The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-07
MILLIONS OF
ACRES IN CULTIVATION
FIRST ESTIMATE FOR 1925 IS
SUED BY U. S. GOVERNMENT
INDICATE 1889 BALES.
GEORGIA HAS 1854, 900 ACRES
Crop in State Is Six Per Cent Above
Average, and Condition Reported as
Excellent in Southern Section. Low
Condition in Texas Is Reported.

Condition in Texas Is Reported.
An unusual acreage of growing cot
ton and better condition of the crop
on June rs than the average for the
last 10 years have resulted in fore
cast of the third largest production in
the history of the industry The crop
reporting board of the department of
agriculture in its first quantity report
| Of the season announces a forecast of
1880, 900 equivalent 500-pound bales.
That has been exceeded only twice be-
fore, in 1914 when the record crop of
! l6l35,0 900 bales was produced and in
1911 when l5,6o3,000 bales were
picked
The large acreage is due to the sub
stituton of cotton for various other
crops in many of the states and also
to utilization of considerable new land
that was idle last year
The crop reporting board in COM
menting on the report said:
THE 1925 planted acreage of cot
ton, estimated for the date of June
LIS at 46,449,000 acres, is $50 per cent
above the revised estimate of planted
acreage for the same date last year.
This increase of acreage is derived
from acreage devoted in various states
last year to peanuts, cowpeas, corn,
wheat, rice, sugar cane, oats, broom
corn and pastures. Considerable new
land and land that was idle last year
has been planted to cotton. Expansion
of acreage in Texas is partly on new
land and much of the abandoned grain
acreage of this year also has been
planted to cotton. The large increases
in the northern and western portions
of that state have been largely offset
by decreases due to severe drought i'll
the important southcentral section.
Big Crop Predicted.
"A crop for the United States of
14,33o,000 bales of cotton OF 500 lbs.
gross weight is indicated by the esti-
mated planted acreage and the condi-
ton of $50 per cent on June rs. Fore
casts on this date during the past 10
years have ranged from u per cent
above the final ,ginnings to IS per
cent below The final out-turn of the
new crop will depend upon the charac-
ter of the ensuing season.
"The condition of $50 per cent of
normal for the date of June rs is
o. of a point below the estimate for
May IS. The 10-year average i'm
provement during the same time has
been per cent.
Compared with the 10-year aver
age of "a per cent on June Is the con-
dition of the crop this year is 10
points higher and compared with last
years it is still higher, by AZ points.
"In North Carolina the condition OF
II per cent is the same as the aver
age on June Is, and in South Caro-
lima the condition of 20 per cent is
point below the average, and in Texas
the condition of "a per cent, ii points
below average. The other states OF the
cotton belt have a condition that is
above the 10-year average on June rs.
From May rs to June rs the crop
usually improves in Texas by 5 points,
but this year it has declined by
points. The condition of IS per cent
is low in that state. On June Is there
were localities in all parts of the state
where the crop was at standstlll be-
cause of lack OF rain, and millions of
acres had stands which did not exceed
3 to E inches in heighth, although or
dinarily at this date they are knee
high. The most serious adverse feat
ure of this year in Texas is the lack
Of deep moisture in the ground, the
shortage of rain during the winter and
spring and the irregular rainfall in
May and June having supplied only
surface moisture except in few ia
vored sections. In many OF the south
central counties the soil contains no
available moisture.
The Crop in Georgia.
"The condition of the Georgia crop,
I76 per cent, has declined 2 points dur
ing the month although usually there
has been no change, but it is g points
above the 10-year average condition
on June rs. The decline during this
month is in the dry areas of the north
ern half Of the state and applies large
" to the very small late cotton that
came to a late poor stand under
droughty conditions. In most of south
ern Georgia the crop has made excel
lent progress.
WESTERN STATES PAY MANY
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