli-
minary estimated. This is 90 per cent
of the acreage (revised) in cultivation
at the end of June in 1919 which was
100000 acres. The area picked in
1919 was 1,527,OOO acres.
The condition of the growing crop
on June 25 was n per cent of normal.
This compares with Y per cent on
May %, 1920; 81 per cent on June %
1919; and 70 per cent the average
condition for the past 10 years on
June %.
A condition of II per cent on June
25 forecasts an average yield per acre
Of about 1885 pounds of lint cotton
and a total production, (allowing l
per cent from planted area for anbond-
onment later ON of about 519,068
equivalent 500 pound bales. Last year
the average yield of lint cotton per
acre was SO pounds, and the produc-
ton was 296,858 equivalent 500 pounds
baales; two years ago the production
was 5S8,000 bales, three years ago,
639 900 bales, with an average annual
production for the past 10 years Of
420,613 bales.
The final out turn will probably be
larger or smaller than the amount in
dictated, according as growing eondi-
tions hereafter are better or worse
than average conditions.
The weather conditions in June were
generally favorable for the growth of
cotton in Louisiana. Farmers gener-
ally report the crop as having made
good progress although it is still from
two to three weeks late. Too much
rain is reported from some localities
and the fields are still grassy in some
sections, due to shortage of labor.
Boil weevils are reported as more
numerous than ever, but the sunny
weather we have had has ben detri-
mental to this pest. The acreage has
been considerable reduced on river bot
tom lands on account of overfloWs. No
cotton has been planted in the parish
es of Calcasieu, Cameron and Jeffer-
son Davis, on account of infestation
by the pink boil worm; this area being
designated a non-cotton zone by the
Federal Horticultural Board. The late
wet spring and shortage of labor were
important factors in the general re-
duction of acreage this year.
The percentage condition Of cotton
in Louisiana by parishes on June rs,
1920 is as follows, comparison being
with a normal condition represented
by 100 per cent:
Acadia, rs; Bienville, IS; Catahoula,
rs; East Baton Rouge, 70; Franklin,
"; La Sale, rs; Madison, So; Pointe
Coupee, 80; Sabine, II; St. Tammany,
"a; yermilion, rs; w. Baton Rouge,
20; Allen, 100; Bossier, 76; Claiborne,
70; East Carroll, 6S; Grant, "a; Lafa-
yette, SO; Morehouse, So; Rapides, go;
st. Helena, "a; Tangipahoa, SO; Yer
non, So; West Carroll, rs; Avoyelles,
SO; Caddo, "A; Concordia, So; E. Fell
ciana, 70; Iberia, 80; Lincoln, "A; Nat
chitoches, 80; Red River, SO; st. Ian
dry, "a; Tensas, Y; Washington, "a;
Calwell
w. FeIiciana, 81; Beauregard 4S;
Caldwell, So; De Soto, 81; Evangeline,
100; Jackson, IS; Livingston, rs;
Ouachita, 70; Richland, rs; st. Mar
tin, 80; Union, n; Webster, rs; Winn
rs.
Condition of cotton on June Is, by
states follows:
Virginia, 70; North Carolina, "a;
South Carolina, "a; Georgia, So; Flor
ida, So; Alabama, 81; Mississippi, So;
Louisiana, n; Texas, II; Arkansas,
Y; Tennessee, SO; Missouri, p; Okla
hbma, n; California, SO; Arizona, 80;
New Mexico 80.