Georgia crop reporting service [1940-1941]

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GEOR~I A CROP :REPORTJG SERVICE

Agr icultural Marketing Service

In Coopera~on

Division of .Agricul tural Statistics

with

Office of the .Agri cul tTal Statistician Athens , Gergia ~

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Georgia State College of .Agr iculture
February 1940.

!'RICE BEFORI' AS OF iANUJ.RY 15 ,1940

.
me~7~thk e
pndce

GEORGIA: M r unchanged or cows and eggs ,
of 10 . 4 cents

i

ds-l~~agnhutalryyh:~pgrhi ecres

t

hreacnemiviedd-DbeyceGmbe~agpiari

farmers for ces . Lower

mpor~~tcescowmemreodrietipeos rwteedre f or

the per

l atter decline bei ng pound i s. the highest

rl aepr~gretlyEdofs.

a seasonal inca August

nature. The present cotton 19:>7. Cottonseeri were reporte

f,

at ~, ~per ton and. thi s is t he highest price r ecorded since July 1937 .

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--~. ncre_ ases~~a~r-e ~: c.c.or_n,



- 43'fo ;

t

;

- e ~...,.., .._ ,, cotton and

) v,.,r.;._0.3- -=-- U-...xLr' r~t~re;_p~L v .l.
beef cattle , 22'fo1 oats, 2o'7o;

~

v v

Jv
eal

o;.a.
c

a;0 ~ alves ,

Jl:l!"~Je~: ;

..C

vl.: ~vw~-.1 wheat,

15

-

12'fo;
2~%%~; r:

cottonseed and horses,
hogs and

and
1'7o.
appl

milk cows; ll'fo; butterfat, sio:

On the
es, 22'7o;

octhoe~~r ehaasn, d7, %t;he

followin turkeys,

haJs , 7'io;
g declines
5%; chick

potatoe were rec ens, 4'fo;

s ro1d orded
eggs

,

pduera~nnugt milk ,

s

, 6'fo; mul es, the past and soybeans,

Despite the increases recorded in the price of roost farm products during t he past year ,

current prices are be l ow the 5-year (191C-l 4) January average for all commodities for whi ch

cl(4owmh) oplma~~rdsa-abJlleae n) udpaaretyar

are available except cottonseed, beef cattle, veal calves, milk cows, milk 100 pounds, and chickens. By comp a ring mid-January prices with the 5-year
average price s , the following declines are noted : hays , 34'fo; hogs, 33'7o;

(l9lGoats ,

22%; corn and wheat , 18o/o; cotton , 16'fo; eggs, ?io: and bu tter , S'io.

UNITED STATES: Pric es of most f arm pro &~c ts in local markets averaged hi gher in mid~

January than a month earlier.
r ai sed the index of prices re 1910-14 l evel. The index on

Nearly a ll groups
ceived by farmers 3 January 15 was 5 po

of commoditi es rar
Jloints during t he int-. higher than a

ticipated
month to year earl

i9e9inrp, teharencdeandtthve,a..,nf che~~ghhev.erhsicth

since mid--January 1938, when the index stood at 102 .

A~~danvzdamenaxcry~osfP1?c~5nou, tlmt3toroynpsotpriorgn1odrtodsuucpaocbstttoopwvneresirceetheeemsd owppdrreeeirrevcaie.toedsou..,asmd.Gmv, raoanlnaictnrehgdbpe3luryitcpe2so4esianpsatomvs~~danrtaul slgreyinhd, gib9g0huthetper aemltrhcloaennontththaoa~yrnf degtahwrroeauesp1a9usrp1lw0i-ee11r4r4e.

higher .
l e~vee l on
poJ.nts from

a year earli er.
- - Da iry products and me at anima l s increased l and '?, po ints , r espective l y , for t h e month,

while the fr u i t and misce llaneous gr oup s were pri ce s were under those for a year earlie r by

up l G po

and ints,

9

po and

ints , f rui

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respectively. prices we re

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Poul owe r

try . by 1

0propdo"~'n:ctts.

lo c al market pri ces of meat an i mal s were 9 points l owe r than a. year ago .

COMMODITY .AND UNI 'r

Wheat , bu. Corn , bu.

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1.25 . 85

Oats, bu.

$

_, 6 8

1 Irish potatoes , bu .
Sweetpotatoes , bu .

1. 08 . 74

Cotton, lb.
Cottonseed ) ton Hay (l oose ton

$ ?)

12 . 4
24 . 15

$ 17. 15

I~o , ~ ~--cvrt -

t - -?.30

Beef cattl e , owt. $

3.72

Ve al calves , cwt . $

4 . 50

Milk cows , head Horses, head
Mules, head

t 32.14 162 . 60 j.

Chickens , lb.

12 . 8

Tu r keys , l b .



Eggs , doz . ---~~

Butter , llb .

. 25 . 2

Butterf at , l b .



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Milk (who l esal e )

j

per 100#

$1 2 .58

Appl es , bu.

$\ 1.25

Covrpeas, bu. Soybeans, bu. Peanuts , l b

$$1! .-..
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91

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.44 . 90

I .65 8.5

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25 . 00
10. 60
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4.50 6 . 10 37 . 00

96. 00 147 .QO .

14:9

20 .0

24.4

24 . 0

23.0

2.95 1.15 1.45 2.CO 3 .4

1.02 . 64 . 51 . 95 . 60
10 .1 25. 60
n. oo 4-...g 5 . 00 6. 70
42 . 00 97.00 143. 00 14. 3 19. 0
24. 0 24. 0
2.90 . 85
1.25 1.90 3.5

1. 02 . 70 .53 . 95 .65
10.4 27.80 11 . 30
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5 . 50 7 .00 41. 00 97.00 150 . 00 14 . 3 19.0
24. 0 25 . 0
3 2 .90
I . 90
l. 35 l. 95
II 3 . 6

. 88 . 59

. 57 .45

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. 39 . 64'
I . 81 1
12 . 2

.26
]). 65 .69
8 .3

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22 . 72 23 . 09

11. 87

6.79

_Q3
5. 041 6 . 78

6 .9;6-g---iI 8.30 i

47.30 58.60

I 133 .70 82. 00 100. 30

10. 8

I H. O
18 . 3

?.R.O - HL

27.8

26 . 2

29.2

25. 2

.84 .53 .36 74 .73
lQ.l 26 . 00
7 . 90
5 .18
o . o :t
8.95 59.90 78.30 98.10
12 . 0
14.2
J R-~ -
27 . 6
30 . 0

1 , 84 1. 00
4.6

]) l. 79
.95 1.30
.72
3 4
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y 1.96 . 73 1.28 1.01 3.6

_1) Revised.

?J )! 4-year average, 1911-14.

Pre li mi nary 1 ~

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GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

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GEORGIA CROP REFOnTING SERVICE .

United States Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Service

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistici8n Athens, Georgia.

February 19, 1940.

-GE-OR-GIA- -LIV- ESTOCK TIErORT

.

Estinated inventory mmbers of livestock on Georgia farms Jnnuary 1 of . this year

cor.~parecl vri th one year ago , showed incroast:ls for all classes of snimals except mules, which

registered a sli ght decrease. Gains MI.J' le were horses, 6%: all cattle and calves, 4%; milk rows,
1~; - hogs, 6%; sheep and lambs, 6%: chickens, 5%: anc. turkeys, 2"/o. Mules declined 1%.

From the standpoint of total values of all livestock the comparison with last year
a 2% increase - $92,817,000 a 3qJnst $90,949,000. Decrensed prices for hogs, horses, .....,,u.~,;l'l.o!ll:i . n..TJ.d tur1wys were resrJonsi ble for the SMall ~et increase in value; l),o g prices having _ _.,td~l-<m off 22/k hur'SEfs'; ~; chickens, -ltif~ -:'-lild t urkeys 6'fo. The Mhc~r classes of livestock
showed gains both in prices tm.d in total vuli.w' ~ .

.. . NUr!bcr of horses on fiU'mS was 33,000. and !'!U1e s 334,000, making the total for all-. workstock of 367,000 against 368,000 l a st year~ . Current e stima ted value for workstock was $55,018,000 conpared \nth $53,674,000 in 1939 and $55,005,000 the year before.

Ho gs estii:lated on hfmcl amounted to i,647,000 heAd rrgainst 1,554,000, with value of

. or 18% below tho 1939 value of . $ll,l32,000.

.

aeo gain

of

ll%

Cattle. showed a in value~ One

total ;rear

nunber the

of co

1,009,000 with value of rre sponding totals v1ero

9$7203,0,60304a,0n0d0;1p2t0h,i8s63b,0e0in0g.

a

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Estir.~atod chicken. numbers were pl aced ?-t 8,528,000 com:par.ed with 8,143,000 and value

of $4,776,000 against $5,049,000 last yea:r. There were 50,000 turkeys this .year with value of

$115,000, a s coMpared vri th previous totals of 49,000 turkeys ancl $120,000.

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ThousanP. hoa!:l

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2256-
25 29 31 31 33

Cattle and C::U.ves

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902 974 1071
I 1100
1012

$

I 16;50
12.30

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12.40

12;60

16;70

$ 14,883 11,980 13,280 13,906,
16,901

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961 i

942 970
1009

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19.90 120.60
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21.50 I
23.40 I

19,096 19,421 20,863 23,634

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Shoe1) .and lemb s ,

1932 1933

34 34

$ 2;30 2.20

$

I. 78

~,

75

1934

34

1935

34

2.40 2.55

82 87

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1936

34

1937

32

3.40 3.25

'I 116
104. I

1938

' 32

1939

32

1940

34

3.55 3.45
3.50 I I

I,I, 114

111 U9

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.Chickens exeludii:n: chicks u:ri.der 3 rnos'

1935

i I

' 6,855

$

.50 . $' . 3,128

. 'I . 1936 I
i 1937

7,353 8,102

.57

4,19L I

.60

4,861

p 1938 ! 7,138
1939 ! ., 8,143

.62 .62

4,426 5,049

lj

' ,, 1940...

8,528

.56 j .
I

4,776

Total . v:~.:re is s~m of va,lue s by age groups

Included in cattle and calves.

Total farl'l value . thous. dollars

Colts

339

70;00

325

69;00

332

112;00

334

135.00 ~

331

155.00

334

174;00

337

154.00

337

150.00

334

155.00

23,730 2 2 ,4 2 5
37,~84
45,090
51,210
.58;277
51,751 50,411
626

Cows anc, Heifers, 2 years old and. over, kc t for Milk~

366 $ 25;00

$ 9,150

388 411 419 398

19.00 . 2000.
20;00
25;00

II.

386

30;00

386 . . 31;00

390

32.00

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394

35. 00

7,372 8,220 8,380 9,950 11,580 11,966 12,480
13,790

Hogs , inch:rding pigs

,1, 416 i 1, 28 i

$ . 5. 00 . 3; 40

.I $ 7,080 4,855

1, 464 1 1,273 . I
1,235 I
1,420 .,

3;55 4;75
7.60
'780 .

5,197 6,045
" . 9;383. ' 11,.134

1,363

7.10

9,695

1,554

7.20

11,132

1;:61:-7 I ... 5.60

9,155

54 52

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$

.. 2.20 2.50i

I 56

54 . 49

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2.30
2.35 2.45

i .50 ... 2.30

$ . . 119' '
'130 129 127
120 115

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George B. Strong,

lAssistant Agricultural Statistician.

D.L. Floyd, Agricultural Statistician
In Cha:rge.

See other side for United State s Deport.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUBE

Agricul turn.l Marketing Se rYice



Ath0ns, Georgia.

UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK REPORT:

February 19,1940.

The exp.:msion of livestock numbers t hat started in 1938 continued during 1939 at an

accelerated rate ; the .Agricultural Marketing Service reported todaor. The annual inventory

estinates of livestock on farns s.howed nu.n.b ers of cattle, nilk cows, hogs, and. sheep all larger

on January' 1, 1940, than a yetir earlier. But the number of workstock both horses and nules -

continued to decline. ).



. ,: , ~s vtas to be expect.ed, the greatest c;:hl:lllge .occurred in hog numbers. Supplies of feed gr ains in 193~. and 1939 were lai'g'cr . t han in other r o,eent years, particularly in the North Central Stat.es, whqre. , ~here has . been a recr;rvery from the CUMUlated sco.rci"ty brought about by droueht years. Hog 'pr ices, in -.x:elation M feed prices were generally -favorable in 1938 and most of 1939. As a result; both the spring and fall pig crops of . 1939 were greatly increased and the number of hogs of all ages on farus Januory 1, 1940, was 18 J..ercent greater than a year earlier.
:: i : : : ,~ _.Cb.ttle m.unb:~rs else were influenced 'by iarge r supplies of gra1n and forage 'and by
the relatively fav.or -ahl"e feeding situation during 1939, but the incre ase in numbers was more moderate. The total number was up about 3 percent.

The. number of sheep on farms rmd ranches increased one percent. A large part of this
increase took place in the native shee:P States where feed. supr li e s were. relatively abundant. The number of horses and mules continued _the downward trend that has gone on without interruption for two decades.

When the numbers of all these spcp cie s are converted t o an ani mal unit basis, which

allovrs f 0r differences in -size a."ld feed requireMents of the several species, the total aninal united on Jnnuo.ry 1 this year was abo\lt 3~ percent large r than a year earlier and was about 1 perc ent larger tl~ the 10-year (1929-38) average. ' The incre ase in number of animal units during

1939 was the fifth largest in 50 years.

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The total inventory value of livest.ock on farms on January 1, 1940 was higher than a year eCll'lier, end was the highest since January 1, 1930. The total value of $4,904,307,000 was

$46,000,000 hi gher than a year earlier. '!here was a r ather marked variation amone species in the

r elat i onship behreen changes in numbe_rs and changes in values. The numbers of cattle and sheep

wet'e l arrrer this year than last, but the values per heNl were hi gher.: the numbers o f horse!? and

r.ru::e s were smaller but the. values pe r he.ad were lower: the nunber of. hog s was up materially but t~.e v al:ue per head was down s~ ly ,' with the tot'aJ. value down . (These inventorr values of )ive-

d .>ck on farms should not :'Qe co,nfuse.d with the value of livcstock proftu<;ltion or with. income :from

li.vestock, . Ejsti!.'lates of which viill be issv.ed later this year). , :.: .

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, :. \ :. , The n~bers ~f both chicker.. s and ttirkeys ~:m far!"ls J~m.i..fi.y'l, 1940 wer:~.larg_e..J; .than

a ye ar ' earher- ch~ckens up .4 percent. -and turkeys 33 :'jlGTcent. The nUI!Ibf?r of chickens was the

1 ,-xg est~: .s~Jj.g~ .lS34. - 'lhe number of turkeys waS. the larges t on. record; The 'decline in the value

;"s''c.. h~ad .of chickens more then offset the increased nunbe rs ar1d the to.tal value was down. 'rhe

l r--,,e r vahie per hel!ld .of turi;;eys did .not. offset t he sharpl;Y,' incr'e'a.Sed ' nul:lbers and th:e total value '

was ..up~ .,-:.: .. ....: .. - :: . :-.::. ~-.





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-"~ : The in~rease ,:i~ :~~at ani~;u.s andJo~~try :'w~:re. ~genera+ c~~r .the whole c~ourttry, vti.th _,:;

t he lar,~ st increase.s in the.:_West No.rth 'Centr ~tate$ \~her;e numbers worie sharply r~duced duri,.~f\. :

in t;: ~ droug~t; year s. ca~tl e t:uJ.mbers Vo$~e_: \lP in all ;but .:19 :$~ates, l}.og.~ all but 2 States, '. ; . :

... ).chms . 1t1 all but 6 States. turkeys 'i=~ all but) Stat.e;. _. 'l'he numbe.r of. stock sheep VJ?.S up ~n .

<' . _-:... . . , 1: of the 32 , St a tes in whic):l. sheep produc::tion is ;of irnp,0r~qn.ce. 'l!he nunbc:r: o.:t' milk co\vs - was ' up ..

i n 28 Sta~e~ . an~ . unchcm.g ed _i_n 1~_._ ... . i .

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. . HORSES: 10, 616;600 head,

; !lbe ~ ~ti~~t~d nu~ber
a de crease of 199;:ooo

of or

haboru_.s:_ets , 02

p~n;ercluendtin. g

~itt~;.:.t:i~

.1.u..,

tl>.l.

v~umes_Jw-~~- ~- 1,, 194,2J~ :_.

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.,....., $.82.2 0 VV\J

COI!lJ?ared ,.with $912,148,000 a:.year earli~.r

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. MULES: The nump~r of mules j.~cluding : colts, on Jenua.Fy .1 .this year es~imted at: ': .

4 ,321,000 head, was 63,000 -head or about '1-?J: pe rcer..t Sl!laller than a :year. earlier. :Value per head .

wo.s

$114.56

cooparod with

$ll7;64

rmd the

to. tal

va.lue

was

$ 4 9 4 , 9 0 2 , .000
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comp~ed .

with ..$515,755,iCXXt;

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_GATTLE; The number of cattl1i ori ' farr.~s J'antlary 1.:., ,.1.940] was . 68,769,000; h~~. : is ~

num'!Jer was 3 percent larger thnn a year earlier and about 4 percent ; abov.e the 10-year (l-929-3a) .. average. 'lhe average value pe,r head of cattle on Jilllu~y 1;_. 1940 was $4.0.57 com~ared)ri.th $38_.45

a year ear}ier, with the total. value of $2,790,213,000, ." which is an ' iri.c'r.ease of $221,962',000 ~ .

from a year' earlier. '!his is :the highest cattle inventory value since.. 1.930.

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rop're.sen. Ht .Os.. GaSn:

The estimated number "of ho,"..'s-..;~ increase of 9,029,000 head or 18

farl!ls..Ja percent.

n. uary Thi

1. s

~,111. c9r4~0aswe aisn5n8u,3m1b2e,irosood

h. ~ad. uring

:_:..-.--.

1939 was the second largest for all ye ars on record. 'lhc value P.l?r.. he<L(l .,;~hi~S year.- ofc..$7..;79:w:a;s::.

sharply dovm frol!l $11.21 _a year earlif;1r with..the rt'isult'.-that the--t-O'fal value of $454,280,000 was

nearly $100,000,000 lower this year.

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GEORGIA REPOTIT
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reverse

side.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Division of Agricul tural Statistics

with

Office of the ~~icu l tural Statistician Athens , Georgia

FRIGZ ~:PORT AS OF FEBRUARY 15 , 1940 .

Georgia State College of Agriculture
March 1940.

. GEORGIA: With the exception of chickens, and dairy products, l ocal market prices of Geor~1a farm products were either unr:hanged or s li ghtly hi gher on February 15 than a month earl1er. Grains continued the upward t r end that started last Sept ember . Corn prices , advancing from 70 to 79 cents per busnel, re giste red the heaviest incre a se in the grai n group . Cotton and cottonseed prices continued to ;L'ise . Meat animals, with the exception of veal calves , were unchange d from a month earlier . Prices of veal c~lvvs advanced from $7 . 00 to $7 . 20 por c;rl, during the month ending February 15. Egg prices were r eported 8 percent hi gher than a month
earli e r. This is the first time since 1934 that mid-February egg prices have been higher than mid-January prises, This increase is attrib1:1ted o the dcc-I'oasod supply caused by the severe J alluary weathe r .

Prices of most commodi th)s were higher than prices received one year ear li vr . However , thv mid-February ho g price of $4 . 90 is only 75 percent of tho price prevai ling ono year ago . Current pri cos , v.ri th fc '.'r Gxccpt i ons , axe still bGlow the February l 91G-14 average .

UNITED STATES: local ma.rkut pricos of farm products average d 2 points higher on
February 15 than a month earli e r. At 101 pe rcent of tho Aug . 1909-July 1914 average , tho prices-
r ece ived indox vTas 9 points above that of a year ago and the hi ghe st February index since 1937 . Though pri ces of farm products aro no1 s li ghtly hi gh e r than i n the pre- wa.r period, they are sti ll general l y we ll below par ity. Pri ces paid by farme rs on February 15 were 22 percent hi gher than during tho pe riod 1910 to 1914 .

locnl markot prices of fruits, truck crops, and chickons alld eggs increased sharpl y
followin r the Januaxy freeze and prolonged cold weathe r. These commodity groups lar ge l y accounted for the increase from o. month ago in the f_{eneral i ndex of prices received . The increase f or truck crops was particularl y marked.

Prices rece ived for the major g r oups of farm products, horcver , moved nth o. r athe r
narro w range during thn past month . Grain prices averaged only l point h i ghe r in mid-Februa ry
than on J cmu<:uy 15 , but 25 po int s higher than in mid-February last year . Cotton and cottonseed prices, us a ~r oup , r emained unchange d for the month but wo r e at a l eve l 15 points above
February 15, 1939 , Moat animol prices declined 2 points during t ho pnst month and are n ov,r 15
points belovr a year a.go . Pri ces or' da.iry products were l po i nt l ower th;m a month co.rlior but 11 :points ~bovo_ tho Fcbrunry l ?vo l of. 18-st rear . ~ Fobruru'y 15 prices of c~icken~ alld eg~s vre rc 7
p'diltts hignor nr.m yonr-earhor , vrh1lC pncc-s or truck crop-s vrer~ o3 po~nts h1ghc r. At 76
percent of pre- nor, however, fruit prices were still 2 po ints lower thr-m in February l ast year

CMi.ODITY llND UNIT

.P.H!CES REcEIVED BY FJJ.iV;ERS ]'.lilirtUAHY 15, 1940, WITE COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UN I TED S T A T E S

Fob . av . Fob .l 5~ JM .l5, 1 Feb . 15 ,

1910-14 1939 I 1940

1940

Feb . av . Feb. 15

1910-14

1939

Feb . l b , 1940

Vlhca.t, bu

$ 1. 25

. 91 I 1. 02

1. 05

Corn, bu. Oa ts, bu.

f

.87 . 68

. 53 . 45

Irish poto.toes, bu. $ 1.14

90

. 70 .53 . 95

.79
I . 57
. 95

Sv,octpoto.tocs , bu. Cotton , lb.
Cottonseed ) ten Hay ( l oo so ton

$

. 77

i 12.5 25.32 17.49

.70 8. 6 23.70 10 . 70

. 65 10 . 4 27 . 80 11.30

.70
10.5 28 . 90 11.40

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Hogs , per cvrt .

$ 7.26 i 6.50

4 , 90

4.90

Beefcattle, 9wt. Ve al calves, cwt .

t 3.76 4 . 48

4.75 6 . 20

5 . 50 7. 00

5 .50 7. 20

Milk cows , he <J.d.

$ 32 . 82 40 . 00 41. 00 42 . 00

Horses , head :Mul es , he e.d Chickens, lb. Eggs , doz.

- $ 158 . 20 101.00

$

151. 00

12.3 150

97 . 00 150 . 00
14 . 3

99 . 0() 152. 00
14 .1

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I

21 . 8 18 . 0

23 . 9

25. 8

Butter, lb. Butt erfat , lb.



2-5 . 6

23 . 0 23 . 0

24. 0 25 . 0

23. 0 23. 0

Mi l k (wholesale)

per 100#

$ 2 . 53 2 . 90

2 . 90 l!J 2 . 85

p

Apples , bu. Co'7pens , bu.

Soybeans , bu.

$ $ $

-1.44
-

1. 30 1. 55 2.15

. 90 1. 35 1. 95

1. 05 1. 45
2.30

!.1 Peanuts , lb.

5. 3

3. 4

3.6

3.7

. 89 . 60 .40 .66 .85 12.3 22.60 12 02 7.12 5.ll 6 . 77 47. 80 137. 00
-
11.1 23 . 7 26 . 6 27. 4
1.77
-1. 06
-
4.9

.57 .44 . 26 . 65 . 73
8.2 22 . 58
6 . 78 7. 21 6 . 86 8 . 73 59. 40
83 .10 10 1 . 50
14. 2
16.7 25. 9 24. 9
y l. 73 .96 1.37 . 69 3.4

. 84 . 55 . 38 . 75 . 79
10 . 0 26.64
8. 10 4 . 97 6 . 84 8 . 8)
60 .40 78. 20 97 . 30 12 . 2 20. 2 27.5 29.7
ll 1. 93 . 81 1. 35 . 96 3.6

'

l} Preliminary

?:} .Revised .

As

GEORGE B. STRONG , Assistan t Agricul tural St atistici~ .

D.L. FLOYD, Agricultural Statisticinn
In Charge .

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVI CE

Agricultural Marke ting Se rvi ce

In Coope ration

Ge orgia Stat e Coll e g e

Division o f Ag ricultural Stat i s tics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

March 19,1940.

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS

GENERAL: Sp ring s eeding ope ratio ns of comme rcial truck c rop s in southe rn Georgia h a ve been practi c ally c ompl e t e d. Sub-normal t e mperatur e s of Fe bruary and early Mar ch wit h int e r mi t t e nt ra i nfall de laye d :planting of spring crops in most are as .

POTATOES: Cold, we t weathe r has r e tarde d :planting and :probably cause d some damage to s ee d in th e ground. The crop in gene ral is 8 to 10 days lat e . Unde r favorabl e weath<O r conditions digging should begin about May 15 in the Savannah district.

TOl~'I'OES: Setting will start in most sections th e week of March 18th, wh ich is J we ek lat e r than last y e ar. Indicati ons ar e- for a li ttl e lar g e r acr eage t h i s

As a r e sult of cold weat he r the cabbage crop i s in poor condition. found in most fi e lds. Low yi e lds are in :prosp e ct, with harves t now expect e d to start in a small way in e arly April. Most of t ho cabba ge acr e age is found in Thoma s, Brooks and Colquitt Counti e s.

SNAP BE~~S: The comme rcial crop of snap b e ans is :practically all :plant e d in south Georg ia. Some b e ans are now up around Pavo and Barwick. The r e has b ee n a conside rable increase in acreage in Thomas, Colquitt, and Cook Counti es, but some of thi s produc tion is e xp e ct e d to b e us e d by a canne r : at Ade l in Cook County .

LI N~ BEAl~S : See ding of t he comme rcial crop is almos t ove r in southe rn t e rritory !lost of t he lima be an acr ea ge i s around Eni gma (B e rri e n County) , with some s mall additional ac r e a ge in th e Bainbridge area. Acr eage has b ee n mat e ri a lly r e duced in Berri e n Count y .

CUCm;iBERS: Growe rs have a bout compl e t e d :p lanting op e ration s in south Ge orgia, planting be ing comple t e in Claxton-Gl ennvill e area s and very little acreage to be plant e d i n othe r sections. Some incre a se in acre a ge is exp e cted.

CANTALOliPS: Ve r y li t tl e pl an ting t o iriar ch 15 . Most of the p lanting i n sout he rn will _Q_e done _:be t wee n l>iar ch 1 8 and 25.

ASPARAGUS: Progre ss of t~e a s paragus crop has bee n d e laye d a bou t 10 days . tlutting normally b egins about I!larch 10 but will be a bout 10 days lat e r this se a s on.
l-'lonte zuma and ~Iarshallvill e will be t he s ource of mo s t of the Ge orgia asparagu s.

LETTUC E: I ceb e r g l e ttuc e i s be ing gro wn in t he c oas tal counti es in a pp r e ciable quanti t i es t h i s ye ar. From 300 to 400 a cres have bee n :p lant e d a t Ways St ation, Dari en, Savannah and Woodb ine .

WATERi:;i.ELONS; Availab l e information indicat es a 10% incr ease ove r 1939 in south Ge org ia a c r e a ge and a pp roxi mat e l y t he s ame ac r ea ge as las t year in mid- s tat e t erri tory. Planting of wat e rme lons b egan abou t t h e. fir s t of riiarch.
REGIONAL TRUCK CROP NEWS

POTA':i.'OES: In north Florida t he crop will b e a b out 2 we ek s lat e . Di gging should start about April 12. In South Carolina the planting of early potato es has b een comp l e t e d. Alabama re p ort s :planting abou t 10 day s lat e wit h di gging around Ma y 1.

TOiviATOES: I n nort h Florida tomato e s are s till b e ing se t. Harve st in thi s a r e a should begi n ab out Ea y 10 .

CABBAGE: South Ca rolina mov ement i s e xp ec t e d to b egin a b out Ap ril 1, wit h peak shi pme nt s n ear April 12. Indications in ?v'lissi s si:ppi point to a c ro p ove r 2 ~e eks lat e r than usual.
Cu CUlviJ3E.'.R.S: North Florida had some r epla nting but movement i s e xp e ct e d to be. gin about Ap ril&, South Carolina comme rcial plant ing i s about ov e r.
ASPARAGUS: Sout h Ca rolina shipment~ 1;rill not b ec ome g e ne ral be for e March 25.

LETTUCE: South Carolina movem ent i s expe ct e d to beg in about April 10 .

(

WATERi!lELONS: In north Florida, south Al ab ama a nd southe a s t e rn Sout h Ca rolina

Espring pl anting is generally over.

F

SNJI.P :3:2A.~. S: Pl a nting is about compl e t e d in nort h Florida. The Sout h Carolina

nrop i s mostly plant ed.

l,

D.'L. Floyd,_

- Agriculturul St o. ti'stici an

Prepared by: Clifford Sims.

In Char ge ;

As

f liBRARY, COllEGE Gf AG!tiCIJHl

U-'IV. OF GEOR lA LIBRt\H;

GEDRGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

.,....J.f"N"'3 , GEORGiA
--------- - - -

J.gricultural Marketing Service

In Co ope ration

Ge orgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Geor{;ia.
April, 1940.
PRICE REPORT AS OF ML"ii.CH 15, 1940.

GEORGIA: Except for the p rices of milk cows, eggs, butterfat and peanuts,
marke t prices of Georgia farm p:..oducts were e i tl::ter unchctnged on March 15 or slightly higher than a m0nth earlier. None of the declines were of any appreciable extent exc ept the price of eggs. Even though egg prices declined 41~~ during the past montil the current price is only s lightly lower than the mid- March 1939 price.
February 15 p rice of 25._8 cent.~ p e r c1o~en we.s P..bnorma lly high. '.rhe a dvanc e in grain prices was more than the usual seasonal increas e .

Loca l ma.r~<et prices of most f a rm products r ema in highe r than pric e s received one year earli e r but low e r than the 5 ye a r (1910-14 ) March a verage. Hog prices are 26 per c e nt lowe r than t h os e r e c e ived one ye a r ago.

U1HTED SS'ATES: A drop of 4 points in th~ g en e ral level of farm product prices was not e d at local markets du. ring the month ended March 15. The per unit exchange value of far m products a lso c't6clined during the month. On March 15, prices rec e ived by farm e rs ave n'.g e d only 76 per c ent of parity, a d.ecline of 3 points cluring the month. 'l'he rathe r s t e ep d e clin e was mainly the r e sult of seasonal de cre as e s in dairy :pro cluct s , twic e the s easonnl declin e in egg prices, nnd a sharp drop in the truck crop indHx fro m the unusually hi gh l ev e l of a month a.go. However , at 9? p e r c e nt of th e 1910-14 ave r age in mid-March, the agricul turn.l pric6 level was still 6 points c.bove a year earli e r.

Minor pric e ad.vances wor e recorded for grains and meat animals from February 15 to Ma rch 15, while mid-March cotton an(l cottonse e d prices averaged unchange d from the lcbruary 15 l e ve l. Truck crop p rice s dropp ed 40 points during the month but on March 15 we re t1 till 18 point s above a y e ar earlier.

Compn.recl with a year ea rlier, prices ':>f fruit, me at animals, and chickens egg s ave:rage d lower in mid-Murch 1 but_ ~:cl.L....o tb e t' c.ommo dLty g.roups ~:e r e high 0r. t animal prices we re 14 points lov10 r c :~1an in March 1939, fruit prices were down 8, and chicke ns and e ggs do~7n 5. On t he othe r hn.nd , mid-Mr-trch prices of
-dairy products 'Here 14 points above a yer-tr ar:o; co t ton and cotton:.> e ed wer e also points hi gher; truck crop p rices n nd gn~.i n pric es 'Ne re 18 and. 26 points re-
spectively above the mid-March 1939 l evel.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FAr..JJZRS 1\'LI\.RCH 15, 1940, WITH COMPfu.l:(_ISONS

I GEO:F:GIA

lU":NITED -;:S:-;,T;--;Kr--;;;.;:E;r;S;-----

I C01vUAODI TY

1-.,M..,.a..-r_-.-n-v-.-,--.,...},.ra-.-r-.-1-=5--r-l-e-b-.-1-5-,-r---M.n- .-r-.-1-5-++--U-.or-: [1.V. MD.r. 15 jMar .15

AND UNIT

1 1910-14 1939

1940

1940 ' 1910-14 1939 . 1940

Wheat, bu.

1.24

.88

1.05

1.08 !

.89

.57 .85

Corn, bu. Oats, bu. Irish potatoes, bu.

i 89 .67 1.17

. 55 .44 .85

. 79

. 841

. 61

. 441 56

.571

.61-

.40

.27 .39

.95 .

.951

.68

.65 .77

Sweetpotatoes, bu.

$l .84

.70

.70

.75j

.90

.75 .84

Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton Hay (loose) ton

: 12.6
$! 25.02
$' 17.80

8.6 24.90 11.30

10.5
28.90 11.40

10.5 I
30.5011 12.30

12.4
22.78 12.06

8.3 10.0
22.98 26.84 6.67 8.22

Hogs, p e r cwt. .Beefcattl e , cwt. Veal calve s, cwt. Milk cons, head Horses, h er..d

:I 7.50 3.78
$1 ~1. 70 $1 32.42
$1157.80

6 . 60 5;00 6.60 40.00 106.00

4.90 5.50 7.20 42.00 99.00

4.901 5.60 7.20 41.00 100.00

7.41 5.29 6.92
48.90 138.40

7.10 4.87 7.00 7.00 8.69 8.81
59.60 60.40 83.00 . 78.20

Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz.
tter, lb. 'utterfe.t, lb. rlilk ( v;hole sale)

$j ---
1 12 .6 , 19 .o ! 25.0 1

160.00 14.8 15.3 22.0 21.0

152.00 14.1 25. 8 23.0 23 .0

152.00 14.1 15.1 23.0 22.0

11.4 19.6 25.6 27.1

101.60 14.3 16.0 24.9 22.7

97.70 12.8 15.4 26.7 28.4

per lOOt,: Apples, bu. Cowpeas, bu. Soybeans, bu.
eanuts, lb.

$$1i 2.46
1. 5'*
$1
$1 1 5.2

2.85 1.35 1. 65 2.15 3.4

2. 85 ];_/2.85

1.051 1.45
z.3o 1

1.10 1.45 2.30

3. 7 1 3.6

1.64 1.11
4.8

2/1.59 1/l. 85 - .98- .85
1.43 1.41 . 73 1.01
3.4 3.6

~/ Revised.

ARCHIE" LiiNGLEY,
Associate A~ricultural Statistician In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

tural Marketing Service

Irt Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Stati s tician

Athens, Georgia.

April 5, 1940.

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS

Weather since March 1 has been slightly cool er than the seasonal , delaying the progress of crops already planted. With improved weather conditions during the last few clays of garch most crops are now responding favorLow temperatures around Easter were of short dllration and did no material

ASP~\F..AGUS: Cutting began about March 25 in the Fort Valley area. Peak proshould be reached around April 15 with the end of the movement near May 10.
Acreage in Georgia has shown a steady decrease in recent years. 'l'he 10 year average is 3560 acres, and the 1939 a creage "'!as 1900, while this year 1800 acres are indicated for harvest.
CABBAGE: Low yields are expected in South Georgia, with st~nds poor, many fields heading up small and sho,'ling more them the usual nu.mber of seed sterns. Cutting should begin n ear April 7 7i th h eavy l oading n.bout April 22.. The acreage in this section is larger than in 1939. However, in ~Torth Georgir-t the ['..Creage will be smaller this season. The 1350 acres indicated this spring compares .vith 1450 last year and a 10 year average (1929-38) of 980 acres.
CANT.t1LOUPS: The planting of cnntn.loup :. is about completed in the extreme
southern part of the state. Good stands ., r reported.
t' 'i
CUCUMBERS: Early cucuml>.ors are up in the Claxton-Gl env ille area and planting operations are over in other South Oeorgia sections. Present indications are for some increase in spring plantings.
LETTUC;Ei: lfovement of l e ttuce in. Sotlt)1east Goorgia will b e'gin near April 10 with peak production from April 25 to May l. It .!8 estimated that the crop was
ed ap;pro:ximat e l-tr one third b.-y the J ,';lJ:1uar.y- fr &-e zE:) . The- q:tJ.nli ty should be fair to good. It appears that Georgia will have approximately 350 acres of the Iceberg variety this year.
LIMA BE.tuts: The smallest acreRge in years is in prospect. All counties show a decline in acreage with the exception of Thomns rihich will have Rbout the same acreage as last year.
SNAP BEJ!.l'TS: Available informntion from South Georgia indicates an increased snap bean ncreage. The counties of Brooks, Berrien, Colquitt, De catur, nnd Thomas are responsible for most of the in.crease. In many sections b enns ar.e up with stands and condition reported go0d. Last yer:,r Georgie. h r>.d 3500 acres which produced 280,000 bushels.
POTATOES: Last reports show the crop in g ene r 2l to be 8 to 10 days lat e r thRU usual. Under crmtinued favorable concii tions di gging s:rl')uld begin about May 15 in Southeast Georgia. The comme rcial acreage wi ll sh0w a substantial increase. Preliminary indications this spring are for 3800 acres compared t o 2300 harvested acres in the 1939 season. Tl1e large increase 1 s due to ne7 potato acreage in Berrien and. Cook Counties.
Td!,;Lti'OES - South Georgia: Transplanting is a b 0ut 90% cor:~plete as of April l. Settings of Mqpch_15 to 18 are off to a fnvorable. start and g90d stands are generally , report e~ . Most of the plantE1 set . t o d..oite have b een Fl orida gr own, but the remaining acreage will be set from GeorgiH seed b eds . Transplanting t 0 fields should continue to nbout April 7. Sh0rt nge of plants has held d.ovm the acreage from early intentions.
STRAVT.BERRIES~ : . Most of the strnwberry acreage is around Iilen l0 in Chattooga County and at Claxton in Evans County. A sm<1ll quantity of .berries cnme from Ct1.t0os a and 'ilal~er CoUnties. Acrenge has be en ' ma terinlly reduced in Ev:nns County due to the c1yin6 of plants during the sun1mer m0nt:1s. Quality promises t0 be good
harvest in the Claxton r-trea getting under '.'.'D.Y about April 15.
WATERHELONS: Reports indicate that planting is practicR.lly complete in the scuthern portion of the state. Plants are up in. some localities. A."l increase of nbout 57~ frOi:J. the 1939 acreage appears likely Jr;r the entire state, with South Georgia having about 10% larger acreage. Planting intentions point to 66,000 acres this season compared t n 62,600 last year and a t en year (1929-38) average of 70,240 acres.
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AS'PlL.Lt.AG'US: South Cn.rolina crop ..nor, rn.oving in small QUantities v.rit:r, h eavy shipments expe.cted by the lOth. Q;uali ty good and normal yield expected.

CABBAGE: ' Fl0rida will have n henvy .mrJvement for another week. Cn.bbage will

be avnilable frorJ the Everglades s e ction unti.l June. South Alabruna green head

cabbage is moving with heavy loading s e .A.1Jected in t~:m weeks. In Srmth Carolina

light f!J.OVement has begun an(l will . beco:Je heav;:r 'by .April 12. North Carolina plants

are gr6-i7i.ni; slov:ly. Productio::1 <.ill . start 2 . or 3 \7eeks lat e r than usurtl. Te xas

will

h'itv.\3-


;

8.



n10

d

e

r

a

t

e

supply

from the

lower

vn1ley

during

April .

81}CU!J1EERS: The first new crop of Florida cucumbers v-1ill probably nove this week. Fr0st in Ala'bRma destroyed nost of tl1e plants up before March 15 e.nd it appea::s the c_rop .will be 2 wee.ks lat e r thim .usual.

:) l C.ANTl>LOUPS; Texas cb.ntalocips in go0d condition nnd an increased acreage is expe<:rtE.::cL The shipping seas 0n -"~ill ,begin ,':'.bqut the sn.ne ti r.!E; HS that in S0uth
Georgta.

