The weekly news review. (Florence, S.C.) 1922-1923, June 15, 1922, Image 5
THE WEEKLY tfEWS REVIEW
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Farmers Page
Movement of
Leading Lines
Show Increase
Condition of
Growing Crops
South Carolina.—Weather more fa
vorable, but too much rain on costal
plain and week end too cold. Stands,
color, condition and progress of cot
ton fairly good generally; chopping
continues in northwest.
Georgia.—Progress of cotton very
good in extreme southern counties
where forming squares freely but
poor elsewhere due to cloudy, wet,
and cold weather. Much not chopped;
getting very grassy.
Florida.—Beneficial, and some dam
aging rains, except in extreme south
where more needed. Progress of cot
ton very good; condition fair but ex
cessive rain locally unfavorable.
Corn, cane, peanuts, and melons good
progress. Citrus new growth and
bloom but much fruit lost during
drought.
Alabama.—Showers daily, locally
heavy; unseasonably cool latter part
of week. Rains considerably delay
ed farm activities. Sunshine badly
needed. Crops grassy in many sec
tions. Progress and condition of cot
ton first part of week mostly fairly
good; qool and continued rainy wea
ther unfavorable at close; chopping
progressing slowly.
Mississippi.—Sunshine and night
temporatures somewath deficient. Pre
cipitation frequent rather than exces
sive hindering cultivation. Progress
of cotton and corn generally poor to
fair; plants small; growth slow;
fields becoming grassy.
Louisiana. — Moderate to heavy
at beginning and end of week but
weather generally favorable for
growth of all crops. Progress of cot
ton and corn very good. Corn tassel
ing and squares forming on cotton in
south. Cane made excellent growth.
Rice doing well. Needed cultivation
of cotton and corn retarded by show
ers in many localities.
Texas.—Warm, w T ith heavy showers
in a few lower coast and southwes
tern counties; elsewhere precipita
tion mostly light. Favorable for
planting and cultivation. Condition
and progress of corn vrey good ex
cept in flooded areas. Cotton made
fair progress; condition fairly good
in south; mostly poor elsewhere; cul-
tivtaion, chopping, planting, and re
planting made verdy good progress.
Ranges and live stock in good condi
tion. „
Oklahoma.—Temperature moderate;
sunshine deficient; light to heavy
rains. Favorable for rapid growth of
crops. Fairly good progress in cul
tivation in most sections. Early
planted cotton and corn average fair
stands and making fair progress but
needing cultivation in most central
and eastern portions.
Arkansas.—Progress of cotton ex
cellent, except in south and east,
v/here soil is very wet. Condition
poor in southern and some eastern
counties; fairly good elsewhere;
very good progress in chopping and
rultivating, except in south and east,
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• Crop Report
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The carlot movement of 14 leading
lines of fruits and vegetables in
creased nearly 20 per cent during the
week ending May 27, when 12,561 cars
were shipped to consuming markets
compared with 10,430 the preceding
week.
Markets were farly steady for new
potatoes, but were weaker for old
tock. Onions declined, strawberries
were steady to firm, and watermelons
advanced.
Reports from field agents indicate
considerable increases in the acre
age planted to potatoes, onions, cab
bage, cantaloupes, and melons in
many of the main and northern crop
sections.
Potatoes—Movement of potatoes
was about 1,000 cars heavier than for
the previous week. Shipments of new
tock were 2,689 cars and old poto-
ioes filled 2,103 cars. Maine continu
ad to ship well over 100 cars daily,
and South Carolina, the heaviest
early shipping state, sent about one-
fourth of the week’s movement. Mar
kets were generally steady to firm
with a alight weakening at the close
in mid-western cities. North and
South Carolina Irish Cobblers in
cloth-top, stave barrels sold at a
ceneral jobbing range of $5.75-$6.25.
Florida Spaulding Rose keld steady in
New York at $6-$6.50. Georgia Cob-
olers and Bliss Triumphs were firm
n Boston, Baltimore, and Cincinnati
it $5.75-$6.50. Texas, Louisiana, and
Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs de
clined 25c in middle western markets
o $2.50-$3.25 per 100 lbs. Prices de-
Hned 50c-76c in Carolina producing
ireas, closing mostly $4.25 f. o. b
Markets were still well supplied with
>Id stock. Prices of sacked Round
Vhites weakened slightly in eastern
ities to $1.35-$1.75 per 100 lbs., but
/ere well maintained in other cities
t $1.60-$1.85. Maine Green Moun
ains declined 15c closing at $1.25-
,.1.50 in city wholesale markets and
,t 60c-70c f. o. b. shipping points
-lound Whites weakened to $1.30-$1.35
it north central points.
