The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-08-03
NEE'YH. PLAYS
HAVOC WITH
COT ron CROP
Crop Declined 4.5 Last
Month, Brin gi1lg
Condi itio1l to 81.
Per Cent.


;ESouthss cotton crop during July;
Eheasy rainfall aided IN the de-
fstruction by promoting q rank
lgrewth OF weeds and grass and as
ta resalt a prospective production
le9 S.s203 geo bales was forecast to-
Eday BY the Department Of Agricnl-
ature, basing its estimate on condi-
ttions existing July rs. That is a.
Eloss OF 23e ,669 bales compared.
vita the produetion forecast a
bnaonth ago.
The crop declined 4-9 points
I ! during The month. much more
Esshan the average decline. bringing
icondi to CAT per cent Of nor.
aaal the lowest July 25 condition
sson record with one exception, that
lof 1856, when it was i64 I.
Unpromising is the. present con-.
saaian OF the crop throughout
Enaost; of The belt. and there is very
tserieass threat. the department ex-
Eperts say OF continued and in-
fcreased damage ,om the boil
IWeevil, while grass and weeds are:
Iexhausting much Of the crop that
lremains.
"a crop OF s.4s3.oeO bales was
sforecasx from the condition OH
EJune Is, which was 69.2 per. cent
Eaf a normal The condition was
Fra. { per cent on July 25 last year,
I677.I IN 1919 and the ten-year July
E25 aYerages Is Z al Last years
crop was 13, 365, 754 bales, that Of
l19l9 was Ii. .42e, ,76.3 bales, that of
Iit was I2, ,840, IN SIT It was
"a. .3e2,375 and Ia 1916 it was 11.--
I44s,930.
I The condition by States follows:
Virginia 80. North Carolina IS.
ESouth Carolina So. Georgia 59.s
Florida go. Alabama 58. Mississs-
lppi Gs, Louisiana 5s. Texas e.
ARKANSAS rs, Tennessee 55, Mis-
souri, sc, Oklahoma 68, California
ESs. AROMA So All other States SS-
Summarizing condition the de-
Ispartnaenl issued a statement say.
ling
Cotton suffered more than the;
usual decline d.:rinC july. being
tdaImaged Particularly by the
fbou Weevii. especially IN the new
invaded territories Ia South Caro-
Una, Eastern Georgia, Southern
land Eastern OkIahorna and South
Fern arkansas: Damage from this
insect through the belt has been
heavy and the threat OF continued
land increased damage IS very seri-,
four, ID many sections It promises
ito take All new growth. $.
This condition results largely
sfrosn the heavy July rainfall, which
Ehas also washed out much of the
tscaaty supply Of fertilizer and en-
coaraged growth of grass and
weeds which is exhaasting -auch
tof what remains.
Farms are unable TO give a fin
ta1 dressing OF --ertilizer In most In
stances, as had been the custom.
1sThrough most of the belt the pres
ent condition of the plant is UNI
promising, since it. faces on the
lone hand the danger of drought
land on the other increased DAM
Iage from the boil weevil.
| Conditions are favorable only In
lthe fringes of the belt in Western
Texas, Eastern Oklahoma. along
the Mississippi river from North
Tern Mississippi through Tennessee
land into Missouri, in Virginia and
North Carolina, the northern por-
tfion OF South Carolina and in the
tdelta section of Mississippi, where
1.-THE plants are we'll rooted and
isturdy. with a good set Of FIRST
lcrop bolls. -
New Orleans, Aug. 1.-The cot
fton new year. with its annual sta
ttistics and rush Of excited trading,
twas marked today by an advance
lin price which experts estfIcated
lwouId bring Southern planters
t$41, ,e00, ,eG0 more for their crop.
The days development put the
Iprice up cent a pound. Interest
Twas centered mainly in the item OF
i the carry-over, rehlch was placed
by Fl. G. Hester, secretary of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. at
$4,000 bales, the largest carry
lover on record.
Secretary Hester announced the
Ecommercia1 crop for the year end
ling July 80 at 11,377.316 bales. a
decrease under last year Of 1885,
/ S64, a decrease under year before
Hast OF 263.357 and a decrease un-
|der 1917-1S Of 529.657.
Southern consumption which he
stated at 3,096,504 balesSs Mr.. Hes
tier says, indicates q decrease OF
|594.501 bales compared with last
year and a decrease compared
with year before last Of 437,273.
/ Mr.. Hester estimated the worlds
consumption OF American cotton
/ at 16,500,0G0 tales.
indications are for smaller yield
per acre than had been expected
earlier in the year.
/ The credit situation has appa-
io,,+1,, {,onro1,a6 efnce few If any