LI MA BEANS: Heavy r a in.s 1~.r1d. h0t s_UP.: in ~;the Evergln.d.es [1ll(1 n:!,ons the lower. eas t coast cnus ed C'lnsidereJJ.le do:raQ.ge . t'l ,,the Fl SJ rida .crop. Light -shiplnE:Jnts should begin about ~i.pri~ 20.
SNAP BEAnsi . The Everglades and lower .e e1.st. coast Florida cr0p has beeri so . severely danagecl by heavy rai'ns thc:tt 1 t Ls doubtful nr;>re thrm one third the normal
spring production v1il1 be harvested. Prospects' in: other secti nns t:tre favorable. Peak mover.1ent will develop in late /pril. In. South Car0lina crop C'~ndi ti0n..ii:k satisfactory r1i th usual ncreage expected. .Pianting is. now under way i:i-l North . .. Carolina '''i th a s:.1aller acreage 'er_t)ected. AlRDt!J:ta snap beans will be h tter than usu0.l clue to cold ':'leather.
LETTUCE: In Flori'cla a lLli ted a.oount of Iceberg ;Lettuce remn.ins in t~e E'[er..,. glades. Market conditions will deternine ;'ihether this and about 40 cars of Boston lettuce '''ill be harvested . . South .Carolina ;~:10VE)r:len,t expected to begin near A-pril: 8 with pea.tc :around the 25th. In N:orth Cocrolina i ~ appears ti1ere wi 11 be n.o lettuce . for L'arket . 'before M~{y~ 10,
sTRN.'lBE.cc:ffi.IES: Shipnents are on increase in :?loricl.n. with heaviest movement ~ ahead. South Ce..rolina mover:wnt expected t0 'begin about April 17. In Alaban a light shipnen t 1?/ill start aroupCi. April 15 _with carlot ship~1ents near. the 20th . ... North Carolina 1~1ovenent e xpect eo. to begin in . Chactbourn n.ren abo~t April 25. -

POT.l\,D~OES: Heavy moven~en t of the North Florida crop ~.vill cor.1e from April 22 to

May 15. South Carolina e xpects )Jo verJent to Qegin about May 15. Th.~ pot:ito outlook
is ceneraJ,ly br1ght in north c o.rolina where 5 ooc1 growth is oe:i.ng :r:eporteci in..the
early potatQ a rea'; ~.'IoveiJ(:mt sh0ulct start in ~he Te:<~as Lower Valley area during the

first i.'Jeek rjf .April or nb_out 3 \7eelcs 10.ter thai1 US1.lnl.

' ' .\

WATEBJvlELOUS: The Florid.a crop is up to a stand in 1:10st sections with present
prospects for shipr-;ent t o start in late Mr:Y The South Carolina crop .is . oi:iing pla.:tted. So;Je increase in ncrec..ge is expected. It n0v:- s.Ejer.Js tha.t the _Alabama acreage will be le~s than last season. The r:1ic:l-M~1rch frost dr>nn.ge vlill make the crop later than usual. Present inclic <:L ti'lns o..N . t :1at t11e. Texas finrtl pl.<lntings -will show o..n increase over last yen.r 17ith pro<'i.uction e;.:-pected in early tTune.

TOMATOES: It will be April 15 or lnter before South :!!'"~lorida begins shipiJent of its short tona to crop. Heavy .r~tins htwe dtuaged the qrop. The first hv0 weeks
in iviay s:"nul d. see the first noveuent. South Carolina trn.nspl an ting has begun in B ~CJ.1lfor t_ County. North Carolina began setting . plants J >f ...Flo:r~d.a...nr.i.g in the last clays of !:larch. Texas reports _poor. stands but, yi th fnvora.ble ryeather, harvest should begin about i'.iay 15.

Archie Langley Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Prepn.rec1 by: Cliffdrrl Sins
Truck. pr0p Estinator.

... '.
'

J ' : GEORGI,A CROP REPORTING SERVICE

~icultura1 Marketing Service In Cobperation

Division of AgriculturaJ. Statistics

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

-()ffice of the Agricultural Statistician Athen-s ., Georgia. April 12, 1940.

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRit 1, 1940

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.

.

Continued rains and lower than usual temperatures in March were unfavorable

for getting farming operations started, particularly in North Georgia. On .April 1

the planting 'of fiE:Jld crops in the southern portion of the State was under way but

was running at least ten days ;Late. .Onl,y a small amount of land had been prepared

tor planting north of the Fall line by t}+e first of the month. The 9etttng of

tobacco was just beginning in the extreme. southern terri tory. There are sufficient

ts for setti;ng. t~e re~nGE;d- t-Obacco .a.creage tl.a-t is_ ~n pro-spect, t,his lf.ea'!!~

GRAINS: Prospective production of the State. wheat crop on ,1\.pril 1 was placed at 1,620,000 bushels, or 8% below production of 1939, but 43% greater than the ten-year {1929-38) average of 1,134,000 bushels. The indicated yield of 7.-5 bushels per seeded acre is the lowest yield since 19_36. A larger tha,n usual percent abandonment is . in prospect. Reported condition of rye was 73% compared with 78% one year ago and 78% for the ten-year (1929-38) average.

Estimated stocks of corn on Georgia farms April 1 was 13,366,000 bushels, which is 48% below the corresponding figllre of last_ year and 15% less than the tenyear (1929-38) average at this time of the year. The supply of corn on hand in the southwestern portion of the State is distressingly low. Oats s' tocks was estimated at 895,000 bushels, 33% :):es~ .th.;tn in 1939 but 59% more thanthe ten-year (1929-~B) average.
PEACHES - 10 Southern Sta,te~' 'arid '_Cr\,lifortiia: - .Condition of the peach crop on April 1 in the 10 Souther_n peach St_ates vtaf! 75.% 1, compar.ed with 73% on April 1, 1939, and the ten-year (1929-38) average of 63%~ .. .. . . .

In the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, peaches were pot injure~ by the

abnormally low temperatures which OCC)lrred on seve ral Occasions durirlg the late

winter and early spring months~ The April 1 condition of the c rop i!\ these Stat1es

above l<1s t y~ar and above averQ..ge-'

. -c

..

Condition of peaches in the five South Central States of Alabama, Mississ-
ippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas wns beloY: the unusually high condition r:-epo rted
on April 1 l<1st season, but was above average. In Mississippi prospects 'are some-
what variable in the northe rn and central parts of the State due to low temperatures
during the latter part of March. In southern Mississippi, however, the outlook is
generally good. In Arkansas, 'low temperatures prevailed during the period March 23-
25 but no serious damage to peaches occurred, and good crops are in prospect in all
'important producing areas. Prospects are favorable in Texas. In OklE~,homa freezing
neather on March 23 and 24 reduced the crop in the northern third of the State but
in other areas a good crop is expected.

In California there was no uinter d.amage to peaches. Frost injury at

blossom time was negligible. tilld weather conditions cluring pollination were gener-

-ally satisfactory. In most areas trees hcwe pa";sed the olossom _period but it is yet

too early to determine the pr0bable set of fruit.



PEi1.CHES -- April 1 Condition

Average

State

1929-38

1939

1940

North Carolina

-------------------- Percent-------------------

76

60

76

Sol).~h Carolina

69

66

72

Georgia

67

65

82

Florida

70

52

78

Alabe~

65

73

71

Uississippi

65

76

66

Arkansas

53

87

70

Loufstarl.'a ' '.:

66

74

76

Oklah.~ina'' . :_.. , L
~e~fis' ::,; /: ,r.

40 56

85

71

s2

77

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10 States '

63

73

75

ARCH!E LlJJGLEY,

GEORGE B. STRONG,

Associate Agricultural Statistician

Assistant Agricultural Statistici;:r

In Charge

(Se~ other side for . U. S. Report)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

.. .t

Agricultural Marke ting Service

Crop Reporting Board

Washington, D. C.

April 10, 1940.

GE11ERAL CROP REPORT AS OF .APRIL 1.1940
WINTER WHEAT: The prospecti "~.re 1940 wint e r wheat crop is placed at 42~ ,_215,,000 .bushels, on the basis of April 1 reports from crop correspondents and analysi,s o.f weather records. This production is lorJe r by nearly a fourth than the 1939 crop of "563,431,000 bushels, and the ten-year (1929-38) average production of 571,067,000 _[iushels . The prospect is for the smalle.st winter wheat production s 1933 . 11.1 thou'gh conditions improved generally since Decemb e r, there still is much uncer.tainty 'in some areas, \"There the outcome of a considernb le a cr eage of late s unge rininat e.d; and 'no orly ro oted wheat is dependmt upon the moisture supply rE!cei
durin( the n ext fe~ weeks. This situation is most ncute in the h eart of the hard
winter ~7.heat aren, centering in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado and Texas.
EARLY POTATOES: Condition of t ~1e ec-trly potato crop in the 10 southern States and Ca lifornia on April 1, ave rage d 76 percent. This condition is only one
point loVTe r than t hat of a year ago, and is equal to the 10-year (1929-38) average

. Pl_antin~~ of early potatoes in most sections of the 10 southern States was delayed considerably due to unusually cold., wet Tieather during the late winter and
early spring months. .In soue parts of these States t he crop wrts not yet above the
ground oh Anril 1. In Florida, condition was belovr ave rage due to severe losses
from flood ;IDa freeze danage in,''t he southe rn comme:rcial areas. Prospects are
b ~ t t e r :than usual, however, in the 11orthern and central .Parts of the State. The look for early potatoes .in Alabnm!l is frrvorab:le ., especit:Uly in the southern commercial areas. Although the Missis.si:ppi c~op is ~l:ate 'in oost areas, it is expected t part of the acreage in the -soJ;lt:he:t"n part of the . State will be ready for harvest by ab-out the third week in ,May,.

PASTURES:..: Fa:rn ;pastures appear to htwe gotten off to a slow start this

. .,

seison with col(i -~vet).ther delaying the grovtth of grass over oost of the country' east of .the Rocky .MOUIJ.tains. For the country as H whole, pasture conditions on April 1

as report e d by crop correspondents ave rage 71 ,pe rcent of normal compared 'l'li th 79

perc ent on ,h.p.ril :1 las t y ear and a 1929-38 average of 74.2 percent for the date.

The injury to winter .g razins plants and delayed development of early grass in the

South is ,reflected.in the lower than usual pasture condition reported in that sec-

tion of the country:.. i

.

'

MILk PRODUCTioN: Aft er about the usual increase during March, milk produc-

tion p e r cow in the Unit ed St a tes on April 1 avera.ged slightly less than on the s~e date a year ago but substantially highe r than the 10-year average for April 1.

:rhe effects of cold weathe r and the late start of pastures we re apparent in the ~outh where ~ilk production showed l ess than the usual rise for this tine of the year. On the other hand .YJa.rch increases '~'e re large r than usual in the West where

weather has been mild and in scattered other States, particularly in Wisconsin,

New York, and parts of NeVT England. In the Northe rn and Northeastern parts of the

country, where pastures are not yet furnishing much green feed, farners t.k~ve fed

the ir milk cows r.1ore than the usual q_uantity of g rain and concentrates per head.

With milk production per cow only slightly lo,.:ver than on April 1 a year ago and

with the numb e r of oilk cows on farms increased, total oilk production on farms at

the first of the nonth appeRrs to be about 1 percent greater than on April 1. 1939,

a new hi gh r eco rd for the date.

In the United States as a whole nilk production per cow in herds kept by crop corr esp::mdents on April 1 averaged 14.45 pounds per coi; compared with 14.51 -'. pounds on t he snme date a y ear -ago and a 1929-38 average of 13.52 pounds for Ap.r:il~

EGG PRODUCTION: As a result of the unfavorable late spring, the gain in rate of lay froo March 1 to April 1 was less than usual this year.

The gain over the March 1 rate was only 12.9 eggs per 100 hezta ooppared . with 14.9 e ggs last year and a 10-year (1929-38) average gain of 15.1 e~g13 for tlutt period. The report e d production of 53.6 eggs per hen on April 1 was a~so . sharplir down f;rorJ last year, when 56.3 eggs v1ere report e d on April 1, and was on~y a. tenth ~f an e{;g greater than the 10-year .April 1 av e rage rate of 53. 5. The rA:te was
lower than last year's April 1 rate of lay in every major geographic area by from
2 to 3.9 eggs per 100 hens, except in the Far West where the rate averaged a half
egg uore per 100 hens than last year,

CROP REPORTING BOARD.

(Ge org ia Repo rt on r eve rs e side)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marke ting Service

In Coop eration

Ge orgia State College

Division of .Agricultural Statistics

with

of .Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

.Athens, Georgia

April 16, 1940.

GEORGIA PEANUTS HAR\~STED FOR }~~S

ESTI1~TED ACREAGE, YIELD. JU~ PRODUCTION, 1934 A1~ 1935, BY COUNTIES

ni~ t~i-~t-- -. -- ------ - 1934 -- --- ---- -:--: - - ------- ---i 935 --- -- --- -- -- --

and

- - - -A~~~-~ : -.y;i~id.. . ;.-. -- ... --.... .-;..-- -i~.~-;~~- - - . .. -Yi-~id-- : ----- --- - --

County

Harvested ; per ;~ere : Production

Harvested per Acre: Production

.... _.: __ ~ ___:f_q:;-_-~v.~~- _.. .fkbfl.J. : .ll.O.QQ~..l.'\?p_.J ~- .. .:.t:o:r. lli.t.t.& ... .(LP.rt: )_ :_ CL.QQO. _1.913_._}__ __

CT IV
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'

Chattano.ochee: Coweta Fayette Harris Heard Henry Macon Marion Meriwether Musco g e e Pike Schley Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
Total

400 250
50 200 150 150 625o 2000 150 300
50 3300
200 1900
150 100
15600

448

179

536

134

5bb

25

475

95

473

71

507

76

502

3139

476

951

507

76

450

135

500

25

448

1477

4 50

90

508

966 '

507

76 ,

510

51

485

7566

400 200
50 200 150 150 6000 1950 150 300
50 3150
200 1850
150 100
150.50

520 620 580 550 547 .
587. 578 536 587 523 580 520 520 572 587 590
556

208 124
29
llO 82 88
3466 1045
88 157
29 1639
104. 1058
88 59
8374 . .

DISTRICT V

Baldwin

.Bibb-

Bleckley

Butts

. '

Crawford

Dodge

Houston

Jasper

Johnson

Jones

Laurens

ltonroe

Montgomery

200 300 -950
50 550 950 5500 100 600
2150

Newton Peach . Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson

1050 7850
1350 2200
30.0

Total

24100

505 563568 520 475 568 6"9i 48o 537
556
665 593
50'6 543
477 596

101 169--540
26 261 540 3801 . 48 322
ll95 .
698 4653
683 .. 1195
143 14375

.150
300
800 50
500 900 5250 100 500
2100
1000 7450
1300 2050
250 22700

587

88

653

196

661

529

620

31

550

275

663

597

800

4198

550

55

624

312

630

1324

771

771

687

5121

583

758 .

629

1290

544

136

691

15681

DISTRICT VI ' '

Eulloch

'

Burke

Columbia

Effingham

Emanuel

Glascock

Jefferson

Jenkins

McDuffie

Richmond

Screven

Total

1400 2450
350 300 3200 150
550 550 8950

550 514
549 507 535 . 567.
567 536 534

770 1260
192 152 1712
85
312 295 4778

1300 2350
250 300 3050 100
500 450 8300

639

831

596

1401

640

160

587

_176

... 621 '.,

1893 .'

:. . 660 ... 66

662

331

624

281

619

5139

(Over)

GEORGIA P~~S(Cont 1 d)

April 16, 1940.

District e.nd

193-(t
Acres - rieia. --- ---

,

---Acres -

1935
- --tieici---.- -- --

- - ---

--

County

Harvested , per Acre : Production~ Harvested ; per Acre : Production

...- ~

..

~

.. ...

- . - -... - .

-- \,

-.

-f-o- .r.

-N- -u--t-s-.

-- ..

..(-L. -

bs.)
. -- -.

-

!
..

(
.

1
~

0. 0--0-

-l-

b
. ~

s-

-.

-~~

.. - -

..

for

Nuts !

(Lbs.) . (1000 lbs.)

DIS'l'RICT VII Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Drmghe rty Early Gr a dy Lee Miller Mitchell Quitman R::mdolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webster
Total

16500 20150 14:300 1 5050
8600 34500 10300 21150 17100 21900 4250 26100 13L100 1 9600 23950 27200
7750 10100
302200

583

9613

5S6

12007

572

8173

532

8006

4700

633

21838

()20

6387

570

12058

589

10071

6t15

14126

649

2760

628

16385

584

7820

544

5222

63<1

15175 .

671

18246

534

4138

633

6578

607 183303

16900 20100 14150 1400 10300 34300
9950 30850 17400 21400
4200 25500
1~3350
9400 23300 26t100
7100 10150
299150

674

11396

688

13831

661

9360

619

8913

629

6L175

731

25090

711

7071

660

13759

682

11861

743

15901

755

3171

724

18469

675

9008

628

5905

732

17048

774

20.:.146

615

4365

727

7381

700 209450

DISTRICT VI II :
~\tkinson
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Irwin Jeff Davis Lowndes . Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth

50 4050
950 5550 1700 5550 1250 18000 1'7.400 9450
1900 300
..5100 15900
63E'O 26250

Total .

119750

560 .612 . 601 589 632 . 691
633 690 677 714
569 537 708 677 583 652
. 663

28 2180
571 3268 1075 3836
791 12413 11782.
6743
1082 161
3611 10757
3704 17119
79421

50 4000
850 5500 1 650 5300 1200 17750 16900 9000
1 8 50 300
4950 15800
6350 27050
118500

660

33

710

28,12

696

592

677

3724

734

1211

800

4238

734

881

794

14091

783

13240

820

7378

613

1189

623

187

807

3996

783

12368

672

4265

753

20369

765

90604

DIS 1l'RICT IX

Appling

Bacon

Bryan

Evans

Pierce

Tattnall

200

Toombs

200

Wayne

Total

400

555

111

555

111

555

222

150

6t:l:O

96

150

640

96

300

640

192

STATE TOT...\1

615 28966B

46:909

710 329:40

George B. Strong Assi s tant Agricultural Statistician.

Archie Langley /i.ssociate Agricul turn1 Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

.Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agric1.tl tural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricul turfl.l Statistician

Athens, Ge0rgiu

April 16, 1940.

GEORGIA PEJililUTS Hl~'ltVES'.I' ED FOR NUTS

ESTIMATED .ACREAGE, YIELD, ~urn PRODUCTION, 1936 ili'ID 1937, BY COUNTIES

District and

:

...

"Acres

:

1936
Yie1d";

--:-...

...

Ac.res



:i1i9e3ic7 i..

:



........

County : Hnrvested ; uer Acre: Production : Harvested : per J\c re: Production
-~-~ - ... :... _.. .:... -~o~_ -~T:u:~~- _;__-~ P~1>.s. ~ )__;_ .<J:9.QQ. X~.s. ~) - ~ .... f.o.~. P\1~-~ . ;__ .~):;1>_s_:) __~..<.~999. _1~-~ J ..
.,.......--=I~C.T: IV ~ ;' Carroll-- . :

chli.Yt.anoo.chee : 600

547

328

600

517

310

Coweta

200

710

142

150

673

101

Fayette

50

680

34

50

640

32

Harris

200

630

126

150

600

90

Heard

100

6;30

62

50

600

30

Henry

150

673

101

50

6<10

32

Macon

7350

661

4862

6150

6::.~6

3912

Marion

2600

582

1514

2500

561

1403

Meriwether

200

675

135

100

630

63

Muscogee

300

600

180

200

56 5

113

Pike Schley

50 3900

680

34

559

2182

50 3150

640

32

545

1717 .

Talbot

200

595

119

150

567

85 ~

Taylor

2200

630

1386

1250

614

767

Troup

150

667

100

50

6,10

32

Upson

100

670

67

50

6<10

32

Totul

18350

620

11372

14700

595

8751

v
Crawford D:)dge Houston Jasper Johnsen Jones Laurens }.bnroe Montgome ry Newt on Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson
Total

100 400 1 0'Cf0
50 650 1250 8250 100 600
2600
1450 9150
1600 2500
200 29900

670 655 " 6111 700 . 580 69 6 856 640 557
68 2

67 262 681
35 377 870 7060
64 394

823

1194

738

6756

632

1011

68 5

1713

630

126

749

22384

100 250
00 50 600 1100 8450 50 350
1950
12.50 8100
1050 1850
200 26250

630 704
67-6 -
680 547 682 828 600 674
663

63

176

608

34

328

750

6994

.; :

30

236

1293

802

1002

713

5776

606

636.

663

1226

590

ll8

734

19270

DISTRICT VI Bulloch Burke Columbia Effingham Emanue l Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven
Totnl

1450 2600
300 250 3400 100
650 600 9350

673

976

645

1676

723

217

676

169

664

2259

760

76

692

450

655

393

665

6216

llOO 1800
200
1 ~50
2150 50
500 350 6300

653

718

623

1121

690

138

633

9?

634

1364

720

36

642

321

677

237

640

4030

(Over)
/

GEORGIA PEANUTS (Cont'd)

.. ...... ................................................ .. .... .. .. ..

District a.-'1d

;- A.c.res--; -:Yi8id1:9-3 6:-- -- -----

County : Hnrves ted : per Acre: Pr0duction

for Nuts : (Lbs.) (1000 lbs.)

April 16, 1910 .

Acres Harvested
for Nuts

1937
Yield , per Acre:Production
(Lbs.) : (1000 1bs.) - . .. -- --. -.. -. ----- . - -- .. -----.... .

DISTRICT VII Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller M i t c he l l Q,uitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Webst er

20500 24250 16650 17450 13250 41650 11800 28200 21100 26000
5150 30700 15800 11 8 50 27900 31400
7900 12150

726 -14874

'' . 18450

740

17949

no 11816

' 22250 14450

664

11583

15700

678

8990

13500

787

32793

35300

769

9078

no

20026

10550 27400

734

15479

1 2400

802

20 860

22900

80 7

4157

4200

779

23917

27550

725

11453

14100

677

802"1

11700

788

21989

24250

834

26176

27800

663

5236 .

5900

788

9570

10850

699

12893

713

15856

683

9866

640

10048

657

8867

759

26796

746

7873

687

18912

707

13007 .

776

17759

785

3299

753

20752

700

9865

656

7677

760

18437

805

22381

641

3783

756

8201

Total

363700

753 273970

325250

726 236172

DI STRICT VII I ;

Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly . Irwin Jeff Davis Lm7ndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth

100 5200 1100 59 50 2050 5650 1450 21200 19800 11300
2200
400
6050 19300
8300 35350

Total

145400

760

76

762

3961

727

800

732

4355

720

1599

858

4 24 6

782

1134

855

18136

343

16 691

88 4

9993

705

1552

625

250

(-3 72

5274

841

1 6237

726

60 2 3

OJ.l

2 8661

823 119593

100 5600
550 4350 1300 4150 1300 12550 16100 106 50
1300 300
5650 22250
2300 33750
134200

710

71

737

4127

635

377

70 5

30 6 5

764

993

830

3445

764

993

826

16324

814

13103

860

9155

688

894

677

203

835

4717

811

1 804 3

701

5817

783

26422

795 106749

DISTRICT IX

Appling

Bacon

Bryan

Eva ns

Pierce

Tattna11

150

Toombs

150

Wayne

Total

300

733

110

733

110

733

220

1 50

69 3

104

150

693

104

300

693

208

STATE TOTAL 567000

765 433755

507000

740 375180

George B. Strong Assistant J~ricultural Statistician.

Archie Langley Associate Agricultural Statistician.

G~ORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

April 18, 1940.

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS

GENERAL: Serious dan~ge was threatenec Georgia truck crops by the
freezing weather of April 12 and 13, but the loss proved to be less than feared

froo first indicat ions. Extreme southern counties reported below freezing

temperatures. 'llhis latest cold. weather further delayed vege~able crop.s and the

harvest date will generally be 10 days to two weeks late. Lower yieids are also

~a-~ec-t<&d ~ -e resul-t- of ~the April freez-e.

'

ASP~~~GUS: Loadings continue heavy. The end of the movement is pected about May 10.

Cll.BBAGE: The condition continued to decline duri'n:g :. the 'o--:asl.~ t 15 days i'Jith prospects much below n6rmhl at ' this time. The crop 'ts bac~ard in most sections r:~.nd light yields ~re ' indicated . .Only moderate inoverriertt expected

before April 25. Peale shiprnetlts expett6d abo'\lt May '6. -The South Georgia
acreage is about 1750 acres with a. pto~pec~ive yield near ~ 6.tons per a9re.

The production f orecast is 6300 tons. The 10 year (1929-38) 'average is 1120

acres and a 5 ton yield.

:..~ : . '

.. _. . . . . ~..

' ;, . ~"

CANT.AL01JPS: Good progress had been made up to date 'of ' the fr~eze~

Damage from the cold. wev..ther is estimated at about 7 to lO , pe:r~ent and ha.rvest

1 ,

0 0



, oM

delayed abe>ut 10 clays: :.

. ...

CUCUMBERS: ~a~iy Qucumbets ~ ap:Pfirern)y _ suffer~~ more f~o~: th~ fr~ez~ of April 13 thEm any truck crop with the, E;ixct::ption o.f ~tra:wberli-i e~~ It i~
estimated thc~t at least 15% of the entire .crop uas killed off n.'nd. the" picking

da.te delayed 8 . to 10 days.

' ., ... ' . ... ~ ..

SNAP BEANS: Beans withstooa:-th~- cold '.7eather uith little damge.

Middle Geox-gia reportec, some l-os-s - in local areas. . The principal commercial

area in South Geo rgia sufferedc nothing mo.re than a ~ f.ew tj_ays defay in the picking dnte. An acr~age increase :of 20%, Or ?00 .0cres, _above 1939 is indi-

P cated at this time. South Georgia ha_s , 4200 acre$ in , sriap beans this year

compared \"Tith 3500- last year.: 8J1cl il .lO _year '(1929_23Bf: nverpge of 3820 acres.

POTATOES: Cold ueather ha~ ~o t rriaterili'.lly affected' yield. Prospects

?.re for a good crop. Di gging sh">uld begin near Ma lOr ..

. .

LETTUCE: . S0~~he~st' Georgia Iceberg lettuc e is. ~ov/ 'tnoving in appreci-:- .
ab,le volume .. . QUality 'is report ed gqod . Delay of ,aboUt three 'P8E)fC.S in gathering
the crop was cau~ed by: February cold ':1eather . Peak ptoduction i _s expectE1a around April 28.

TOMATOES: Tomatoes suffered 1i ttle injury from thE:) recent cold weather.
In small scattered areas .leaves were discolored lind c.. fe'.'l plants killed but the loss is so little as to mnke no material change in acreo.ge. . Tom<::~. toes are bloom-
ing and liming out _.G.ncl _with t:mrmer Fea~h~r will recove;r fr:>IJ1 t~e freeze dll!llage.

STRAWBERRIES: T~e t]; s . .Ag:ric:ult~;ral Marketing Servii::eon April 9

.

a. HoL estimn.ted Georgin. acreage n.t .200 acres \-.1_ t.h p;roduct'ion of' 13.000 crat~s, . hou- .

Bel ever, the . severe . freE?Ze \'ThiGh cn,me a fevi days .later. wfil cause a he,avy reduction

Velin the sprLng output. I'rnctlcally all struub~rrie~ : paS.t . the': bi9om in: North .

l.U:Georgia are lost and, or1e-.thl.rc1 of.. t _he rest of tJ;le ' c~rqi:i~ d,tilaied '.).O to :15. days .

Ho: due to the freeze of ' April 13. The dnmage to the' crop in the Cia:x:ton~Glerivi llc

MChu: aren. is c .:mservati.ye. ~y. estima. ted t o' b. e ' ar0_und. 35.. percl:.lnt .. .

Eg

Wii.TERMELo:Ns: R~p6rts indicate that b.t:)tvJ~e~ 5 ~rur ~10 percent 6f South .

Bu Georgia ttaterrile lons 1vere destroyed by bela,:, freezing tepperature.s of April . 13.

' B~ Mi

Injury

to

the

survi vinE;

crop

should

de. lay

the

9~hippilig~ .

iiate.. r('

yre. ek

:to

10

days.

kf Co So Pe

(Over)

As :

OTHER STATES

TRUCK CROP NEWS
ASPARAGUS: Cold weather !~s delayed production in South Carolina, but the crop is now moving in QUantity. Peak shipment is e xpected around April 25.
LIW~ BEANS: The South Carolina crop is just coming up. It suffered no material cold injury. North Carolina b e ans in the . Faison area were :killed by cold and replanting is now being done. Florida acreage is much less than last year. Shipments will start from north Florida about May 20.
SNJI.P B;E.ANS: . North Florida expects movement to start about April 15. South Carolina crop delayed by reg ~nt f.re.eze ,_, b:ut .shipment should ,b e gin about . Mcy 15. In Mississippi all beans which were up were kill e d and shipments vrill be de layed 2 to 3 weeks~ North Ca rolina reports some replnnting but the crop survived the cold in most areas.
CABBAGE: South ~ carolina . r e ports possibly 90% of Copenhager:~ and 25% of W~efield . varieties developing into seeders. Moderate movement expected by April 22. The crop outlook is poor in Mississippi where production should begin around Mey 1. Florida movement will continue heavy for 10 days~ Some late planted cabbage will come :off after Mny l. North C<:>.rol:lna expects shipments to begin near the last of Ap ril with-the p e-ak date ;:tbout May 15.
c~\NTJ\LOt~S: Texas e xpects shipments to start in the Lare do section the latt e r part of May.
CUCm~ERS: Florida crop now moving with shipment from North Florida counties of Levy a nd Marion expected to begin about May 1. South Carolina crop almost all killedand replantingwill delay .mo.turity date approximately tvvo weeks. Few North Carolina cucumbers were up so there . '(7aS little cold injury. An increased acreage is indicated.
LETTUCE: Shipping in South Ca rolina is we ll under way ~~th peak moveI:1ent expe cted ne:ir .April 25. North Carolina l ooks for light ; shipments near May ?.
POTATOES: Recent cold weather in Mississippi has delayed the crop about h .o neeks. Louisiana: rep orts potatoes killed as far south as Alexandria and the shipping date delayed 2 or 3 weeks: . The South Carolina crop is in good condition and r.1ovoment s h ould begin around April 22. Florida expects production from HAstings ar.ea .t o begin near April 15.
TOLWOES: Practically n1l t ')Dato r;lants were set to fi elds in
Mississippi .ind nbout 60% of the acrenge covered~ At least a 15% loss_was
suffered by tho covered plants a nd a 50% loss by those not covered . . South Ca rolina r epo rted no. material cold . dru:1age with transpl anting in progress . and an increased acreage expected. The fre eze reduced the Florida acreage. Movement has b e gun fro m Dade County.
STRAVT.BERRIZS: North .Florida reports a crop above the average ' in yield and quality with voluue. now_ close to peak.
1.1ATE..'Rlt1ELONS: Melons suffered v e ry little colo. dar:~age in Flori de. where the crop in general is progressing favorably anGl shipnents expected to begin nbout the last o f May. Mississippi reports practically all waternelons killed [;.nd tl1e--repla11ting will Elt;Xm a 10 c~ay tp two weeks delay. So r:1e cold claoage r:as su~rerred in South Carolina but the destroyed acreage is being replanted. T~ _f~n..Jll:.?..~~ - UJ2..:-='L~ North_ __Caroli na__w.ez:e alL .kilLacL ::.. The..Te.xa!L.cro.p -.G-Gndi-t-i-en i s .' :fnvor'nble ;andproduc;tion in volur.1e is exrected .by June 15.
ALABl'JilA: Infornation on truck crops in Alabar.1a _ ~rrived too late to be
oy in~ll.ld;)0: in the _report crops a.bove, so a crop ' s110l':lary for _the state is added
h~re . CaO:bage suffered no further cold dar:uige b.ut many .seeders s:tre shouiri.g. April - 13 :free~e danage to potatoes will probably reach 50% and movement will be considerably delayed. Strawberry bloons anc1 suall fruit we re killed by cold. Dru.1age nill be about 20 to 25%. Other truck crops including snap bea ns, . cucur.1b e rs, waterr,1elons, and toa1. toes were corapl~tely cles troyed.

~\.rchi e Langley Associate i~gricul tural Statistician
In Charge.

Prepared by: Clifford Sir.1s
Truck Crop Es tir:~a tor.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Markehng Service

In Cooperation

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

Georgia State College of .Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia May, 1940.

PRICE REPORT AS OF APRIL 15, 1940.

GEORGIA: Georgin f:::.rm product prices, with the exceptions of cotton, peanuts , and milk (wholesale per 100 pounds), were higher to
unchanged on April 15 from a month earlier. During the past month corn prices
advanced 8 cents per bushel n.nd. the current price of 92 cents is the highest reted since September, 1937. On April 1 stocks of corn on Georgia farms was imat&d to, be 4B% belo>'l the corr-e~i:ng; ;i.gure a year . eer-lier. T.he sharp - _,..
advance in corn prices is attributed largely to this shortage.

Local market prices of most farm products continue higher than prices received one year ago. Mule price:s are 11% lo,wr than mid-April prices of last 70ar. Hog prices advanced lC cents per hundred pounds during the past month, but current prices are l8]b lov:rer tha.11 prices prevailing one year ago. There seem to be a number of reasons for low hog prices but the principal ones apparently are: (l) Foreign demand restricted; (2) Increased procluction particularly in the Southern States; (3) Higher processbg and distributing costs; and (4) Changes in
demand.

UNITED STATES: The general leve l of farm product prices at local markets throughout the country rose slightly during the month ended April 15. Wh.ile the index of prices rec eived advnnced 1 point, that of prices paid also rose 1 point higher in April than in March, leaving the ratio of prices received to prices paid unchanged. At 80 p e rcent of pre-war levels, however, this ratio was 6 points higher than in April l ast year. Fruit prices advnnced 8 points during the month ended April 15; grains 4; anct meat animals were 2 points higher. These gains were nearly offset by slightly gre ater than usual declines in the prices of dairy products and eggs. Cotton and cottonseed prices were substantially the same as
on March 15.

Compar_ed with a _year ~::1rlier, the i~de~ of pri_c~s _I_e:cei ved by farmers up 9 points. Grains, cotton and cottonseed, dairy products, and miscellaneous items 'i7ere '.~'ell above a year e<,_rlier. Truck crop prices showed substantial improvement and at 145 percent of the 1910-14 average were 50 points higher than a year earlier. "Meat animnls, and chickens and eg gs, houever, were substantially lower than a year ago.

I PRICES RECEIVED BY F.A.R..lv!ERS .APRIL 15, 1940, WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

COMMODITY

Apr.av. 1 Apr.l5 Mar. l5 .li.pr.l5 Apr.av. Apr.l5 Apr~.15

111JD UNIT Whe.'\t, bu. ~orn, bu. Oats, bu. Irish potatoes, bu. Sweetpotatoes, bu. Cotton, lb.

1910-14: 1.25
: I .91 .67
: I 1.19

1939 .90 . 57 .46
1.00

$ .95

. 70

12.8

8.4

1940 1.08 .84
I . 61
.95 .75 10.5

1940 1910-14 1939

1.11

.89

. 58

.92

.63

.45

. 62 I

.41

.27

1.051

.69 !-_I .75

I 80

.97

. 76

10.4

12.4

8.2

1940 .89 .59 .39 .84 .88
10.0

Cottonseed, ton

$ 26.00 25.20 30.50 29.70 1 23.29 22.95 27.18

Bq (loose) ton Hogs, per cwt. :Beefcattle, cwt. Veal calves, cwt. Milk cows, head

$ 18.33
7.60
: 3.92 4.84
: 34.66

11.10 6 .10 ~) . 30 6.90
41.00

12.30 4.90 "5,60 7.20
41.00

13.00 5.00 5.80 7.50
42.00

12.16 7.59 5.50 6.76
49.40

6.67 6.57 7.08 8.38 58.70

8.29 4.90 7.16 8.63 60.40

Horses, head Mules, head

~ -- -- 160.00 101.00 100. 00 100.00 140.40 81.50 76.60

161.00 152.00 143.00

101.00 95.90

Chickens, lb.

12.8

15.5

14.1

14.2

ll. 8 14.4 12.9

Eggs, doz.

17.6

15.9

15.1

16.0

16.6 15.5 15.0

Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb.

24.6
--

22.0 21.0

23.0 22. 0

23.0 22.0

25.1 25.9

24.0 26.4 21.4 27.5

Milk (wholesale)

per 100# Apples, bu. Cowpeas, bu. Soybeans, bu.

~ 2.40 }:_/2. 75

~ 1.68

1. 35

~ --

1. 65

~ --

2.25

2.85 1.10 1.45 2.30

~./2.80 1.15 1. 55 2.30

1.47 1.18
---

!-_/1.46 _2,/l. 75 1.00 .90 1.49 1.47 .78 1.00

Peanuts, lb.

5.3

3.4

3.6

3.4

5.0

3, L}

3.5

];./ Revised

~/ Preliminary

J..RCHlE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG
Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

. In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agri cultural Statistic-s

with -

of ..1\.griculture

Office of the .Agricultural Statistician

.Athens, Georgia

M~~ Q, ;cl940

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS - May L ' 1940; -

GENERAL: Weather during the last two weeks of April continued cooler than ~easonal average and as a result slow progress has been made ' by truck . crops in

Georgia. The unfavorable weather situation has delayed the harvest date of all

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ASPARJ'-GUS: A late spring has reduced the yield. Movement continues in volume with the end of the cutting season expected about May 12. Pric t-.s 1m-
slightly the last few days of April as processors began __!; o take California

LIMA BEANS: Most of the lima b ean acreage in the past has been around

lnigma in Berrien County but substantial new acreage this year is reported in the

CQUnties of Effingham, Decatur, Grady, and Tift. The outlook is for a greatly

red'!+ced yield due to the cold wave of April 12-14, which also necessitated consid-

~able replanting.

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SN.tl.P BEANS: Condition is poor and the crop a week to ten days' 1ate. Im-'

mediately after the April fr ee z e , beans appeared to have wea thered the cold with

little damage . However, the crop failed to respond to {he impr:d,ve O: :Weat'h.er that

followed and a yield much .below normal .is ..the- prospedt. In a fei?T instances small'.

acreages have been plowed unde r :because of cold ,'dnltlage~ : Be ans planted in pecan

groves and fruit orchards suffered- much less injury than those in open fields. The

crop in. the Claxton-Glenville - area shows considerab1y:_ +e.ss . .cold <lru't1age than that in

the extreme southern counties .. Light picking will begin about May' 4 and become

-near May 10. Some new acreage. is reported in Effingham and De catur Counties .

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CABBAGE: Cutting began in South Georgia ab.but . April 20. P ea.~{: production

expected around May 8 with the end of the shipping seas0 n by May 18. The yield

low but near D.verage quality is. reportt3d. HoiH:~:ve r, in _No rth Georgia, becaus e of
cold weather, transp lariti ng is two t o .three. weeks -lnter ~han usual and much less

than 50% complete as of May l.

CANTALOUPS: The crop: :fr.evelopment hn:s been retarded because of .continued weather during the past mont.h. The mid.;.April fr eeze resu],teQ. :in some acreage
to abandonment. Replanting of mu.c:ln:: nf the acreage;. follow-ing the cold damage, is
completed. Pres ent indications":Point. a r educed ylelci..

CUCUMBERS: Early cucumbers will be 0ne . to tn0 weeks late due to extensive

replanting. Cold darnage was less in the: Claxton-Glenv-iile area than in extreme :

South Georgia. Indications are tha t only a :smt1.ll percent of the crop will go into

fresh consumpt:.on. The U. S. Agricultura l Marketing Service estimates the 1940

Georgia acreage as" 2100 acres compt;tr_eci _vvi th 18,00 last :.y e_ar and a t en year (1929-38)

average of 1690 acres.



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LETTUCE: Heavy l0ading was under way .April 24-28 with cor:1pletion of the predict e d n ear Mey 6 ._ Both yit3'ld and quality are. r epo rted go0d.

PIMIENTOS: Transplanting to fi e lds ~ill generally be 12 to 18 days late

to replanting of beds d e stroyed by the April cold ' weather. A few plants we re .

set as early as April 28 . but rio.st of the acreage will be s e t betvreen May 8 and 25.

Shortage of plants t1ay hold do\m -the acreage froo early intentions.

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POTATOES: Digging should begin in both the Savannah and South Georgia

arena around I.-ley 15 with shipment beco ming heavy about May 23. The prospect is for

a sot;<e~yhat better than nornal yi-eld . . A rnajority of:the Sou-th Georgia acreage_ is of

the_-~e_d J31iss -vari Bty.



S!]?RAWBERRlES: Daraage froi:l the April cold w8:ve !.-ins proved to be less than ~arly indications and a near no-rmal yield is now probab:fe in the Cla,xton-Glenville
area where. movenent star ted April 20.

TOMATOES: The crop, little affected by unseasonable tenperatures, continued to :mke ~~ood progress. Li ght pickinG should b egin about Mny Z7 with the
moveoent becoTJinG general by June 7. The outlook is for a nornal yield. The 1940 Georgia acreage is placed at 6500 conpared VJith 5500 'ih' 1-939: nnd 234.0 acres for the
ten year (1929-38) average.

WATERMELONS: Mebns are at least a 1:eek late v.rith a prospective yield below average. The crop is r.mkinG only fair prog ress. Under favorable weather conditions noderate loading in the lowe r counties of the state can be expected by July 1.
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TRUCK CROP OVS - OTHER STATES May 1, 1940.

