The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-08-03
BOIL WEEVL PLAYS
HAVOC WITH COTTON
Production of 8,2O3, 900 Bales iu..ccis,
by Government
RAINFALL HELPS PESTS
Crop Declined 4.5 During Month.
Bringing Condition to CAT Per
Cent of Normal.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The boil wee
WI played havoc with the South's cot
ton crop during July, heavy rainfall
aided in the destruction by promoting
rank growth Of weeds and grass
ana as a result a prospective produc-
tion OF 8,203 900 bales was forecast to-
Day by the Department of Agriculture
passing It's estimate on conditions ex-
lstlng July 20. That is loss of 100000
6ales compared with the production
forecast month ago.
The crop declined 4.5 points d,p,ino
the month, much more than the aver
age decline, bringing condition to
G4;1 per cent of Il normal, the lowest
July 70 condition on record with one
exception, that of 1866, when it was
GAL. wa"
Unpromising is the present condition
OF the crop throughout most of The
belt, and there is very serious threat.
the department experts say, Of con-
tnued and increased damage from
the boil weevil, while grass and weeds
are eXhausting much of the crop chat
remains.
A crop of 8,433 900 bales was fore
cast from the condition on June 25,
which was 692 per cent of a normal
The condition was 74.1 per cent on
July rs last year, 671 in 1919 and the
ten-year July 25 average is 1854. Last
years crop was 13,3G5,754 bales, that
of 1919 was II ,42O,763 bales; in 1918
it was 12,040,532, in 1917 it was H.
3O2,375 and in 1916 it was 11,449,930
The condition by States follows:
Virginia 80, North Carolina rs. South
Carolina GO, Georgia SO, Florida 60.
Alabama 58, Mississippi G8, Louisiana
90, Texas 62, Arkansas rs, Tennessee
55, Missouri so, Oklahoma G8, Califor-
ma 80, Arizona 80. All other States
88.
Summarizing conditions, the depart
menC issued a statement saying:
Cotton suffered more than the
usual decline during July, being dam
aged particularly by The boil weeviI.
especially in the new invaded terri,
torres in South Carolina, Eastern
Georgia, Southern and Eastern okla
homa and Southern Arkansas. Dam
age from this insect throughout the
belt has been heavy and the threat of
continued and increased damage is
very serious. In many sections is pro-
misses to take all new growth.
Ihls condition results largely from
the heavy July rainfall, which has
also WaSheC out much of the scanty
supply OF fertilizer and encouraged a
heavy growth of grass and weeds.
which is cXhausting much of what
remains.
"Fa!rmerS, are unable to give final
dressing of fertilizer in most in
stances, as had been the ''DIs custom, M
Through most Of the belt the present
condition of the plant is unprom;sinp.
since it faces on thc one hand the
danger OF drought and on the other
increased damage fro mthc boil wee
vii
"Conditions are favorable only in
the frlnGcs Of the belt in Western
Texas, Eastern Oklahoma, along the
mississippi river from Northern Mis-
sissippi through Tennessee and into
Missouri, in Virginia and North Caro-
Ina, the northern portion of South
carolina and in the delta section of
mississippi where the plants are we'll
rooted and sturdy with a good set
Of first crop bolls"
New Orleans, Aug. 1.-The cotton
new year, with it's annual statistics
and rush Of excited trading, was
marked today by an advance in price
which experts estimated would BRING.
Southern planters Sal 100000 more
for their crop.
The days developments put the
pr1ce up cent a pound. Interest was
centered mainly in the item Of the
carry-ovcr, which was placed by RI.
u. Hester, secretary of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, at 9,194,O 90
bales, the largest carry-ovcr on rec
ord
Secretary Hester announced the
commercial crop for the year ending
July 30 at 1,377,31G bales, decrease
under last year of ,065,864 decrease
under year before last of 2G2.357 and
decrease under 1917-18 Of 52D,657.
Southern consumption, which he
stated. at 3,09G,504 bales, Mr.. Hester
says, indicates decrease of 59l,5O1
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
10,5O0,00O bales.
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