The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
1928 CROP SHORT
BY $4,000 BALES.
Rainy Weather And Boil
WeeViIs Responsible For
Shortest Crop Since 1916
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU |
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Montgomery. Ala. Dec. 70 I

Inc Tennessee valley section of
north Alabama was the leading cot
ION producing section of Alabama
THIS year, according to an estimate
by districts made public Wednesday
afternoon following the announce
ment from Washington that the
total for Alabama was 100000
bales.
: Production reduction Of, Of cotton by districts
cultural statistician for Alabama,
follows: Northwest, $4,000; Ten
nessee valley, 100000; mineral A.
600; northeast, $4,000; west black
belt $4,000; east black belt, 1900;
east central, $1,000; southwest,
$4,000; south central, $4,000; south
east, $4,000.
The total is 100000 for the state,
which compares with $4,000 last
year. said the statement of Mr..
Gist. THE acreage from which this
crop was picked was about 3,056,000
giving an acre yield of about 80
pounds of lint. This is the smallest
yield per acre in this state since
1916, when it was 70 pounds. Rainy
weather during June, July and part
of August, accompanied by heavy
Weevil damage, influenced the low
yield, just as it did in 1916.
THE value of this crop. based on
present prices of lint and seed,
which are not far from the average
for the season, would be Sill, 100000.
comparing with a value for last
year of nearly s117,0O0,00o. There
was spent on this crop about $4,000
600 more for fertilizer than last
year and due to the increased
area of corn grown last year about
sS,000,000 worth of corn more than
last season had to be bought this
year. This crop, therefore, will net
the farmers some s17,000,000 less
than that of 1922. Being produced
ON a larger acreage, other expenses
were also greater"
BIG TRUCK CROPS SEEN
r. w. Gist, agricultural statisti-
clan, today called attention to the
indications for cabbage and potato
acreage for early crops, which have
been given out by the truck crop
division of the bureau of agricultural
economics. From Florida, Texas and
California early cabbage are, as
comes the information that the ag-
gregate acreage which Is being pre-
pared for January paintings is about
three times that grown last year.
The aggregate figures are 5000
against $500 last season.
From the Hastings section in
Florida the information is given that
in 1929 about $4,000 acres were
grown last to early Irish potatoes,
which in 1923 was reduced by about
5000 acres; but that indications are
for paintings for next spring slight
1y over that of two years ago.
Both these bits of information are
thought to be of value to the grow
ers of cabbage and potatoes in the
southern truck areas of Alabama,
where preparations will soon begin
for potatoes and have already begun
for planting cabbage. Mobile and adj
Joining counties have become large
cabbage producing areas.
NEW COTTON RATE
The concentration warehousing-
and reshipping privileges on cotton
ordered by the Alabama public serv-
ice commission effective December
"a. will become effective February
l. 1924, according to announcement
today, application of order being
postponed at the request of carriers.
The petition of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad to raise it's rate
on kainit from Mobile to Mont
gomery Sc cents per ton, and an
other petition by the same carrier
affecting general fertilizer rates
from Montgomery to southern Ala
bama division stations, were post
poned and hearing set for jan
uary, IA.
The commission also postponed to
January IA the petition of Penick &
Ford Ltd, Inc, against the West
ern railroad in the matter of rates
on empty iron drums from Selma to
Montgomery. A petition was filed
with the commission today by the
Southern railroad seeking to discon-