ASPARAGUS: The South Carolina seasdn should be over by May 10 with total shipments less than _usual. Processors are taking most of the California crop. Arizona reports movement in volume. Supplies in New Jersey and Michigan will be available in early May. In Delaware and Ma:ryland _cutting began in late April.

. LihL~ BEANS: North Carolina crop growing slowly. Scarcity of seed prevented. extensive replanting after the freeze. In South Carolina bertn condition is fair to good. Some n.creage increase is indicated. Light movement of Florida limas will continue cluring May. .

SNAP BEAlTS: It was necessary to replant practically the entire acreage Miss~ssip.E2:_ where movement should become general around June 1. :In Central and No Flori~a production is just starting and beans will be plentiful for the next two week~-: lTorth Carolina beans are late and the outlook is for a-low yield n.nd quali Louisiana reports light movement now. South Carolina expects shipment's from Beau:. fort by May 6. The crop is in poor to fair condition.

CABBAGE: Florida. shipments: no'\v . sho~ing some clecrease arid harvest . $hould b e over by the middle of 11Y; . South Q.arolina .crop .is . now moving with peak expect.ed
abo}l~ May 10. The firs~ : 'car" of IHssis~ippi cabbage moved April 29. Shipmen-ts will beco1'1e general around June 1. .. Shipments in Cr>.rlots have started il~ Louj.stana. '.
North Carolina cutting began n ear 1k~ 1 and reports q~~lity good.

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QANTALOUPS: Sou~h Carol~na . crop is Vite bU.~ in~ goo<lf6i:iiUtfon; North Caroiina 9olQ. injury aqreage ,is ;be:i,ng replant~d; ,.Both .Carolinas report increased

acr~age . . (Note ': ,. No rec en-t report received frOI'Ll jeXa.s <m C[Ult~lqup .outlook.) .

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. CUClnVJJ3ERS: : South Carolina expects no -rnov~~~~t : of c ;~sequen.ce ."before

Jurie 5. North Cnrolina .. conditio.n. is fair. A..decre.ased acreagE? is expected~ :In
Centrn l and North ~lori9,a .sh~pping . should . ~tart -;ab0ut ..May 10. The "\griculturnl

Marketing Se rvice. r eports. less aq:n3ag~ . tn8.n iri 1~;3.9 i.n Alabama , and the .some as ,

1939 in South Carolina .and Louisiana. . .

LETTuCE: SoJI}e . s~u,th c~:r: ;{in~ l ~ttuce s,till being shi;ppe~ ' b~t . the ~ seas.tYn

will b e o.vor riea:r; ..May ,~:Q: ~: l.I+ No'rth. Carol:fna shipment bEtgan about April. 25 and ..

should re3;ch peaJ:C 'nea :r Mtty ~ ... ,,

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POTATOES~ Heavy movement from North Florida -~ili 'continue for at least

two weeks_. South Carolina, 87POCtJl d:igging .to :Q ~g,in. :around Mny 1:5. . 't~Assl..s.sippi expect's shipments t0 begin in. ea~ly Ju!}e ., . North Carolina repor.ts excellent ,stands

and ' the crop looking fin.e..' . . ..

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Harve st 'tri ' Fiorid.c-i

is

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comple ted.

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Berries

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of good

quality nnd quantity are moving, irlo South .Carolinfl,. where e arly price~L werJ~ :reported

good. North Carolina mqye11ent . began April 25 .and, rvas . fairiy heavy bY' Mey 1 .., The
u. s. Agricult'\l.ral Mark.eting :se~vfce..estinill.tes production in the second early states

of Georgia, s .; uth 0?-r (:ililia,, . N\Jr..th. Oarcifina, . Tennessee.,: Virginia, Ar).<ansas I ' and

California. as 2; 881.000 cr~tes. Production" for the f.i~st .four So~the rn states. .hruned

is indicated to be i, :313,000 crates. . '

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TOlv'IATOES: F:j.orida to1Ja:t.o9s .are now.. .cop ing from the . lower: East Coast and
picking is . expecte9-. ih al.l s_e cUons . g_i the . state by M'.."\Y 20~ .. Th South Florida

crop was greatly deieyed . by cold a.na.harvest d.id .not" start until near mid-April

inste a d of the ,usual . early , January . . The $outh Ca.rolina ,erop ~? i:fl good condition
with picking e:;;._rpec.ted t6 . st~rt the iast. qf. May. . The. Missiras~pp~ crop : is making .

fair _progress a.11d raoV~m~nt qhciul<J. 'i;lt?g in. near Juz,ie ~ , . 1-Torth Carolina.:-. reports the

RutgEirs variety is replaqing t:b,~ Marglcibe. in sqme areas, and .the . crop if~ later

than usual.



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. . WATERMELOl~S: Tne .F16riclacrop cat1e thro~l?,h the cold _in fair ~hape and ::
rnoveriei1t i s_ e::we ct ~g: ' al;lci1+t .Jtuie". 1. .. .'In Louisiana present : i~dications are that . ship-

ments will start fr66 'the.. northe.rn -area about the first' week in July. South : . . .

Carolina crop in good condition but no uelons expected before July 4. Shipoents

fro r;1 .southern !v!issis,si~pi w~U star~ ~er:r .Jtme 1 <:-n~ fro~:1 Nort!fern_.. Mi;ssi.ssippi

ab out July 10. Uo~\;h arobna o elqns r1.re .all up :to a fror start mth a slight. . '

increase in acre'atie e~eci~d. ... . .. .. ...





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Associate .Agricultura l Stat'ist'i:cihn

In Charce~

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTI~G SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperatio:q

Division of .Agricultural Statistics

t'l i t h

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

Georgia State College of .Agriculture
May 13, 1940.

GE~~ CROP REPORT AS OF KAY 1, 1940

Unfavorably cool weather r e tarded the planting and growth of nost crops during the oonth of April. The extrer:1ely low tenperature on the morning of the 13th was about as low as has ever been reported for that particular date. ih nost of the stata Soil L1oisture was ample during the past month and 'I'Jas even excessive in parts of north Georgia during t he past t h irty days.

As a rule stands are poor in southern and niddle Georgia. Planting was just

getting under way in' the northern portion of the state on May 1. Much planting

over of crops has be en reported~ Farming operations are later than usual i'n all

sections 6f the state .







WHEAT: Prospective production of the state wheat crop is esti::~e.,ted at 1,710,000 bushels, a decrease of 3% froo the record high production last year but 51% hi gher than the 10 year (1929-38) average prod,uction.

OATS: Condition of the crop in percent of nornal on May l was reported as
72% compared with a condition or' 79% last year and a ten year (1929-38) average of 75%. It is estinateC!. tht1t 85% of the oat acreage this year was seeded last fall and the r erJainirig 15% this spring .

PASTURE: Condition of pastures in percent of nor nal was r euorted on May 1 at
68%. This is ll points lower than the coh<Ution reported one ye~r earlier and 9
points lo'wer than the 10 year (1929-38) May 1 average.
PEACHES: Reported condi ti6n of peach..es. ~~ 44% corap'ar.ed_with 60% o_n . the 9ame
date last y ear anci 62%-"fo'i tb.e~ io y ear - (19.29-38) average. Ind.icat e d production of
2,814,000 bushels (co mr,1ercial and agricultural) is 26% be~o~v production of last season and 44% less than the 10 y ear {1929-38) average.

Reported condition and indicated production of peaches for the ten southern states are shown in the table b elow.

State
N. c. s. c.
Ga.
Fla. Ala. Miss. Ark. La. Okla. Tex.

:Condition May 1

:Ave rage

:1929-38 1939

Percent

66

41

64

64

62

60

64

45

59

66

59

?5

44

65

57

69 . .

31'

38

43

68

PEACHES .

1940

Average 1929-38

31

1,922

44

1,141

14

5,029

80

60

32

1,335

38

798

46

1,718

65

269

32

526

54

1,200

Production lZ
1939 Thousand bushels
1,305 1,484 ~3,800
33 1,705 1,034 2,615
409 615 1,972

Indicated 1940
952 .1,265 2,814
59 588 480 2,080 382 434 1,622

10 States

55

60

43

13,998

14,972

. 10,676

!7 For sone States in certain years, production includes son e quantities unharvested

on account of market conCI.i t ions.

~I Revised.

Archie Langley Associate Agricultural Stati~tician
In Charge

George B. Strong Assistant Agricultural Statist.

p (See other side for U. S. Report)

UNITED ..STATES :OWARTMENT . OF. AGRICULTUBE
Agricultur~l Marketing Service
Crop Re:porting Board

Washington, D. C.
May 10, 1940

GENERAL CROP . .REPORT AS OF lv1AY 1. 1940

Crop prospects improved m9-r'Aedly A.uring April and early May as a result of good rai!is in some areas where badly needed. Prospects for crops, pastures and r;mges now appear well up to average for this season of the year. The shortage of subsoil moisture in the southern portion of the Great Plains area means increased dependence ori sUminer rains, and the light snow pack in western mountains tends to limit the supply of water for some irrigated areas. but the moisture si tuation in the. cou.nt.ry as a whole appears much better than at this season in most recent years. Condi t.ions appeitr particularly favorable from eastern Montana and central Colorado westward. CI'op prospects appea:l' poorest in the sou.thweatern winter wheat area where the drought last fall caused heavy losses. Present indications are that nearly 11 milli-on of the 45 million acres seeded to winter wheat last fall will be abandoned and winte.r wheat production is eJqJected to be about 460 million bushel_s c_ompared with last year's near-average crop of 563 million.

The rye crop and the production of winter otits in the South are expected to be about avera,ge. While coo.l weather has dc,layed the growth of grass, the wide-spread rains of. April ha.ve mat e rially improved prospects for hay and forage crops. Hay production see1ris likely t? be about as ,large as in the most favorable seasons of the last dozen years. T!J.e stocks of hay on farms on May 1 were a little under 11 million tons 1 slightly more . than the average of May holdings during the last 20 years. In compariROn with .the record, holdings of a year ago they show _a reduction of ab9ut one-:third. Even tho\l_gh a ruther good crov of hay is secured, the total
?e production and carryover Day not material~y larger than it was last year.

May l r eports from growers on fruit prospects indicate th.o"!t the 1940 crops of apples I pears I grapes 1 che rries, and plums and prunes, are not expected to be materially diffe rent fror.i average, although With the trees not yet in bloom in I.lany States it is too early for definite figure$. Prbspects for peaches and California apricots appear to be defin:i t ely beloTI average.

WINTER WHF:J\T: The production of \linter wheat in 1940 is indicated on May 1 at 459, 691,000 b1.ishels. This production is 8 percent higher than the April 1 forecast of 426,215,000 bushels, but it is sub$tantially lower than the 1939 crop of 563,431,000 bushels and the :1>0 year (1929-:-"38) average of 571,067,000 bushels.

. PEACHE.S: . Prospective p~oduction of ~eaches in : the 10 S6uthern. j_)~ach States,

as indicated by the Mn.y 1 cond.i tbn, is 10,676,000 bushels,_ coF.lpared with

14,972,000 bushels prod.uced in 1939 ancL the 10 year (1<;:)29-38) average production

of 13_,998,000 bushels.



. Peach prospects in thes t:~ States df;lclined naterially during April due to da.r.Jnge frotJ low t eoperatures. Indicated prodl,lction is below average in all of these States except South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texa$. In North Carolina prospects were reduced materially by the April cold v;ave. In South Carolina, indications, point to a good p each crop in the inportant Spartanburg area. In York County, however, extensive danage occurred. In Georgia, prospects are variable. In the nor~h,c>.rn par,t . of the Sti.t te s':me orchards show prospects for a fair crop, but production in nany orchards will te negligible. Prospects also were reduced !7lateriall:r by freeze da::~age in the main conne rcial area in central Ge0rgia,. A good peach crop is in prospect in Flori&,t.

In AJ.aba::,a the cold wave caught nost of the peache s after the bloom had been shed, and clamage WI'I.S severe, except in a few local areas. Prospects point to a very light crop in Mississippi. !n Arkansas peaches in all connercial areas were injured to sor,1e extent by the April fr ee ze. In Lo).li.siana continued cool weather i'eta:rd.e d the blooD nnd freeze daDage was relatively light. Present "indications point to n light crop in Oklahona. In Texas, prospective production is considerably e.bove average for the State as a whole.
CROP REPORTING BOARD.
(Georgia Report on reverse side . )

GEORGIA CROP ~PORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

Georgia State College of Agriculture
May 20, 1940.

GEORGIA COMMERCIAL PEACH PROSPECTS May 15, 1940.
Prior to the April 13 freeze, conditions had been almost ideal for the Georgia peach crop. One of the lleavtest bud crops on record was set in all areas of t he state. Low temperatures of mid-April changed the crop outlook in most of the state The outlook as of May 15 for the commercial peach crop in the different sections of the state is summarized below:

South Georgia - The principal counties engaged in the commercial production of peaches i n this ar ea are Pea ch, Macon, Talbot, Bibb , Jones, Houston, and Crawford. The number of trees in bearing is about the same as last year. Winter injury to tree.s w~s not s.s hc~ avy as was at first_ fe.ared. L.css of.'.. t:r?.cs has been heaviest to young orchards ar1d i n the northern part of this section. While some damage, particularly i n low spots was done by the April 13 cold spell, the los s was not as great as was first thought, and a f a ir to good crop is in prospect. It has been necessary to thin t hrouf.:hout this area, especially Elbertas . Early varieties appear to have been damaged he ~vi e st by the cold.

Indications are that shipments in this area will be heavier than the short crop of 1939. Carlot movement of the early varieties should begin about June 1. Excessive winter rains have been conducive to a. crop of good size peaches of fine quality. How.cver, the amount of rainfall between now and harvesting season will det er mine t he size of the peaches, especially of the late varieties.

Central Georgia- Meriwether, Upson, Coweta, Pike , Spalding, Jasper, Newton, Morgan , and Troup Counties produce most of the commercial peaches in this s ection of the state . The crop in this area is very spotted. Damage r esulting from the low t emperaturG of April 13 is hea~r;. In Upson County Hileys wer e almost all lost by the fre eze . Some Elberta orchards indicate fair production. The Early Ros e crop appears to indicate a higher perc ent of normal production than any other variety. Reports indicate that some tree s were lost from wintor-k11:1 in the ~~criwether and Pike County area , with young tree s 'of the early varieties suffering most. "Drop" is report ~d normal for t~e earll vari o~i e s but heavy for Hileys and Elbertas . Shipments should begin about one wee k l ater than t hose of last year.

Tho peach crop in Cowet a. v.nd Spe.lding Countie s is very spotted and a small crop is in prospect. A fair to good crop is reported in Jasper, Morgan, and Newton Counties. It appears t hc.t cold d.r_mage was not as severe here as it was in the western portion of centrnl Georgia.

North Georgia - Most of the commercial peaches in this nrea are produced in Jackson ~nd Ha.bershfu~ Counties, with some fe w being gro~m in Chattooga, Haralson, e.nd Bartow Counties. Cold damage was heavy in Jackson County. Pra ctically all of the early varieties v11ere lost. Hileys \'TOre sevcroly damaged. Elbertas are very badly spotted even within orchards. Carlot shipments should approximate the short
crop of last year. Most peaches in Habersham County cr.e of the Elberta variety en~ , the crop in this county is very spotted. It nm"f a.ppet.rs that shipments will be even smaller than the short 1939 crop. The crop in northwest Georgia. is almost a com.._
plete failure, and only a fe w cars will be shipped from this ~ea.

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COMMERCIAL PEACH PROSPECTS - S01JIIR CAEOL!b, NOR'l'll CAROL!NA, AND ARKANSAS May 15, 1940
SOUTH CAROLINA: 'lhere was generally a h--.v,r set of fruit \hroughou.t tn. ~tate this year but the sev~re cold of mid-April killed practically the entir . crop in the counties of York, Greenville. and Laurens, and materiaJly raduo~ prospects in the Ridge section from Batesburg to Trenton. However, the heavy set ~~ main~ng in the Spartanburg area and along the ~all line .east of 1eesville, coupled
with new trees coming into bearing, will probably offset the losses 1n ether sect~ ions of the state. Indications are ~hat the supply cf eommereial peaChes in this
state ~ill be approximately the same as in 1939 when the equiv~lent ~f 3500 carloada were shipped,
It now appears thAt the propartion of ~bertas will be larger than the uauc..... ?fll, of the commercial crop since it was- the earlier varieties, principally
Hil~ys. which suffered most from the April freeze.
NORTH CAROLINA: Peach. pToduction in the Sandhills or commercial are~ is expected to be from 30 to 35 pereent of a ful.l crop. }dey lldrops 11 are reported aa unusually light and, so far, only slight aurculio infestation is reported. The fruit on the trees is growing nicely and is in good condition. Orchards, as a whole, are in a good state of cultivation but ~ra somewhat dry. Li,ht showers were general over the area May 16, which will -b"e helpful to growing condi tio&s.
The majori~ of the crop will consist of Early Rose and Georgia ~elles {early) and ElbertM (late), Reports are that less damage was done to Georgia Belles w;hich are expected to make up the bulk -:>f the Cl"Op.
ARKANSASa The commercial peach crop in Arkansas this year will b~ smaller than in 1939 in all of the .important areas with the sxception of the ClarksvilleLam~ area. While this area suffered spottea freeze damage in mid-April, with some
sect~ons nearly wiped out, a similar occurrence 1ast year caused slightly heaVier losses than low temperatures of this year. Trees are gener~lly in good condition in all areas and orchards are in many instances better cultivated, sprayed and fertilized than us,~l.
The earl~er varieties of peaches suffered more from the free~e. How~ve~. the Fair Beauty variety has become of oonsiderable importance and is expected to account for as much as 15 percent of the etates .shipoents this year. They will be harvested beginning about July 1,- which is nearly a ue~k later than usual, nnd should reach a peak the following week. Other early peaches constitute only a small percent of t~ total crop. The Early Rose variety will be harvested about the middle of June. The Elberta peaches will start moving to market about JQ!.y 20. All ~eas uill probably be shipping by July Z5 with the peak reached a few days thereafter.

Archie Langle-:r Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

George B. Strong Ass isSan.t -.Agricultural. .Sta.ti s ticial'l

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SF~VICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

May 20, 1940

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS - May 15, 1940

GENERAL: While slightly J.ower than seasonal temperatures prevailed during the first two weeks of May, Georgia truck crops, although lat e , have generally made satisfactory progress. Soil moisture for the month to date has. b~en adequate in most localities. However, some small areas are in need of rain.

~IAA BEANS: The present outlook indicates some re!iuction in yield due to the April cold O.amage but no material decrease in prod11ction is likely because of new acree.,ge in the counties of Decatur, Effingham; Grady, Tift, and Worth. Picking should start in early June.

SN..'\P BEANS: South Georgia is now at peok production with end of available supplies expected in early June. Light yields of fair to good quality are indicated.. Vfhile this year's 4200 acres is a substantial increase over the 3500 of last year, the April cold so reduced the yield that the total 1940 production for Georgia is indicated to be 168,000 bushels corilpared to 280,000 in 1939.

CABBAGE: Shipments are on the decreas e in the southern part of the state and the harvest season should be over by May 25. In north Georgia, most of the transpl2,nting to field; was completed by mid-May. Preliminary estimates point to 1250 a cres in north Georgia compared with 1450 last ye a r @d a ten year (1929-38) average of 980 acres.

CiiNTAT,OLJPS: Stands are generally fair and the crop, while later than

usual, is llk'iking enc ouraging progress. A belovr normal yield is the present ex-

pectation. Although there appears . to be a slight acreage decrease this year in

the Sylvest "' r areu this is more than offset by an increase in the McRae section

of Telfair and Wheeler CoUnties. The indicated V34:0 acreage is 9500 acres com-

pared

with

9000

in 1939

and a '

1.0

year . ( 1929-38) . :aver:age

0 f

3160

ncre s.

eucUMBER.S: natvest rrfn. -oe e to Io eteys ' Dite~ No irtat.fria.l change rrom
the 1939 production appears likely as the increased acreage may be offset by a probable reduction in yield.. The principal sources of ~ upply vrill be in the Val-
dost.a, .Mel, Cairo, and Claxton-Gle_rinville areas.

piMIENTOS: Tra nsplanting to fields iS well advanced and the earlier settin~s are making normal progress. Indications around lilay 1 pointed to a possible shortage of plants but it now appears: that the plant supply will be ade- . quate . . 'I'he 1940 pimiento acreage for Georgia and California, as shown by late April planting intenti ons, is listed below.

State

PLANTED ACREAGE

: INTENDED IN 1940.

--1936--1937---1938--1939-: As-percent-- --1940 acres--

acres acres acres acres : of 1939

indicated

California- T- 1.190- -l~i9o- -1,390- -1~190_:_-- 58-:-oJ----- -690---

Georgia

11,200 12,900 25,000 20,900 : 93.3%

19,500

Total--- T -i2,390- I4~o9o- -26,390- 22'"-;-o9o_:_-- 91-:-4"%---- 20~190-- - -

POTATOES: Light harvesting was under way as early as May 10 in the Adel-Nashville area. In the Savannah and Springfield areas digging began near May 15. Movement should become active in all areas by lfJLW 20 with peok loading expected between May 25 and June 10. According to the Agricultural Marketing Service the 1940 Georgia production of early Irish potatoes is expected to be 570,000 bushels. This increase over last year 1 s 368,000 bushels is the result )f new potato acreage in the Adel-Nashville area.
TOl:lATOES: The crop outlook is favorable in all sections of the state; Stands ar e goo d and above average yields are expected. Picking in the Pelh~ Adel and Claxton-Glennville areas >vill begin about May 27 with production in volume by Jun~ 7.
WATERMEWNS: Rain is needed in the heavy producing counties of Thomas, Brooks, ancl Colquitt. The crop continues to make only fair progress and no Georgia melons are expected before July 1. 1940 Georgia acreage is indicated to be 66,000 compared vlith 62,600 last year and 70,240 average for 1929-38 period.

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TRUCK CROP NEWS - OTHER STATES May 15, 1940

ASPA.'lAGUS: The South Carolina season closed about May 15. Probably 5% of the crop went to canneries. The season is over in Arizona and practically ende in California. Movement continues in Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey.

LIMA BE~\NS: South Florida continues limited movement and north Florida expects to begin shipment from the Hawthorne area about May 25. Some increase in acreage is indicated in South Carolina where shipment should begin near June 12. Iri North Carolina crop progress is slow and poor stands preval ent.

SNAP BEANS: Light pickings have begun in Mississippi but no movement of consequence is expe cted before May 25. Florida will have a limited supply of beans to nea r June l. South Carolina loading has start ed with p eak shipment probable about May 25. Car lot shipments hav.e commenced from southern Loui s iana, but totaled only 60 cars through May ll. In Texas supplies are . a-vn.-ilable in cll commercial areas with a quantity of the crop going to canners. Alabama harvest should begin during the week of May 20. The North Carolina . crop is just coming up - and the shortest crop in years is the outlook.

CABBAGE: The season is nearing an end in South Carolina where low yields were general. Missisr.ippi shipments are pow running a.bout 70 c a rs a day and loading should continue to June 1. Carlot shipments are about over in Louisiana where 143 cars moved. through May 13. Shipments are now a t peak in North Carolina. Alabama movement should continue to about June l.

CliNT.ALO"JPS: In Texas the crop is generally late and harvesting , should b egin in the Laredo section in lat e May. The South Carolina plants are in full bloom and shipping is expected to b egin about June 25 becoming heavy around June 30. The North Carolina crop is up and a lOfb increase in acreage is indicated.

CUCID~ERS: With Florida shipments on the decline in southern sections, the north FlQ..ri.Q.a movement has star ted, but both crop condition and 'yield are reported b elow normal. The South Carolina crop has come out well and first movement is expected n.bout June 7. Louisiana expects light shipments aroU:nd June 5. The lower valley district of Texa s has loade d a few solid cn.rs. Alabama reports limited movement. No production before July l is indicated f or North Carolina.

POTATOES: North Florida potato yields are exceeding all expectations, and peak shipments from the Hastings and Ln.Crosse areQs are expected the week of May 20 with the end of the r:10vement about June 1. Follouing a late season Louisiana shipments are now in full swing and novement should continue past mid-June. rn-Texn.s novenent is over in the Lower Valley but harvesting continues in the San Antonio district. In the northeastern part of this state the crop will be ten days to two weeks late. Alabaua r.1ovenen t is increasing with the peak expected near May 20 to 25. In North Carolina digging should begin in early June.

TOMATOES: With good yields repo rted Florida expe cts '.a: s harp _ upward shipnent trend the week of May 20 with the heaviest EloveJ:~ent coning the weeks of May 27 and June 3 . . Mississippi 1i7ill have light shipments around June l, b econing general
about June 10. The South Carolina crop is in good condition with first movement
inc1,J.catei about J1.:~1C' 10. T.'1.e Louisiana ha;r'J'E:st should begin b e t ween J'l,me 10 n.nd 15. Movenent is now 1mder way in Texn.s with solid. carlot shipments lo oked for around May 20. The North Carolina crop l ooks good an0. increased acreage is probable.

. WATERMELONS: Florida expects shipnen t t o begin in the different sections

as follows: Leesburg ar e a, . JUJ."'le 1-5; GainE;Jsvi lie-Newberry; June 10-20; Live Oak,

Juno 20; and west Florida, Jul).e 25. No E1o ve.1nent :o f consequence is expected in

Sou~;h Carolina before July 5. Texas should. have s -upplies of nelons in fairiy good

volume nnund June 10. The 1940 watermelon acreage for t.he second early group of

stat es is indicated to be: Alab m:;a , 14,600; Arizona, .. 2,000; Georgia, 66,000;

Louisiana, 4, 500; lv1ississippi, 8,400; North Carolina, 13,200; South Carolina,

25,500; a nd TeL~s. 43,900.

,' ~



Archie Langley Associat e Ag ricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Prepared by:

Clifford Sins Truck Crop Estimator.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTUP.E AGRICULTu1LJU, M.ARKETING SERVICE W1.SHINGTOlJ! D. C.
CROP F~PORTING EO.~ May 24! 1940 11:00 A.M. (E.T.)
COTTON REPORT - - ~Y 24, 1940
In revising estLnates of acreage, yield, and production of the 1939 cotton crop, th<:l Crop Reporting Board estimates th.:; a:r-ea in cul ti vat ion in the United Stat es on July l, 1939 to have been 24,683,000 acres, the area harvested 23,2.05,000 acres, and the yield of lint cotton 237.9 pounis per harvested acre. Production in 1939 of 11,817,000 bales is about 126, QOO bales, or 1.1 p e rcent belov; th e 1938 crop and 1 .:1. 4 percent bolov! average production in the period 1928-37. Except for the irears 193<1: and 1935, the United States cotton production for 1 939 was the smallest s ince 1923.
The acreage harvested in 1939 was approximately 1.8 percent smaller than the hEJ.rvested acr c;a g e in 1938 and 32.0 percent smaller than the average harvested acreage for the 10-year period 1928-37.
The revised estimates of planted and harvested acreage for the United States are about one-h2.lf of l percent. belmJ the preliminary estirlk'ltes made l as t Decemb e r, The D.cren.ge e stimates are in subst1:1.ntinl n.greement with the acreage as measured by th(~ Agricultural Acljustment Administration. The yield. per acre as es timate d is about 8 pf 1 percertt above the December estimn.te.
Forec<tsts of cotton production made by the Crop Reporting Board during the 1939 season for the first of e1:1.ch month, and pe rcente.ge comparisons with final production aro as follo,N"s: August, ll, 412,000 bales, 3. 4 p ercent belov1 final production; Sept ember, 12,380,000 bales, 4.8 per:cent above; October, 11,928,000 bales, .9 of one percent ~bove; November, 11,845,000 oc.J.es, .2 of one percent above; December, 11.792,000 bales, .2 of one percent -oelo\l fiilc.'l.l production. The final State estimn.tes of cotton profu1ction represent the total ginnings reported by the Bureau of the Census "Vd th allov..-anc e for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning. The report of that Bureau :publishe d on May 21 placed the final ginnings for the 1939 crop at 11,815,759 equivalent 500-po~~d bales.
CROP F~PORTING EG\RD
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UNITED STATES DEPARTl~ OF AGRICULTURE
.A.gricul tura1 1-ia.rketing Service Washington, D. C.

May, 1940.

The Crop Reporting iot;.:rd of the Agricultural :!-1arketing Service, from the re
ports e.nd. data furnished by c:~op corre-spond,el1.ts. field statisticians, the Agricultural Acljustment Administratd.on, cooperating State agencies, and Census reported ginning s ma.lces the following re,rised estimates of the COTTON CROP of 1939.

-f
JL~~ Il~ l ARElA.
J Ci.JLTIVAJ:l01T PI C"KED

I YIELD OF LINT

GINNil'JGS

COTTON PICirn.O PRODUCTION 1_, 1939 CROP

l'ER ..ACRE ( 500 1b. gross AS REPORTED

JULY 1

t

i9~ffil 1939 t 1938 I 1939

l;t. bales) :BY CENSUS
1.'3'~$1 1939 1938 1939 Hay 21,1940

Missouri

TThous
I ac~r~e6s2

Virginia

421

N. Carolina ., 884

a':c'rhoeu~~,.!!a'hc'Oruess.

Thous; acres

380 f 357 l 377

,

Thous Thous. Bales (500

Lo.l Lb. bales bales. lb. gross)

i 450 555

336 437 431,774

33 t

40 I.

1
32 149 I .191

12 131 ; 10, 285

754' 8571 737 216 l 296

388 457 460,166

I I 2;; S. Carolina 1,2631 1,248 1.243 1,218 249 1 342

;~~~r~:

2,0~;,19~: 2,0~~ 1,9~~ ~~~ !

11.

648 871 873,288
~ 9i~ 9l~:g~~

Tennessee I 7421 ?33! 733

707 320

Alabama

2,0791 2,100 3 ,058 2,020 251

MississiJ)pi 2,622j 2,662 2 , 5:3:'> 2,540 322

Arkansas

2,165! 2,187 2,125 2,125 304

Louisiana

1.140 1,154 1,119 1.120 289

1305 1186
299 319 . 319

490
1.081
1.764
j 1,349
676

4491 445,489 785, 781,602 1,582,1,585,149 1,413 1,421,694 7451 744,898

Oklahoma Texas

I 1,733 1,85(5 1, 656 9,163 8, 871 8,?84

:New l.fexico Arizona California bb.ll other

I
I
I
I
I

97 2031
uM'C"'):o/"1
21 1

I 1~~ 94 I 2o3 1
I 334j 3-n
2lj . zo

-1.~------------+~---4----~-~,-----+------+-----+---

UNITED STAT~S 25,018.24,683,24,248 23,805 235.8 237.9

5631 526 i 517,373 3,0861 2,846 ,. 2,858,525

96i 102 I 95,320 196. 202 j 2o2,5o2

t.l:2"1 443 442 327

16

. .20 1 I_

16,992

11,943 11,817jl1.815,759

?j, i I Sea I!land
I i. ___ 21 An:_~Jg,)'})t ?)

31.11'111

19.5 41

30-.0 17.5 5<1

46

3 .~,;',1' 1.7 1' .

4_4_,...,..-!-I_ _ J:_l_t-2_0'_4_--+-:3_2_3_---t------t---2_8-tl--------_-_-_---l

0

:::r,. :,/1 oL~ ! I L(0.Lu.''!Cexal.l).f ,_, 1

--

~-- I

v Bales roundecl

'
to

"

'I=I ==
tho

n1c0a'nA:id:l<J.==a-=.9l=l'.0!=: 1'=i.i=fa=n=c=1e=0si1=m==a1;d=7e=2*f-o==r.-=1i=n8-.7tj.e=r=s=t.Pa..t..e==m-3.=4o=,.!1v=e"m'==e'n=4t=0=o=11f'==:4s:E=eJ1ce3;9d=a,=orC:=o2t=0t-o=~1,

for ginning e.nd ao.d..ed f<Jr U.S. total. Not including production of linters.
gj Included in State and United States totals. Sea Isle-nd grown :principally in

Geor{;ia and I'lorida v..ri th sm9,ll acreages in Ala. Miss., Ark., La., and Tex. American

&Egyptia,n r,ro\vn -principally in Arizona. NOT included in California figurer;, NOR in United States t ot::.1l.
1/ Ginninr~s ::.8, 20~1 running bales, c:.s enumerated by Californie. Crop Reporting Service

APPROVED:

CROP REPORTING :BQ~

Si gned. - Grov er 3. Hill,

Acting Secretary of A.g:dcul ture

(.i:lo1eased thl'"\1 the Georgia Crop Reporting Sertrice)
(l)

GEOR~IA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistic.s

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

June, 1940

PRICE REPORT AS OF ~~\Y 15, 1940

GEORGIA: Mid-May prices received~ b;y Georgia farmers for Agricultural

commodities weregenerally higher to unchanged from a month earlier at local farm

1:1arkets. Lower prices were reported f0r cotton, wheat, milk (wholesale) per 100

pounds, Dnd potatoes, the latter being largely of a seasonal nature. Cotton de-

clinro0. hEtrdly l percent. Wo.r sensitive wheat prices show a slight decline (4 per-

cent) from the previous month for the first time since July 15, 1939_,

I
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May 15 local market price increases were registered by moat animals, hay, ll!Ules, chickens, eggs, apples, cowpeas, soybeans, and corn. The corn increase over April 15 was better than 4 percent and v1as 63. percent higher than that of a year ago.

UNITED STATES: The general love1 of local market prices of farm products uas unchanged from .April 15 to May 15. Declines in grains, cotton and cottonseed, dairy products , and truck crops 1vere offset by higher prices for fruit, meat animals, and pou1 try products. Averago pricr,;s of commodities bought by farmers also were unchanged for the month, and the unit exchange value of farm prod.uc.ts in mid-Mny was the same as a month e8rlier. At 80 percent of the 1910-14 l-evel, however, the ratio of prices received to prices paid was 5 points higher than the May 1939 level.

The index of prices received by farmers, at 98 in mid-May, was 8 points abcve the level of a year earlier. The grain price index at 92 was 4 points under the April level but remained vm1l above tlle 72 noted in May of last year. Cotton a.'1d cottonseed at 83 were 2 points lower during the month but were ll points above a ye'.lr earlier. Truck crops cleclined 12 points cluring the month to 133 percent of t;le 1910-14 level. Dairy productD, shoning the usual seasonal decline, were off 4 p0ints from mid-April to mid-May and on the latter date averaged 106. Higher pric.es, pn.rtly seasrmal, 1-:ere recorded for fruits, meat animals, and poultry products; but these groups, except for fruit, remained below the level of a year earlier.

The {;;eneral level of prices po.id by ra,rmers . remained unchanged during the

II

past month at 123 percent of the pre-war ( 1910-14:) average. This index stood at

1.20 on May 15 of last year. Final reports for March iwUcate that prices were

Jlightly higher than the preliminary estimate, and the all conmodi ty index for March

15 is revised frou 122 percent to 123 percent. Feed prices advanced during the

oonth to 107 percent of the 1910-14 average.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FiL'RlviERS M.AY 15, 1940, WITH COitlP.Il..B.ISO:rJS

GJiJORGIA

UNITED STATES

COMMODITY

May May 15 a..,.~.r. Apr.l5

AN.P illJIT Wb.eat, bu. Corn, bu.

: 1910-14 1939

1.24 i

.91

.95

59

1940 l.ll .92

On.ts, bu.

$

.67

I .45

.62

Irish potatoes, bu. $

1.20 }j .67

1.05

Sweetpo tatoes, bu., $

.90

.75

80

I May 15 May av. 'May 15 May 15

I l94o 1910-14 1939

1940

1.07

.90

.63

81

.96

.66

.48

. 63

I I .62 I .42

.30

37

I 85 i 80

I 70 ~_! .64

.98

79

.84 .91

Cotton, lb.

13.0

8.8

10.4

10.3 12.7

8.5

9.8

Cottonseed, ton

$ 25.70

25.10 29.70 29.70 23.03 22.87 26.69

!Hay (loose) ton fHo[Ss, per cwt. Beefcattle, cwt.

$ 19.04

$

7.40

$

4.30

12.10 6.00 5.50

13.00 5.00 5.80

13.50 1 12.28

56..5000 jl

7.23 5.50

6.68 6.39 7.09

8.32 5.35 7.35

Voal calves, cwt. $

Milk cows, head

$

4.90 34.86

I 7.10
41.00

7.50 42.00

7.60 6. 59 43.00 49.40

8.26 8.91 58.00 61.00

Horses, head Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz.
"'"J.tter, lb. -.dut terfat, lb.
IMilk (wholesale) per 100# Apples, bu. C0\!p eas, bu. Soybeans, bu. Pen.nu.ts, lb. ]:_/ r-.teVlsed

$ 159.60 105.00

$ --

160.00



13.2 I 15.6

I 17.8

16.6

24.4 I 22.0

--

21.0

$

2.31

$

l. 73

$ --

$ I --



I
I

5.3 "

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2.70 l. 35 l. 75 2.40 3.3

100.00 143.00
14.2 16.0 23.0 22.0

I 100.00 139.20
l45.oo --
15.0 ll.S
16.5 16.6
23.0 24.1
I 22.0 24.0

82.50 101.60
13.9 15.2 23.6 21.5

76.10 96.10 13.6 15.1 26.3 26.9

2.80 1.15 1.55 2.30 3.4

1-2/2.75!I 1. 30 1
I 1.60
2.35
J I 3.4 I

l. 32
1.27
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4.9

!/l.lJ:2 1.02 l. 57
I .87 3.4

?:,_/1. 65 1.01 1.52
.96
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ARCHIE k\liJGLEY Associate .il..gricul tural Statisticic'Jl
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

GEOEGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

!gricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of .Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens~ Georgia.

June 12, 1940

GE1~ CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1. 1940

Cool dry weather during most of May continued to retard plant growth and cause irregular $tands. On June 1 crops were considerably later than usual in all areas of the state. However, fairly general rains were received the last few days of May and the early part of this month causing crop prospects to improve in most sections. Wheat harvesting is in full swing with fair to good yields reported in J!Ost counties. The dry fall ..comhined with t4e extremely Qold winter has ca~sed._ the po~rest oat prospect in years. Carlot shipments of peaches started moving the latter part of May, and tote.l production will be much larger than expected earlier in the season

. . Stw.L GRAINS: Indicated pxoduction o! wheat is placed at 1,710,000 bushels or~ beloir the 1939 crop, out 51~ above average p.-oduction for the 1929-J8 period. Condition of oats as of J'u.ne 1 was reported at 69% of normal compared with
eo% at-.this time last y ear and 75% for the ten-year (1929-38) ~vere,ge.

PEACHES: The total Georgi.n p.each crop as of June 1 was placed at 3,484,00C bushels compared with 3,800,000 bushels produced in 1939 and the ten-y-ear (1929-38) average of 5,029,000 bushels.

Harvest of early varieties of peaches in South Georgia started the latter part of May. Rail shipments, through J'xne 1 totalled only 17 cars compared with 288 cars to the end of the same week last season. Heavy shipments from Georgia are expected about the third week in June, with prospects that shipments will reach a peak about July 1.

In the ten Southern Stat e s production is now indicat ed to be 11,564,000
bushels. This indicated production is 24 percent less than the 1939 production of
15,124, 000, bushels and l'Z-.p.,e.rc_ent le~~ than..:the _ten-Ye?.:r average of 13,998,000 bushels in these States.

Prosp.ects improved materially during May in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In the Carolinas, Jur1e 1 conditions indicate that the Elberta crop probably will at le:l:.lst equal last year's production of this variety, but 1 t seems likely that production of Hileys and Early Rose will be considerably smaller than a gear ago, Peak movement of Elberta.s is not expecte d Until the latter part of July when shipments from the Sandhills area of Worth Carolina, And the Spartanburg secti o! of South Carolina will be heaviest. Production in Arkansas is expected to be smalle! than last ~eason in all important producting ~ecti ons except the Clarksville area. The Tennessee peach crop is reported to be a near failure.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statisticia:
In Charge .

