Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-07
REPORT Of COTTON
CROP SHOWS Loss
OVER PAST MONTH
YIELD ESTIMATED ~ 6. Pm
eENT or NORMAL: tNERtGE
FOR AUGUST 65 PER CENT
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porting Board II the bureau II Croi
Estimates. ~ the United States nr
parimeRt ~ Agriculture. esiimass
from the reports II IN. correspondent.
and AGENTS ~ the Burtau. that IN,
condition ~ the cctton crop un August
-. was 81 per vpnt - normal a,
c~.apared with - IN lulv -. 1890. ~
~ August g. 1919 a. August % iaiN
% August q. 1917. an DIS. the sycraes
an August - - the past ten years
A condition - 81 On August - fore
casts yield per acre oi about ~
pounds ard total production II
about : 6a0 600 bales last wear tn
production was 0si 0oo bsies. two
wears ago . sec SCI bales. ihre. yea
ago s.i2s.a7s bales four wears ago :
ssi zoo halcs and five wears arn 2
go .lS0 halcs
Comments on Conditions
4 very large part ~ the eastern htl'
~ ~" gate hls been adversely ~
fected during August. Nv excessive -
continuous rains t'rd,T IN" conditions
az moisture the plant attained . y'rv
rank growth Insects both wrc,il 'nd
worms. muitlpii.h and their ravarr-
put an effeciuai stop ~ fruiil-c ~
many counties In The western and
south belts however. material IN,
nrov~ment has taken riac". ani this
together with good condition in , mum.
her ~ large counties In tho center
district, reluccs the LOSSES ~ other
districts 90 a net less 81 paint fur
the state a. . whole
The crop. while uniformly late ri,
planting. has had faN orahla conditions
IN It's continued Improvement. since
IN" month of June Much ~ iho isi,
ness had heen overcome in the heavy
producing areas July. usually month
Tor deterioraiion. was favorable thu.
out. and u was MT until the first
week IN August. that ANYTHING occur.
rcd che-k the splendid outinnk
Condition nv Counties
N'RTHWEST ~ percent ~ cropi.
Condition ~ per cent ~ normal Ar.
cher ~. Baylor - Ror,l.n -. Hrisr0a
rhildress loi. CllinCSWurth i0i. co,tir
-. Crosby ial Dawson ~. Dickens -
Donlev -. Fisher "a Flovd ~. Hale
- Hall ~. Harl.man ~ Haskell ~.
Jones - Rent 81 KNOX -. I.uhhue,
les. M"tley 20. Scurry 81 Shaekelford
~. Sienh"ns 80 Stoupwall - SwiSn.
81 -. Thr~kmoricn - Wichita 80
Wilha-ger W. Young S.
NORTH ~ p.rr'nt q cropl. Cordi.
ton 80. Clay Sc. Collin s.. Cook. IS
Dailas -. Denton -. Fannin ~. Giav.
son 80. Hunt - lack. 81 Kaufman
g.. Moni'gu" - ralo Pinto 20. Par.
f.r 20. R"ckwall SO. Tarrani s.. Wise
~. -.s
NORTHEAST "a nor cent ~ cropi
afnFFN fNHFH
-. Data s.. Franklin 81. Gregg 60
Harrison so HOPKINS 81 I.arar 20
Marion g.. Morris so Panel, a.. Rains
ss Red River "a Rusk -. smith 81
Titus SO. upshur 80 Van Zandi 80
wo0d 81
WEST CENTER % percent If cronl
Condition ~ Bandcra -. Rlanco 81.
Brown ~. Callahan -. Coke -. Cole.
man NJ. Comanshe % Ccncho 20 Eart.
land 81. Gills Sni. 81 lf1or - Kendall
- Kerr q. kimhle ~. LANE Sc No.
cnilnch -. Mason Cs M.nlri So
Mills 50. Mitchell -. Nolan - Real
\. Runncls 40 san Sab, 80. Sehlci,h.
~ ~. Tanlor = Tom Green 80. II
70, = Reagan 100
CENTER 81 per~ent ~ cropl CO...
di;ion az Bssirop so Rel -. Basque
=. Prryns 81 Eurlesnn 81 Wirnet
"a C7tiwell 50 Cc'n,l -. CorVcn >
FiAs 81. Ersih 81. Falls = Faveiie &c.
Hunilton -. Havs = Hn - Hool
80 Johnspn g.. Iamrasas 80. lee "a
] limestone 81. Nci.~nnan ~. Milan "a.
NV rro - y 'hert~on s. SomorveIl
81 T~4vis =. Washington 81. William.
- -
Feet g ncr cent ~ Cropi Condition
- Nd rsnn "a Angelina -. Cherokee
-. A
60 Houston 81 1asper 81 Leon o.
Mas'sor 81. Montgomery -. Nacog.
eocSos 80 Newin % Polk a. San
Augustine So. san iarinto a. Shelby
- Trinity q. Tier ~. Walker -
Sol'rH 90 per cent q rrupl Cond
iion -. A'asrsss 20 Re- - t,rVaf
Taooss i0i Calhoun -. Cameron Tor.
Dewitt 60 Dimmii ~ puvai a. l'rH
c.. coiiad - Cor1sl.s 60 Guld,lupa
- HidalFo -. lackSon ~ Tim Ho~r
So I'm Wells log karres Sc Kinney
20. IieherF ia. Ia Sale 90. lnv1ea
g.. live OAK - McNu'l.n 50. MEDINA
60 Nneoes ~. RafuGlo -. san rliriciN
iai Starr 81 7 ,aii~ 80 Nictora -
Webb ~ wularv ~. WILTON g. ~.
psta -. Zavalia %.
Southeast - percent = crupl
g ,ndiiion - Austin a.. rraaor'a -.
fnioTada "a ltnef ffni -. NnF - "a.
liberty a. Ma;agorda g. Waller -.
Wharton ~.
Calnr,euis 90 Condition nv Distriu
Northwsst ~ Consideracle rain. hut
hereficiai Marked iWprn, -reut = '0I
prints number - cnurii = shrw
nosi. - ana ai.nvs Soul- insects but
DAMAGE inran~eaunrtiel rrHp about
Two weeks late Asefs..r condition r'.
North ca Condition ~ 'ui ioss ~
n r.nts ENc~~stNe Hn .'niinu"rs
ra,ns wre,n and holl worus doing
T. 90. dsmlr. l.nis c''C1 p1tit"t.a-.
a. effected. Condition 81
N"riheari a. \ d'i.unration ~ :,
points since last report spHtt = cone
dliian Sxcsssiv. rains W~"yi and
boll worms iniuriuc young cotton IN
particular Average condition 90.
West Center aar An impr iyement nf
noiuis over usi month. 'un-id' rail-"
rain. but generally beneficial We',n
and some hol worm d1in. damage -
the east hord-r Els,wher, M Insects
~ iniure Much lata cotton in this
district Crop ah'ut 20 DAYS late Az
craze condition -.
Center cr Sno'tcd Some COUNTIES