Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-28
Cotton~ Situation For
1925

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A 1925
Hhe South lost 1925, 100000
this year on her cotton crop; it
coz Georgia approximately
$15i000,000.
No states or section can long
suk&ive such tremendous in
roads on her resources. Accord
ing to some authorities, the av-
erge cost 70 produce the 1924
crep was II cents a pound; the
GRIP sold On the average for u
ceats and it is from those fig
ures that we derive our net
loses.
The cotton growing situation,
pat and future, is ably summed
urhBy Harvey Jordan, managing
difactor of the American Cotton
Association; in letter to the
I aaes-Recorder in which he
says:
1.-THE cotton crop Of 1924 has
B@en harvested and will soon
hive passed through the ginner-
les and entered into the channels
d. sale and distribution into the
csnmercet of the, world. The
Aderal Crop Reporting Bureau
climates the yield to be APP
Ioximately r13,000,000, bales Of =
$40 pounds. The carry-over Aug
st l was estimated to have
Zen 100000 bales, making. q
aTand estimated total of SUPP
Ies for the 1924-t925 season
a 100000 bales. Domestic
consumption to October 31st, -
$500 bales; exports to same
@te, 1,962,213 bales, total 81
&7,513 bales. Based upon the
SINE ratio of domestic consump-
th and exports for the next
R4ne months, the total would
cunt to 1916, 900 bales, $
having on hand as a carry over
august l.. 1925, 1,850,000 bales,
here is no Certainty Of the cob. 1
Whued heavy exports which have
zen unusual for the past three
Months. @@8
%The Government estimated
a9reage planted in 1924 was 49,
$4,000 acres. According to the
resent forecast of production, it
Wl require an average Of 3.07
$Alies to produce a bale. The
&erage cost Of growing cotton
is season is estimated at 27
qents per pound of lint, bulk line
FIJI grades, The average price
ceived for all grades will not
Rely to exceed % cents. This is
penalty of an abnormally
! Mrge acreage to produce an
Eer-supply of raw cotton to be
sacrificed at prices less than the
SSst of production. This is poor
gpsiness and cannot be contin-
. 90 without Southwide disaster.
"A careful census of the cot
en states indicates a widespread
M4ortage of food and feed
cops. Over widt areas IN all Of
% states there will not be shf-
Hclent corn, wheat, oats, forage
ahd meat to last the farmers
wrough January, 1925. Only in
scattered sections shas small
grain crops been planted the
Mesent fall season.
M'From the borders of Virginia
b western Texas the infestation
W boil weevils has been unusu-
Hly heavy in the late cotton.
#here will he millions of the in
gets in Information this winter
throughout the length and
breadth of the cotton belt. The
Mutation is ripe for a duplica-
Mpn of enormous weevil damage
Aext year comparable to the
Mars of 1922. The cotton
alks of but few fields were
Bowed up before frost, and but
Night interest has been shown
~ farmers in adopting the in
Direct methods of weelvil con-
fol so far this season. The
owers, generally, appear to
mink that the weevil menace to
large extent has disappeared.
This idea finds expression in re-
Rorts from all sections Of the
south that the farmers are now
Mtent upon largely increasing
kheir present cotton acreage in
1926. If this sentiment devel-
kps into an actuality next spring,
Nhgardless Of food and feed
nrop acreage, and good seasons
#revail, or adverse weather with
Heavy weevil damage, the gem
oral distress and financial condi-
on of the cotton states will be
Worse a year hence than in the
Memorable days Of 1921.
Open appeals to farmers TO
westrict cotton acreage have al
N8ys met with failure. There is
but one dependable safeguard
which can be employed to hold
back the growers in their mad
rush toward financial destruction
This power lies in rural banks
of the country. The hand that
controls the purse strings of
credit will dictate the rattan