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service Crop Reporting Board
Washington, D. C. June 10, 1940.
GE:t-TERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1940 (United States)
Creps r:tre uneven and over large areas late but, looking at the country as e., vrhole, the crop season appears to 'be off tc a fairly good start. Good yield.s per acre may more thCUl offset the rather light acreage of crops in prospect. Reports on the condition of spring-seeded small grains, hay crops, and pastures average substantially 'better than at this see,son d.uring the 1929-38 period and only slightly 'belo,:.r the June l averages during the more favorable decade preceding. A large acreage _of winter wheat has 'been lost but prospects have improved markedly a..lld the yield per acre on the remaining acreage is now expected to be close to the ten-year aver* age.
Supplies of oranges, grapcf~lit and lemons for the 1940-41 marketing period beginning next fall are expected to be large. Early southern vegetable supplies were rather light and nre slightly less abundaat at present' than they were a year ago, chiefly because of frosts in the South, but growing conditions are now favorable in the principal northern producing States.
On June 1 crop prospects were poorest in an area extending from central Nebraska to 'v7est central Texas where the ,.-.rinter wheat was severely damaged by droUht lM~ ,.fall. Practicall~r the whole Cotton Belt, but part.icu_larly the area east of the Missi~ssippi River, has suffered from cold weather or drought this season. In most of these States dry weather continued into the first ueek of June, but with recent rains, there is still time for late crops to sh0w full reco,rery from the unfavorable start.
~n1ile it is t oo early for forecasts of crop production to be precise, the general character of the crop seas Jn is beginning to appenr. W:'1eat production is now expect ed to be only three or four percent below lr:tst yel\r 1 s near-nverage crop. The rye crop will be closo to average. Foed grn.in production should be substantially above the ten-year average 'but the chances are that production will not be quite as large as in any of the last three years. The hay crop will be large; it might be the larf;es t secured in a dozen years if \leather concli tions should be favorable for late cuttings and late kinds.
Yv"HEAT: This years winter vrheat crop was placed at 488,858,000 bushels on June 1. This prCJduction woulc1. be 13 percent less than the 563,431,000 bushels pro-
duced last year, and 14 percent lower than the ten-year (1929-38) average production
of 571,067,000 bushels.
O~S: The condition of oats on June 1, 1940, averaged 82 percent of normal compared with 72 percent on June l a ;;rear ago and the ten-year (1929-38) average June 1 condition of 78 percent.
PEACHES: The total United States peach crop is placed at 52,012,000 bushels, compared with 60,822,000 bushels produced in 1939, and the ten-year (1929-38) average of 52,723,000 bushels.
CROP REPORTING EOJL~.
(Georgia Report on reverse side)

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

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lgricul tural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State Colle ' e

~ivision of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agri culture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

June 18, 1940

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS - June 15, 1940

GENERAL: With the advent of normal temperatures and adequate rainfall over a greater part of the state truck crops have responded very favorably, according to the U. S. Agricultural Harketing Service. The yield outlook for all crops is improved and the movement de,te for watermelons and cantaloups has advanced a few dnys. Rain is needed in the Claxton-Savannah section,

LIMA BEAl'iJS: Light movement of Ford Hooks has begun and should be at peak from June 20 to 28. Small Limas (butter beans) have been in production since the first week of this month.

SNAP BEANS: Only a few late beans are moving from extreme southern counties but loading continues active in the Claxton-Savann~l and central state areas. There were 9 carlot shipments through June 8 this year compared with 31 through June 10 of 1939. In north Georgia the crop looks good and harvest should start in early July.

CABBAGE: Carlot shipments from south Georgia were 444 through June 8 compared with 267 for 1939. North Georgia cabbage prospects are generally favorable and limited shipments are expected about July 5. Production of cabbage in north Georgia is indicated to bo 6,200 tons from 1,250 acres according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. This is a decrease of about 30 percent or 2,600 tons. The 10 year (1929-38) average north Georgia production is 4,300 tons.

CANTALOUPS: Favorable moisutre conditions have improved C[mtaloup progress in all sections. Movement should cJ.evelop near June 20, becoming active by July 1. In the McRae area where the acreage has been greatly increased reports indicate a normal yield of good quality. Other areas will harvest l ess acreage than in 1939, but also expect good quality melons.

CUCUMBE..-qS: South Georgia is now in peak production. Cn.rlot movement through June 8 amounted t o 37 compared with 144 through June 10 last year. The difference is due principnlly to the lateness of this year's crop.

GREEN PEPPERS: Harvest should begin around Cairo in Grady County about June 17. Georgia green pepper acreage for fresh consumption is comparatively small.

PIMIENTOS: While some moisture deficiency continued in scattered areas, the pimiento crop is now making generally fair progress in most sections. Transplanting is complete with about an 80 percent stand reported in the MeansvilleWoodbury-Griffin area.

POTATOES: The deal is over in the Adel-Nashville area but moderate l onding continues in the Savannah-Springfield section. Carlot shipments through June 8 we re 352 compared with 269 through June 10 of last year.

TOMATOES: In the Pelham-Adel section ''!here the crop is in full harvest, heavy rains in early June caused some damage to the quality of the first picking. Thirty-:fi ve cars were shipped through June 8 this year compared with 24 through June 10 of last year. Rainfall to date in the Claxton-Glennville-Savannah area is considerably below the June average.

WATERMELONS: Too much rain in the large producing counties of Thomas and Brooks threatens to reduce prospective yields. However, at the present time the general outlook is good and a few Cuban Queens may move as early as June 20. Harves t of the Watson crop should begin by June 28. Present indications are tha t harvest will begin in the different south Georgia sections as follows: QuitmanThomasville, June 18-22; Valdosta-Claxton-Glennville, June 24-26; Cordele- McRae, June 26-July 1; Rentz-Dublin-Vienna, July 6-15.

OTHER TRUCK CROPS: Georgia has a substantial green corn acreage. The Valdost a area expects to ship 75 to 100 cars and movement should start about .June
of 21-26 in the Vnldosta and Thomasville areas. Georgia led the United States for
1939 in the prodll.ction sweet potatoes.

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TRUCK CROP NEWS - OTHER STATES June 15, 1940
LIMA BEANS: With quality reported somewhat below standard due to prevalence of the Mexican beetle, the South Carolina movement is under way with peaJc shipments eA~ected by June 20. Florida will have but few Limas for shipment after June 15. In North Carolina, where insect damage is reported, the crop should be ready for market by June 25.
SNAP BEANS: Alabama reports supplies below normal, demand steady, and prices firm. The South Carolina season is practically over with a small quantity moving at below average prices. Mississippi expects production to continue into late June with shipments in moderate volume. The spring harvest is about over in Louisiarta where only 174 cars moved by rail this spring- compared with 504 in the 1939 early season. North Cnrolina reached peD.k loading about June 12. The Texas harvest is about over in n11 sections of the state.
CAlTTALOUPS: Florida cantaloups began moving about June 10. In South Carolina the crop condition is good and shipments should start by June 22, reaching peak around July 6. Texas production begnn near June 1 and the first solid carlot moved June 7. Nor"'tii'C'arolina cantaloups should be ready for m.::trket by July 5,
CUCUMBERS: A fe-v; cars rem.::tin to be shipped from north Florida, but the season in that state is very nearly over. The South Carolina crop needs rain but quality and prices remnin good with volume expected to become heavy by June 18. In Alabama recent rains have improved cucumber condition and the extension of the shipping seaso n into lat e June will depend on the price. North Cnrolina shipments began June 12.
POTATOES: In Mississippi, where reln.tively low yields are being secured, about one-half of the crop has been harve sted. South Carolina r eports quality, yield and prices very satisfactory and the season practically over. Alabana harvest was delayed by rains prior to <Tune 15 .and the season will probably extend to June 27. Mover:1ent is rapdily declining in Louisiana and only light shipnents are expected for the remainder of the early season. North CarolL1a reports movenent in full swing with yields go0d but quality slightly below standnrd. The Texas harvest should be over by July 1 but the late acreage will probably come lntoproduction before August 1.
GREEN PEPPERS: The South Carolina crop needs rain but r.10vement has begun and will becone heavy in early July. In North Carolina stnnds are poor and s one plants are diseased. Louisiana peppers have been moving since June 1 and heavy loading is eArpected fror.1 June 20 to 25.
TOM.ATOES: Florida shipnents are rapidly dininishing and the season will soon be ended . In South Carolina, where the crop is suffering fron dry weather, mover:1ent begiln nertr June 5 and will be 1.1t peak by June 24. Mississippi noved its first car on June 13 ond expects heaviest producti on a round June 25. The Louisiana shipping season is now active and peak loading should develop about June 20. North Carolina begnn picking about 10 days ngo and shipnents will be henviest fro:r:1 J~ 20 to 25. All Texas producing sections are now in harvest except a small extreme northwestern area.
WATERMELONS: Florida expects heaviest shipment during the last half of June vd th voluL1e shipnent fron the extre:oe northern areas nenr June 30. South Carolina expects oovenent to begin by July 4 nnd. r oach volui:le by July 15. In Mississippi harvest will CODr.1ence shortly after July l, boco!.iing general by the 10~ Alab2.r.1a nove~.1ent should begin between June 17 and 22 with peak prod.uction fror.1 July 5 to 15. Louisiana will have a few 1:1elons noving by July 1 but n0 active novenent before July 10. Harvesting in Texo,s started arrund June 3, but the first solid carlot did. not nove until June 9.
OTHER CROPS: Alnbar.1a reports corn r:1oving in considerable quanti ties, mostly by trucks, V!i th prices fairly satisfnctory as of June 15. North Carolina squash were at peak shipment June 4-10 with prices quoted -as only fair but yield . and quality good.

Archie Langley Associate .\gricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Prepared by: Clifford Sims
Truck Crop Estimator.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

gricul tural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

ivision of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

July, 1940

PRICE REPORT AS OF JU1"TE 15, 1940

GEORGIA: Local market prices received by Georgia farmers for agricultural commodities on JUn.e 15 were reported generally unchanged to lower than prices re-
ved one month earlier . However, corn advanced. 2 cents per bushel and slight es were reported in prices received for chickens and eggs. Small grain prices
ed sharply as the new crop moved to market. Cotton prices remained unchanged though knerican exports were curtailed still further by the spread of the Eurocon:flict.

In spite of these declines during the past month, local market prices are still as high or higher for all agricultural commodities for which prices are secured except hogs, horses a.nd mules, chickens, apples, cowpeas, and soybeans than those received one year ago. Potato prices have held up well this season and the current pric e of 90 cents per bushel is 50% higher than the June, 1939, price.

l:JNITED STATES: The general level of prices received by farmers for products sold at local farm markets throughout the country declined 3 points from May 15 to June 15. Prices of farm products averaged 95 pe rc en t of their August 1909-July 1914 level i.n mid-June, cQmpared with 98 a month earlier nnd 89 on June 15 of last year. Prices paid by farmers for commodities bought remained unchanged from May 15 to June 15 at 123 percent of their 1910-14 level. In consequence, the ratio of prices received to prices paid declined. 3 points to 77 in mid-June as compared with 80 a month earlier. A year ago this ratio stood at 74.

The mid-June index of prices received for all agricultural commodities, at 95, was the lowest figure since the outbreak of hostilities in Europe las t September ':rhen the index stood at 88. C'"lm}JD.r Gd with May 15, prices for all of the principal groups of farm proclucts, except fru.i t, averaged lower. Grain prices were down 9 points. Th~:; decline since May 15 was a continuation of the sharp downturn starting in mid-May. 'l'his decline reflected the severe d.rou in terminal market prices of
i;rair-s. {) ::t:--ti-eu.l.:;;r:ty df WJ:ient ; d.7irirf~C'ti:ie' -;:; :-:weeks ..:..i:::rrciod !iiay' '25:' Cotton and "cot ton-
seed declined 2 points; chickens and eggs were dovm 3; dci ry products, down 2; and meat animals, down 6. Fruit prices, however, were up 16 points since May 15.

Prices received by farmers on June 15 for all groups of commodities except t1eat animals and poultry products remained well ttbove those of a year ago.

PRICES RECEIVED BY -WARMERS JUNE 15, 1940, WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

,., UNITED STATES

COMMODITY AND UNIT

June av. i June 15 . May 15 June 15!\June av.,June 15 'June 15

1910-14 I 1939

1940

1940 1910-14 1939 1940

'lfheat, bu. Corn, bu.

l

I 1.23 .97

.86 .62

1.07 .96

.961 89.0
. 98 I 68.4

62.5 49.9

67.4 63.5

Oats, bu.

$

Irish potatoes, bu. $

Sweetpo ta toes, bu. $

Cotton, lb.



Cottonseed, ton

$

Hay (loose) ton

$

Hogs, per C>7t.

$

. 66 1.17
. 87 13.1 25.58 18.96
7.34

.40

I .60

I

75

I 9.2

I 24.00

I

11.80 5.90

.62 . 85 . so 10.3 29.70 13.50 5.50

.53!

.90 1

.80 j

10.3 j\

27.70

13. 5.

5o 20

II.
i

41.8 71.8 93.0 12.7 22.47 12.16
7.16

29.9 61.0 80.5
8.7 22.72
6.63 5.96

32.7 85.7 92.2
9.5 25.54
7. 71 4.82

Beefcattle, cwt. Veal Calves, cvrt. Milk cows, head Horses, head Mules, head

$ 4.10 $ 4.68
:,$ 34.36 161.40
--

I 5. 40 7.00
I 41.00
I 105.00
154.00

6 .00 7.60 43.00

I
I

100.00

145.00

I! s. so 1! 5.44

7.6o

6.77

42.00 I 49.60

-- 100.00 j 138 .90
145.00

6.81 7.98 57.20 81.30 100.40

7.10 8 .46 61.10 75.00 94.30

Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz. Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb. Milk (wholesale)
per 100# Apples, bu. Cot7peas, bu. Soyb eans, bu.

1 14.0
1 17.6 , 2'-1.0
1 --

15.6 16.5
I 22.0 20.0

:I$.

I 2.24
1.36 I
-- i

2 . 60 1.25 1. 80

2.45

15.0 16 .5 23.0 22.0
2.75 1.30 1. 60 2.35

15.4 17.0 23.0
22.0 '

11.9 16.7 23.2 23.4

]:_/ 2.70
1.20 .;
1. 60 1 2.3r 0 .

1.26 1.18
--

13.4
14.9
23.8 22.2

13.3 14.4 25.6 25.6

E_/1. 45 1.02 1. 59 .83

]:._/1.61 1.11 1.51 79

Pen.nuts, lb.

3.3

3.4

3.3

5.2

3.4

3.5

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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

~ricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

July 5 ,_ 1940

GEORGIA TRUCK CROP NEWS as of July l, 1940

GENERAL: According to the U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service temp e ratures and moisture since June 15 have been generally favorabl e to Ge orgia truck crops. Harvest progres s is norma l and the advancement of the growing crop satisfacto ry. The cabbage, potato, and snap bean season is closed iii s outh Georgia and just "Cotn1ng 4.:i to production in ;'.orth 'Georgia. ~~.': ima beans, gre-eh peppers, and tomatoes have passed peak movement, while cantaloups and watermelons are now moving in increasing volume from the southern part of the state.

LIMA BEANS: Volume movement continues from the principal Lima areas around Enigma , Omega, Springfield, and Sylvest e r. Light yields and near average prices are report ed.

SNAP BEANS: North Georgia snap bean condition is good. Most of the crop will move .:cbout two weeks l ater than usual. The l ate seeding is due t o two weeks of heavy rai ns during the planting season and. to the delayed harvesting of grain, much of which is followed by beans. Moderate movement should be under way by July 20.

CABBAGE: Li gh t cutting has start e d in scattered sections of north Georgia. Normal t o higher yields are report ed from all comme rcial arens.

CANTALOUPS: Arnple mo i sture ;:;.nd plenty of sunshine in the proper proportion to produce melons of good qunli ty and excellent fl twor a re reported. Shipments a re n0w at peak in all cantaloup aren.s with the end of the south Geo rgia season expected in early August. The Agricultural Marketing Service estimates Georgia, 1940, cantaloup acreage a t 9,500 acres with a state producti on figure of 665,000 crates. This compar es with 9,000 acres and. 270,000 crates in 1939, and a ten year (1929--38) average of 3 , 160 acres and 169,000 cra t es. The prod.uction of c:mtaloups in the Second Eu.rly "b:ronp- o states {Artzona , -Arkt:m-sB;St---ealifu rrrta, -Ge 1 g ru, --:NevcrdLl, No-.ct-"h Cn ruli nl't Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texus)w:tll b e 6,191,000 crates which is 11 percent l a rger than the 1939 crop and 13 percent larger than the ten year (1929-38 ) average.

CUCUMBERS: The season i s practically over in south Georgia where a f ew cucumbers are s till moving to fr esh Darkets.

GREEN PEPPERS : A production of 22,000 bushels from Georgia's 110 ac r es is predicted by the U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service. A production of 271,000 bushels of peppers is expected in the Second Early g roup of states -- Geo rgia,Louisiana, Miss issipp i, and South Ca r o li na . Last year 1 s production amount ed to 207,000 bushels.

PIMIENTOS: It appears that the dry wea ther of May, which necessitated transplanting to some fields as many as three times , combined with a plant shortage, due to the Ap ril freeze, will Daterially reduce the 1940 pimiento ac r eage . Normal growing condi tioEs during Dost of June are report er. fron the pir.1iento section. The crop is 3 to 4 weeks l a te 17Thi ch r:!eans li mi teC'c harvest in August and final yields dependent on the tine o f the first frost in the fall.

TOMATOES: South Georgia Do vement is now past the peak. Howe ver, shipments continue in volune with the end of the a ctive season expected about July 20. Both ac reage and production of tomatoes throughout the eastern section of the United States is apparently above that of 1939. The increase hn.s b een general with average t0 above average yields reported in many s tates.

W.ATERlv!ELONS: Clear 17eather during the last week of June iL1proved the qunli ty of Georgia JC~elons. A few areas report vines dying fro 1:1 wilt in soJ;Je fields. Penk l oadi ng is expec t ed froTJ July 1-15 in the counti es of Brooks, Thorms, Grady, Colquitt, Tift, Worth, and surrou~C', ing counties, and fron July 7-22 in the central Ge0rgia area of Do oly, Houston, Macon, Laurens, Wilkinson, and adjoining counties.
co rding to t he U. S. Agricultural M<>.rke ting Service , waterme lon p roductio n in Georgia this year is placed at 18,480,000 melons. This is a p ro ducti on increase of 97% from the 1939 crop of 9,930,000 Ele lons. There was only a slightly large r acreage this year (66,000 acres in 1940 coupared with 62,600 in 1939). The inoMssri3 is due chiefly to t he abnoroally loP yields of last year. Production of watermelons in the Second Early group of states (AlabaL1a, Ariz ona , Geo r g ia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
orth Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas) is expected to tota l close to 42 nillion lons, which is nearly 12 Dillion ::Jore than the 1939 crop.

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TRUCK CROP NEWS - OTHER STATES July l, 1940

LIMA BEANS: In South Carolina quality, yield and price have be en general s atisfactory Md li ght shipme nts will continue through the first week of July. The North Caro lina Li r::as began raov ing about June 25, with peak shipnents expec ted. near I July 6 ;md. growe rs receiving prices r anging fror.1 $1.50 to $3.00 pe r bus he l.

SN.AP BEANS: The North Carolina first crop is about over Mc1. prices were reporteCI. good L'\nrl yielcls above early expectations. Shipnents o f the int e r r.1edi a t e (3; bean crop in western North Carolina shoulc1 begin in lat e July.

CABBAGE: The western North Carolina crop i s late but an increased aareage is indic ated with a yield of about 6 tons per acre.

CANT.ALOUPS: In South Carolina 't"!here picking began in l ate June with peak harvest expect Eo d around July 6, a good yield of quality uelons has brought onl y fair prices. North Carolina has 7, 100 acres with an est ina t ed yiel (i o f 75 crates pe r acre c.ncl. shipnent s expected to begin about July 10. The Texas crop has suffered from excessive rnins but ar:1ple supplies will be a vailab le for July anc1. .August. The Ag ricultura l 'Mark e tin g Service r epo rts t he p roducti on of cantaloups in the Second Ea rly g roup of stnt es , list ed 'below, to b e 6, 191, 000 crates.

Acrea~?, e and Indicated Production, 19,10 with Comparisons

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Acreage

Yi eld Per Acre

Production

-10-year:--- - -: - - - - - -- Io::-yr:.:-- !"IndT- io-ye~r! - - !riidi

a,vGrat;e : 1939 : 1940

Av. :1939 : cnted average: l939::ate.

1929-38!

:

29-38 :

:1940 1929-38:

:194(

- - - - - - - - ------------Acre-s------- ---=-crates----- - -1~000-crates:-

Second Early Group:

Arizona ........

10,820 10, 1100 12,800

141

130 130 1, 511 1, 552 16~

Arkansas ......

2,490 2,400 2,300

59

60 70 148

144 l6l

Calif. , other.....

12,390 11,200 12,150 181

214 190 2' 229 2' 397 230:

Georgia.........

3,160 9,000 9,500

66

30 70 169

270 66f

Nevada..........

170

300

130 108 125 1 110

18

38 li

North Carolina..

3,110 6,500 7,100

70

80 75 202

520 53~

Oklahoma ........li750 3,000 2,500

69 100 70

51

300 l?;

South Carolina . . 2,220 3,800 4 , 400

76

50 65 153

190 28t

Texas . . . . . . . . . . .

5, 600 5, 400~--=-~5, 700

66

51 67 364

275 38;

Group total ..._ 40 ,_7_1_0_5_2-'"'000 56, 580

119

106 109 4' 8115 5' 486 619: --~~--~~----~-------

l TOMATOES: LrWJ p rice s e nd ecl the outh Carolina shi pp ing season about June

29. Much of the acreage was not h11rvested and a l arge part of the crop will likel;~ 1

be cannecl. In Louisiana some gove rnment r e lief purchases are being made and the

k

season should end by July 10 . lvliss1ss i ppi expe cts t01Jatoes to b e available to July

10 with volune det e rnined by p ric e and wenther . TJ1.e North Carolina crop is moving

fast ancl peak shipoe nts should develop a r 0und July 6. Lat e Jun e r a in s have daoaged ~

the Texas lat e t ooato es and a considerable t onnag e fr oD the earl y crop will go to

canners.

WATERMELONS: Heavies t J:'loveoent o f Florida 1:1elons after .Tuly l \7ill be

fr om the Gra ceville s e cti on in northv;est Flori d.a vri th quality re po rted good. but

yields only fair. Louisiana ne l on uoveJ::ent should cotmence cl.uring the first week

of July. I n Mississ i ppi shi poents are expected to begin about July 4. Texas enrly

melons have averaged larger thnn <luring the l ast s everal years but both enrly and

lat e r crops have suf fered. frou l ate June rains. Prod.uction of VTat e rnelons in the

SBconc1 Enrly g r oup of states sho11n below is expected to t ot al clos e to 41,975,000

@elons compared to 30,070, 000 in 1939.

~

Acreage C'.nd Indic ~:tt f;'!- Pro~<2_~i o n, 1 940 with Cor::t~)ari son s

1 ;

1I

Aerea~ __ -.- __ ~i_:l~ ~e_: !:_c_:~- ___ ~r~d~c!i~n-.- ~

Io:=-year: _____ :_

10-yr.:

:Inch- 10-year:

:Ind1- .... .

Av-erage : 1939 : 1 940 I a v. : 1939 : cated av e rage : 1939 : cated '

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

L ,

l9~2_9-_3.8:'_--.Acres.:_-_----2-9-~38=-Mel

o

19''0 ns..:..__

1-.:,?-9l-3~8oo. o-nelo. n1s9?'_,."

? e cond Early Grou~: Al abama ....... .,;, 9,840 15,400 14, 600 304 250 350 2,968 3,850 5,11(

.Ar i zoi:a .........,. 1,290 Geo~r?a .......... 70,240 L~m ~l~a :"'"'i1~2,500 MlSSlS Sl pp l ..... I 5, 040

2,000 62,600
5,000 g , 600

2,000 66,000
4,500 8, 400

318 248
l/278 - 266

*575 150
250 275

500

410 *1,150 l,OCC

280 17,572 9, 390 18, 48:' "
260 l/ 775 1,250 1,17',

225 1, 244 2, 640 1, 89(,

North Carolina ...l.ll,300 12.000 13,200 195 200 200 2,221 2,400 2,64C

South Carolina .... 19,2:30 25.500 26,500 240 1 80 200 4,452 4,590 5,1(1(

Texas .. 45,210 40,000 43,900 Gr ou p total .. 1 63~~390 172,100 178,100

158 120 150 6,878 4,800 6 ,58! 221 *175 236 36,135*30,070 41,97!

.Archie Lnngl ey

l Short-time average.

Associ a t e \sri cul tura l Statistician

In Chc'l.rge.

*Revi sed. Prepared by: Clifford Sir.1s Truck Crop Estimator.

(Over)

GEORGIA CROP REPORT I NG SERVI CE

Agr icul tur al Mar keting Service

In Cooperat i on

Geo r gia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens , Georgia

,July 5, 1940

GEORGI A - JUA~ 1940 PIG CROP REPORT

The 1940 spring pig crop (farrowed from De c ember l, 1 939, to June 1 , 1940) in Geo r g ia is estimated to be 25% below the r ecord crop of last year ond only 1% lo.rger than the 10-year ( 1929-38) average crop, according to the June pig crop repo r t of tho Agricultural Marke t ing Servi ce . The 1940 spring pig crop in Georgia is placed at 890,000 pigs . This report is bas ed 0n information obtained from a lar ge numb er of farmers in coope ration with the Post Office Department through rural mai l carriers .

Number of sows farrowed this spr i ng is estimated at 1 68,000 head, or 21% below the 212 , 000 farrowed one year ago and 8% larger than t he 10- year ( 1929- 38) average spring farrowings .

Breeding - intentions indicate 130 , 000 sows t o farrow in the fall season of 1940 (June 1 to Decemb e r 1 ) , which is 27% b e lo'7 the 177 , 000 sows fa rrowed in the fall of 1939 , and 6% larger th..:m the 10-year (1929- 38) average.

UNITED STATES

The spring pig crop of 1 9'10 :Ls 0stimated as 8 per cen t small er than that of 1939 . The numbe r of sov;s to farro'rl' in the fall s eason of 1940 is indicated as 12 percent smaller. The total number of sows to farrow in 1940-- spring and fal l - is indi cated as t>.bout 8 percent smaller and, with litters averaging somewhat s:nal le r this year, the total pig c r op will probably be down about 10 pe r c e nt . Compared wi th the 10-year (1929-38) average, the p ig crop this year will be about 7 percent l arger; but compared with the 10-year ( 1924-33) pre-drought average it will be about 3 percent smaller .

The number of pigs saved in the spring s e a.so n of 1940 (Dec. l , 1939 to June 1 , 1940) is es t imated at 48,007 , 000 head . This is a de crease of 4,336,000 head or 8 pe r cent fro~ t he spring crop of 1939, but is about 6 pe r cent l arger than the
10-year (1929-38) -ave r nge: .T!.1e -spring p i g crop was smiiJ:ier - this year in all regions
and in near l y all States.

The nunber of sows that farrov,-ed in t he spring season of 1940, esti mated at 7, 995 , 000 head , was about 7 percent srDD.ller than in 1939. The average nuiJJbet of pigs saved per litter in the sp r ing se[cson of 1940 was beloi7 the average in the spring of 1939 and was the SL1al l est in the last 4 years . Cor;1pared wi t h last year the average was down rather sharply in sorae of the Eastern Corn Be lt States ancl i n nearly a l l of the Srm thern Stat e s . This, doubtless, was a result of the unusually low ter.1peratures experienced in uost of these Stat e s <luring the lat e winter and early spring.

:Breedi ng intenti ons indicate 4,496 , 000 sows to farrow in the fo.11 season of 1940 (June 1 to Dec e1;1ber 1 ) -- a decrease of 12 percent f r o:::1 the so;:1e peri od in 1939. Esti r:nt e d s p rinF.; and inc.:icated fall lit t ers for 1940 gives [\ total of 12, 491,000 for the year . This is aoout 8 percent snaller than the number of litte r s farrowed in 1939 , but is about 5 percent larger than the 10-year (1929-38) average.

SOWS FARROWED JiJID PIGS SAVED

SPRING (Dec . l to cTune 1)

FALL (Ju ne 1 to Dec . 1 )

Ge')rgia
10- year- 1929- 38 Av. 1939 1940

Sows Fe.rrowed
( 000)
156 212 168

Av. N0. Pigs per
Litter
5.70 5 . 60 5.30

Pi ~:=s s
Saved (000 )
885 1,187
890

Sows Farrowed
(000)

Av. No . Pigs per
Litter

123 1?7 130*

5 . 70 5 . 50

Pigs Sa'ITed ( 000 )
696 974

United Stat es 10- year- 1929- 38 Av . 1939 1940

7 , 621 8 , 553 7 , 995

5. 97 6 .1 2 6.01

45,355 52, ~543 48,007

4,221 5,082 LJ:, 496*

6.07 6.29

25,635 31 , 985

*Nul:lber indicat ed to farro w fr ou breeding int entions r eports.

Geo r g~ E . Strong .Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

Archie Langl ey Associate Agricultural St atistician
In Char ge.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING S~~VICE

Agricultural Marke ting Se rvice In Coope ration

Georgia Stat e College

Division of Agricultural Stati st ic s

wi t h

of Agricultu re

Office of the .Agriculturnl Statistician

July 8, 1940

JULY l COTTON REPORT - GEORGIA

Cotton acreage in cultivation in Georgia this year amounts to 1,994,000 acres a ccordi ng to the official e stimat e i s s..ued.. t oday- oy the Crop Reporting Board of the Agricul tural Marketing. Se rvic e. 'l'his. acr eage is 5,000 great e r than the 1,989,000 a cre s in cultivnti_on a s of July-1, 1.939, and.,..3% l .es s thnn -the July l
ac reage in 1938. ..A.ba...."l.do-rlmEmt a fter July 1 last year due to natura l cau1~es wa s s%.
Atover.a97dg6e. a-Dn.ndon.ment for the ~0-yen.r -period (1930-39) fr om nntu.ral .causes. amounted

Acro;agu esLillJ<'J."i;es by cr\.~p 1' 0portin.g districts a:re shown i n the mo:p and table below.

GEORGIA tvl.AP
SHOWING ESTI~iATED ACR~GE IN CULTIVATION JULY l, 1940 AND JULY 1, 1939

I. 1940,
145, 000
\ \ 1939, .

.......___.--r,: j \._!qon.-Cottor;---:--;

.i I l .

I I _. /

/

;- ./

1940,

\1 940,

223,000 ;}7~,00

Di.stricts shown are crop r eporting districts and NOT Cong ressional Districts. -

~~ 146,000 I 1 9 39-, . / ~ . .

\

I .225,000

\

----~, .

~~
\

~)
... ) 1939 ._

\t\

~

IV.

)

.~\!"1' ~- "-

"

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A -/

\

/

".'----1'\?_0_,_000~~

6 \_ . VI. ':"\ \, 1911(\
..-v-,

)

v. . -__Y.
f

~~

\ . 298 ..000

/ 194()..-

\ ].940,

)1. l

_, -- 370' 000 - -- \ 309,000

..
'\ .

- --, ~ ~

(\ 1939,

. !

30.3,000

. 1939 '

J

~us )- . 37s,ooo (f___

VI~~~ I )x;--

( 1940, .

)

VIII.

. 198,000 \

--) -

.~ AL.- BAli~ TY

'I- .l94D ' . _ _
)} 228 .000

'19-30 . .
\ 2;;. ooo

= _ 19'39. -
1 - 224.

~ 1940,

J~J

51 000 -'

\ ~~ -

.

1939'

50. ooo

~
_

~

I

V.1:1XJSTA

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TABLE

-L0 ~ . ]~

ESTIMATED ACREAGE OF GEORGIA COTTON FOR Tiill YEARS 1940, 1939 AN~ 1938

DISTRICT
1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

r-----~~~~A~CP~J~\W~G~~~~I~N~- ~C~U~~T~~I~V~A~T~IC~1N~-~J~U~~~Y~1~~-------I

1938 147,000

1939 146 ,000

1940

1

145,000

230,000

225,000

223,000

171,000

170,000

172, 000

310,000

295,000

298,000

399 ,000

376, 000

370,000

302,000

303,000

309,000

213,000

200,000

198 ,000

235,000

224,000

228,000

57,000

50 ,000

51,000

19~0 P e rc ent of 1939 99 99
101 101
98 10.2
99 102 101

STATE

2,064,000

1,989,000

1, 994,000

100

GEORGE B. STRONG
Assistant Ag ricultur al Statistician

A...'R.CHI E LANGLEY Associ a t e Ag ricultural St a tistician

In Charge

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D1'HTED STATES DEPARTME..l\J'I' OF AGRICUL'IUR:E

AGRI CtJL'rtTRAL MARKETING SERVICE

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Release:-

July 8, 1940

I

ll: OOA.M. (E.T.)

COTTON REPORT AS OF JULY l, 1940

The Crcp Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service, from the r eports and data furnir:;hed by crop correspondents, field s tati sticians, the Agricultural Acijustment Administration, and cooperating State agencies, makes the following estimate of COTTON acreage in cc;.ltivation Jul~r 1, 1940.

U. S . .ACREAGE IN CUI/I'IVJdiON, 'I'OT 25,07 7, 000

Acr e s.

U. S. .ACRE.li.GE IN CULTIVATION COMPARED WITH LAST YE.A.R 101.6 percent.

STATE

i 1.0- YR. AVER . I';__ ACREAG:il Hf C'v'JBI V.ATI ON JULY l ( in thousands)

IA.'. 3l0rD01~Elrr I!

! I I

J!'ROM NATURAL CAUS:B2S,

~I i
!II

Average,

1939

1940

1940 Percent

1;~~~~~~9
111

Il 1929-38

I

of 1939

1

I i:; Missouri. ....
Virginia .

N. Carolina S. Carolina.

coj . 97

il
!~I~

---1-
3~; I

I l. l 79
l, 630

!

380 33
754
1,248

395

l

31

I 829
I 1,273

I
!

104 94
110 102

Ge orgia ...... .
Florid~~ . . . . . Tennessee ..... Alabama ...... Mississippi .. Arkansas ..... . Louisiana.... .

-0--.9--

l!i:

2,696 ,'
I

1,989 I 1,994 ...I

100

2.9 1.0

l,1i

112
I 1
9so

74 733

73 - 748

I

99 102

0.8

I,

2, 821 I

2 ,100

2, 100

100

1.0 1.5 0.9

I I

~::~~ 2,662 li . 2 ,1 87

1 , 584

1,154

2,662 2,187 ]., 1 89

100 100 103

Oklahoma . Texas ....... New Mexico .. Arizona .... C .-:~lifornia . . . . All other ...

3.9

II

3,096 I

1,855

2.7 3.0

I I

l 3.i~~ I

8 , 874 96

0.3 0.8

II

190 293

1 89 334

1.7 II

24 I

21

1,929 8 ' 9 6 ~5
109 227 347
20 . 8

104
101
114

'

120

104

99

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I 1

I - - -
37 j

19.5 l
41 I

29.8 70

153 171

,

(Old Me xico)** I

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J

I I
96

:

104 j

125

120

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il

!

:

*Included in State nnd United Stat es totals. Sea Island_ grown principally in

t i

Ge org ia and Florida with small acreages in Ala., Miss. , Ark. , La., c:md Tex.

~

American Egyptian grown principally in Arizonn.

**NOT included in California .n gur es , NOR in United States total.

See other side for Georgia report.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

. S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Se rv:i.ce

with

Office of the Agricult11ral Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

Georgia State College of Agriculture

,July 12, 1940.

GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JULY l, 1940

Increased production in Georgia over last year of corn, tame hay, wheat, Irish potatoes and pears, with decreases in. tobacco, sweet potatoes, peaches and oats, are it ems of main interest indicated by t.he July l report of the Ge orgia . Crop Reporting; Service. P e rc entage increases in production are as follows: pears, 36%; corn, 30% ; tame hay, 12%; Irish potatoes, 8%; and wheat, 2%. The following d~ creases are shown: tobacoo, 27%; sweet potatoes, 21%; peaches, 5%; and oats, 3%. 11he first estimate of cotton production will be made on August 8 . All estimates are based on July 1 conditions. Since the first of July, rains have f allen almost daily n.nd it is impos B:i:-bh. P..t this t.:;tm:: to dete rmine th-eir effects -upon the final outturn of the different crops.

CORN~ July 1 conditions pointed to a crop of 47,978,000 bushels compared
with the sh;)rt 1939 crop of 36,941,000 bushels and .the 10 year ( 1929-38) average of 41,328,000 bushels. This year's acre~:~ge is pli:cced at 4,172,000 and a yield of 11.5 bushels is forecast. The acreage d~voted to corn this year is the lowest since
1933 but the yield indicated i s higher than yields realized since 1929 except 1937
and 1938 when yields equal to the 1940 indicated yield were produced.

SMALL GRAIN: The 194() wheat acreage is placed. at 181,000 acres, c!l.n in-
crease of '2%. over the 1933, ac.reage. As threshing vras being completed it became
r.pparent that production was h eavi e r than was first indicated and a yield of 10.0 bushels is n ow estimated. This is th e same yield produced last year and one bushel higher than was indicat e d. one month ago.

The estimated acreage of oats is placed at 443,000 which is 4% greater than the 1939 acreage. Proc1uction is estimated to be 3% lower than the crop o f last year.

TOBACCO: Ge orgia farmers held tobacco pl&"ltings t) the acreages allotted by the A.A.A. The 1940 acreage is estimated a t 74,100 acres, a decrease of 41% from tho r e cord high acreage of 1939. Hmvever, e'ren wi t.h this drastic reduction, current_ q.creq,g\3 is_ only 3% below..the 10 year (1929-38) average~ . Production indicated by July l conditi ons is estimated at 70,500,000 pounds, _a decrease of 27% from the 1939 production but an inerease of 5% over the 10 ;year (1929-38) average .

PEAlruTS: A 2% increase over the 1939 all time high record of 774,000 acres is indicat e d by the current estimates of 789,000 acres. No attempt is made t o estimate the production until August 1, but the July 1 condition is reported to be 81 compar e d with a condition figure of 72 one year ago and a 10 year (1929-38) average of 73.

PEACHES: The total peach crop is estimated at 3,618,000 bushels compared
with the 1939 crop of 3,800,000 bushels. Carlot shipments through July 10 amounted
to 2180 cars compared wi t h 269 3 cars one year ago.

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CROP

ACREAGE {ooo)

I

1939

I 1940
I

I
I

1940

I

!Pct.of I

! 1939
I

i YIELD Indic. 1939 jJ.ul.1
I 1940

PRODUCTION {ooo~

I 1939

I Indic. Jul.l

1940

Corn

bu.

Wheat

bu.

Oats

bu.

i Rye

bu.

l Tobacco, all

lb.

I Potatoes , Irish bu.

( Potatoes, sv7ee t 'bu.

4-.346 177 426 21
l:E-9 .. 1 18
117

4,1.72 181 44:3 21
74.1 19 99

i I
I
I
I
I
I

96 102 104 100
59

I
I

8.5 10.0 21.0
6.5 761

I 11.5 10.0 I 19.5
6.5 951

106 I 77

79

I 85 I 76

7l

3B+941 1,770 8,946 136
95,986 1,386 8,892

47,978 1,810 8,638 136
70,500 1,501 7,029

Tume Hay

tons 1,111

Sorghum f or sirup

16

Sugarcane II II

34

P eanuts, alone

774

Cowpeas,alone

267

-- p~'

Soybea.ns,alone Apples

83

c Pe n.ches, total crop,bu.2/--

s 2/-- Pears,

II

II

II

p
~

Co tton, pla..TJ.ted. ae r. 3/1-;989 ]:_/ Cond1 tl on as of July 1.

i 1,135
I

f

15

I

I 27

I

789

I 267 85

!
i

----

I --

I 1,994

I
I
b:~~i I
I
I

102
I 94 I I 79

----

.

5

2

1
I

-- I 102 ]:_/72
100 i

102 --

.57
--

11/;; I
I/ I

--
---

1/53
55
I ]:_/47

I 100 I --

ji/53 jl/65
I --

I

579
--
--
---
--
--
3,800 281
--

647
-----
--
----
3,618
381
--

2/ Total agncul tural crop greater than [l,.YJ.d l:nclud1ng

~0~1~r~i.1:1 crop . 3/ As sho\7n on official cotton report July 8, 1940. _ _ _ _ _ _

A

Archie-Langley-- - - - -- -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- - George-B:- Strong

Associate .Agricultural Statistician

Assistant Agricultural Statisticill'

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tJNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI/L'URE AGF.I Cl.JL'ft}RAL MARKETING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C. Release:July 8, 1940
11:00 A.M. (E.T.)

COTTON REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1940

The Crcp P.eporting Eoard of the Agricultural Marketing Service, from the reports and data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, the Agricultural Acijustment Administration, and cooperating State agencies, makes the following estimate of COTJ:Olir acreage in cc;,ltivation July l, 1940.

U. S. ACIGAGE IN CUI/I:'IVAriON, 'l'OTA.L 25,077,000

~cres.

U. S. ACREAGE IN CULTIVATION COMP.t\.RED WITH LAST1 YEAR 101.6 percent.

j 10- YR . AVER. I''

ACREAGE Ilif C":JJBIVA:JliON JULY 1 (in thousands)

IJL'3~-\ND01~MEHT !i

j

I

II;

, FROM l~ATURAL (;

~-

1940

STATE I CAUSES . !! Average,

1939

1940

I Percent

!I 1930-1939

1929-38

1

!' of 1939

P erc e:n:r--1\ - - - -- - - - - t - - - -----ti+------~---1-I - --------+-------+-------~

Missouri.. . . I 1.1

! j

399 1

I 380

395

1.

