The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-06-07
STATES COTTON CROP
FAR BELOW NORMAL
CONDITION IN GEORGIA is
OFFICIALLY GIVEN AT SIX
TY-THREE PER CENT.
NEXT TO LOWEST In Is YEARS

Poor Start of Crop Indicates Only
Million Bale Production for State.
Condition as Reported in Each of
The Counties on May 25th-
The first 1921 cotton crop report,
issued Thursday by the cooperative
crop reporting service for Georgia
places the condition of the growing
crop on May rs at 63 per cent OF nor
NAL
This compares with ten-year aver
age condition at the same date of rs
per cent of normal, and represents,
with one exception, the lowest May
Is condition figure for this state in
the past fifteen years.
The estimate is furnished by John S.
Dennee, agricultural statistician of the
cooperative service for this state,
which is a joint agency of the fed
eral bureau of crop estimates and the
state department Of agriculture. 1t is
reached through reports from over
thousand correspondents of the SER
vice III Georgia and is considered by
far the most authentic and accurate
of all state estimates.
In reporting his estimate Mr.. Den
nee reiterated his statement, made
some time ago, that the present crop
in Georgia will produce in the near
neighborhood of a million bales of
cotton, which is about half of normal
production.
Condition by Counties.
Condition figures by counties are
given in percentage, as follows:
Atkinson IS, Appling 90, Banks 90,
Barlow O., Baldwin so, Bib "a,
Bleckley 90, Butts IS, Bullock 81,
Burke 63, Baker 40, Ben Hill SO, Ber-
rien So, Brooks 90, Bacon 20, Brant-
ley so, Byron e..
Catoosa 80, Chattooga 81, Cherokee
70, Clarke 62, Cobb AZ, Campbell e.,
Carroll 20, Cllattahoochee 90, Clay
ton 68, Coweta 66, Gambler SO, CO.
lumbia SIS, Calhoun 40, Clay so, Clinch
So, Coffee Al, Colquitt 81, Cook 70,
Dade ", Dawson 80, DeKalb "a,
Douglas 90, Dodge 81, Decatur 81,
Dougherty SO, Dooly 81, Ebert 90,
bingham SO, Emanuel So, Early 50,
Echols %, Evans 63.
Floyd GO, Forsyth rs, Fulton II,
Franklin 90, Fayette 81, Gordon 81,
Gwinnett IS, Greene 81, Glascock As,
Grady 80, Hall 68, Habersham 65,
Hart So, HARRISON Of, Harris IS,
Heard %, Henry 81, Hancock AZ,
Houston II.
Irwin u, Jackson 20, Jasper u,
Jones So, johnson co. Jefferson 65,
Jenkins So, Jeff Davis s.:
Laurens 81, Lee "a, Lanier 49,
Lq Maay Is s. i MoS 70 70 h Madso SS c.
Macon 63, Marion So, Meriwether 81,
Muscogee So, Monroe 63, Montgom-
cry o., Morgan 90, McDuffie %, Mil
Ter 48, Mitchell S., Newton 70.
Oconee 81, Oglethorpe 65, Pauld-
ing 90, Polk II, Pickens 70, Pike O.,
Pulaski 81, Putnam So, Pierce So,
Rockdale 70, Richmond "a, RAN
dolph 90, Stephens 66, Schley So,
Spalding 68, Screven II, Seminole 70,
Stewart so, Sumter So.
Talbot SO, Taylor H., Troup Sc,
Taliaferro 81, Treutlen SO, Twiggs
As, Terrell TO- Thomas IS, Telfair 50,
Tiff 50, Turner 7S, Tattnall 70,
Epson SIS, Walker 70, Whitfield 70,
Walton 20, White 95, Wilkes 90,
Washington so, Wheeler 40, Wilkin-
son 65, Warren 81, Webster 20, Viii
cox 90, Worth IS, Ware 90, Wayne so.
U. S. Government Report.
The announcement is made by the
federal department of agriculture that
the condition of the cotton crop
throughout the United States on May
rs was 600 per cent of normal That
compares with GA per cent a year
ago, 72.6 two years ago, 1928 three
years ago and 767 the average of the
last ten years on May 18th. No
forecast of production or acreage was
announced.
Condition by states follows: Virginia
~, North Carolina 65 South Carroll
ma So, Georgia e., Florida 90, Ala
bama 81, Mississippi 90, Louisiana ST.
Texas II, Arkansas 20, Tennessee 90,
Missouri Is, Oklahoma IA, California
Us, Arizona 84 All other states 05.
Revised figures show the area under
cultivation at the end of June last
year was 37,043,000 acres, while the
area picked was 35,878,0O0 acres, yield
ing 1884 pounds per acre.