Sweet Potatoes—Carlot shipments
aients of sweet potatoes decreased
/apidly. The season is practically
inded. New Jersey yellow varieties
applied the New York market at
?2.25-$2.50 per bu. hamper. South
ern varieties ranged 75c-$l in con-
iuming centers. Total movement for
he season to May 27 was nearly 19,
)00 cars, or about 1,000 more than
for last season.
Onions—Shipments of Bermuda
anions continued to decrease, but
movement for the season to May 27
was about 300 cars heavier than last
season. Fairly liberal supplies of
onions in most city wholesale mar
kets caused prices of Texas yellow
Bermudas to decline to a genera
range of $1.40-$1.75 per standard
;rate. In Baltimore and Philadelphia
where supplies were light, prices
strengthened to $1.85-$2. California
stock was slow and dull in New York
and Chicago at $1.75-$2.
Strawberries—Carlot shipments of
strawberries continued at a fairly
heavy volume. Much home-grown
stock has been moving to near-by
cities. Shipments for the week were
shout 3,000 cars. The season’s tota
to May 27 of more than 14,000 cars
has exceeded last season’s movement
by about 6,000 cars. During the week
24-qt. crates of Missouri Aromas
ranged $2.50-$3.75 in middle western
markets and were firm in New York
and Boston at 20c-25c per qt. Ken
tucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas Aro
mas ranged $2.75-$4 in Pittsburgh
and the middle west. Kentucky ber
ries brought 18c-28c per qt. in ex
treme eastern cities. Delaware, Mary
land, and New Jersey stock, various
varieties, was steady in Boston and
New York at 25c-30c. Kentucky Aro
mas closed firm at mostly $3 f. o. b.
■shipping points. Missouri freight
shipments advanced 25c-$2.25 f. o. b.
cash track.
Watermelons—Shipments of water
melons were over 1,400 cars, coming
mostly from Florida. In producing
sections prices declined $75-$100 and
closed at $150-$250 bulk per car for
average-weight melons. A shortage
of supplies in New York City caused
an advance at the end of the week
of $500-$650 when Tom Watsons
reached $600-$800. Other eastern
markets ranged $500-$600. Chicago
market was strong and active at
$650. Sales in Boston were 40c-65c,
unit basis.
Other Fruits and Yegetables—New
York Baldwin apples were steady in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at $7.50-
$8.50 per bbl. Northwestern extra
fancy boxed Winesaps ranged gen
erally $3-$3.50 in leading city mar
kets. Massachusetts and New Jersey
asparagus was firm in New York and
Boston at $5-$6 per crate. Early
southern string beans in bushel
hampers sold at 75c-$1.50 in eastern
and middle western cities. Cabbage
in 100-lb. crates from Virginia and
the Carolinas ranged $1.75-$2. Mis
sissippi stock weakened to $2.25-$2.5Q
in Chicago. Early estimates of acre
age in Wisconsin cabbage areas in
dicate an increase of about 21 per
cent over 1921. Setting will be about
one week to 10 days ahead of last
season. An increase of 114 per cent
is expected in acreage in Muscatine
Co., Iowa. First car of Texas canta
loupes arrived in New York May 25
Flat crates of 9-14 melons sold at
$6, while standard crates of 45
melons brought $16 each. Florida
stock was firm in eastern markets at
$4.50-$7 per standard crate,
American Lettuce
Exported to China
A shipment of 75 crates of lettuce
from the Pacific coast was recently
made to Shanghai, China, according
to a report received from the Ameri-
can consul at that station. The re
port also calls attention to the possi
bility of marketing American cold
storage butter in Shanghai, which at
the present time receives most of its
imported supplies from Austria.
ton crop on May 26 was 69.6 per cent
of a normal, as compared with 66.0
on May 25, 1921; 62.4 on May 26,
1920; 75.6 on May 26, 1919, and 74.6
the average of the past ten years on
May 25. An estimate of acreage this
vear will be included in the July cot
ton report.
The low condition of the crop is at
tributed to lateness of the crop, fre
quent rains, cool weather, floods, re
planting and, in some regions, the
appearance of the boll weevil in un
usually large numbers. In Texas 36
per cent of the intended acreage was
still to be planted on May 25. The
boll weevil threatens much damage
to the Georgia crop. The outlook in
North Carolina as a whole is good.
In South Carolina wet cool weather
and lateness of the crop have been
more damaging. Possibly 30 per cent
of the Louisiana crop was not plant
ed May 25. In Oklahoma inability
to get sufficient financial help for
replanting, too much rain, late plant'
ing and poor seed used for replant
ing combined to make the condition
of the cotton crop exceptionally low.
Floods and washings have destroyed
about 4 per cent of the cotton acreage
in Texas, about 6 per cent in Louisi
ana and 5 per cent in Mississippi,
representing in all about 2 per cent
of the entire U. S. cotton acreage
The greater part of this lost acreage
has been or will be replanted.
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