104

Vi r ginia.. .... : l. 5

N. Carolina i

0.9

S. Carolina ... 1 0 .7

!'II
!

67

1
1

1,179 1

1,630 i

33
754 1.2<1:8

I

31

I

829

1 1,273

1
11

94
110 102

Georgi~. . . . . . . II

0.9

i i

.2, 696 i

l, 989 j l, 994

100

Florida....... j
I Tennessee .....
Alabama ......
Mississippi. . !
Arkansas ...... j
Louisiana..... i

~
2 .9 l. 0 0.8 1.0 1.5 0.9

lj
!1
11
l,
1 1
I 1

11._2_.
2,89~5301
3,4~~3 2,922 l, 584

1
j

7 3.~_.4

'I
j

I 1

2,100

I ..j

2,662

2,187

1
I !
I

- l, 154 I

73 - 748 2,100 2,662 2,187 1,189

99
102 100 100 100 103

l

i! Oklahoma . . . . .

3. 9

~=:-~:~i~~ :::: ~: ~

I II

l

d 3, 096

I l3,i~~ '

I
l, 855 l 1, 929
s .s~: j s.ig~

1~~0~4

I Arizona .....

o. . ~

II.

I C c . . l i f o : r n i a . . . .
All other . ....

0 ~ 1. 7

II

19.- o !1
2_9 3 24 j

41 =-~9 I
3,
21 !

G3"42~"1-
20.8

1 20 104
99

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n~N~I-T-"P~.:-D-~S-TA--T-E~"'~~~1----~... ~:
I --- Sea Island* ...

_____

~I1~ I!
11

___

I
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-

---

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-~~~:~~--~i;~ 19.5

--~~~

~~~----29.8

-

--

-

--=~=~~153

--

i

t; :; ;;! -l------::: ----:::-----------: Amer.Egyptian* I

0.6

11

37 j

~; ~; ~::-rt:----:~~-----lr-------::-

1

41 j

70

---~-

171 ---

20

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!

1

*Includ.e d in State and_ United States totals. Sea Island g r own principally in Ge org ia and Florida with small acreages in Ala., Miss., Ark., La., and Tex. Ame rican Egyptian grown principally in Ari zonn.
**NOT included in Cali f ornia. fi gur es, NOn in Unit eel States totnl.

See other side for Georgia r eport.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Se rv5.ce

with

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

Georgia State College of Agriculture

.July 12, 1940.

GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR G- EORGIA AS OF JU.LY l, 1940
Increased production in Georgia over last year of corn, tame hay, wheat, Irish potatoes and pears, with decreases in. tobacco, sweet potatoes, peaches and oats, are it ems of main interest indicated by the July 1 report of the GeorgiaCrop I?.eporting Service. Pe rc entage increases in production are as follows: pears, 36%;
corn, 30%; tame hay, 12%; Irish potatoes , s%; and wheat, 2'{o. The following de-;.
creases are shown: tobacoo, 27%; sweet potatoes, 21%; peaches, 5%; and oats, 3%. 11he first est imate of cotton production will be made on August 8. All estimates are based on July 1 conditions. Since the first of July, rains havo fallen almost daily and it is im:ro s e :i:-b-1-s n.t this t .imc to determine the ir effec ts upon the final outturn of the different crops.

CORN.! July 1 conditions pointed to a crop of 47,978,000 bushels compared with the short 1939 crop of 36,941,000 bushels and the lO year (1929-38) average of 41,328,000 bushels. This year's acreage is placed at 4,1?2,000 and a yield of 11.5 bushel s is forecast. The acreage d~voted to corn this year is the lowest since 1933 but the yield indicated i s higher than yields realized since 1929 except 1937 and 1938 when yields equal to the 1940 indicated yield were produced.

SMALL GRAIN: The 194'0 wheat acreage is placed. at 181,000 acres, an in-
crease of 2%. over the 19:38_ acreage. As threshing was being completed it became
[',pparent that production was heavier than >Jas first indicated and a yield of 10.0 bushels is now es timat ed . This is th e same yi eld produced last year and one bushel
higher than was indicat ed one month ago.

The estimated acreage of oats is placed at 443,000 which is 4% great e r than the 1939 acreage. Production is estimated to be 3% louer than the crop of last year.

TOBACCO: Georgia farmers held t obacco plailtings t \1 the acreages allotted
by the A.A.A. 'l:he 1940 a creage is estimated at ?4,100 acres, a decrease of 41%
from the r eco rd high acreage of 1939. Howeve r, even with this drastic reduction, current_ ?.<;:re9g:~ i~ t::mly 3% b elow .t.he 10 year (1929-:38) average L Production i nclicated by July 1 conditi ons is estimated at 70,500,000 potlilds, . a decrease of 27%
from the 1939 production but an increase of 51b over the 10 year (1929-38) average .

P~~TS: A 2% increase over the 1939 all time high record of 774,000 acres is indicated by the current estima tes of 789,000 acres. No attempt is made t o estimate the production until August l, but the Jul;y- l condition is reported to be 81 compar ed with a condition figu:re of 72 one year ago and a 10 year (1929-38) average of 73.

PEACHES: The total peach crop is estimated at 3,618,000 bushels compared with the 1939 crop of 3,800,000 bu nhe ls. Ca rlot shipments through July 10 amounted to 2180 cars compared with 2693 cars one year ago.

GE 0 R GI A CR 0 P S

CROP

ACREAGE (ooo) I
1939 11940
,

i 1940 : - YIELD

I PRODUCTION (ooo)

IPct..ofl

!Indic.

1 Indic.

! 1939 II 1939 IJul.l . 1939

Jul.l

:

I 194o

194o

Corn Wheat

bu. 4~346 bu. 177

4)172 1 96 I 8.5 ! 11.5 35.941
181 1 102 j 10.0 i 10.0 1,770

47,978 1.810

Oats

bu. 426

443 1 104

21.0 19.5 8,945

8,638

Rye Tobacco, all

bu.

21

lb. 1~6 ..1

21 74. 1

100

6.5

6.5

136

59 I1 761

951

95,986

136 70,500

Potatoes,Irish bu.

18

19

Potatoes,sweet bu. 11?

99

1 Tame Hay

tons 1,111 1 1,135

106 1
85 I 102 I

?7

79

76

71

. 521 __ .57

1,386 8,892
579

1,501 7,029
647

I Sorghwn for sirup

16 1 15

94 1 --

--

--

1-~

Sugarcane 11 P eanu t s , a l o n e

"

Covrpeas, a lone

34 1
774 l
26? !'

27

79 1 --

I 789

102 I J:../72

26?

100 i --

jil/~~
I ---

--

1

--

I --

--
--
--

.;\ Soybeans, alone

83

85

102 I --

--

--

p Apples

-- 1

--

j --

1/53 11/57

--

--

C Per:.ches, total crop, bu. 2/-- 1

S Pears, "

II 11 2/--

--
---

I 1

--
--

l/55 J I_/47

ji/53 !I/~-5

3, 800 281

3, 618 381

P Cotton,pla...TJ.ted. ncr . 3/1-;989 1 1,994

100 . --

1 --

--

~ 1/ Condition as of July l. 2/ Total agricultural crop greater than Clnd including

~o~:r.1~r~iE:l crop. 3/ As sho\7n on official cotton report July 8, 1940. _ ~ ____ _

A

Archie-Langley-- - - - - - -- ---- - -- - - - - - - George-B-:- Strong

Associnto Agricultural Statistician

Assistant Agricultural Statisticim

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRI CULTUR.;\I. MARKETING SERVICE WA.SHI NGTON, D. C. July 12, 1940

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1940

Crops have made a good start and better-than-average yields are indicated by July 1 conditio!'ls. Reports on J'uly crop prospects average substantially higher than on the same date last year and nearly as high as two years ago; but yields are not expected to be as high as in those years --1938 and 1939-- unless the weather ~ during the growing season after July 1 should be eQually as favorable. During the first 10 days of July a large part of the South reports too much rain.

_!_EAT: A 1940 wheat crop of 728,644,000 bushels is indicated by th e July repo rt of condition e..nd probc:tble yield. This is 3. 5 percent less than both last year's crop of 754,971,000 bushels and the 10-yearU929-38) average production of 754,685,000 bushels. The July 1 acrenge for harvest of all wheat is 52,680,000 acres, a net decline from last year of approximately one million acres.

CORN: A corn crop of 2,415,998,000 bushels is indicated by July 1 condition s. This production would be about 8 percent shorter than the 1939 crop of 2,619,137,000 bushels but 5 percent l a rge r than the 10-year (1929-38) average production of 2,299,342,000 bushels. July l prospects indicate a yield of 28.0 oushels per acre as compared with 29.6 bushels in 1939 and the 10-year (1929-38) average yield per acre of 23.2 bushels per acre .

TOBACCO: The prospect is for a flue-cured crop of about 676,645,000 pounds this season compared with 1,159,320,000 pound.s produced in 1939 and the 10year (1929-38) average production of 709,466 ,000 pounds. The 753,300 acres of flue-cured tobacco now es tima ted for harvest in 1940 is in marked -contrast to last year's record acreage of 1,287,900 acres and the 10-year (1929-38) average of 907,180 acres. The decrease in t he flue-cured acreage from last year of about 42 percent is distributed rather uniformly over the 4 types comprising this class of tobacco.

PEANUTS: The ac reage of pear1uts grown a l one for all purposes is estimated at 2,493,000 acres. Thi s is 3.4 percent above the record acreage grown in 1939 and about 33 percent above the 10-year (1929-38) average acreage. The Virginia-North Carolina area shows an increas e in acreage over last year's of 4.8 percent, the Southeas t ern area an increase of 3.4 percent, and the Southwestern area an increase of 2.5 percept.

PE.A.CHES: Produot1cn'of peaches in 1940, on the basis of the July 1 con-

dition, is indicated to be 52,436,000 bushels, compared with t he 1939 crop of

60,822,000 bushels and the 10-year (1929-38) average of 52,723,000 bushels. Peach
prospects improv ed. slightly during June. Growers in the ma,ior producing sections j

r epo rt the crop has "siz ed" we ll and. is of good q_uality.

J

In the 10 Southern States, production is placed at 11,962,000 bushels. This is 19 percent less than the 1939 production of 15,124,000 bushels and 14 percent less than the 1929-38 average of 13,998,000 bushels. For this group of States, July 1 cond.i tion indicates a crop 3 percent large r than was es timated on June 1.

S TATE S

'ACREAGE IN THOUSANDS .1940 YIELD

PRODUCTION INTHOI

CROP

I Harv.

For harv.

Percen Indict ]---~-~--~-~-~~-+

of

1939 Jul.1

1 Indic.

1939

Jul.l

I ~C~o~rn~,--a-ll-~--~~b1u~. 9~838~,890=3-~i1 ~~816~,39046~0~~~~197~.9,2~-3~9-2+9~.5=-- ~l ~~12~89.0~42~,06~1~9~,1~3~7~~2~,141~59,4~09~8

Wheat, all

bu. 53,696

52,680

98.1 14.1 I 13.8 754,971 728,644

Oats Hye

I bu.j33,o?o .
bu. 3,811

I I 34,585 3,086

104.6 81.0

28.3 10.3

29.8 93?,215 1,031,622 11.9 39,249 36,848

Cotton 1/

24,683

25,077 1 101.6

--

--

--

--

Hay, all tame ton 58,347

60,573

103.8 1.30

1.41 75,726 85,30]

Soybeans 2/

9,023

10,286

114.0

--

--

--

--

Covvpeas 27

1 2, 923

3, 059 . 104, 7. .. . --

--

--

--

Pe anuts 2/

2,410

2,493

103.4 ~/73

~/80 .

--

--

Potatoes-;-Irish bu. 3,027

3,087

102.0 120.3 120.3 364,016 371,21

Sweetpotatoes bu.

862

797

92.5 84.3

86.3 ?2,679 68,8(

Tobacco, all lb. 2,014

1,437

71.3 918

899 1,848, 654 1,291,61

Sorghum for sirup 'I 180

190

105.6

--

--

--

-- ~

Sugarcane 11 11

145

123 , 84. 8

--

--

--

-- ' .

J . ',. ~=:~.~:~, ~.~~ -~~~.p';,l -.==-....l.
1T Acreage in cu1 ti vation July

1.

-~.. ~~

- --== .~{~~ -
Grown alone for

-
a

l

l

~j-~~-- J) . purpos0s.

~~~

-

~-~~

--..~i: ~:

~

:!./ ~/ Condition July 1.

Includes some quanti ties not harvested.

(See other side foT Geo rgia report)

~ ----

--

,)I"

c..

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING S~RVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

August, 1940

PRICE REPORT AS OF JULY 15, 1940

GEORGIA: Lower grain and peanut prices but higher meat animal prices than those r eceived by farmers one month earlier in local markets were the principal changes shown by tl;fe mid-July price report as released by the Agricultural ll.arketing Service.

Both wheat and oats declined still furt~er during the past 30 days as the
new crop moved to market. Corn prices dropped 3 cents per bushel during the past month and the current price of 95 cents per bushel is 32 cents higher than the midJuly, 1939, -price and only 2 cents per bushel lower than the ~ V~l,J.r (1910-14) July
average. Even though hog pric e s advanced 40 cents per hundr~d~~'current price of
$5.60 is 50 cents lower than the price received one year ago and $1.64 lower than the 5 year (1910-14) j'uly average. Peanut prices dropped sharply during the past month declining to 3.0 cents per pound, or the lowest price reported sinc e September, 1937.

UNITED STATES: Pricos received by fRrmers for products sold in local markets averaged the same on July 15 as a month earlier. Prices of fruits, grain, and cottonseed declined during the month, but advanc e s in prices of other products were sufficient to offset these downturns and maintain the index at 95 per cent of the 1910-14 average. Me['.t animal prices advanced sharply with seasonal increases also occurring in prices of eggs and dairy produets. A year earlier the index was 89. Pric es paid by farmers for commodities averaged one point lower on July 15 thnn a month earlier with feed prices clown 3 points. As a result, the per unit exchange V<::tlue of farm products on July 15 was l point higher than a month earlie r. The ratio of prices received to prices paid in mid-July was 78 per cent of the 1910-14 level compared with 77 a month earlier a.nd 74 a year ago.

Prices of grains, and fruit, led the decline during the month ended

July 15 but they remnined substantially above a year earlier. Meat animal prices

advanced 8 points from the mid-Juno level and again averaged higher than a year ago.

Prices of dairy products in mid-July averaged one point higher_ than _a month earlier

while chicken a11a'egg "p:d.ces were up 7 points.



-

Prices paid by farmers declined 1 point during the month ended .Tuly 15 to 122 per cent of their 1910-14 average . This lower ed the index of prices paid, interest and taxes to 127. ~~us the index is now only 1 point higher than on July 15, 1939.

PRICES RECEI 'VED BY :B'.ARMERS JULY 15 , 1940 , WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNI'l'ED STATES

COMMODITY

July av. j Jui.y H) June 15 July f5 July avJJuly 15 July 15

AND UNIT Vlheat, bu.

1910-14 $ 1.20

1939
.so

Corn, bu. Oats, bu.

$1
$,

Irish potatoes, bu. Sv1eetpotatoes, bu.

$$ 1 '

.97 66 1.14 .94

Cotton, lb.

1 13.1

.63 .37 .75 .85 9.3

Cottonseed, ton Hay (loose), ton Hogs, per cwt. Beefcattle, cwt.

$1 24.86
$ . 18.52
$1 7.24
$ 4.04

23.20 11.70
6.10 5.40

Veal Calves, CVJt.
Milk Cows, head Horses, head

$ 4.36 $ 33.92 $ 161.60

7.10 41.00 103.00

Mules, head Chickens, lb.
Eggs, doz . Butter, lb.

$ 14.1 17.6 24.0

152.00 15.4
17.6 21.0 .

Jutterfat, lb.



.,. Milk ( '17holesale)

19.0

per 100#

$ 2.29

2. 60

Apples, bu. Peaches, bu.

$$ 1.09 1.58

.75 1.25

Cowpeas, bu.

$

1.75

Soybea."l.s, bu. Peanuts, lb.

!I 5.6

2,15 3.3

17 Revised

27 Preliminary

1940
.96 .98 .53 .90 80 10.3 27.70 13.50 f). 20 5.80 7.60 42.00 100.00 145.00 H3.4 17.0 23.0 22.0
2.70 1.20 1.25 1.60 2.30 3.3

1940

.86 .95 . 46 90 . 85 10.3 26.00 13.00 5.60 6.00 7.60 42.00 98.00 145.00 15.3

17.5
I 22.0
23.0
I I,

II 5:./2.75 . 85

II .85
1.55

2.15 3.0

II
II
'I

1910-141 1939

.86 70 .41 82 .95 12.7 21.88
n. 78
7,25 5.33 6.74 49.00 136 .30
12.2 16.7 23.3 23.5

. 56 .48 .26
!) .75
.84 8. 8 20.70 6.76 6.26 6.66
8.11 57.20 80.20 99.20 13.7 16.5 23.8 22.0

1.38 1/1.54

. 86

.90

1.52

.75

5.1

3.4

1940
.61 .63 .28 .82 .91 9.5 22.60 7.10 5.78 7.26 8.56 60 .80 74.50 93.20 13.6 16.4 25.6 25.9
~/1. 67 1.08
1.47 .73
3.4

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistlcian.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Harketing Serviee

In Cooperation

Division of Agricultural Statistics with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia. August 8, 1940.

AUGUST 1 COTT.QN REPORT-.:-...::_.GEORG~A

Probabl e production of the Georgia cotton crop \vas placed tod.ay at 955,000
bales (500 pound"' gros s weight) on the bas is of Augu s t l prospects, as reported by
crop corre spondents to the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agricultur e . The condition of the crop i s reported to be 73~~ of normal, or the same as
1as r e:por t ed on e year ago. The yield per acre is placed at 232 pounds as c ompared. l'li th a yield. of 227 pound.s l as t year and 218 pound~' for the 10-year ( 1929-38) period, J!'inal p roduction in 19~~9 . was 915,000 bales, while production for the 10-year ( 1929-
38) period averaged l, 175,000 bales.

Acreage estimated :for harvest .thiB . season is 1 .2,?7l ,()O(J acres a:f:'ter making cJ.lowan ce for average abandonment from the 1,994,000 p.cr e s estimated in cultivation on July l. This is 2.4% large r the.n the acreage harvest ed last s eason.

The out turn of the crop is v ery uncertain at thi s time, d.ue primarily to the extremes in w0)ather c. ondi tions encountered s inc e the crop \vas planted.. Freq_uent rains in eurly spring together with lower than normal temperatures that continued through April delayed the crop and caused much p lanting over. A dry, cool ~lay rot1'.rded germinntion further. June was generally a favorable cotton month even though tho crop continued some two or thr ee weeks l a te. Cotton sui'fered from lack of cultivation and increaL>ed boll weevil o.ctivity as rains fflll da ily during the first hv.lf of July. More than the usual amount of shedding is r eportecl , especially in the eastern portion of the stc:..te. This is c~ms e d. lar gely by the unusually high temperatures during the last t en days of Jul;yr, Genernlly .:Epe~kins; stands a re somewhat irregular, the cror' is two or three weeks lat e r than usual, v egetat ive growth is large , and weevil infer;;tation is fairly heavy, E!~lpecially in South and Middle Georgia. The manner in \vhich the cotton crop comes out of :i. ts crucial stage during the next t en days should largely de termine final prod.uction.

GEORGI.A, li1AP - SHOWING C01ifD IT,IOl'J BY CROP REPOR~riNG DISTRICTS ON AUGUST l.

(See reverse side for United GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistant Ag ricultural Statisticia.n.

re ) RCHIE LANGLEY,
gricultural Statisticial'l In Charge ,

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL ~~TING SERVICE Was hing ton, D. C.

Release:August 8, 1940, 11:00 A.M.(E.T.)

COTTON REPORT AS OF AYGUST 1,1940

The Crop Rep orting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service make s the following report 'from data furnished by crop correspondents, fi eld statisticians, and cooperating Stat e agencies. The fina l outturn of cotton will depend upon whether the va rious influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or l ess favorable than usual.

- AREA IN

jl.UQ-..:.._.LQ.Q~l_~}Qli! ... Y.l].LD P~J-"'R~--~Q_~ 'PRODUCTION ( Ginn. ings)~

STATE

CTJL'JliVATION Aver-'

JULY 1,1940 age,

LESS 10-YEAR 1929-

A\r:EPtAGE

38

1939

1940

Ave r-

Indi- 00 lb.gross wt .ba l es

I age,

cated Aver- 1939 1940 Oro:

I 1929- 193 1940 age, Crop Indicate,

38

'!J 1929-38

Au,g.l

ABA\1)0N~l:SNT 1/ . . . L _ . ,

Thous. Thous. Theus,

--~-- __ ~rwu,~; .a_QI:..Lf-Jrr . P9b .Pet. Lb. Lb. Lb. bales bales balos

Hi s souri '
Vi rgini a N. Carolina S. Carolina G ce: .~;.'u:l Fl o:1e.b.

391 31
822 l, 264 l, 9?5
70

79 90
75 82 73 83 69 80 6~ 73 73 62

80 337 94 269 84 278 79 251 73 218 71 151

555 374 191 308 296 342 342 318
227 232 75 L9,7
1

270 431

306

37

12

20

658 45'1 588

820 871 840

1,175 9lf 955

34

=1..,c

19

Tennoss ee Alabnma Mississ ippi Arkansas Louisiana

741 2,083 2,635 2,154 1,178

76 74 72 69 73 72 72 80 70 79

71 250 64 215 60 239 76 224 59 225

3051 291 186 183 299 239 319 292 319 202

472 1,200 1,619 1,283
709

4491
78d
1,582
1,413
745

451 796 l 1313 l ,315 496

Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona Ca lifornia All other

1,854 8, 721
106 227 344
20

67 67 70 67 87 93 90 92 90 95 80 88

77 135 72 149 94 420 89 382 98 513 80 297

141 163 160 159 523 505 514 465 648 639 470 356

812 526 -:3,876 2 , 846
99 102 154 202 315 443
15 I 20

630 2, 893
112
221
459
lF

UNITED STATES

71 74

72 198.1 237..9I2'")"'')"' 3 13,547 jll,817 11,429

Sea Isl and 1/ / 2 7.9

Amer. Egyptian ~/

70

-- 72 92 93

76 --

I 46 70

91 226 323 ] 310

1.7

4.1

17

28

45

--------~---+------------r-----+----r-----*----~----+~-----#------~----~-------

Lower Calif.
(Old Mexico) fd

122 ~/ 85 71

71 210 187 188 1

42

40

48

From natural causes.
Allowance s made for inters t ate movement of se ed cotton for ginning .
Indicated August 1, on area in cultivation July 1, less 10-year average abandonment.
/ Included in State a nd United States t otals. Sea Island g ro wn principally in Georgia and Florida. American E~J:ptian grown principally in Arizona.
fl.! Short-time ave r age .
) NOT included in California figures, NOR in Unit ed States total.

(Se e other side for Geo r g ia Report)
I .._.

--~,.~ ...............-- - -

GEORGIA CROP F~PORTING SERVICE

Agricul t1nal Marketing SerYice

In Cooperab ion

Divisi on. of Agricultural Stat istics with

Georgia. State College of Ag riculture

Of fice of the Agd.cultu:!:'al. Statistician Athens, Geo r gia.

August 12, 1940 .

GEORGIA C30P ~ORT AS OF AUgUS~~,l940

In spite of daily rains during tho first half of July and abnormally high t emper atures rl.u:ring the ,las t ten days of the month, Georgia farmers reported August 1 general farm :prosp ects to the Ge0rgia. Or~op Reporting Service a s f avoraol e as thos e of one month earlier. Hov,rever, heavy loss e.s were suffered b;y growers of truck crops and <"lome lat e fe e c3. cro11s, particu.larly in the northsastern s e ction of the State, during the pa<~t month . August 1- e stir:1ates of production of cor-n, wheat , oati:i
and ry0 are unchanged from the J uly 1 rep ort. Prospects for toba cco , Iri sh po tato esf tame ha;>r, peach n.nd pear crops improved during the past month and .Augt1st 1 estimat e d production of each of the3e crops was p l aced. s ome what higher than the July 1 forecast. The firs t officb.l es tima te of t.ha 1940 p eanut and pecan cr ops is included i n thi s r epo rt. The present out l ook for these cropr:! i s very favoraole.

CO:tg:J: Indicat ed. production of 47,97 8 ,000 bushels is 30% above f inal out turn in 1939 and 167~ :1.bove th e. average p rocLuction for the 10-year period (1929 -38). Yield i ndicate d by August 1 condition of 11.5 b1.u=:hels an acre i. ro as high as a nY year since 1929 .

TO;t?ACQ_O : The probn.bl e 1940 crop of 72,321,000 pounds is 25% be lo\v the l a r ge
crop of 95,986 , 000 p ouncls produced b.sti y0ar but ?% above the H)- year (1929-38)
average productio n. \\Tar ehous e auction sal es qf the flu e-cur ed crop started on
Au.gust 8 and report::; i ndicate that priccr:, are much h i gher than one year ago .

P1i]l\JW'rS : Gro we r s }Jl an to harvest a record. acreage of peanuts for picking and thr eshing thir, season, acco r ding to r opor t s stating their int ent ions as of Augus t l. If these p lau s mat erialize GoorF,i a w:i.J.l harvest 6?0,000 acres f or nuts compared with 650,000 in 1939 . 'l'bG 750 pound yield per acre indicat ed as of August 1 will give a 1940 production of 50;?.,500 ,000 pounds or tho l argest crop on record. _The_pr ~p Q~1 i :v:~_.Jlr9tl,_lCt.i_on i_~ __471(.1:Jove t)1e __9hc;>.rt cr_ol? in 1,~ 9_\1 an\1. .58% large_r _than t he 10-year ( 1929- 38) average production.

PECANS : Total production of pecans for 1940 as indica t e(l by Augus t l
condition is 8 ,680 ,000 pound s , or about t he sGIDe as the 1909 crop, but 24% aoove the
10-year (1929-38 ) average . Production fr om imp r ovecl vari e ti es shoul d. amount to 8,072,000 pound.s and wild or seeding vari eti es 608,000 pounds,

Indicated production of f1uo-cured t obacco , peanuts and pecans by states is given on reverse side of thi soreport.

GE 0 R GI A

CR0 P Corn bu. o I 0 0 0 t I 0 t 0 t t I It I o

Al!.Rl<JA~~Ji"
( 000 )
4,172

T r- IIELD FER ACRE

tO'T'AL FROJUCTI ON (IN

I Aver nge I

!Indi cat ed Average

1-a~'2q~ - ~)..:,J 1939

1940

1929-38

1939

THOUSANDS; lndl ca.ted 1940 .

10.1

8.5 n; s

41,328 36,941

47,978

Ynleat . .. .. . ... , , . , .. II

181

Oats., .... o.. , o. 0 , II
I Rye .... .. . . . ... . . , ... , II Hab (all t ame ) . ... 0 ton
I To acco ... . ...... , ... lb.

443 21
1,135 74.1

I 9.0
19.0 6.0

lOoO 261..50

.54

, 52

846

I 761

l OoO 19.5 6.5
.59 976

1,134
6,842 104
1l:50 67,464

1,770
8, 946 136
579 95,9[-16

1,810

I

8,638 130

6 '70

72,321

Potatoes, Irish ...... bu.

19 65

77

80

1, 046 1,386

1,520

Pot atoes, sweet ...... II

99 73

76

70

8,412 8,892

6,930

Cotton .. . ... . ... , . , .ba l e 1, 975 218

227

232

1,175

915

955

Feanuts .. .. . .. .... .. .. lb.

670 665

525 I 750

317,802 341 ,250

502,500

: (For picking & threshing )

Cowpeas , alone ........

267

)Soybeans , alone., ... , . ;Peaches ototal cro-p ... bu.
" )App1es"'*,ComI 1 crop-....
Pears*, t otal crop ... , . II
~Pecan s . , . . , .. ......... lb. I
!

-.--.---8. 5

FERCENT CONDITION AUG.l

71

73

78

72

74

80

55

53

61

51

65

61

-5-5

52 62

73
65

.-.-. .-..-.

5,029 3,800

444

437

272

281

6,982 8,700

----
4,154 462 402
8.680

::. Tot~ agricultural crop greater than and including commercial crop.
~ Est1m~tes of the commercial crop r efe r to the production of apples in the commercial apple counhes of Fermin, Gilmer, Habersham and Rabun, and are not comparable with former "com me rcial" estimates whi ch repr esent ed sales for fresh consumption only in the entire State.

\
GEORGE B. STRONG . Assistant Agriculture~ Statistician.

.ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Stati sticia11
In Charge.

'

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U~I TED STATES DEPl!RTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE Agricul~u::al Marketing Service Washington, D. C. August 9, 1940.

The Grop Re:pbrting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the f ollowing report from data furnishe d by crop corrElspondents, f ield :.;tat ist.i cions , and cooperating St ate agencies.

'UNITED STATES

===---------=~ irEm-rER ~,]; - . . -

TOTAL PBorucTroN ( rN. ruoust.lms)

~;~~~~:s~ r-lc:--r%~~~f~er f--k-:.re-r-.-<--1g-e-"'.--r;---------,---I1!~~~~c.:e-':t-,--

3 I Co:rn,-a:rr:-;-.-:--.-.-.

fL,.::. .-.-.--,b-u-.r-;?;

: l ~' r;-;

rd-_j~-""_2!9"~.'

S

1940 26 0

1929-38

1939

2, 299,342 2, 619, 13'7

1940 2, 24.{3-,"=2'""4-=-6--

I I Vlheat , a.ll. ..... ; 11 13 ;2 1 14.1

14;4

754,685

754,971

760,623

I Oats .......... . . 11 27,4 1 28 .3
Bye . 11 11. 1 \ 10.3 J

32.4 12.1

1,024,852 38, 095

937 ,215 39,249

1,121,619 3?,452

Hay , a1l t.n,;ne ..... ;ton 1. 25

1.30

1.38 I.

69,650

75,726

83 , 383

Peanuts a . . . . . . . . . ; 1b. '121 I 634

778

1, 035,243 1,179,505

l, 521, 705

Potatoes-:-. . . .... bu. 111.5 1120 .3

Swee t p otatoeG . . .. 11 84 ,6

84 . ~~

1:?.1.2 82 . 4

366 1 949 72, 436

364,016 72,679

374 , 314 6 5,.6 73

I ~'obacco .. ........ , lb. 816 I 918

Suga.rcane for

I

878

1,360 ;661 1, 848,654

1,262 ,087

sugar .... ton 17. 4

22.4

19 .5

r, 439

6 ,197

5,609

-_-j_?CC.O:t N. DlI-T._I-O-:Nre:At.UGTU-S-T--1--rcr.

App1es , com 1l c.rop _ ~u. c C>7

Peaches , t ot al crop

- 57

Ers~r-- 58

G8 I

61

c 121,755

143,085

([ 52,723 d 60,822

116,721 b3,290

Pears, totnl crop 11

60

64

67

([ 26 ,333 (f 31, 047

31, 3'72

Pe cans . ......... 1b . ~~

47

Pasture ......... , .. Ui5

69

~oybeuns .... . . . . . . . . . Cowpeas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

76 72

I 1

89 76

51
71 79 77 j

- 63,4:30

63 ,639

----7--3--,6--6--5

a . Picke d rmd thr"shed .

~-------l______ ____J_~-----------~-----------~--------------

b . Estima:bos of the commcorci ;,l crop ref er to the pTaduct i on of appl es in t he commercial apple

counties of each Stat;.; encl 2.rc not com:r;ctTr::.ble with f ormer 11 comr;:ercial11 es tim1tos which

repr0sented sales for fresh consumption only in ljhe :onbire State.

u.c. Average 1934-38,



I ncludes some quanti ti cs no b h arvos tod.



FWE~CUBEll TOBACCO

--......--------f-------- --------n-~-~--------~----

Virgi nia

_ _ _ __ .[o_gr.~s _ _ _

574

800

775

io?-; Thousand. Founds
6<~ s3s--~- 200- - - ~- 601 450

North Carolina

73 7

860

780

180 :742

287 1240

. 159,120

Total old belt

719

843

779

245,578

394,440

219,570

Eastern North Carolina 799

990

890

259,278

423,730

216,270

North Cnrolina

862

990

875

50,295

93,060

48,125

South Cc.cr olina

817

925

BGO

81 I 068

133 I 200

73 1 960

To tal Soui;h Ca.rolina be lt 834

95 1

866

131,363

226,260

122,085

'19U00 ~lorgia

844

0 ld.G.

Al abmna

---

Total Georgi a and Florida 83~

760 600
-~--

975 -goo
800 962

66,542
6 ,6'75
73,258

95,000
N,bSti
240
115,890

71,175
1~ I 600
240
84,015

TOTAL FLUE- CURED

7 f30

===================h==-

900

852

?09,466 1,159 , 320

641,940

=-====~-=============~==========~==========

--------------------- --- ----- ---- --- --------P-E--C- A--N--S------ -- ----------------------- ----------------
- _____ - _ _ _ - _. _________ _ _ _JQ)_v_ieJ!i~s- _______________________ _

STATE

- - - - - - ~ --- - ~ - - - - ~ 1:9.;?.9_ - - _J:.?4Q-

-- -Pe-rc-e-n-t --

Illinois

74

61

Missouri

45

45

North Carolina
South Carolina Geo r gi a

63

63

68

66

62

65

F l o r i da Al abama Mississippi Arkansas Lvui siana Oklahoma

lis

5fJ

69

47

57

30

64

60

52

61

39

47

_1e_!El;:.--------- - - - - - - _ _;?.9_-

50

-, -12-S-ta-te-s ------- -----47-- 51

Production



- -Kiier age - - - - - - - - - - -Indicated-:--

1929-3El- - .

"1.939 ... ' ' " .. ".. . 1940 . . -

- - - -- - --Trh-ou-s-a-nd-P-o-u-nd-s--- - - - - -

173

160

195

896

500

544

902 1,013
_1?,, 397826 2,800
4,610 ~
3,414

764 1 , 26 5
~7~
15 4 , 035
' 7,018 3,543

984 1, 215
f ~~~ I'
2, 082

~'
' .

2,264 3,375

4,410 .

41104

4,674

~~.382
_ ~ __22,_:!7Q

_ _ 1123,Q, 0O0Q0 _ _

~6,650 .
_ _ ol,_i9Q _

'

- - - - - - 63,430

63 , 639

-~------------

' 73,665

PEJ~TS PICKED AND THRESHED PRODUCTION BY STATES

Pear.ut production indicat ed by States f o r 1940 (in thousands of pound s ): Virginia, 194,350;

\

North Carolina, 304,750 ; Tennessee, 6,080; South Ca rolina, 14,000; Geo r gia, 502,500; Florida

58,750; Al abama, 220 ,500 ; Mi ssissipJ:i, 14 ,400 ; Arkansas, 13,000; IOuisiana, 'b,l'?o;

Oklnhoma, 28 ,200; Texas , 159 ,000; UNITED STATES, 1,521,705.

( See reverse side for Georgia Report)

,. '"-\ ,'

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of .Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

September, 1940

PRICE REPORT AS OF AUGUST 15, 1940

GEORGIA: With the exception of sweet potato, hog, egg, butter, milk, and peach prices, farmers rec eived. prices unchanged to lower in local markets on August 15 than those received one month earlier according to the mid-month price report released by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Grain prices were slightly lower than those received in mid-July. Cotton prices declined about a third of a cent per pound at local markets as movement of the new crop began. Exports for the United States during the first half of August were only a third as large as during the same period of last year but domestic stocks were about 18% lower than a year ~o at the beginning of the new marketing season. Cotton seed prices declined 19% as the new ~rop - sta-rt -e d moving to market;

Hog prices continued the rise that started one month ago and the current price of$5.70 is the highest reported for any month this year. Sweet potato prices rose as the new crop, which promises to be smaller than the crop of recent years, began to move to market. The advances in egg, butter, milk and peach prices are largely of a seasonal nature.

UNITED STATES: Prices of farm products at local markets on August 15 averaged one point higher than a month earlier as increases in prices of dairy and poultry products more than offset price declines for grain, cotton, and fruit. At 96 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 level farm product prices averaged 8 points higher than on August 15 of last year but only 76 percent of parity with prices paid, interest and taxes. Increasing consumer demand and seasonally smaller supplies characterized the mid-August market situation for eggs and butterfat. On the other h..md, agricultural exports of grains and cotton have dwindled during recent weeks and new-crop supplies are now coming on the market.

Grain and cotton price indexes declined 2 and 3 points respectively during

the month ended August 15, while animal and animal-product indexes were unchanged

to higher. Meat animals in mid-.AU,1lS t sold at 110 percent of the 1910-14 level, the

sume as a month earlier. Dairy and poultry products rose 4 and 2 points respective-

ly during the month as supplies decreased seasonally. Fruit prices were lower dur-

ing the peri<id.

--

--

Mid-August prices of all groups of products other than chickens and eggs averaged higher the~ a year ago. At 90 percent of their August 1909-July 1914 average chicken and egg prices averaged the same as a year ago. Cotton and cottonseed prices were up 6 points; fruit, 9; meat animals, 9; dairy products, 9; grains, 12; and truck crop prices, 13 points.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AUGUST 15, 1940, WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

COMMODITY ~\ND UNIT

Aug. av. 1 Aug. 15 July 15 .Aug. 15 .Aug. av. Aug. 15 .Aug. 15

1909-13 I 1939

1940 1940 1909-13 1939

1940

Wheat, bu.

$ 1.24

80

Corn, bu.

$1 .98

60

Oats, bu.

$'

Irish potatoes,bu. $1

68
1.13 I

.37 80

Sweetpotatoes,bu. $1

96

.95

.86

.85

.95

.92

.46

.46

.90

.85

.85

.95

90 .71

I

.54 .46

.41

.25

.84 "}).69

.98

.91

.60
.63 .27 .68. 1.02

Cotton, lb.

12.6

9.2

10.3

9.9

12.3

8.7

9.2

Cottonseed, ton $ 22.68

17.00 26.00 21.00 19.93 16.24 21.16

Hay (loose), ton $ 18.01

10.70 13.00 12.50 11.35

6.77

7.10

Hogs, per cwt.
Beofcat tle, cwt. Veal Calves, cwt. Milk Cows, head Horses, head Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz. Butter, lb.
Butterfat, lb. 1!ilk (wholesale)

$ 2/6.98
$ 2/4.02 $ 2/4.82
$ 2[32.70
$~[156.00
$ - 12.7 18.2 23.4
--

5.60 5.10 7.00 39.00 97.00 145.00 14.9 18.9
I 22.0 20.0

5.60 5.70

I 6.00 5.80
7.60 7.40

42.00 42.00

98.00 92.00

145.00 141.00

15.3
I 17.5
22.0
23.0

I 11. 6
I 19.7
I 23.0 I 23.0

7.30 5.08 6.59 46.50 137.30
--
11.7 18.1 23.8 24.1

5.47

I 6.50

I 8.13

I I

56.50 78.00

I 97.00 13.0

17.5

24.2

22.4

5.83 7.21 8.59 60.30 72.50 90.50 13.4 17.2 26.0 26.7

per 100# Apples, bu. Peaches, bu. Conpeas, bu. Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb.

$ 2.33
.93
: ~/1.46
; ----
2/5.3

I
I
I

2.60
I 75
1.10 I
I 1.45
1.80 I
3.3 I

2.75 ~_/2. 85

.85

.75

.85

.95

l. 55 I 1.30

I 2.15 1.90
3.0 ! 3.0

1.48
.72
--
----
4.8

1_1 Revised 2} 4-year (1910-1913) average 3_1 Preliminary

]:__/1. 68 .66
--
1.35
I 64 3.4

~/1. 75
-- 79
1.31
.67
3.4

'

ARCHIE LANGLEY

Associate Agricultural Statistician

In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.
r ~--L~:,::,~~ ~-

~ l } :< ; ~~~. ~
l ;'. ')

___ - . ------ .._ ___,

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural, Statir:.tician
Athens, Georgia September 9,1940.

SEPTEMBER 1 CWTOliJ REPORT - GEQRGIA

Cotton prospects in Georgia on September 1 pointed to a probable production Of about l, 018 t 000 baleS Of 500 pounCeS r;rOSS Wei ght 1 aCCOrding tO the Official cotton r eport released 'today by the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. This forecast is based upon information supplied by crop 1 correspondents well distribut ed over the State and took in consideration reported condition, extent of weevil damage, number of "bolls safe per plant, and other factors bearing upon the outturn of the crop,

Acra3.ge estimated .for k .rvost. was plao~ d n t--lLg5B , GOO after alloring for 1.8 percent abandonment since July 1 from the planted acreage of 1, 994,000. The yi eld of lint should be about 249 pounds per acre compared with 227 pounds last year and 203 in 1938. This year 1 s indicated yield is the highest since 1914 with the exception of 1937, when th e all time record of 270 pounds per acre was produced.

