THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Thursday, October 10, l9j.
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GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS.
Ginners' Report Shows Upwards of
1,430,265 Bales Ginned to Seu
t ember 25th Average Condition
of Crop for September was 67.6.
Washington, October 2. -The cen
sus bureau to-day announced that
1,430,265 bales of cotton had been
ginned from the growth of 1907 to
September 25th, as compared with
2,051,283 bales to the corresponding
date last year, and 2,355,716 the
year before.
Failure of telegraph companies to
deliver telegrams to September 25th
makes it impossible to publish a
complete report to-day. Exclusive
of ninety-five counties for which tele
grams have not been received, the
report chows 1,430,265 bales, count
round as half bales, ginned from the
growth of 1907 to September 25th.
The unreported counties had 2,177
active ginneries, and ginned 199,423
bales to September 25, 1906, and are
distribute as follows: Alabama, 16;
Arkansas, 6; Florida, 3; Georgia, 3;
Indian Territory, 5; Louisiana, 12;
Mississippi, 22; North Carolina, 3;
South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1;
Texas, 23. Total quantity, 2,057,283
bales ginned last year to September
5th, and 2,356,716 in 1905.
Average Condition, 67.6. .
Washington, October 2. The crop
reporting board of the Bureau of
Statistics of t the Department of Agri
culture finds from the reports of the
correspondents and agents of the
Bureau t that the average condition
of cotton on September 25th was
67.6, as compared with 72.7 on' Au
gust 25, 1907; 71.6 ou September
25, 1906; 71.2 on September 25,
1905, and a ten-year average of
67.8.
The following table shows the con
dition on September 25th of this
year and of the two preceding years,
with the respective ten-year aver
ages;' also the condition on August
25, 1907:
Sept Aug. Sept. 10
25, 2-5, 25, year
1907. 1907. 1906. Av.
Virginia . .76 '. 77 66 75
North Carolina. 76 78 66 71
South Carolina. 77 ... 83 66 70 '
Georgia 76 81 68 70
Florida .......69 80 64 71 .
Alabama ..68 73 68 68
Mississippi ....69 72 75 69
Louisiana" ..... 65 69 73 69
Texas ...... . .60 67 74 64
Arkansas .....65 65 76 68
Tennessee .....76 78 75 72
Missouri .... . . 72 75 82 76
Oklahoma .64 72 75 73
I. territory ....67 . 70 74 72
United States '. .67.7 72.7 71.6 67.S
Cotton Drops 29 Points.
New York, October 2. Publica-j
tion of Government reports on cotton J
were followed by a break of 27 to 29 j
points or upwards cf $1.25 a bale in'
the. price of cotton options of dhe j
active months on the New York Cot
ton Exchange. Most of the active ,
options reported new low records j
prices for the year. The decline was
due to the fact that the condition1
of the crop was shown to be better
than traders had expected.
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Clearing the Farm.
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The old method of clearing a piece
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