The present forecast i s 63,000 bales above the Board 1 s A11gust 1 estimate of 955,000 bales, and shows an increase of 11 percent from the 1939 final :production of 915,000 bales and 19 :percent larger than the 1938 crop of 852,000 bnles.

The weather was favorable in most sections during August but the hurricane that hit the east-central yJortion of the State on Aus-ust 11 caused some damage to the crop, as stalks were bl o\ro. over o.nd limbs and bolls broken off. However, if faYor~.b lc weather continues for the n e xt; f e"'' weeks the damage will be much less than first thought. The crop det e riorated in local areas of South Georgia as too much rain fell during the month. Cotton made good progress in the northern part of the State and from fair to good yields are in :prospect in most of this territory. Picking 8)ld ginning are in full svring in the south, getting v.rell unde r way in middle Georgia and just beginning in the northern districts of the State.

........ r-::---:::t::-.-~""""'---.--=~;:('---'*"'........,. ;-:;".;-,....,-:...._ . -.,_.,..._.,- . ~~-:;:;..._ . - -
1940, 97,000

-- -. ~--

. .

.a J

.... ......

- --

.

*1940 prod uction indicated by

crop prospects September 1.

(

1939, 86,000

1940, 136 , 000

1938, 80,000

1939. 1938,

1940 -1,018, 000 bales

1939 - 915,000

II

1938 - 852,000 II

Districts shown a r e crop reporting districts and NOT Congressional Districts.

1939, 178,000

1938,
99\}~~

# i-
1938, 142,000

VII.~(Ll_,v

VIII.

1940, 76,000

1940, 95, 000

~
1938,

1939, 83,000
tl1938' 104,000

97,000

GEORGE B. STRONG, See r ev e rse side for
1 JAssistant Agricultural Statistician.

1938, 114,000
Agricultural Statisticia IN CHARGE.

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UNITED STATES DEPJ\RTl{ENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MAruCETING SERVICE
Washington, D. c.
Septenber 9, 1940.
COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER l, 1940 -~
The Crop Reporting Board of the AgriculturaJ, Marketing Service nakes the following report fron data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies. The final out turn of cotton '\-Till depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the renainder of the season are r.1ore or less favorable than usual.

1940 ACREAGE Total For

I - SEPT. 1 CONDITION YIELD PER AGilE

aband- ha;r- Aver-

Aver

Indi-

[39 1MO 1939. 1MO (~~:~ -~~:~~ 1~ 9- STATE

onment vest ~e
8

age

cated Aver-

1939 1940 Crop

1~~

1:~::~ Th:~~~ I:~:~~d

Pet. acres Pet. I Pet. :Fct~- -Th-. Lb. Lb. bales

bales

bales.

Tr . . . JM~~is~sio~u~rfi .: 11.~0~

389~1! .1 6~9~

ii.;:: ..,i:.c:t;;0

:i:r:i" . 1,23sl 64

~~if~

r,~~J ~r

;: 65:..3 ~8~7

86
:

3;~37f :l55

4;2;5~: : :

270

~4:3773 .. 364~8

.. . . :T; . 77 ar 25I ......342... 35o
!~ ~-~ 1~i~ ~~r ~;~

"82o ...S7I

.. 903

l~r }t ~-~:[:

I I

..Tennessee. ...........1..6.....................73.6..I .......6.6 .. [.. ....7.5...........BL.....250 ...305.... .....320.... . ........ 4.7.2 ............4.4.9..

492

Alabama

2.5 2,048 65

MississiiJi); .... 4~2 .... 2; sso 63

63 65 215 186 210
67 6z 239 zgg 275

1,200

785

899

r~ 619 ... r~5H2 r;464

.1\:r:K:9.!1!>9-!; Louisiana

. ....................,.. ........... .... ....................

......... .......... ...........

HOOOOO ~O&Hoo O?,JQ~ 00 5.!1. . 75
4.8 OO}!. ~~.? . ..S.c:>H.: :OOO 76 '

82 224 56 OOO . ?~?.

00

................... ..... -

319 330
319 '21'5

. 1, 283
OOOooO . ?.?~ :..

010

' 0

413 ?~.~

-

000 1, 449
oHOo "' 568'

Okl.aho.ma........ ....;3..~J...... .l .. $.7.0.. ..5.iL.... .. 99. 75 .13~....... . ..l4.l..... 190 ..... .............J3J?.

526

742

....N~e"W:x.:.a~.M.e...-X....l;H.C..Q..... " 2.. :.~ '., 1.8........ ~.!..1?0?.6~.

,85.59 ......... _8.6..5.2 ... ... .. 7.941 .. ..414.2..0~H. . 15~03 .... 1.5..0~01... ...... "'

3 t ~_79.~ a

..... 2';'I8o426'

............H..

"3';4i17'9f
. .....

.

AiTion:a: H....;3 226 39 ...... 94 ... ...,,.7. 3s2H 514 122... rt:A ..H2o2 ......Tgs ~

t8Ii:tornfa 1.2 -:343 sg "Aii".o'tiler ...... 2~3 ..2y .. 75

94 98 513 54s s6o

'443.. 31s

.H ....

47:5

s3 I Hs9' 297 47o 389 ........ I5 H2o . n

I UlHTED
D. . ... H..?.~~:E;~......... ?.:f:i.... - ~~

- ~:~~;~~ ~:~H 0

H0 H

~. ~~.:..~...

. ~62
OHO

I
0

0o070~00?

.

74 76

.. ti@ ' ... .. .9'

"Iiiwer earn ~

.... H..

::- (Old Mex),Y 2.4

6'9'~6 iY9b . t ....94 .. 'H" 86

122

H ..





81

I



79

79

198.1_ ~~?..~.9
46
226 ... '32'3" '

-~? 250? . ... ~~- ~7 1~ -~-~.?.....

81 00o 0ooo00o 0 HO OOo Ho

00

279 ..... . . . .. .T't

210 187 190

42 II

40

.J~H??~.
4.9
48

Allo\vo.nces nade for interstate novenent of seed. cotton for ginning. Included in State and United States totals. Sea Islond grown principally in
Georgia and Florida. .A.nerican Egyptian gro;m principally in Ari .zona. Short-tine average. NOT included in California figures, :NOR in United States total.
'I ~-

(See other side for Georgia Report)



UNITED STATES DEF.A.;."tTMENT OF .AGRICUL'lURE _.\_gricu.Uur d lf;<Jr1mtixJ.g Service Washi ngton , D. C.

Septenbe r 12, 1940.

GENE!lli Cl~OP BEFORT .AS OF SEF'IIi~MBER l, 1940 .

The Crop ~porting Board of the Agy icult.ural Mi1Xke ting Service mat:es the follov;ing re~ort fro m dat a furn ished by c:l;'o:p cor r esponC'-.ent s , ::'ield st a:ti st icior..s, n,.'ld cooperding St ate agenc1GS

.. ~-------==-=========-=====~--=- - --~-=-=~~-~---==~:=~==-=~==-~=-~--=========~~========================

WJI':l:'ED S'l'.ATES

{_+--- c R 0 ;==-'===== =j_;=i=:._=__=-y=-I=~_=D=F""i=' ~-=~-=~- __

i I . 'I

1

r- . Avcrfi!ge 1

I

Inrli cc;;becl S:mt, l,

I

TO..J.~ FROWCTI em~(I_N_.,...........,...,.........,.~

. .

.Ave r a;'?

.

i I l 929.,- H:313
-c:-o-r-n--.--a-l-1-.-.-.--.-..--..-.-.-:'-bu- . n . 2

l

~1;9g3.9s

j 12964~0~

.

129,2299..:919, 3348~ I12 , 5\199,3193~

I Whe a t, all . ...... .. ; 11
Oa:t~3 .............. ; 11 1

13; ~]
27;4 .

I J.4;l
1 2B ;3

I i

! Rye ... . .. .. ; ; ..... ; " .
Hay, a:U t 3me ...... -l; on Hay, alfalf <:;... ; ..... 11

1L 4 1. 2() L 9'1

103

1
1

L 30

j 2;00

I I .

14. ... 34;9 12 ; 1
1;39 2; 19

I 1
1

754,68,) 1, 024 ,852
38 ,095 6.9,650 24 , 597

75 4, 97_,_ 937,215
3:9 ,24r:s 75,726 27 ,035

Po t a toes ........ .. ; b J. ; ! 111. 5
Svreet11otatoe s ..... . . 11 I 8L6

l118240..;35

I j

124 .1 e3.9

I

Tobacco ....... .. .... l b . l 815

j91 8

1 864

3G6 , 9491 354 ,016

1,

72,4:~6
320,86 ~-'

1 1,81782c ,, 6~75~9

I Peanuts ............. " 1 721 (Pickerl & Throshcri )

!6<> 4

r ?73

!

1

1, 0.)5 ,24.:.> 1,17 J,:)Oo

I CONDI TIOJIT S...BPT.EUIEEF .l.
Appl e s, com '1 cro:p .bu. c ~--,-"'"?(j- -r--- 59

I'
.,

c 121,755 143, 085

Peaches, total cror " I - 57 ! ?0 1

61

d: 52;723 d 60 , 822

Pears , t ot a1 cr:J}

I 11

P_ecans ....... . . . . . . l b . I'

63 '17

II '6~7S

!I,

7l

II 2C, 333 'd 31,047

t)3

1

- 63 , 4301 - 63,639

?asture . Soybeans

... ...

.. ..

..... .....

~ .

.. . .

. .

.

f
I

Gl ?3

I 6~09 I

'72 76

I

_9oyvpeas ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

f9 ____1__?4 _ L_

?6

!

---~-...; l ---
---- fL-~---------..,---..L..-------

!a ::ro r certain. crOJlS 1840 fi g11re s ctre cnrd<J0 forward. fr om previ ous r epo::.-ts. Estima tes of t he co1nTP8rcial c roT.' rcf<.lr t o tho p r cduct io::-1 of a-r.pl os in the c omr~,erci rd apple count i es of ench State and Gr.:; ;cd; c onp:1r:1.b le with f o:cme r 11 c ,~f11e rcial 11 ..;s timates which

r cp re sent e(l S2.l e s f or :fresh cons-umpt i on :m1y Lc tho ent.ire Sta.to.



c Ave-r age 1934-1 938 .

~ I nclude s SCJme g_uaiJti t i c s no t hru;rcs t :"d.

-=-=-==-=-=~-=-....::....-::--=::..-==.::::::.=c::::-=::::= o=====-- ==============

FLUE-CT.JP.JW 'XJB.A:::CO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " '[l'y""-f_P.-e...,..-"'Y""IE"'";L""D"',...,..P""u"",~--~

I

PRODUCTION ,

No . f- A;e~ag~
f-- l 1928-1 938 1939

In dic~,t.c d
1940 .

A1 9v2e~r-a1ge938

b dicated 1939 . 1940

---------
Virginia North Ca..1'0 lina TOTAL OLD BELT

- t- - - - - - ( rc5Unr1s ; - - --r---'

l Thousand. Founcts)

I l 11
ll

I

6 ? .:1: '737

I ll

719

i 800 ~- 700

I 1

860 843

, ? ~O 758

~

684?

,,

8361 ?"12

,A o,o 78

1~8077

, ,

200 240

~559-1,,162000

o94,440 -<,13, 720

Eas tern Nort h Carolina belt 12

7 ~)9 I 990

880

259 , 2?8 I -122,730 213, 340

l:Jorth Carolina South Ca:rolina

I 1:3 I L62

13

81?

, 990 I S25

880 900

~0 ,2 85 81, 068

93 , 060 133,200

48 , 400 77, 100

TOTAL SOUTH C.i\ROLIN.A BELT
Geo r g i a. F1o;ida

I l13
TJ.~4 r

834
[~44
'79U

I 851

892

I 760
I 7W

I11' 060 869

1 131,363
~6' 542
6 ,6'75'

226 ,260
85 ' 000 20,6b0

125 , 800
17~7: .' 93~800

TO~!Alla.GoEaOnIa~.(}LL~FIOI!_IDA BE~:rlI 1h~-

--[! 3 3

! 600 . 850

. --

748 11,027_.. 7_:;3, 258

I_

240 115, 890 I

8~) , 627555

_TOTAL:nUE-Cu.RED

__ll-14 ?CO 1 J i : J :ss4 . 709 , 4136( 1,1 59 , 320 1643 , 0 3_!?to

FEC.tu"JS

IM1;'RoVEDV:ARI:ETIEs_l/_

I

,- :ALL v.~iRIET IES . .

'Production -.A-.;;_erage- - -- --- -

-

-
Inci.{~;:ited

-1 ~

---

'I.,e:_afi6

J?roduc:.:tr-i~o:-::n=-----------
- --- ~----- Y:rid'ic'ated-

-----~-----t--=l~S29-3 8 . 1939

1'-!40

Illinois Missouri

_'I'J::lou.sand .l: ocmds

-" 16

33 !

4i

I

North Ca::.-o lina

638

535 I

822

192;:l-3S

19 39

11':Q_ousnnd Founds

~~~-
902

II .



.

~~g
764

I
I

1 ~10
~~~
1, 082

Sout h Caro lina

869 1, 075

1, 069 I

1, 013 j _~,265

1, 215

Georgia 'Flori a
Alaba'!la Miss issip-pi Arkru:1sas -
Louisia.."la OkbborJa Texas

11, I 6 , 453 1 e , qs1

l,O!J7

(.:; 71

2 , 465 3 , 632

2,35? ' 3 , 139 I.
304 1 461

1, 031') ,. 1,108

310 963

i

520
l,Ho

7,1Jl2
r ,26J
2 , 035 I
1, 007 -l
439 1
J.,l7l ) 666 .
2,000 .. _L

6 , 932 1 . ~ 76 2 , 000
4~~ ,. 5-1n40
4 , 410
p 3''2
24;47o

I1 .': , 700 1, 550
i 4 , 035
, . 7,018 3, 543
4,104 13' 000
1s,ooo

a ,4~0

l, 0

2 , 261

2 , 2 F4

3, 375 4 , 1132

.J

16 . 650

34 , 340

I.

63,430

63 ,639

7G, 65l

FEAN1JTS :tiCKED AND TI-mESHI::D I NDICATED I'ROIUCT!ON BY STATES

Peanut prod.uction indic ated by states f or l ::AO (in thousands of pouncl s ) : Virginia, 173,225 :--:

Nor th Carolina, 2S l, 500 ; Tennessee , 6 , 200 ; Sou th Carolina, H, 400 ; Fi 1, lOO ; .Al~~be.m~, 2 13 ,1.50 ; Mississ ip}'i, 14 , 400; Arkansas, 13 ,250;

(~o rgia, 522 , 600; louisi ana,6, 175 ;

Florida,

~

Oklcllona, 28 , 20u ; Texas , l 66 , S50 ; illJI'l'ED STATES , 1, 511,150 .

:
See rGver se si d.e f or Ge org i a Report.

5 <

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVI CE

Agr icultural Marketing Service In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Division of Agricultural Statistics with

of Agr iculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

October, 1940

PRICE R:EPORT AS OF SZPTEMBER 15, 1940

GEORGIA: The principal changes from mid-August to mid-September in prices received by Georgia farmers for agricultural products in local markets were: l owe r corn , c o t~on and cottonseed prices but higher prices for hogs, peanuts and eggs, according to the mid-month price report r e leased by the Agri cultural Marketing Service . Corn prices dropped 10% a.s the new crop moved to market. Cotton prices decl i ned in the f1:.ce of the largest U. S. crop since 1937 and with exp orts currently running betwe en 1/5 and 1/3 of a year ago even though some increas e in domestic consumption was r egistered during Au~1st and September . The advance in hog prices was a continuation o: the ris e that began in J'uly . Higher peanut prices ar& due- larg-ely- to he GO've-rnmerrt'-1 s '}:r.:'ice sta.bi11z r.tt1on program . The advance in egg prices is lRrgely seasonal .

Current prices received for oll commodities except wheat, hogs, horses, mules, chickens a nd cowpeas ~re as high or higher thru1 those r eceived one year ago . The curr ent sweet pot at o price of 95 cents per bushel is 27% higher thn.n price received one yer.r n.go, while indicn.t od production of this crop is only o..bout three-
fourths of the 1939 production . The current cotton price is only 21o hi gher than
the mid-September 1939 price while cottonseed prices !".re unchanged from a year earlier . Peanut prices are also unchanged from one year earlier . Hog prices are 11% loTier than thos e r eceived at this t i me l as t y ear.

UNITED STATES: Mid- Sept ember local marke t prices of all farm products averaged 1 point hi gher than a month earli er, and at 97 perc ent of the 1910-14 level, the general level of agricul turd commod.i ty pric es aver.....ged only 1 point 16wer than a year earli er. Gr:>.in prices, a t 77 perceEt of the 1910-14 l evel, averaged 1 point higher then in mid-Augus t. Prices r eceived by far me rs f or c0tton lint we!l'e unchanged from mid-August but sar;ging cottonseed prices lowe r ed the cotton and cottonseed price index 1 po int. Moat animal pric es advanc ed 4 points during the past month. Prices of dairy n.nd. poul try pr oduc ts continued their sertsonal ris e and on September 15 were 2 a~d 14 points, respec tively , ab )ve t he ir August averages. Lower prices \Vere r epo rt ed for fruit, \''hich nas do \m 6 points .

..Cornp3.red v.ri t11 -a ye-v. earli e r, br ain price-s ere do.m 6 points and 111ent animals 3 ~oints . Fruit, cott on and c0ttonseed pr ic es averaged the sane as in Sept ember 1939. Drtir? product prices were up 4 points , chickens and eg~s 2 points, and truck crop s l point .

With prices rec e ived n.dvnncing sli ghtly during t :11e month ended Sept.enber 15, the r atio of farm product prices to prices paid by faroers ros e t o 80, compared with 100 during the base period, 1910-14. A year earli er this rati o uas also 80.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARME-RS SEPTEMBER 15, 1940, WI'l'H COMPARISONS

COMMODITY AND UNIT

I GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

Sept . av . Sept . 151 Aug . l5 Sept.l5 Sept . av. Sept.l5 Sept . l5

I 1909-13 i 1939

1940 1940 1909-13 1939

1940

Wheat , bu.

$: 1.24

89

. 85

. 86

88

.73

. 63

Corn , bu . Oats , bu.

$' $:

I .95

.67

. 67

. 43

. 92

. 83

. 46

. 48

. 70 . 39

. 56

. 62

.32

. 27

Irish potatoes,bu.$ 1.09

Sweetpot .:1.toes, bu . $!

.89

Cotton, lb .

! 12 . 2

. 90

. 85

I . 75 ! . 95

9.3

9.9

. 90 95 9.5

. 74 .89 12 . 2

. 69 . 78 9.1

~60
. 91 9.2

Cottonseed, t on $1 21 . 56

20 . 40 21. 00 20 . 40 20 . 58

20.56 20.32

Hay (l oos e ),ton $, 17.65

11.50 12 . 50 ll . 70 11.39

7.17

6 . 98

Hoe;s, per cwt. $, 1/7 . 18

7 . 00

5.70 6.20

7. 49

7. 06

6.14

Beefcat t le, cwt . $i l/3. 80

5.50

5. 80 5. 80

5. 09

7. 07

7 . 49

Veal Calves , cwt. $. I / 4. 75

Milk Cows, head $: f{'?J2 . 52

Ho r ses, head

$f!:_ 156.50

7 . 40 41.00 96 . 00

7.40 42.00 92 . 00

7. 40

6 . 78

I 43.00 46.90

92.00 136 . 10

8 . 92 58 . 90 79 . 90

9 .06 61 . 10 72.60

Mules, head

$: - -

143 . 00 141.00 141.00

--

98.80 90 . 10

Chickens , lb.

1 13 . 4 I 15 . 2

14. 6 14.5

l1.6

13. 6

13. 7

Eggs, doz .

1 21.0

22.8

19 . 7 23 . 3

20.5

20 . 6

21.0

Butter , lb .

!

lutterfat, lb.

I
'

1.ilk (wholesale )

24 . 0
--

22.0 22.0

23.0 23 . 0

23 . 0 24 . 0

25 . 0 25. 8

25.7 24.7

26.6 27 . 1

per 100# $.

Apples, bu .

$:

2 . 41 .91

~/2 . 75
. so

2 . 85 ?:.,/2 . 95
.75 .so

1. 59 . 71

~/1.82 ?:.,/1. 82

. 63

.76

Cov.rpeas, bu .

$ --

1.45

1.30 1.20

--

1. 28

Soybeans, bu.

$! --

1. 80

1.90 1. 85

--

.73

Peanuts , lb .

' 1/ 5. 1

1J:4-year (1910-1913) average

3.3

3.0

~/ Prel'~~~nary

3. 3 ., 4.7 3/ Rev~sed

I

3.4

1.18 . 69
3.4

ARCHIE Lli.NGLEY ' Associate Agricul tural Statistician
In Charge .

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agriculturnl Statistician.

GEO~GIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. De:;::>artment of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

.Ag:ricultural Ma rketing Service



v:ith

of Agl'icul ture

Office of' the Agric\tltural Statis-tician Athens, Georgia.

October 8, 1940.

OCTOE:SR 1 CO ~PTON :REPORT :l"!'OR GEORGIA
---~--------------------~-----
Georgia should proiuce c:. cotton crop of ab011t 1, 082,000 standard.. llal es (500 paunds g ros s we i ght ), accordi ng to the offici a l cotton r eport r e l eased to0.9.y by the Crop Report ing :Boe,r d of the United State s Delx.trtment 0f Agriculture. This rE):port is based on i nforrr.ation f ro m crop corr asp ondents and. ginners over the State, and takes into consid.e ration condi tion , :probr.J;le yi a ld per acre, percent ~:;inn ed to report date, and o_ther factors affecting the ul t in:ate out turn for the s eason.

\Jpon the 1,958,000_ Dcres esti;n:;;;tad focr -1w,rvr;;st the ft.lre ca sted yiela per ncre shoul(l_ am:nL'1t to 26!2_ pounds . This ;rea:t" s indicC~.ted yield h o.s bee:a exceeded by only two years, 1911 and 19 37. L~1 s t ;year t he final y i e ld wns 227 pounds and in 1938 the
State ave r age ivas 203 pounc.s.

':'he cu:rent indicated proclJ.:.ct.ion i s 18% a.bove last yea.r 1 s crop of 915,000, and 27% larger th~:m final ginnings in 1938. Thj.s :rear 's crop , if realized, will be
the largest sir:ce 1931, with the except io n of the yeC~.rs 1935 and 1 937 .

Weather conditions during S0ptember v:e re favorable for picking and ginning in all se c t io ns of the State . Picki ng :i.n the southetn part of the ~t r:t e has b een about finL~hecl , i s nea:r i nb c omp l etion in mos t :nid,- state territory , and. i s we ll under way in the northern districts.

Northsrn Georgi8.1 s probable procluct i o:::1 \'Jill run about 21% large r than l m; t ye::~.r. In the micl-state area an i.ncref'.ne of 11% i c~ expected , \vh il e th e southern terri-
tory should have an i nc r ease of about 35%.

'I'he :Bur eau of Census report of gil1r.linf~ S shows 507, O_Q_Q running bales g inned :prbr to October l, as compared 'vJith 580,000 to th G scc..me d.ate last yenr .

GEORGB 'B. STHONG,

A.EdHIE LANGLEY ,

Assistant Ag ri cultural Sk,tisticiall..

Assocb..t e Agricultural Statistician

I ll C:fL\RGD

GEORGJA HPA SHO\Hli!G PRODUCTJ.ON 1 940 *, 193~_and 1 9~?8

\
\

I.

'1..

~-;
No n- Cottp-ft '

1914004,, 000

/
I

'

-

-.

.

..

_ _

_

_

_

_

_

\ .

--I-I-_

*1940 production indica t ed by
crop prospects October 1.

\

II.

~

1939,

1940, lL2.-4, OOC( 19 40 ,

86 , 000

(

i.-1- 19' .'"58 '

1939,112,00~
\

97



0

00 ~0~
",?.,~;!--)-~-'; -_,_...~

~r:J . G1nm.ngs

to

0ct o"u' er 1 ,

/'. . 1940-

1 '--\..? - 507,000 .

.

~~~ V~/ 9 80,00 1938, 1 1->~~t '"!~~ 2~

08

,

0

00~j~'3\:1-~-~~~s1. 93188993'-,08

0
'

0 6

8

00

IV. -'

"'-/ n

: VI.

1940 1939 1938 -

1,082 , 000 bales 915 , 000 II 852,000 "

.

1

Dj.str1cts s J.O\vn a re

crop r epor t 1 ng als-

"" ~CtorincgtrsessainodnaNlOT

IJ\.~ s-~~

Di stricts .

Ginnings to \\



1940 , 195,000

f>- .,._:

October 1 ,

1940 , 143,000

1940 ,

1939 580,000
Ginninf~S to October 1, 19 38 -
570,000

l9 39v
1938, .. 120 ,000

1939 ' 178 '000
~
'1.
142 ,000

1939' 164,000
\ 1938 , 114,000
?----'---~Jt

VIII.

IX.

~ "'_/

,. "

( 1940,

1940. 104 , 000

1940 , 24 , 000 {

89 , 000

) ~~1- .,_

83,000

1939, 17,000 j

1939 '

1938, 104,000 \

1938 , 19,000

61,000

1938 ,
~0~ 97,000
fo::.~~- See r evers e side

'4 ]:>.,~-

\ \

Repo rt. \

f ___,( --...... l

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULT1JRE AGRICULTUR~ ~UffiKETING SERVICE Wash i ngton, D. C. Oc to b er 8, 1940 .

COTTON REPORT AS OF OCTOBER l, 1940

The Cr op Report i ng Board of the Agricultural Market i ng Service mak:es the f ollowing report from data furnished by crop correspondents, fiel d statisti cians , and cooperating State agenc i es . The fina l out turn of cot t on 'llril l depend upon whethe~ the various incluences affecting the crop during the r emainder of the season are mou or less favorable than usual .

- -
STATE
Missouri Virginia N. Carolina
s. Carolina
Georgia Fl orida
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona California All other
UNITED STATES

-- (__-- - - -

ACF.EAGE Q.CT ..lCOJIT:OIT I c5N:r- YIELD PER ACRE

1
I

FOR

Aver-J

j :! Aver- I ndi-

PHODUCTION( Ginningsl' 500 lb.ross ~t. bal es

1939119491 R.i\.RV~ST

agel

1940 .1929- !

age,

lcated

1929- 939 1940

Aver- 1939 11940 CrOJ

1

age,

Crop Jindicatei

I (PRELIM.'
Thous .

38
I

38
I I

I

I 1..920-38

Oct .l

I

Thous Thou~ . Thous.

acres

;t:ct.j Pet. Pet .1 Lb. Lb. Lb.

bales baleJ bales

391 I 71 I 88

I 31 67 1 43

814

6s 1 66

1 , 235 62 ' 82

1,958 64 68

63 71 10

83 i 337
92,269 91 278
821251
-7754~~i. - 121581

555
~9 1

i428 I339

~96 393

~42 358

~ 265
75 157

270 37
658 820 1 ,175
I 34

43~ 350

4~~

22 670

87~ 925

91 1 1' 082

l~

21

736 2,048 2,550 2,103 1, 132

,,i
i '
I

66 66 66

61

64

67 55
65 74
I 81

7s I 250
61 215 57 239
I 78 I 224 48 i 225

II 1, 870

I
51 I 57

76 135

8,779 106

60 84

I

62 82

71 149 88 420

305 1330
186 201

299 1261 319 1343 319 1190

I

141 P, 60

1119865

523 ,501

I
472 1 ,200 l, 619
I 1 ,283
I 709

I
I

812 3 , 876
99

j
449 I
785 1,582 1,41~
745

508 860
l' 390 l ,505
450

526 765 2,846 3 , 390
102 lll

226 87 95 78 382 514 1417

154

202 197

343 88
I 21 I 73

94
80

98061

513 297

I I

i

648 1666
I ~70 413

31 5

443 477

15

20 118

I

24,406

63

68

72

'
198.1

237.~250 . 0

13,547 11' 811 12' 741

Sea I sland ?:../

28 . 6

Amer . Egyptian ?:. / 69 . 6

-- I 51
89 9-~1 94

73 --

':',6 I 84

80 226 323 J269

---

l.

5.1

17

:J '-'

38.0

Lower Cal if . (Old 'f.1exico)1/

I
I
122 87 79 77 210 1187 1192

I

(.2

4~ 49

:.

1/ Allowances made for int e rstate movement of s eed cotton for g i nning.
?:../ Inclu<led in Stc:cte and United States totals . Sea Island grown principally in
Georgia and Florida. American Egyptian grown principally in Arizona.
';2/ Short - time cwerage
5:./ NOT included in Cal iforni a fit:,'Llres, NOR in United Sto_tes tot a l.

Ginnings by Statef? in runni ng l1o.les,

as follows : (October l, 1940 )

Miss ouri

52,000

Virginia

2,000

North Carolina 197,000

South Carolina 403,000

, G_eorg~a

507,000

Florida

15,000

New Nexico

13 , 000

Arizona

30 , 000

as reported by the Bureau of

Te n n e s s e e Alabama 1-fi ssi ssippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas California

26,000 261,000 289,000 252,000 208., , 000 ll5,60tf l, 481,000
72,000

Census, ar e
- - -

Other States

1,000

UNITED STATES .... _. .. ... 3,924,000

See reverse side for Georgia Report .

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Agriculturai Marketing Service In Cooperation Division of AGricultural Statistics with

Georgia State College of .Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Stattstician Athens, Georgia October 14, 1940.

GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1940

Septemb er weather conditions were favorable for harvesting early crops but the co ndi t ion of late crops was lowered by continued dry weather according to
the October l General Crap Repo rt r eleased by the Georgia Crop Reportin& Service. Farners have be en .:tbl e to t a.ke acrvantage of this almost ideal weather in harvesting a. good hay crop of high quality. Pe~UJ.uts have also been g<1ther ed in fin e condition. \Qhile some local showe rs fell during the latter part of the month, moist-
ure is ne eded in most s e ctions of the state for sowing fall grains and wint er legumes.

CORN: T!1e yield of the corn crop is plac ed at 11.0 bushels per acre or the srune as was for8cast one month earlier . With this yield , t ot a l production is placed nt 45,892 ,000 bushels or 24% greater th.'3.n the sho rt crop of 1939 l:l.nd 11% gr eat er than the 10-year (1929-38) av0r age production .

PEANUTS: Wi t h the advancement of harvesting op er a tions it b ecame apparent th~t this c~op was turni ng out even bett er than the record crop for e cast September 1 of this year . I nd.ications now point to a yield of 800 pounds which is sli ghtly higher than the pr e,.ri ous record y i old of 795 pounds in 1938. Howev&r, with an increa sed nc r eo.ge thi s year estimat ed production of 536,000 ,000 pounas is 14% greater than the previous all time r ec ord pro ductionof .469,050,000 pounds in 1938 and i s 57% and 69% gre3.t er b 1.u:i. the .1939 and the 10-year (1929-38) average p roductio n r espectively . Most of the peanut . crop has been harvested under unusually favora"o l e weather conditi ons a nd the quality of nuts is very good.

PECANS: Oct ober 1 conditions indicated a pecan crop of 8,120,000 pounds . Of this total poundage 7, 552 ,000 pounds a r e of i mproved vari e ties and the . r emaining 568,000 pounds are of , seedling Vl',ri e ties. The current es tima t e .is 3% l ower than the Sept ember 1 forecast, 7% low er than lnst year 's crop, but 16% higher than the 10-year (1 929-38 ) ave r age .
SWEET POTATOES: The curr ent s~e e t potato estimate. of 6,930 , 000 bushels
is -fla% l""OWtlr than ""tht _. ro-d.uct"ion in 9~ ana 18%OGlOW the 10-year ( 1929-38) aver-
age production. With the excepti3n of the short crop of 1936 the current crop is the lowest since 1931. Prices are holding up well thi s season.

GEORG IA

I

YI ELD PER ACRE

I TOTAL PRODUCTI ON (IN THOUS.)

CROP

Average !

~ Indicat e d Average

Indicated

1929-38 : 1939 ect. 1,

1929-38

1939 Oct. 1,

i

1940 a

1940 a

I corn .. ........... bu. 10.1
Wheat ............ II 9.0

8.5 10.0

n.o
10 . 0

41,328 1,134

Oa ts .............. II 19.0 I 21.0 I 19 .5

i 6,842

'Rye ... II
Hay(a11 tame) ..... ton
Tobacco ... . ...... lb. Pota toes, Irish. .. bu. Potatoes, sweet ... II Cotton........... bale

6.0 I .54
846 I
I 65
73 218 1bsi .

I 6. 5

6.5

.52 I .56

761 I 1,035

77 I 78

I-ii
I

104 450 67,464

1,046

76 227

I 1bI s.

70 265

lb s

I I
i i

8 ,412 l, 175

Peanuts .... ... .. lb. r-65
(For picking & threshing)

I I

525

I
I

800

i

C01TDITION OCTOBER 1

I 317 , 802
I

36 ,941 1,770 8,946 136 579
95,986 1,386 8,892 915
341,250

45,892 .
~ ~~~ I 1, 810
1 . . . ..
i 636
76,715 1,482
II 6,930 1,082 536 , 000
!

Peaches, total crop b.1. App1es,com 11 crop~ II Pears, tot a l crop . . II Pecans . .......... . lb.

57 b I

54 b

I 58
54

-b

l

55~ 1
56 b

54 62

b -

62 b

63 b

77 59

-b

I
I
I

e 5,029 c 3,800

444

437

272 - 281

6,982 8 ,700

I 4,154 485-
I 397 8,120

(a . For c ert a1.n crops 1940 f1.gures are carr1.ed forward. from prev1.ous r eport .s.

Jb. Production in percent of a full crop. c. Includes some quantities not harvest-

! ed. d. Estimates of the commercinl crop r efer t o the product i on of apples in the

; ::E commercial apple counties of .Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham and. Rabun, and are not com-

Nparable "lith former 11 commercial 11 e stimates which r epresent ed sales for fresh con-

sumption only in the ent ire Stat e . e . Average 1934-38.

1!
c

~

GEORGE B. STRONG,

yAssistant Agri cultural Statisticinn.

ARCHIE LANGLEY, Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge .

(See reverse side for United States Report)

UNITED STATES DEP.A.RTMENT OF AGRICu"LTURE

AGRICULTURAL M..t1....1lKETING SERVICE

WJ1BHINGTON, D. C.

October 14, 1940.

G:EgF.R.AJJ CROP REP-CR-T- -AS-O-F-O-C-TO-B:ER 1, 1940
The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the

following report from . data furnished oy crop correspondents, field. statisticians,

a nd cooperating State agenci~~-----

UNITED STATES

CR0 P

1- YIELD PER ACRE li
iAv~ra~e j :-:::-fndica t-11
119.:::9-~~8,19u9 ed Oct.111

TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN 'l'HOUSA.1ifDS)

Average 1929-38

1939

TIndicated Oct.l,

940 ~

I'
2,299,342 754. 685

1940 ,a 2,619,137 2,352,185
I 754,971 792,332

1,024,852 937,215 1,218,273

38,095 . 39,2491 37,4f2

69,650 9,298

75,726
e,8oo I

84,504 . 8,927

24,597

27,035

29,973

27,318

87,409

81,541

366,949 364 ,016 389 ,091

n,436

72,679

66 ,131

l, 360,661 1 '848' 654 1' 268 '912 1,035, 243 l' l 79' 505 l, 539' 540

. 115,162
52 ' 516 32,114
2,530 81' 829

~For certain crops 1940 figures are carried forward fron previous reports. b Estimates of the

commerciriJ crop refer to the r>roduction of apples in the comme rci a l app l t> counties of each state

- - - - = - and arc not com:pe~ able with f orme r 11 commercial 11 es timate~; which represented sale s for fresh

consumpt io7'c onl y in the on tire State. c Aver aP-e 1934- 38 . d Production in percentage of a full

~Jl
-- ____

_e__I.n._cl_n_d_l':_,T.

s_om__e _g_u_n_n_t_i _ti_e_sl'n~olt.mhJ81..r1_.Q{_s1teQu~..Q._

n.mL

:fh.:r .\?

.

1}-~-g.-="'},...._-_-_-_-_-_--=---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__- .-.

.: _-_-_-_-_

~-

Yield. p~r a crr:_ 1

.

Production

.

State

/ Average
i 1929-38

1939

Ij Indicat ed 1940

Average 1929-38

Indicated 1939 - 194()

Pounds

Virgini a

J

l, 026 -l-;-f75- ! l, 100

N. Carolina

i

1,048

1,140 I 1,125

Tennes~ee

I

692

750 j

730

ThousRnd pounds l L16 , 706 - -189-;-175~ -185,900

242,658 290,700 298,125

8 ,411

6,000

5,840

S. Ca~o1ina

1

680

740 1

750

8,607

11, 840 15,000

Ge::H'gia lil~;.~id.a

,.1,

665

525

lj

800

317, 802 341' 250 536' ceo

578

440

650

35,296

37,400 61, lCO

Al.:;J)ama

/

6~1.8

475 I

700

152 ,378 1 28 ,250 205,800

lv:L; sissippi

J

530

450 j

460

Ar1cL!'1sas

.

498

510 !

530

l<-1, 327 9,300

13,500 10 ,200

14,720 13,250

Louisiana

196

Oklahoma

I 1

470

Te x2s

I

464

Q_!:iited:-state'S- 1--- --i21-:-4

470 1 485

5,756

400 l

650

415 ! 525

16,554 77, 449

- -634-:-51-- 787.5 .- 1,035,243

6 ,110

6 ,305

15,600 30,550

129 ,480 166 ,950

1-;-179-;-5o5 l-;-539-;-540-

--~~--------~T~-i:;;:::~ -~r~;~~t~~~-;:/EDf~~~0-~;-~~:'i~~~;-v~;i-~ti~~-1!-}.i1-v~~i~~~:~

State

1 ____P_!:,o_<!:u~t~o_~ _ _ _ _ ____ Pr~d~c_!ion~ ____ LP.!o.0:_u~t~o~ _

Average!

Indicatedi Average

1 Indicated ' Indicated

1929-38 ! 1939

1940

Thousand pounds

i 1929-38 1939 . 1 940

.

Thousa~d

1
Pounds

1940 Thous.Pounds

Illinois

.. .

2

3

Missouri North Carolin

16 638

I 1

30 535

33 798

173
880 264

158 1 133

I 470.

511

229

252

136--
544
l,C50

South Carolin. 869 l, 075

998

Gec !'::;ia

6,453 I 8,091 7,552

144

190

136

529

609

568

1,1:34 8,12(

Florida

l, 087 11,271 1, 247 -

289

279

292

"1,"53

Alabama

2, 465 3, 632 2,142

335

403

238

2, 380

Mississippi Arkansas Loui~iana

2,357 1 3,439
304 I 461
I 1,036 1,108

1, 087 395
1,194

2,253
3,111
I 3,374

3,579 3,082 2,996

1,177 2,643 3,070

2,264 3,038 4,264

B __ 9 !Ok~l~a~h2~dosm-dta-ad_~~~=II6~4:93961.30~-

! 520
l!211~,:1-34o04-

740
I~2-~,353212=--~

J 12,072
~LI ~42:3,,95.;0?7I

~t_11472~,~,84)-~68~00JI1-=13~76.,,75~62]08

:l'C_~

18,500
-3818,_!8.~6:3C9

-

_

=1 /-

- -u- -

----

e , ------

-

g--

ra ..

f

t

ed
-

,
-

o r- -

topworked
- - ------- --- .. ... ._..__

varieties.
------- ----- - ---- ------- --

------

--------- - ---- --

. --------- -- --------- --- - - ---.--- ____,_____ __--- . ----- -

(See other side for Georgia report)

\

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia Stat e College

Agricul tura1 Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

November, 1940

PRICE REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 15, 1940

t

GEORGIA: Prices rec e ived by Georgia farmers for most agricultural prod-

ucts on October 15 in local mal'ke ts were gene re.lly lower to unchanged from prices

received one month ago, a ccording to the mid-October p rice report released by the

Agricultural Marketing Service. Exceptions are noted_ in higher wheat, oat, apple,

cottons eed , egg and milk prices. The a dvances in e gg and milk prices we r e l a rge ly

of a seasonal nature . Corn prices declined from 83 to 68 cents per bushel or 18

perc ent, this b e ing the heaviest clecline of any commodity during the past month.

This heavy drop was recorded as the new crop, which promises to be about 24 percent

greater than the short crop of 1939, moved to market in increased volume. Hog

prices lost some of their reccmt gains during the past month.

Current prices of each of the three principal grains - corn, wheat, and oats - a re higher than those r ece ived one year ea rli e r. Cotton prices are almost one-half of a ce nt highe r per pound than mid-October 1939 prices, while cottonseed prices are down 5 per c ent. Beef ca,t tl e r:nd ver.~l calf prices a r e b o th 7 pe rcent hi gher than prices preva.Uing on th.is de"te last year but hog prices are down 5 percent. Pres ent sweet potnto prices a r e 31 percent hi gher thc>.n those r e ceived one year ago. Compa red. with one year earli e r chicken :prices are clovrn by 7 percent while current egg prices are sUghtly highe r. Pric es rec e ived_ for dairy p roducts a re either unchanged or slightly highe r than Lwse r e ceiYed one year ago.

T.JlUTEO STATES: The index of prices r e coive d by farmers in mid-October at local ma rkets- throughout the c nuntry 1:1as 2 po int s hi ghe r than n month enrlier. At 99 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 avernge, the index was also 2 points higher t han a yenr ago. Prices paid lly farmers f or commodities bought, interes t. , and taxes held steally fr om Sept ember 15 to Octob e r lt) at 127 percent of the 1910-14 average, with the result t~at the per unit exchange value of farm products (rcttio of prices r eceived to prices paid, int e rest, and t axes ) a.\lvanced 2 points during the month to 78 o.nd was also 2 po i n ts hi gher th<:m a year enrlier.
The g rain p ric e ir,dex at 80 i n mid-Oct ober was up 3 pr;ints from the previous month. Sharp increases in wheat prices and smo.ll or upturns in prices o f oats, barley, rye , and ric-H more than 0 ff's e t dec lines in p rices of bu.ck':Jhe at a nd corn. Dairy a nd poultry product p rices r ose 5 and 8 points ,, r espe ctively, during the month ended Octob e r 15--nbout the us1.tal seasonal i ncrease . Prices o f meat a nima ls declined 2 points, h oweve r, with a sharp drop in hog prices more tha n offsetting minor U]turns for cattle, calves, sheep ancl 12-mbs. Prices 0f cotton lint incr eased sli g:1t ly from mid-S eptembe r t 0 mid-October, and vii th higher p ric es f or c ot tonseed r,ii,>ed the index of cotton and cott onse ed prices 2 points. Mid-Oct 0ber p ric e s for fruit were up 6 points.

_ _ _ _?~ICES RECEIVED :BY :B'ARlvlERS OCTOBER 15, 1940, WITH C0~1P.ARISONS

COMIVJODITY

L______-=-_G-_b_~O=-R-.GI.A. -:---------+f Ul'JI~PED STATES

I Oct. av.

! Sept.l5

j! Oct.av. Oct.l5J Oct.l5

AND UNIT

I 1909-13

I 1940

il 1909-13 1939 1940

\'/neat, bu.

Corn, bu.

$$11

Oats, bu.

Irish potatoes, bu. $1

Swee tpokcto e s, bu.$ ,

Cotton, lb.

i

v"' ottonseed, ton $ :,

1. 26 . 90 . . 68
1.07 . 76
12.2 22.62

H,:y (loose), ton $ j 17.35

Hogs, per cwt. $11/ 7. 25

Beefcattle, cwt. Veal calves, cwt.

$
$

1/ I1I/

3.80 4.65

it!ilk Cows, hend $II/ 33.95

. 86

I .. 83 48

II

.90

. 95

9.o , 9.5

22.70 1o.so

I I

20.40 ll.7o

6. 3o '
5.40 6. 90 111 41. oo

6 . 20 5. 80 '7. 40 43. oo

,
. 68 1I1
. 52 ,,

.85 . 85

IJI!

9.4 21.60

II ljij

1o.6o u

6. oo 5.80

u p

7. 40 ii

43. oo Lq

ss
. 65
38
..65 80 12.1
21.09 11.49
7. 37 5.09 6. 80 4 7. 40

. 7o 1 . 68

I 48

.59

. 30 I .28

i .66

.52

I . 68

.77

s.7 9.4

I
22.881

21.55

7.31 i 6.99

6. 52 'I 5.83 6.97 ' 7.50
8 . 88 i 9.11 I
59 . 40 i 61.50

rt::J rs es, he a d Mules, head Cnickens, lb. Eggs , doz. Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb. Milk (whol esale)
per 100# Appl es, bu. CovvpeDs, bu. Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb.

$ji/l57. 25
$ 1- --
I 1_3. 7
1 23.6
1 24 .6
1
$: 2.45
$1 1.01
,+, '
<4ij
$1
11

9l.oo 1 92.oo

139.00 , 141.00

l5.i3 14.5

25.5 1 23.3

23.0 ' 23.0 I
I 22.0 24.0
?:_/2.85 12/2.!35

. 80 j - 80
1.20 I 1. 2o

1. 60 1. 85

3.3

3.3

92.oo ji l34.5o

135.00 ;:

14.3 !i 11.5
26.2 !: 23.8

23.0 !!l' 24.0 i,
[;
jl 3/2.90 ,:

26.1 :-~6. 8
1.74

- . 85 1:

.72

1.15 1. 65

!li

3.2 1 4.6

7s.6o! 71.00
97.70 l 88.60

12.7 13.3

22.9 23.7

26.6 27.4
26.9 i 28.8

I

i i ~/1. 95 ~/1. 91

: 2/ . 57 i 72

! -

I

1.18 : 1.14

i I
. 73

. 67

3.4 I 3.3

Revised

Preliminary

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate J\gricultural Statistician
In Charge .

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Ag ricultural Statistician. 1

- .,. ._. -

.,. ~-,- ::--.:~:::_::..:-.::::.:....

GEORGIA CROP REPOI?.THJG SERVICE .. Agricultu:ml Mc". '.rketing Servi cA In Cooperation Division of P.griculturaJ_ Stat i stics >lith

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of t~e ~~ricultu:-al Statistician Athens, Gec:gia.

November 8, 1940

Georgia' s cotton crop is indicat ed at about 1,032,000 bal es ( 500 lbs . gross 1,vei::;ht) in the official cot t on report rel easeci today by the Cr op Repor ting :Boa:::-d. of tb.e Unit ed States Departmer:t of Agr :.culture . This repor t relates to data, as of Novemoer 1, coll flc tecl f1orn crop corresr,onclents and g i nners concerning condition , p:::-obo.ole yield. per acre, pe rc e nt of the crop pickell and ginned , anc1 other factors affectinG the crop. The Uovember 1 estimate is 50,000 bales l es s than on C'ctob er l out slic;ht l y above the September 1 r epo rt.

The y i eld per acre of lint cotton ind.icated by t he above forecast uprm the ~.9J8 , 9_90 ac :::-es left for harvest should ::q:proxima~e about 252 rounds, as . .

compe>,reti with 227 pounds last ;year , 203 :?OU::ld.s in 1938, 270 in 1937 and 228 i n 1936,

Gurr ent ind icated. pl'od,_lCtion is 13 percent abo-ve las t ;ycar 1s f i nal g i nnings of

915,000 standard "bales, and 21 percent gTrc;::._ t e r than th e 852 , 000 bal es produced in

1938.

Favorable \vea,t hcr for hn..rvestinc continue d during all of C"ctober .. On

Novembar l th e re \ms v::. ry li tt1 e cotton l eft i n thD fi elds in the southe rn two-

thirds of the state an ('!. l ess than one- thirc: was unharvested in the three northern

dist:-icts. The dry v1eatho r that continued clnr i ng Sep t embe r and Octobe r caused

some o_D.Ji1a..:;e to the lat 0 crop i n northe rn Georgia , preventin:r; many bo lls f r om

rl;aching normal size , and the final outtu1n 1-.'ill -be slightly 1 ns s tha n expected one

~onth ago .

~

:Burea~t o:' C>msus .c;in~l i n,:;s in Georgia p ri or t o l~ovemoe r l show ~59, 000 running b a l e s, corrrpan;cl w:.th 847 , 000 at this time l as t year a nd 785,000 to the same dEJ,te in 1938. Un it ed Stfltes t:sir:.I1in,?;s to Nov2E!ber l vvere 9 , 084,000 b.?l es , "'-'s .:cgainst 10,079,000 on e. year ago c.::-td 10,125,000 to 1Jov::;mb'~r l, 1938.

GEORGE B. STRONG,
Assistant Agricultural St a tist i cian

AtlCHIE LANGLEY, Associat e Agricultural S%$.:tit-t .,
I N CF.ARGE

G-EORGIA 1\,!.:.fd? SHO\IHI:;G PRODLJ.:CTION _1940*, 1939 and 1~38

t

\1~~ . 000~~~:-~~

B 39

~-, 1940

\ 1940, 138 , 001

'

..

*19 40 production indi cated 1Joyem1wr L

B.\C~

sG
_

,

ooo

:;;.--- '""f- 1938 ,

I \ 1
(

19

39

,

.
112

,

000.~--,94

,

ooo

.\~, ~,-s\1_9'!
~~

1940 . - l, 032,000 bal es 1939 - 915,000 II 1938 - 852,000 II

f \ 80 , 000 ( 1938, 108,000 ''\ 1939,

Ginnings to November 1,

19<!:0 -

'\

859 , 000

-~\1~ . . rr:A.,/ (______.-/ \"...

'~-,/~ ,,-f1-'f21v~~:.;~ ~8o8~",Gr0s~ 0:0_o~ _ 00"\

-

Districts shown are crop r eporting
gdriesstsriicontsal.aDnhd~tNrOiTctCs'on. - '

Ginnings to
Uoyemhe r l, 1939 -

IV

\')

' 1940, 141 , 000 / 1940,185 , 000 (

( VI. ,iJ2r'- '):1. .

'\

.!. '1-~

1940 1

817 , 000
Ginnin<"S to b
Hovember 1, 19:38 -
785 , ooo

r '\ 1939' 1 26 , 000 \ 1939 , 178' 000

1939 ,

J

.

. ~ ~ c~ o11

\ \, 166,000 '""-,,\ 19 39'
( 164 , 000

1~120 , 000 \

'1-

\

! 10~8

.

._,s

!___ \ . 1938 , 142 , ooo

"'114,ooo

"\\

99~ --

j

~

_\

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'

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-,
IX.

__---\./

~ \ ~d

jc_/ { 19~~. 000 ) vnr. .

? 1940, 27,ooo

.

--o.~\rl\t1\ 1940 , 106,000

\
I

I ~ I ' 1939 , 83, 000

( \

1939 ' 61 , 000

' \ 1938 , 104,000

j

) 1939 , 17 , 000

?

1 938 , 19,000 )~"'?

\ 19 38 , r

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I

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1

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\~

UNITED S'rATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTlffiE
Agricultural l'iarketing Service Washington, D. C. November 8 , 1940 .

The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural V~rketing Service makes the following rep ort from data furnished by crop corre spo ndents, field statisticians, and coop erating St a t e agencies . The final outturn of cotton will depend upon whether the various influence s affe cting th~' crop during the remainder of the season a r e more or less favorable than usual.

il ___ ~-

ACREAGE

YIELD PER ACRE

-~-- =1-p-;::;=:-=============
I. PRODUCTION (Ginnings) 1}

FOR I

i

I 500 lb {'!:ross wt . bales

STATE

HARVEST j Aver- !

I' Incli-

1

1
I

l 940Crop

1940 1

age , I 1939 cat ed I Average ,1 1939 " J. T.ndicat e1

---------------~i--,~(a~Pc~=r~~o:~:s-)Ihl --

MissouJi

I 391 I

_

l 9 2~ - 3~L--+ _ _1Q~-~~b!_
337 j555 j

1L9b~0~-_-~jl--~1b~=a~=l~~e!~~s-~i11-G-br=;a;=ol=uE>~ss~.--~~b=Na~=~l~~eu~;s-. -

446

j

270 1 437

365

Virginia

1

31

269 1191 1 355

I

37 1

13

23

North Carolina ' 814

278 !296 434

658

457

740

South Carolina

1, 235 ~~ 251 i 342 372

820 1 871

960

Georsia

l, 958

;ns ! 227 252

1.175 j 915

l, 032

Florida

63 ' 151 j75 158

I

1 I

I

34

ll

21

1

i

Ten:1essee

736

250 1 305 338

472

449

520

Alabama Mississippi

I 2,048 . 2, 550

215 II 186 18 8 239 . 299 253

1,200 l' 619

785 1,582

805 1,345

Arkansas Louisiana

J 2,103
I 1.132

224 1 319 352
225 i 319 193

1,283 709

1,413 745

1,545 455

Oklahoma Texas Ne w Mexico Arizona Ca l i f o r n i a All other

I ~:~~~

i~~ i~~ 211

1

185

I
I

106

420 523 518

226 I 382 1 514 417

34 3 !I 513 I' 648 698

29 7 470 432

I

,IIII.

812 3,876

99

li
I

154 31 5
15

526 2,846
102 202 443
20

825 3,380
115 197 500
19

ffi\fiTED STATES

.24,406 ~~- 198 . 1 237. 9 252.1

13,547 ll' 81 7

[ I -----------~------*1---
Sea Island?) / 28.6 il

46 75 II

.-At0-.~m-~-e~.rr.-~E-ig~-~;;-;~r-:~p-t!ia-n)_Q3__//1-+,---6-9l-~-6J2--#~~----22-l2_6O__j~-3l28-73---r-227l-_1l__ Jl

---- i 1.7

4.5

-147-2~;I-----42-80---+-----539-4~

1} Allovmnces macle for int ers tate mov ement of Se <) d cotton fo r ginning . 3_/ Included in Stat e ancl Unit ed Stc,t es totals . Sea Islc,nd grown principally in
Georgia ancl Florida. JI.Til erican Egyptian gr own principally in Arizona .
Q/ NOT inclucled in CaLifornia figures , NOR i n Unit ed States total.

Ginnings by Stat es in runnini; bales, as repo rt ed by the Bureau of Cen sus, are as f ollov.rs : ( Hovembe r l, 1940 )

Missouri

232, 000

Virginia

12, 000

North Carolina 546,000

South Carolina 814, 000

Georgia

859 , 000

Florida

18,000

Now Hexico

55 , 000

Arizona

65,000

Tennessee A l a b ama Missi ss ippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas Calif,.,rrda

267,000 587,000 896,000 98 7,000 405, 000 478 , 000 2,553,000 301,000

Other St a tes

8,000

UNITED S~ATES ..... . .. ... 9,084,000

Se e r everse sicle for Georgi a Report

.!!!1!1___ ----=-=-=--=-=-,.-:. 11!!!!_ !~--~-~---!1!-!1~ !1 ~-- --~~~~-~-

=- -o.:=----~- -

- -- - ---

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Ag ri cultura l Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Divi s ion of Agricultural Statistics

wi th

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the .Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia November 14, 1940

GEORGIA CROP F.EPORT AS OF NOVEMBER l, 1940

The September drought continued throughout the month of Octob e r and on November l seeding of small g r a ins and wint er cover crops was being r e t a rded on account of insufficient soil moisture, according to the November l General Crop Repo rt r e leased by the Geor g ia Crop Reporting Se rvic e . The Weather :Bureau r epor ts that the state average combined rainfall for September and October this year is the
least on record for these t wo months. A rather general decline in the condit ion of
pastures was r egist e r ed throughout the s tat e during the past month. Yields of some late crops, par ticula rly swee t potatoes, were r educed. by the insufficient supply of moisture. However, this dry weather has enabled farmers to harvest most crops under favorable cond.i tions. Since November 1, general rains have fallen throughout most of the state. but some sections of south Georgia a r e still dr y.

CORl'J: The preliminary corn yield i s placed at ll.O bushe l s per acre or

the same yield as was f ore cast last month. Prod_uction is p laced at 45,892,000 bu-

n % shels, 24$b greater than the prol'l.uction of l as t year and

g r eat er than the 10-year

(1929-38) average production .

PEA1WTS: The indicated yield of peanuts continues to rise as the picking and threshing of tl1.is crop nears completion. l'ifovembe r 1 prospects 0 ind~cat e a yield
of 810 pounds per ac r e compared 'o?i th the yie ld of 800 that was in prospect on. Oct-
ober l of this year. The tot a l crop is now est ima t ed a t 542,700,000 pounds, 59%
greate r th<:cn the 1939 crop and 71% above the 1929-38 average production. Gt:..rrent
in cUcatec1 p:::-oduction i s 1 6% above the previous r eco rd production of 469,050,000 pounds that "ras harvested in 1938.

PECANS: 'l'otal pecan p r oduct ion is now estimated to be 8, 260,000 pounds compared with the 8,120,000 pound_s forecast one month earliEJT. The current estimate is 5% lowe r thD.n the 1939 crop but 18% above the 10-year ( 1929-38) average production. The pecan crop is spot t ed this year. Indications a r e that the crop is unusually light in the ext r e me southwes t corner of the s t ate , particularly in the Decatur and Grady County a r ea and in the eastern portion of the pecan belt that was hit by the Augus t storm.

SWEET POTATOES: The -pr e liminary s'\'leet pota-to yield i s placed at 66 bushe ls or 4 bushels lo we r than t he y i eld in prospect one month earlier. With this r educed yield the sweet potato crop i s now placed a t 6 ,534,000 bushels. This is the sho rt est crop since 1 931 and is 27'% and 22% lo\7e r than the 1939 and the 10-year ( 1929-38) average production r espect ively.

SUGAR Ck~ FO? SIRUP: Suga~ cane for sirup p roduction i s estimated at 0,240,000 gallons or 32% oelow both the 1939 crop and the 10-year (1929-38) average produc tion. A yield of only 120 gallons is in p rospect and if this yield is obtained it will be the lowest on record since 1931. The indicated acreage for this yea1 has previously been p l aced at 27,000 ac r es wh:i ,....., is the lo west ac reage on 1eoord since 1928.

YI3LD PER ACRE

'l'OTJ,L PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.)

CROP

l Average ;
1929-38 1939

I Corn ............. bu. ilO:T -- ..o 8 . 5

Wheat ............ 11

9.0

10.0

!Pr e liminary .Ull Averc.g,e

I 1 fI

1940
11:o

a
--

-

' -1~9n2;-93-238 8

10.0

' 1,134

i

- - , P r e lof m i n a r y

rI 1939 /' 194_0~ a___

36,941

45,892

l 1,770 I 1, 810

Oats .... .. . ... .. 11 I 19.0

21.0

19.5

Jl 6,842 I 8,946

8 ,638

Rye .............. 11 j 6 . 0 Hay ( a ll tame) ... ton . 54

6 .5
. 52

1
'

6 .5 . 56

d
11

104 I
450 1

136 579

136 636

Tobacco .......... lb. 846

Potatoes ,Iri sh ... ou. 65

Pote,toes ,swee t ... 11

73

761

1035

77

78

76

66

ilI, 57,464 1,046
li1 1 8,412

. 95,986

i 1


1,386 8,892

76,715 1,482 6 ,534

P e[muts .......... 1b. j 665

525

810

j/ 317, 802 , 341,250 542, 70C

(For picking & thre shing)

j!

Sorghum sirup ... gal. I 64

64

63

1! 1,012 i 1,024

945

Sugar Cane 11 11 :otton.......... bale

I1' 142

141

120

il

I

2P1E8RCl~biNs T.1

227 l bs . 252 0 F J!"'ULL CROP

lbs.

1II: IIi
1

Apples, Coml. c rop b bu.! 54: c

56 !0

63

'II

t1, 734 i '
1,175 !
i
144 ~~

4, 794 915
437 .

3, 240 1, 0 32
485

Pears ........... :-. " j 58

54

J!

77

272 1

281 .

397

Pecans ............ lb.L 51

6~s .

59

l1 6 ,982 i 8,700 , 8,260

~erta.lll-crops---I'aZJ:O Y~gures are carried forward from previous r epor ts. _E. Estimates of the

commercial crop refer to the production of auples in the commercial appl e counties of Fa..nnin,

Gilmer, Habersham and Rabui'l, and are not col!lparable with former "commercial" es timates which
,. represented sales for fresh consumpt i_o_n_o_r~l~~i_rt ~'1~-~nti~ -~t at~_ _c_/y_!__~_a_ge_l_9_3_4_-_38_._ _ _ _ _ __

ARCHIE LANGLEY

.

GEORGE B. STRONG

. Assoc . .1\.gricul tural Statistician In Charge,

Asst. Agricultura l Statistician

0

~

(See r everse side for United States Repo rt)



tnHTED STATES DEPARTMEN'".J: OF AGRI C\JLTURE AGRI CULTT.JRAL MAJ.l.KEI' I NG SERVICE Washington, D. C. November 14, 1940
GElm&\.1 CROP REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER l, 1940
The Crop Reporting Board of the Ag ricultural Marketing Service makes the follo wing report f;rom data furnis1:J.ed_ by crop corre spondents, fi e ld statisticians, and co ope rating St at e agencies.

,..

UNI TED STATES

!

YIELD PER ACRE

- .:- ----,::T::-::0-=T-A-:-L::.--:P:_:-:R:::-:0:-:D:-:"U:C:::;:;T--:-l-::-:ON~(r.I::-::N:;--;:;;T:;:-;H:-;O::-U=-s.")"'

CR0 P

I jAv erag e - l

Prelimina ry;! Average

j l 929-~ 8 1939 1940 a 1929-38

1939

Preliminary
[ 1940 !

Corn, all .......... bu . 1 23. 2~--2-9-.-5~..__2_8_.2_:_:=--...;!..~-2--.-:::-_9_9_,_3_4_2--+-1-2. 619.137 - 2. 433,523

Wheat, alL . . . . . . . . 11 ! 13.2
Oats ............... n I ;:;7,4

14.1 28.3

15.0 35 .2

754, 6851 754,:71 792,332
1,024,852 i 937,215 i 1,218,273

R.ye ......... . ...... n ll. 4 10 . 3 12 .l

H ay ~ a ll .tame .. . ... ton

l. 25

l. 30

1.40 u

Hay, alfalfa.. ... . . 11

1.94 2.00 - 2.17 i

38 ' 095 F9, 650 24,597

39' 249 i
75, 726 i 27,035 iI

37' 452 84; 504 29,973

Potato es . .. ..... .. .bu. Sweetpotatoes ... .. . n Tobacco .. . ......... lb.

111.5 84.6
816

1120.3
I 84.3
j9l8

127 .6 79.8
91 8

: 366,949 3 64, 01 61 393,931

72, 436j 72,679 i 63,598

i 1
i

1,360 ,6 61

1,848,65~ ! 1,319~_ 946

Sugarc e.ne for si'I'up , ga1 1 60 .3 11?1.8 154.5

Peanuts ............ lb. ! 721

I 1134 I t305

11' 21,428 ! 24,9091 19,006
ii l '035' 243 179' 50511, 574, 315

(Picked & 'l'hreshed) i

I r o : ERe El\TT F A :EVT~c::L----c::=R---::-OP::---,

I

1

Aj)pl~s~ coml. crop ~ bu. : ~ 61

74 r----=f,::-::1-.----~: c 121' 755 143' 085 I 115, 45A

P eaches , total crop n ! 58

7l

61

i ! d 52,723 1 60 , 822

52,516

l PAars, tot a l crop .. 11

66

70

74

d 26,333! d :_n,047 : 32,18?

Grapes . .. ........ ton! 72

76

77

2 , 220 , - 2, 52i=l J

2, 577

Pecans ......... . ... Jb . ! 46

42

54

63,430! 63, 639 1 85,922

~~----~~------~_L
a For c e rt a in crops 1940

fi {?;Ur e s -are

carri ed

~" ~--------~~------~----~~77
forward fro m pr evious r epo rts. b Es ti-

mat es of the commerci ~1l crop refer to t he p r oduction of appl es in the commercial

appl e counties of eac h s tat e and are not compan;,ble with former "commercial 11 esti-

mat es which repres en t ed. snleR for fresh co n sumntion only in the e ntire State.

~Av e rag e 1934-38 . d Includes some q_ua.ntities not harve s t ed .

STATE

1-- PEANUTS PICKED AND THRES:HED

YIELD PER ACRE

!1

1 Average j

lf're limina ry!J Average

i l 929- 38J 1 9 39 I 1 94o ;I 1 929- 38

PRODUC TION

1939

!Preliminary
I 1940

STATE

PECANS

IMPROVED VARIETIES l

WILD OR SEEDLU~G Vll.....'fUETIES

(See other side for 0 6org ia report)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural !.t!arketing Service

In Cooperation

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture.

Office of the ,Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia. November 14, 1940.

LARGER ACREAGE OF LESPEDEZA SEED PLACES PRODUCTION 8 PER~ENT ABOVE S~~L 1939 CROP

The 1940 lespedeza seed crop is est imated at 154,217,000 pounds of countryrun seed, the Agricultural Marketing Service reports. This compares >vi th 143,045,000 pounds in 1939 , with 205,7p0,000 pounds for the peak year of 1938, and with 57,982,400 pouncLs for the 10-year: (1929-38) average. The increase over last year is attributed chiefly to a larger acreage in all producing States except Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In these States drought r educed not only the acreage harvested but also the yield per acre. Georgia 1 s 1940 production is es- . timated at 3,655,000 pounds cow.pared with 2,000,000 pounds harvested in 1939.

The ac r eage intended for seed harvest this year is indicated at 756,100, which is nearly 8 percent larger than in 1939 and is 2~ times the 10-year average. The trend of lespedeza acreage for all purposes in recent years has been sharply upward and continued into 1940, but a larger proportion of the acreage than usual in a
number of St a tes was used for pasturage and hay because of the drought.

The United States average yield per acre of 204.0 pounds of country-run seed this year comp ares with 204.1 pounds in 1939, and with the 10-year average of 162.99 pounds. Lo we r yields than last year are reported for Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentuclc-J, Tennessee, Al abama, and Louisiana, while in other States yields average above those of 1939. Droughty conditions in many areas stunted the growth of lespedeza, the stands being very short, but plants well set with seed.

The survey also indicates that of the estimated 154,217,000 pounds production
in the 14 leading States this year about 84 percent (129, 542,000 pounds) is Korean, 13 percent (20,048,000 pounds) is Kobe, and the r emaining 3 p ercent (4,627,000 pound~
is Common, Tennessee No. 76, and Sericea. In 1939 the percentages by varieties were 77 for Korean, 17 for Kobe, and_ 6 percent for the other varieties.

The average loss in cleaning the !1940 crop is expected by gro wers to be about 17 percent, or slightly more than for the 1939 crop. The loss this year i~dicates a shrinkage of a!Jp;r-Gximat.ely .26 million pouna.-s form -the estimated count;ry-run total. Losses in some lo1o.r-yielding lots \vero heavier . than usual becaus e of a r elatively larger percentage of weed seeds, particularly ragweed,

Harvesting began on October 26 to 28 in Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Kentuck-J,

(

Tennessee, Carolinas,

Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas; on October 31 to November 4 in the Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, and Louisiana. These harvest dates are two

to three weeks later than last year. The peak of combining, however, was not

renchelil: when the data for this report were obtained, as no general killin frosts ha d

occurred in the main producing areas. The harves ting of .Kobe particularly vms

delayed for this reason.

Prices paid to growers about October 29, as reported oy shippers, ranged mostly from 2. 8 cents to 3. 6 cents a pound for country-run, and 3. 8 cents to 4. 5 cents for clean Korean seed. A year ago opening prices were 3 to 4 cent s for
. r.ountry-run, and 4 to 5 cents for clean Korean seed.
Carryover of l espede za seed on farms this year is indicated at 3 million pounds, compar ed with about 16 million in 1939. Seedsmen &J.d important country shippers held approximately 8 million pounds this year, compared with about 14 million pounds a year ago. The total carryover on farms and by dealers at present is indicated at 11 million pounds and compares with 30 million p~unds in 1939. The total supply of clean seed, including carryover and 1940 production, is estimated at 139 million pounds or 6.7 percent smaller than the 149 million pounds for 1939.

Re-issued by:

George B. Strong, Assistant Agricultural Statistician

Archie Langley, Associate Agricultural Statisti
Ih Charge.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. D~"partment of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State Coll ege

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

December, 1940.

PRICE REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1940

GEOt.GIA: There was no de finit e trend in p ric es r Acei ved by Geo rgia farmers at local markets during the period Octob er 15 to November 15, according to the mid-November price report released by the Agricultural Market ing Service. Compared with one month earlier November 15 wheat and oat prices were slightly higher but corn prices continued downward. Cotton lint pri ces advanced slightly while cottonseed pr ices advanced 13%. Meat a nimals were lower. Chicken and egg prices were both higher, the latte r advance being of a seasonal nature. Dairy product prices with the exception of whole milk "Thich is slightly higher were unchanged from a month earlier .

Compar ed with one year ago, November 15 grain pri ces were about the same

as those r ece ived one year ago excep t oats which were 14% higher. Potato prices

were slightly lower but sweet potato prices were one-third highe r. Both cotton and

cottonseed were slightly higher. Meat animal prices were also higher than at this

time last year. Prices of work animals were lowe r. Dairy and poult r y p roducts

vere at about the same gene ral l ev el as on Nov embe r 15, 1939 . Soyb ean and cowpea

pr i ces r emained pract i cal ly unchanged from one yea r ago, but peanut prices we r e

lovrer.

UNI 'l'ED STATES

Mid-November pric e s of ap-ricultural commodities averaged the same as a month earlier at local marke ts throughout the coun try, and at 99 % of the 191 0-14 l eve l the index was 2 po ints higher than in Nov ember of last year. Grain prices rose 3 points during the month ended Novembe r 15. The cotton and cottonseed index rose l point to 79; seed prices increased moderately but lint was practically unchanged . Da iry and poultry p roduct s were hi gher by 5 and 8 po ints, respec tively, llS seasonal declines in production continued. On the other hand, a moderate seasonal decline in hog pr i ces offset upturns f or beef cattle , she ep , and l ambs and h e ld the meat animal index to the October level. Despite a moderate upturn in apple pr ices, the fruit price index dropped 8 po ints during the month as a r esult of rather sharp (leclines in prices of citrus fruits .

Most of the mid-November group indexes of pric es received_ by farm e rs were higher than a yenr ago . Fruit prices averaged 5 points highe r. Meat animals ~lso were up 5 po ints. Prices of dairy p roducts, cotton and cottonse ed., and grains all
,1 \7ere 4 po int s highe r than in Novembe r 1939. Corn pr ic es averae;ed substantially above the l evel of local market quotations in November of l as t year, though prices of all the small grains were slightly lo'"er. Chicken a nd egg pr i ces averaged 3 points up. Prices of misc ellaneous products were down 8 points. Truck crop prices averaged 37 po ints lower.

PRICES RECEIVED BY il.J1.MERS NOVEMBER 15, 1940, WITH COMP~1i.IS ONS
~G=E~O=R~G=I~A--~~-----~--,Ir!--~UNI===T=E.=D~S~T~A~T~E~S-------

COMMODITY .WheaAtN, D bUuN. IT

I 1

-N-:o::v-.-

-

-- - - -
r>.v .

"

"
1

= N-ov-

-.:l

5

Oct .l5

$

1909i=. 1273

~-L

._1

9_3_9 . 97~-

--,~ _-

1-9-4.09_3___

Nov. l5 Nov.av. Nov .l5 Nov.l5

194.096

-

~. -_l~0
1

_9_._-817~~

-

JI~~~3._9_ 7-3--

--

-

-~~~.072

Corn, bu. Oats, bu.

$

.86

. 61 ' .68

$

. 68

.49

.52

. 63 j .59 1 .47 .57
.56 I! .38 I .32 .32

Irish po tatoes,bu.$

Sweetpotatoes, bu.$

Gatton, lb.



Cottonseed, ton $ i

1.05
.?J 6 12.3 23 . 28

. 90
. 130 9.1 24.20

.85
.85 9 .4 21. 60

I' .80 11
. 8C 9.5
24.50 1

. 61
.73 12.1 21.33

.69
.64 8.8 23.75

.52
.75 9.4 23.12

, Hiw(loose), ton $ 16.98

Hogs, per cwt. $ 1/ 7.25
~ Beefcattlej cwt. $ 1I/ 3.65

v:al calves, cwt. $J J__/ 4.58

lhlk Co'.7s, head $ l/33. 40

Horses, head

$ 17158 .50

10.50 5. 60 5.20 6.70
41. CO 95 .00

10 .60 6 .00 5.80 7.40
43.00 92.00

I 10.80 1 11.89

5.80

6.96

5.50 j 5.01

7.20 i 6.74
42.00 I 47.80 90.00 I 133.00

7.51 5.87 6 .89 8 . 64 59.20 77.60

7.25 5.62 7.58
9.06
62. 40 69.60

Mules, head Chickens , lb. Eggs, doz. ~ Butter, lb.

$-
13.5 26 . 8 25.4

143.00 14. 8 29 . 2 24. 0

135.00 14.3 26.2 23 . 0

137 . 00 ,. 14. 8
28 .7 I1
23 . 0 1

10.8 27.8 27.4

9 6 .60 12.4 25 .8 27.3

87.fC 13.1 26.2 28.5

Butterfat, lb.

23.0

24.0

24.0

28.5

28.1 30.9

Mil:S: (wholesal e )

i 1

per 100# $

2.52

Appl es, bu.

$

1. 08

Cowpeas, bu.

$

Soybepns, bu .

$

Peanuts, rb.

1/4.8

J ~year (1910~1913) a~e~~ge

~/2.90

2.90 3/2.95 1

. 80

.85 - . 90 I

1. 20

1.15

1.15 I

l. 85

1. 65

l. 85 t

3.4

3.2 I 3.2 I

~/Revised ~~reliminary

l. 84 . 80
4.5

2/2.02 3/1.99 - . 62- . 75

1.18

. 8

')
'-'

3.4

1.12 .84
3.2

..'

ARCHIE LANGLEY

Associ ate Agricultural Statistician

In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statisticiar

""'

GEORGIA CROP REPGRTING SERVICE

U. S. D~"partment of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricul tur_al Statistician

Athens, Georgia

December, 1940.

PRICE REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1940

GEOE.GIA: There was no definite trend in prices rAcei ved by Georgia farillers at local markets during the period October 15 to November 15, according to the mid-November price report released by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Compared with one month earlier November 15 wheat and oat prices were slightly higher but corn prices continued_ downward. Cotton lint prices advanced slightly while cottonseed prices advanced l39f,. Meat animals were lower. Chicken and egg prices were both higher, the latter advance being of a seasonal nature. Dairy product prices with the exception of whole milk "Thich is slightly higher were unchanged from a month earlier.

Compared with one year ago, November 15 grain prices were about the same

as those received one year ago except oats which were 14% higher. Potato prices

were slightly lower out sweet potato prices were one-third higher. Both cotton and

cottonseed were slightly higher. Meat animal prices were also higher than at this

time last year. Prices of work animals were lower. Dair~r and. poultry products

\"ere at about the same general level as on November 15, 1939. Soybean and cowpea

pr ices remained practically unchanged from one year ago, out peanut prices were

lower.

UNITED STATES

Mid-November prices of atricultural commodities averaged the same as a
month earlier at local markets throughout the country, and at 99 %of the 1910-14
l evel the index was 2 points higher than in November of last year. Grain prices rose 3 points during the month ended November 15. The cotton and cottonseed index rose l point to 79; seed prices increased moderately but lint was practically unchanged. Dairy and poultry proctucts were higher by 5 and 8 points, respectively, 2. s seasonal declines in production continued . On the other hand, a moderate seasonal decline in hog prices offset upturns for beef cattle, sheep, and lambs and held the meat animal index to the October level. Despite a moderate upturn in apple prices, the fruit price ind.ex dropped 8 points during the month as a result of rather sharp declines in prices of citrus fruits.

Most of the mid-November group indexes of prices recei v ed. by farmers were higher tnan a yec:,r ago. Fruit prices averc::.ged 5 points highe r. Me a t animalQ also were up 5 :points. Prices of dairy products, cotton and cottonseed, and grains all were 4 points higher th<m in NovE;mber 1939. Corn prices averaged substantially above the level of local market quotations in November of last year, though prices of all the smo.ll grains vrere slightly lo'''er. Chicken and egg prices averaged 3 points u:p. Prices of miscellaneous products were down 8 points. Truck cro:p prices averaged 37 points lower.

GEORGIA

COMMODITY
When~~Db~I T

7 3 T 6 3 Nov. av. i Nov.l5 Oct.l5 Nov.l5 Nov.av. Nov.l5 Nov.l5
$ l90I~~~ -t~ ~} ____ 19_~~- __ 19~~-- ~E9_~~-~~-- _l_~~;- __ 19~~2

Corn, bu.

$ I

. 86

. 61

. 68 i 63 I . 59 I 4 7 57

Oats, bu.

$'

.68

.49

Irish potatoes,bu.$

1.05

.90

.52 ' .56 :i .38 I .32 .32

.85

.80 II .61 ' .69 .52

Swee tpotatoes, bu . $

. G6

. 60

. 85

. 80 1

73

64 75

Sotton, lb .

12 . 3

9.1

9.4

9.5

12.1

8.8 9.4

Cott onseed, ton $: 23.28 24.20

21.60

24.50 21.33

23.75 23.12

Hay(loose), ton $ 16.98 10.50

10.60

10.80 11.89

7.51 7.25

Hogs, per cwt. $ 1/ 7.25

$/I/ Beefcattle, cwt. $ I/ ~ . 65

Veal calves, cwt.

4.58

5.60 5.20 6.70

6.00 5.80 7 . 40

5.80 5.50 7.20

6.96 5.01 6.74

5.87 6.89 8.64

5.62 7.58 9.06

Milk Cmn, head $ l/33.40 41.00

43.00

42.00 47 . 80

59 . 20 62.40

Horses, head

$ l/158.50 95.00

92.00

90.00 133.00

77.60 69.60

Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz. Butter, lb.

$ 13.5 26.8 25.4

143.00 14.8 29.2 24.0

135.00 14.3 26.2 23.0

137.00 14. 8 28 . 7 23.0

10.8 27.8 27.4

96.60 12.4 25.8 27.3

87.60 13.1 26 . 2 28 . 5

Butterfa t, lb.

23.0

24.0

24.0

28.5

28.1 30.9

Milk (wholesale)

per 100# $

Apples, bu.

$

2.52 ~/2.90

1.08

.80

2.90 3/2 ~ 95
.85 - . 90

1.84 ~/2 . 021~~/1.99

.80

.62 .75

Covrpeas, bu.

$

1. 20

1.15

1.15

l. 181 1.12

Soyb er>ns, bu .

$

l. 85

l. 65

l. 85

Peanuts, 10.

: 1/ 4.8

3.4

3.2 ! 3.2

4.5

}:_~year ( 1910-1913)-;werage ?:_/ Revised 3 Preliminary

. 82 84
3.4 I 3.2

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
. In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG
Assistant Agricultural Statisticiar

GErRGIA CROP REPORTING S~RVICE

U.S. Department of Agri cultur e

In Cooperation

Agricultural Ma,rke ting Se r vice

wi t h

nr Georgia St ate College Agricu1 ture

Offic e of the Agricultural Statist ici an Athens, Georgia . December 9, 1940.

DECEMBER l COTTON EEPORT F_W. _GEORGIA

Georgia 1 s cotton crop fer 1940 will amount t o 1, 020 ,000 bales (500 pounds
gros s we i ght), a cco rding to all informc:.ticn ava:ilable on December l . tci the Crop Re-
port i ng Board of the U. S. Department cf Agr i culture . I n 1939 fina l production \ras
915,000 tales an<1 in 1938 t h<:! cro:p amounted to 652 , 000 bales .

The yield of lint cott on per acre is placed at @ _p ounds compared with 227 pounds l ast :rear and 203 i n 1938 . 2'h:\.s year 1 s yield is the hi t_;h est on record with the except ion of 1914 and l9 ~W . Harvest e d acr eage is placec~ at ).,946,000 or 2.3% l sss than the 1,992,000 acreaf;e in cultivation July l. This diff er ence is the abandonr:wnt fr om nat1.1.ral cauces :;:) lns tho rt.cr ?ar:~"l p lov18cl. up i:n. <Or<ler to comp ly 1>ri th the cro:n control p ro grau of t~<e Agricul tiu:;al Adjustment Admini::;tration .

Unf a v orable '.veathe r cond.itionn during tho sp ring and. early summe r caused the

cot ton cro:p to make a v e r y unsati ::: fo.ntcr;v start . Poor stancl_s were s e cured in

so1ithe r n Geo r r::; i a , a ncl Buch p l anti.n.r, c:vt.: r t-v:aG n 0cessa,r7 dc1e tn excens rain and belov1

normc"l t empen:.tures . Ge r minro.tio:a '.;J':;AJ :fu:rth<:Jr cle l ayed by a dry cool May . June was

cenerally a favorabl e cotton month, IJ7t;;n though the crcp continued from two to three

1reel~s late. ;I'lFJ crop suffered f:rcm l rii. Ck rf cul t iva tion and incr eased boll >wevil
ac tivity as rains f e ll C.aily o::.1rine tne f~~.rst hdf rf July. Starting about the

middle of July the t; eason wa.R f av-or;:;.bl\; :i..n m:o::>t sections, w:L t h th 'J exception of the

east-centra l portion of the state 1:rhieh nuffer e<i some damag e from t he hurricane

that hit i n Augus t a nd th E": ex treme north e rn count i es where the continued drought

thr ough Septernber and. October r educed thc3 size of be ll s much bel ow normal. \feather

\Tas fav<wable for harver;:tin.::; a nd the crop vJas saved i n excell en t shape throughout

the s t a t e .



](J_r eau of Census g inni ngs prior to Deco:mo or l in Georgia were 95 7,000 bales

comparee. with 901,000 ba1As to tr.e sa:me date in 1939 . United. States g innings to

DGcember l were l0,8(_Q-LQOO running tales co:mpared with ll,llO, OOO bales a year ago.

George B. Streng,
Assi r;tant Agrrultliral St A-t i stician

Archi e Langl ey , A9sociate Agric'ultural Statis t ician

GEOI\.GIA MAP -SHO\HNG P.RODUCTIOlif 1940tl93:J & 1938

19~~. ~~on-Gotr:--7~-
91,000 .. II. -----r-.L.J..cii.

*1940 production indicated ' Decem1)er l .

Ginnings
to

1939' 86 ,000
1938 ' 80 ' 000 . )

1 940' 1 36 ' 00'(..1 1940'

1939' 11 2,000(j ~93 ' 000 ~

.

. ~<);01.;

1938 ' 108 ' 000

~-

?:L3 '7. .J i--

1940 1,020 ,000 Dales

193J -

915 , 000 bales

1938 -

852 ,000 bales

December 1940 - .

1...----~

Districts sho'l<m a r e crop r epo-rting

957,000

IV. c/..__-.)

. V.

Ginnings tr,. 1940, 140 ,000.

]ecemocr 1 \

1939 _

' 11939, 126,000 )

o'C"96-i:,:ooo \1938 ,120,000 \

1940, 181,0. 00
1939, 178,000
~~

vr '

~ 1940 ,

~

clistri cts and
gres s:i -~ n.al.

_)- \-.'l,c\\<rA~.

NOT Con_Jlj~s tri ..~ts..

l64,COO
::~i~ ooo

Ginnings to '

19388~ /J necambeT- l .. cDD'~~~DS

1938 , 142 , 000

.000

1- l....._.__r.-1

~

~

. -

~ 1

VI I 19,10~ 83 _.

000

) VI I I , I 1940 ,

105 , 000

I \

!JJJ!f"" 1939

1939 , 83.000

193~::~::0 l1938. 104.000

114 , 000

71~IX.,__\

~

~1' ~ }\._..,/

1940, 27,000 - :; .

I 1939 , 17, 000

~

1938. ].9,000

- "---~ )

iT r)O cf~ T1 A.

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~
.

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See reve r!: e sicte for U. S. Rep~~;:-- ----\j

DIAGR.Alvf SHOWING ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION OF COTTON IN GEORGIA (Period 1 930-19!];0 , inclusive -*Preliminary estimate for 1940)

35 .

1F-~~,-:

:

- - - - - - - , ,. . -~~~~~~--:~E:GE

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COTTON REP0RT AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1940

STATE

ACREAGE_FOR I.$40 CRQpfll

YIElD PER ACRE

Left for lin cultiva- Average 1

I

harvest
Thousand Acres

tion Jul y 1
Thousand Acre-.;

,,1929-38 1 1939 . 1940

.
I

I

(Dec. 1 est.)

Lb .

Lb.

Lb.

[

PRODUCTION (GINNINGS)})

Il-1f-.__.,.:5:::0:::0~1:.:::b~...,..o.g=-r:::os:::.:s:::.,.,;w;,;t:.,;..,.-=.b:::;al;:.;e;:.;sm""==-

Average

1939 1840 Crop

192 9- 38

Crop (Dec . 1)

j

est.

Thousand

Thousand Thousand

bales

bales

bales

Missouri Virginia

405 31

410 31

I 337 269

555 191

448 385

270

437

380

37

13

25

N. Carolina

833

844

278 296

425

I'

658

457

740

S. Carolina Geor '"ia FICr'ida

1, 242
1, 946
-s6

1, 276
~ 1,992

251 342

374

218 ~

251

151 75

T45

820

871

970

1,175
-----:34

915
lT

~ 1 ,020

Tennessee

735

748

250 305

335

472

449

515

Alabama Mississippi Arkansas louisiana Oklahoma Texas
New Mexico Arizona California

1, 980 2,545 2 ,104 1, 126 1, 846 8 , 523
105 221 348

2 , 057 2,691 2 ,207 1,196 1, 920 8 ,924
108 222 356

21 5 186

1 91

239 299

241

224 225 135 149
420

d319

350

31 9

194

141

209

160 I 185

523

561

382 514

422

513 648

723

1, 200 1, 619 1,283
70 9 812 3 , 876
99 154 315

785 1,582 1,413
745 526 2,846
102 202 443

790 1, 280 1,540
455 805 3 , 2 85
123
195
525

~A_l l ._oTth_geTr~__

_

2_i,Q271~ .

5 _

~2'"~.2Q171:9_ -I-

.2.!_99]7_~-.r-4=7~07~ _

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Sea Island 3.}

27.7

30 . 9

Amer.Egypti~

68. 6

68.6

226

fg~~~M~~~~)-37- ~2~ - ~ - ~2~ --_~- - ~1~ -

I 46

72

r 323

261

1~7-- ~1~ --

1.7

4.10

17

28

37. '

- --- ------- -

42

40

54

, _c___

1. Allowances made for int erstate movement of seed cotton for ginning . Not i ncluding production

of linter s .

2. Included in State and United States totals. Sea I sland grown principally in Georgia and Florida. American Egyptiar1 grown princi pally i n Arizona.

"'

3 . NOT i ncluded in California figures, NOR i n Uni ted States total.

See other side for C~orgi a. Repo rt.



.

GE0RGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. J)eparbneht of Agri culture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Market ing Service

with

Georgia State College .t'lf Agriculture

Office cf the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

:December 9:, "1940.

DECE~BER 1 COT~rON REPORT F0:1 _GEORG IA

Georgia 1 s cotton crop fer 19"0 will amount to 1,020,000 bales (500 pounds gross '\veight), according to all informatio n availab l e on :Decembe r l to the Crop Reporting Boe.rd oo.."" the U. S. DepartmPr:t cf Agriculture. In 1939 final production vras gl5,000 tales and in 1938 th'3 crop amount ed to 852 ,000 "bales.

The ;yi eld of lint cotton pet' e.cre is p lac ed at 5}.Q.l_ p01.mds compared with 227 pounds la~t y ea:- and 203 in 1?38 . This year 1 s :,ri eld is the h i p;hest on r eco rd with the exception of 1914 and l337. Harvested acreage is placed at 1,946,000 or 2.3% lsss than the 1,9 92,000 acreage in cultivation Ju.ly l. li.'his difference is the abandonment frcm natural cc..use~ }.' lU!j t h o a crear.;e plows d. up in t'lrd:er-. tn comply with the cron control p ro grr-tn of U~e At;ricul tu:;al Adjustment Administration.

Unfavcra"ble weathe r cond.iti.onG d~urin.g the spring and. early summer caused the
cotton cro:p to make a v e ry unsati s f&~tc~7 start . :Poor stands vrer~J s e cured in southern GeorGia , and much pla.ntin,:: cv~ :r we.B n e c e ssary due tn excess rain and belm-1 normal t empere.tm.es. Germine>.tion '\'/;.l.S furthe r clelayed. by a dry cool May. June was
generally a favorable cotton month. ~~r~n though. the crcp continued from two to thre e lreeks late. Th9 cro:p suffered from 1-::J.clt: ~f cultivation and incr eased boll ueevil activity as rains fell G.aily cbring tile :firet h.df c:f July. Starting about the middle of July th e ~t: :1son wa ::; favorab'Lc in mcst sections , with th s exception of the east-central port i o:.1. of the r.tats 'Hhieh suffered some clamago from the hurricane that hit in Augus t and t hs extreme north ern counties where the continued drought through September and. October r ed.uced tho,; size of bells much "below normal. Weather 'lias fav0ra1Jle for harv esting a nd. the crcp was s~:w e d in excellent shape thrcu.ghout the state.
Bureau 0f Census [;inning s prior to Decom"ber l in Geor gi a vrere 957,000 1JaJ.es comparee. with 901,000 balos to the same dat e in 1939. Uni t8d States g innings to :December l 1vere 10,8'(_0,000 running bales compared vrith 11,110,000 bales a year ago.

George B. Strong ,
Assintiint AgriculturiU Stat istician

.

. Archie L~mgley,

As~ociatc Agricultural Statist ician

Ginnings t0 :December 1940 -
357,000 Ginnings

n. --trn. I.
1940,

1\,-- No- n-C~otto\ ;(

~
. -

91. ooo . . .

*1940 production indicated ' December l.

1939,

1940, l06, 00Q l940 , .

86,000

.

~3 , 000 \

1940 - 1,020 ,000 "bales

I 1939 1 112,000
)

. .

..

~ "'f;)Jt> ~- ~.

1939 1938 -

915 , 000 .1Jales 852,000 "bales

1938, 1 08 , 000 . \....

- ..,_

\ .

"0~. '1}..
~

.

\ "A "l?~b
~

1 939' ,.
88 ,000 1938, 68

,

~
00~

Districts shewn a re crop repo-rting

/

v. ~~"'-

clistricts and NOT Con-

~~;,000

~\ Vgi.I~o. _J.~~TA- 1940, lSI , 000

1V

groes.t.n,LLJ'j E trJ,,ts..

Dec e m b e r 1939-

1939, 126,000

''A6i:',Doo

~\1938, 120,000

1939, 178,000
~ ~

164,000
19~~~.ooo \
1938,

'Ginnings to Decombm.'- 1.. Cl)

19 38, 142 , 000

114.000

_

\.

1938 -

\

e35.ooo

I VI I.

~J ~-~~ ~~
-----\ VIII.
\(V'\ . )

r ~~ . _.

~

_IX. 1940, 27,000 .

~

1940, 83~000

1940, 105,000

f'

c'

&J2o/'TL J.939, 83.. 000

1939, l7,ooo

(J

1939'
hl,OOO
\1938~7 . 000

1938, 104,000 --,

7
j'Y"~('
1938, ).9,000

~ ~ )
~----L-. -:--- - --: ------

~)
- ...L .__. , .) " " ' -./ u

Se e r f>v e rs e sicie for U. S . Rep()rt .

\. }

\.__..

DIAGRAM SHOWING ACREAGE .AND PRODUCTION OF COTTON IN GEORGIA (Period 1930-19~0, inclusive -*Preliminary estimate for 1940)

3.,5_r__--_ I :0 ::-: :0 I . .-....

rJ::-:.:-:.-;~-:~--~:-:-:J-1

ACREAGE (000 omitted

in

figures)

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1932 1933 1934

1936

STATE

II AC!lEJ;j;E FOR

1~40

COTTON CROP

REPCR~ T AS YI EID

OF DECEMBER PER ACRE

l

'

1940

PRODUCTION (GINi'JINGS) })

I Left for In cultiva- Average

500 lb. gross wt. bales

harvest tion

!11929-38 1939 . 1940

Average

1939 1~0 Crop

July l

I .

(Dec. l
est o)

I

192 9-38

Crop

(Dec. l) est .

Thousand Thousand

Thousand

Thousand Thousand

Acres

Acre<;;

Lb.

Lb.

Lb.

bales

bales

bales

Missouri

405

410

337 555

448

270

437

380

Virginia

31

31

269 191

385

37

13

25

N.Carolina S.Carolina
Geo~_gia
Tieri da

833 1, 242 1,946
~

844 1,275 l, 992
~

278 295 251 342

II 425
374

658
8?.0

218 227

251

1,175

151 '75

145

-------:34

457
871
u915

740 970



1,020

-"---20

Tennessee

735

748

250 305

335

472

449

515

Alabama

1,980

2 ,057

215 186

191

1,200

785

79C

Mississippi

2,545

2,691

239 299

241

1,619

1,582

1,280

Arkansas louisiana Oklahoma

2 ,104 1,126 1,846

2,207
1 , 1 96 1,920

224 225

319 319

350
I 194

135 141

209

l, 283 709
812

1,413 745 526

1,540 455 805 '-

Texas

8 ,523

8 ,924

149

New Mexico

105

108

420

Arizona

221

222

382

Ca lifornia

348

356

513

-j All other

21.5

21.9

297

~ -~-T~T_!L_ _ _2_'!,_Q7~ _ _2~._Q7j__ 1-- 1 .9. 1:

160 523

I 185 56 1

514 1 422

~723 391

"'2"2;:;_:_4- -

3,876

I
!

99 154 315

15

- _l3_L5i7_

2,846

3,285

102

123

202

195

443

525

20

18

_ll:_,.l_2 __ - _:!:_<;_L66_



Sea Island ~

27.7

30.9

_6~ .~ -1 Amer.Egypti~ 68. 6 -Lo-;e-; Calif.- -- - - -

226
1-----

(Old Mexico) 3/ 122

125 _J_ 210

46

72

3-23--+I 2-6-1 --

187 I 211

---
17
-----
42

1. 7

4 .10

-

-

28
--

-

-

-

-

-

37.4
---

40

54

l. Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning. Not including production

of linters. 2. Inc luded in State and United Stctte s totals. Sea I s la..Yld grown principally in Georgia and

..

Florida. American Egyptian grown principnlly in Arizona.

3. NOT i ncluded in California figures , NOR i n United States total.

See other side for Georgia Report .

!

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture In Coopel"ation.

.4.gricultural Iviarketing Service

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia

December 26 , 1940.

\ ,
Total val.\le of the main crops in GeorgJa for 1940 amounted t~ $163,862,000,
accqrding to estimates prepared by the Crop Reporting Board of the V S. Department
of Agriculture. This is 14% above the corresponding figure for 1939 of $143,896,000 The greater part of the $20,000,000 increase in value is due to the larger production of cotton, corn, p eanuts, and hq.

Cotton, the most important cash crop, leads in total value with $58,144,000 for lint and seed co-mpared. with $5L37110QO last year~ an in-crBase of 13%. Value
of the peanut crop moved ahead of tobacco for the :first time in' recent years and is placed at $17,715,000, or an increase of 57~ from the small 1939 production valued
at $11,261,000. The $12.328,000 r e ceived for tobacco in 1940 is 2.5% le-ss than
last y ear even though the acreage was red'tl.Md 43%. This small decline in value
with the heavy decrease in acreage is br':>u.ght about by increas e d yie.1d per acre and higher price per pound. P eaches , whilt> pi'od:t~c:in.g a crop 115b larger than last year are valued at only $5, J.92, 000 compared ltith $5.ts90.000 in 1939. Pecan production
is valued at $1,015,000 against $1,018,000 one :veat ago.

Production of practically all food an..Q; f oe.d crops was above last season, de-
creases being noted only for sugar ca:qe a;nd sorghum sirup, sweet potatoee and s-oybeans. The incr eased production is due in most cases to larger yields per acre rather than increased acreage .

Even though weather cor.ditions \'Jere ve ry unfavorabl e during the planting season and early part of the ;;rov:ing sca.son, record tooacco and peanut yields per acr e were produced. Tho cotton yield indicated on December l is the highest in the histt.ry of Georgia cotton production with the except ion of three years, 1911, . 1914 and 1937. Corn and hay y i elds a re aoovs normal. The only crops whose producti0n vras abnormally low are sugar cane and r.wee t potato es . Decreases in both acreage and yield per acre contribute('~ to l0vrer prod,_tction for these t\..ro crops.

GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistant Agricultural Statistician

ARQHIE LANGLEY, Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

DIAGRAJvl SHOWI NG DISTRIBUTION OF 1940 CROP VAl,tJES nr PF.JWENT OF TOTAL VALUE
/
I
COTTON - LINT AND SEED -35.5%

~
~ 0
* Truck Crops for Market
(See other side)

========== Q:EyBGIA ST.W~Y OF CRoP STMISTICS'----.-.. 1940 A}ffi 1939 .

YEAR

ACHEAGE
. {ooo2

Yield Per Acre
\

PRODUCTION Unit

TDT.AL V.AilJE Value

(OOJ)

Price

( OOQl__. __ Per -Acre '

Cotton (ba1es)l/

1940

1,946

251

Yield in pound:s-

1939

1, 929

227

1,020 $ .095

915

.094

48,450 $ 24.90
42,869 22.22

----~----~~-~------------~---------------------~-------------~------~-~~~~-------~~~-~-----------

Cottonseed

1940

,23

453

21.4::J

9,694

5.98

( -

to --

ns) ---

-

-

____

.....

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

1939
_____

_

_

--"'j'"-

-"':"-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

'

:

"

'

.

:

...2_1________

407

2

--~---":"'-------

0.8
-~-

$_:

-

-

-

______

8 _:

,502 _____

-

-

-

4.41
_J,..__ .......

Corn~ all pc~poses (bus;

1940 1939

4,259 4,346

1ei..os

46,849

.68

31,857 7.48

46,941

.72

26,598

$.12

----------~-----------------------~-----------~~----------~-~--~-------~7~-~---~--------~--~~~---

Wheat, hro'ves~;ed
(bus)

1940 1939

179

. 1Q.5

177

10.0

1+;787800

..9e1s

i~:s7on4

9.56
8.50

--------~---------------~--------~4----------~-4~--~-----~--~-~--------~~~--------~----------1--~

Oats\ harvested

1940

443

19.5

8,63$

.5l

4, 405 g. 94

(bus;

1939

426

21.0

86946

.45

4,026 - 9,45

.. -----------~-----------------------------------~------------~-~--------~---------------------~----

Bye, ha.rvested

1940

22

6.5

143

1.01

144

6.55

(bus)

.

1939

21

6.5

136

1.04

11n 6.71

- --........ -. ~--- ___ ... ____ '7_-:--- ------------------ ---~---""':-- ---------------------------------------- ___ ____..

P(_Ot1.~09S, ITish

1940

19

78

l:l482

.86

1,275 67.11

bus)

1939

:1,8

T7

1,386

.?4

1,026 57.00-

----------------------------------~----------~-------------------------~~---------~~--~--- - -~-----~

Potatoes, S'\veet

1940

gg

70

(bus)

183g

117

76

\ 6,93'0

.96

8,892

.73

6,237 6,,191

63.00 55.48

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----~---'"--..:.-- - - - - --~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- ..... ...!.._,_ __ - - - - ...... __ - - - - - - - - - - _....:,._,__ ...

m,_?1.-_,a,cco _''-':)I

1~HO

?2.1

1060

76, 120

.161

12,328 170.98

-(-lb--s-.-) ________________,..l._S-3-9-- ------1-.2-6--.-l--- ____7_6_1 ...;,. __________ 9--5-,9-8-6------ __...;_1-:-)-2-------1-2-,-6-r:-;o----1--0-0-.3-2--.-

Hay, AU (Inc1.. pe3lmt lP40

1,1GO

.5?

S63

11.60

7,7?3

6.66

----- __ ,n

c

y

1 \

-

-

(\ ,con".
- ----~ -

)
------

...............

-

lc-:0r.J.'
-'---~--

------1

,13'
----

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.
-

53
--

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E9?
---

-

-

-

-

10.9
-----

0
--

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,33
-- _,

0

;
..,..

____

5. 76
--..:..~---

S(oNrorot"l Ui:';n~ci'."io;r'-,~ )r:-E'; ~l?_,:l_cli:yy) 11Gu34~(;'

72 67

1.15 1.20

83

10. 70

80

10.40

%8 12.33 %2 12,42

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~-----~

Sorghum S:b:up

1cYO

15

62

(gals.)

193\J

16

6'

930

.55

1,024

. 55

512 34.13 563 35.19

-------------~----------------------------~-------------~------------------------------ ----------

Sugro Cane Sirup

1940

22

120

2,640

.53

1,399 63,59

(gals.)

1939

34

14L.

4,794

.48

2,301 67.68

------------------------------------------------~----------------------~--------~------------~---~

'0 . Peanuts harvested for -1940

nut.s (lbs.)

1939

663 6-80

835( f:)25

553,605 341,250

.032 . 033

17,715 11,261

26.72 17 32

-----------------------------------------------~-------------------------------------~---~---~---

Cowpea.s haxve9ted. for 1940

19?

5.8

1,143

1.40

1,600

8.12

peas (bus.) 3}

1939

179

5.6

1,002

1.46

1,-463

8.17

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Soybeans harv~7ted for1940

12

5. 5

78

2.00

156

13.00

b
-

eans
-- ---

(bus.)~
----------

-

-

-

-

-

-

1939
- - -- --

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13
----

-

-

-

--

-

-

-

6.1
-------

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

,

.

79
.....

-

--

-

-

2.17
--- ..... --

-

-

-

------1-7-1----

13.16
________ ...

Ve1vetBeans(done& 1940

1,392

.42

578

12.70

7,341

'5.27

------ '~

i

n

t

e

r

p__l

.....)___(t_o_'_._ls-)-i-/ ----

-1-9-3-9-----

-1-,2-8-7-

---

---

---

-

-

.3'7
----

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

476
--- _____

.....

12.00 .,.._ --.,..--

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-5-,7-

1--2-

-

-

-

-

-

-4-.-4-4-

-

__Laspedeza harvested 1940

17

250

<1,250

.055

234

13.7!3

f

o

.r.,..

__se_e__d__(_lb__s_.

)._____

;

____1_9_3_9___

______1_0_________2_0_0_____________2__, _0,_<)_0___

....

___

..:..0_5_0_________

,..

1__0_0__

__ _____ 10.00 .....,,...

P(ea.ch~s, total prod. 1940

bus.)

1939

4,154
3,800

1.25 1.55

5,192 5,890

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------P---------------

Apples, commerci?I 1940

485

.90

436

production (bus.)

1939

437

.85

371

---.----------------------------"------------------------- .. ------------------------------------"1----.'------

Pears) tot?I prod.uc- 1940

397

.50

198

t-i-o-n- __\b__u,_s_.)_____________1_9_39-------...,.------------------------------2-8-1---------.6--5-----------1-8-3--------------

Pecan~

1940

8, 526 -.

.119

1,015

( l bs. )

1939

8,700 b

.117

1,018

---------------------------~----------------------------------------------------------~----------

Truck Crops for market

l94Q

100

193'3

92

3,352 3,694

33.52
40.1~

TOT.AL ALL CROPS .ABGVE 1940
(Excl.dup.of acr. & 1939
acr. in fruits & nuts) -

10,058.1 10,017.1

163,862 143,896

l/ ?J December prelimin~y estimate for 1940.

All types included.

]/ Covers only mature crop (acreage alone ar..d interp1anted) harvested for the peanuts, peas or

beans. !!} Acreage for all purposes.

_

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Division of Agricultural Statistics

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia

December 27, 1940 .

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF GEORGIA COMMERCIAJ~ TRUCK CROPS - 1940 AND 1939.

The Georgia Crop Reporting Service of the U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service makes the following report of the ac r eage, yield, production, and value of the principal Georgia commercial truck crops for the 1940 season. The total value of the crops list ed below is placed at $3,749,000 for 1940 compared with $3,889,000 in 1939 or a decrease of 3.6%. Pimi ento peppers and tomatoes showed the heaviest
drop in value. The reduction in value of the pimiento pepper crop was brought about
by a 29% reduction from the 1939 acreage and the lowest yield on record. Extremely low_ pr~ce_s !~_~e responsibl ~ _for _the dec!'eased yalue of t _he to_mato crop.

CROPS FOR

- - - -- - -

YIELD -

UNIT

VALUE

'

lvlARKET

YE.fi.R

ACREAGE PE.>t ACRE PRODUCTION PRICE (Dollars)

ASPARAGUS

1940

1,800

21

3,800 $1.50 $ 57,000

i_C~a_!e~ ~4__l~s__J ___1~3~ ___1_,_92_0______2~ ______ i_?_OQ ___ ]:_._15____ _142_0QO__

1/BEl~S, LIMA

1940

1,350

53

72,000

.75

54,000

1{/BBuEsAhNeSl ,

32 lb
-si~iiP

s-.

)

-

-

- 1-93-9

-

-- - 1-,0-00-

-

-

- 8-0

-

--

-

- 8-0-,0- 0-0 - -

- .-80-

-

-

-64-,00- 0- -

{Bu~hel 30 lbs.) EARLY - S. Ga.
INT. - N. Ga.
ClffiBAGE- -- --- --

1940

4,200

1939

3,500

..... ... ................ ... ..... ........

1940

2,500

-19-39 -

-2-- ,5-5-0 -

50

210,000

1.00

210,000

80

~/280,000

. so

224-,000

... . ..............

~

100

250,000

. 65

162,000

96

-245--,00-0- - -- ,75 - - 1-84-,0-00- -

(Tons)

SEC. EA..>tLY--S. Ga. 1940 1939

2,700

4.4

2,200

4.4

.................. ..... .. .. ..... .... .........

ll ,900 9,700

18.50 20.00

220,000 194,000

t,

INT.- N. Ga.

1940

1 , 2 60

5.5

6,900 13. 00

90,000

__ . . _

19 39 -- l , 450

- ---6 ~-l - . B. BOO - 15--.-00

132 ,-000

-----~-----~------------------------------

CANTALOUPS

1940

9,500

55

2/522,000

.75

352,000

C(UCCrIDaJtIeBsER6S0- l-bs-.) - - - 1-93-9 - - - 9-,00- 0- - - - 3-0 - - -- 2-70-,0--00- - - -1.0- 0- -- - 2-70-,0-00- -

(Bushel 48 lbs.)

EARLY

1940

2,300

65

150,000

.75

112,000

1939

1,800

70

126,000

.75

94,000

LATE

1940

1,050

47

49,000

1.15

56,000

- - - - - - - - - - -1-93-9 - - - -8-00- - - -6-0 - -- -4-8,-00-0 - - -.-80- - - -38-,0-00- -

LETTUCE

1940

340

75

26,000

2.50

65,000

i_C~a_!e~ _10_l~s_:_)___1~3~ ____ ~0- ___7~ ____ -~QOQ __ ~QO_ __ l:_22..0QO__

PEPPERS, GREEN

1940

110

150

16,000

1.00

16 ,000

i_B~s~el: __5_l~s_:_) ___1~3~ _____ ~0- __ ~2~ ____ll:_,_QOQ ___ 1::~0- __ l:6_,_0_QO__

PEPPERS, PIMIENTO 1940

14 ,800

.67

9 ,920 26.00

258,000

~T~n~)- _______1~3~ __ ~0_,_9_QO____ --~0- ___1~.~lQ __2_1.~0- __5l4_,_0_QO__

3/IRISH POTATOES

1940

4,000

140

560,000

.85

476,000

IB~s~el ~O_l~s_:_)___1~3~ ___2_,_3_QO___ l6Q ___ ~6~,QOQ ___ .~5- __2~9_,_0QO__

TOMATOES

1940

6,500

80

520,000

.70

364,000

-(B-us-he-l -53-lb-s-.) - - -1-93-9 - - -5-,5-00- - - -6-0 - - - -33-0,-00-0 - - -2.-00- - -6-60-,0-00- -

WATERMELONS

1940

66,000

280 2/18,480,000 80.00 1,257, 000



(Melons)

1939

62,600

150 - 9,390,000 125.00 1,174,000

-Pr-ic-e -pe-r -1,0-00- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

194,0 118,410

$3,749,000

ABOVE CROPS

1939 115,600

3,889,000

l/ Production and value of small canning acreage no t included. ~/ Includes some ~~~ntiti e s not marke ted and excluded in computing value of sales. ~/ Included with 11 All Potatoes 11 in the annual summary of al l crops.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

CLIFFORD SIMS Truck Crop Estimator.

GEORGIA CHOP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Divisibn of Agricultural Statistics

with

of .ll.griculture

Office of the .ll.gricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

December 27, 1940.

DECEMBER 1940 PIG CROP REPORT

GEORGIA: The fall pig crop (farrowed from June l to Dec ember l, 1940) for 1940 is estimated to be 787,000 head, according to the December pig crop report of the Agricultural Marketing Service. This estimate is 19% below the crop of last year but 13~b above the 10-year ( 1929-38) average. The spring pig crop (farrowed from December 1, 1939 to June 1, 1940) has previously been placed at 890,000 head or 25% below the crop of 1939 but 1% greater than the 10-year a,verage. The com- bined pig crop for 1940 is 1,677,000 hea~ or a decrease of 22% from 1939. With this decrease the 1940 combined crop is the smallest since 1935.

The nUi1lber of sows that farrowed. this fall is estimated at 138,000 head, a -decline -of- -~ from a year- earlier but. 12% above - the lO.. year (19-29-38) average. Sows farrowing this past spring have previously been estimated at 168,000 head, a
decrease of 21% from 1939 farrowings but 8% above the 10-year average farrowings. Total farrowings for the year (Dec ember l, 1939 to December 1, 1940) are the refore
placed at 306,000, a drop of 21% from the record high of the preceding year.

:Breeding intentions indicate 150,000 SO'VS to farrow in the Spring Of 1941 which is 11% below the 168,000 sows that farl~owed in the spring of 1940.

UNITED STATES: The number of pigs saved in the fall season of 1940 (June 1 to December 1) is estimated at 28,587,000 head.--a decrease of 4,100,000 head or 12.5 percent from the fall crop of 1939. Excepting 1939, however, this year 1 s fall crop was the largest since 1933, and it was about ll percent above the 10-year (1929-38) average which period included the small crops of the severe drought years. Decreases in the fall crop we re general throughout the country and by regions were as follows: Eas.t l'Jorth Central 5 percent; West North Central 11 percent; North Atlantic 16 percent; South Atlantic 15 percent; South Central 24 percent; Western 14 percent.

The number of sows thnt farrowed in the fall season declined about 13 per-
cent. This was slightly more than the 12 percent decrease indicat ed by the June
pig crop report. The number of pigs saved per litter this fall was a little larger t'hari: last fall--~E. 35 cbm-pfttecr v!1lJi 6:3o:.:.:and ~1as- the largest -for any fail on record.

The combined spring and fall pig crop of 1940 is estimated at 76,976,000 head. This is 8,918,000 head or about 10 percent smaller than the record large crop of 1939 but is larger than in any other year since 1933. It is 8 percent above the 10-year (1929-38) average and is about l perc ent above the 10-year (192534) pre-drought average. For the North Central (Corn Belt) States the combined crop this year is 55,302,000 head, a decrease of 4,016,000 head or about 7 percent from 1939.

The number of sows to farrow in the spring season of 1941 (December l, 1940 to June 1, 1941) is indicated at 6,938,000. This number ls 14 percent smaller than the number of sows that farrowed in the spring of 1940, 20 perc ent bQlow the number in the spring of 1939, and about the same as in 1938 . Whi l e much above the low production years of the d.rought period, the number of sows indicated to farrow
for the coming spring is much bel0w any year of record prior to 1934.

SOWS F.li.RROWED AND PIGS SAVED

SPRING (Dec. l to June l)

FALL (June 1 to Dec. l)

Sows

Farrowed

Georgia

(000)

l 0- year-1929- 38 Av. 156

- 1939

212

1940

168

Av. No. Pigs per
Litter
5.7 5.6 5.3

Pigs Saved (000)
885 1,187
890

Sows Farrowed
(000)

Av. No. Pigs per
Litter

123

5.7

177

5.5

138

5.7

Pigs Saved (000)
696 974 787

United States

10-year-1929- 38 Av. 7, 621

1939

8,695

1940

8,057

;

5.95 6.12 6.01

45,355 53,207 48,389

4,221 5,192 4, 504

6.07 6.30 6.35

25,639 32,687 28,587

"

This report is based on information obtained from a large number of far-

mers in cooperation with the Post Office Departmen t through rural mail carriers.

Archie Langley .Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

George E. Strong Assistant Agricultural Statistician.
- -- -- - -- - - - - -- -- -

'-

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SEB.VICE

Agricultural Mar k eti ng Se rvic e

I n Coope r a ti o n

Agricultur al Stati s ti c s Division

with

Ge org ia Sta t e Coll ege of Agri culture

Off ice of the /1.g ricu l tura l Stati st i c ian Athens, Geo rgia J anua ry, 1941.

PlUCE RE;PQR~r AS OF DECEMBER 15, 1940

GEORGIA: Pric es r e ceiv e d by Ge org i a f a rme rs in local marke ts on De c ember 15 we re s lightlyhighe r tha n those rec e ived one month earli e r a ccording to the midDe cembe r p ric e r ep ort of the Ag ri cultura l Marke ting Se rvi c e . Compar ed with one month e arlier grain prices wer e a littl e lower, potato and s we e t potato prices were unchang ed, whil e advances we r e r eg i.s te r ed. for cotton lint a nd c ottonsee d. Mi xe d chang e s we re r eported in me at a ni uJD,l l;rice s v;i th hogs d e clining , v eal calve s remaining uncha nge d and b ee f cattl e p ric e s a dv an cing s li ghtly. Egg p ric e s ro se so mewhat more t han the mmal s eas onal amount an d some s light adva nc e s we re r e ported for dairy pr oduct pric e s.

Co mp a r e d with p ric es r e c ei v ed at l oc n.l mar ke ts in mi d-Decemb e r, 1939 ,
current }Jric es of the p ri nc i p11l g r n in s , e xc opt oat s , a r e c1 o1"'n. Iri s h 1;otato prices
or o l 67'S l owe r but s wee t p otato p ri ces [U' G a bout one-th i rd hi ghe r. Cotton lint
pr ic e s are lowe r by 4% wh il e C')tt onse e d price s n.r e a t ab ou t the s a me l evel. Me at
rr..imal pri c es a r e h i ghe r. Hor ::;e rmd mult: pl' i c es a r e l owe r by 5% a nd 4% r espe ctively. Chick e n p ric es ar e lo we r b y l ~b bu.t e;gg pric es a r e lOC:b hi gh e r. Dairy product pri c es ar e sli gh tl~r hi gh e r but peanut p ric es are d.own 6% .

UNITED STATES: At 10 1% of t he 1 910-1 4 l e v el in mi d-Decemb e r, p ric e s of f arm prod1..1.cts ave r n.g e rl 2 point s hl gh e r thn.n n month e arli e r. The agricultural pric e leve l was al s o 5 point s abo ve n. y ear ago. Gr n.ins a v e rag e d 2 po ints l owe r during t he month as de clinen i n co rn, whe t:tt, a n d r ye ov e rb a lanc e d advances in other ce real s . The cott on a nd co tto nse e d i ndex was unc hanged ; lint p ric e s we r e s li ghtly l owe r but seed pric e s ro:3 e . Mea t a ni mal p ric e s a ve r n.gecl 1 point lo we r cluring the mo nth. Dn iry p r oduct p ric e" , whic h mm a lly a dvan ce f3eaB ona lly fro m Nov embe r t o De cembe r, we r e up 7 p oint s . Pric e s o f '"ggs r ose c on t r a s easo nttlly in many s ection s of the country , lifti ng the i n d.ex of c hick fm n.nd egg p ri ces 2 p oi n ts.

Coinpar e d with u y e n.r e ar l i e r t b.e ge n e r a l l ev el o f f a rm product p ric e s was 5 points h i gh e r. Mid...:.De c e mb e r p ri ce s of poult ry p r oducts we r e 2 5 p oints hi gher. Fruit, moa t a nima l s , an d_ da iry p r ocl.ue t 8 :ce r e al l u p 10 po j_nts. De cline s in p ric e s of othe r far m c ommod i t i es , h oweve r, off set the g r eat e r part o f these gains. Truck Ct op p r i c es a v e rag e d -B--JJo i nts' l o\vi:) l' . Gr n.in pr i c-E)s 1i:re i'e d owh 6 p oint s , c ompar e d with mid-D e cemb e r 1 9 39, a nd cotton a nd c o t tons ee d p ric es ave r ag e d 3 p oint s lowe r.

The r a tio of p ric es r e c e iv ed t o p t:i c e s pai d , int e r es t, a nct t axe s a t 79'% of the ir 1910-14 r e l a tions hip on De c emb e r 15, wo.s 1 p oi n t h i gh e r thon a month earli e r, r e fl e cting t he mo r e r ap i d i n e r ,~ase i n p rice s r e c e iv e d t hem in pric e s paid, int er es t, a nd. t a xes . In mid-D e ce mbe r a ye a r ago , the l evel of fa r m p roo.uct p ric e s was only 75% o f the g e n e r a l o.ve r a ge o f p ri ce s p a.id, int e r es t, a nd t axes .

-----PRICES RE CEI VED BY FAP,MERS DECEMBER 15, 1940, WI TH COMPARISONS

~-=--=~- --=.= ~ cfE6'R612~-~-----r.:: - .

uinTED s=T::-:A-=T=E~s---

COMMODITY AND UliJIT Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Oa ts, bu .

, De c. av .

n--~ 1~909-1~3 1.25

$ 1 . 84

$ 1

68

Dec .l :J 1 Nov .l 5
1 9:3 9 ~ 1 94,0

1. 02

.96

. 64

.63

. 51

. 56

1 Dec .lo
1
1940 .95 . 62 . 56

De c. a v. 190 9-13
.87 .58 . 38

De c~l5
1939 . 82 . 50 . 35

De c.l5 1940 .72 .54 . 32

Irish pota toes,bu.$1 1.02

. 95

.80

. 80

.62

.71

.55

Swee t po t a t oes , bu .$ !

. 68

. 60

. 80

. 80

. 76

. 69

. 80

$! Cotton, lb.

I 12.5 10.1

Cottonse ed, t on

24. 94 26 . 60

9.5 24 .50

9 .7 26 .70

12. 2 22.43

9.7 24.75

9.3 24.08

Hay(looso), ton $ I 16.90 11.00

10.80 10 .20 11.99

7.71

7.53

Hogs , pe r cwt.

$ jl/ 7. 20

Bee fc a ttl e , cwt. $ i]) 3.7~)

Veal c a l ve s,cwt . $II/ 4. 65

4. 85 5.00 6,70

5. 80
5 1 50 7.20

5. 60 5. 60 7.20

6 .73 5.03 6.74

5. 03 6. 85 8 . 41

5.59 7 .56 9. 01

Milk Cows, h ead $iT/ 32.70 j 42.00

12 .00

44.00

48.00

59. 90

63.10

Hors es , h ead

Mules, head

.-C.l!;ghgicsk,

e

ns, doz.

lb

.

Butter, lb.

Butterfat, lb.

1iilk (wh ol e s a l e )

per 100#

Apple s, bu.

$ II/155.00 97. 00

$ :-

114 3. 00




11'

13 .1 28,6

14 .:3 j 30. 0

1 25 .4 24. 0

J

/ 24. 0

I
$1

I 2. 56 2. 90

$i 1.13 J . 85

90 .00 137.00
14 . 8 28 .7 23 .0 24.0
I!' 2 .95 .90

C:)Wp ea s, bu.
Soyb eans, bu. !'eanuts, lb.

$:$ 1.'

l. 25 1 1.15

I

1. l. 90 I 1. 8 5

11/ 4. 8 , 3. 5 _1____~~.2

]:_/ 4- year (1910-19 l3) v.v e r age ?:_/ Pre li mi na ry

92. 00 137.00
14 .1
32 .9 24 . 0 25.0

132 .10
10 . 6 29. 9 28 .3 29.9

~/2.95 1. 88

. 90

. 91

I l. 20 !
1. 90 1

3.3! 4.6 ~/ Rev is e d

J ?7.10

97.20

III!

11.7 20.5

27.3

28.5

i

J 3/2. 00 ~ - . 68

l. 22

J!

. 97

3. 4

69 .10 87.30 13. 0 26 .8 30 .5 34.8
2/2.07 - . 86
1.18 . 81
3.2

ARCHIE LANGLEY

----~-------------------------
GEORGE B. STRONG

Associ a t e Ag ricultural St a tj.sticL-:1,n

As sist a nt )~.g ricultural Statistician.

In Charge.

---- - --..-..

, __ _l..l;;.J..:..JU._\.;"~

tillUWS.

t~.fJ ~ Lt.

t . l ..L.L . . .~J .U.L.:...f..~ ~ L - ~~~~~- 0

Agricultural Marketing Service Agricultural Statistics Division

o r }~ ~ ? )'> JlJ G)
In Coope'ration
with

//ti'
SU~VJ-CE \f
Georgia State College of Agriculture

#l - 1941

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

~_. tr-:1OJ\(''-:(J'~ JJ.\)

-j.J J1')\~ICIJr\4.1./

r f\ ( ' f' J \ v l '--.J

January .20, 1941
J\1 E\J'J:;

(As of January 15, 1941)

GENERAL: Weather conditions for the past month have been' favorable to Georgia seeding and transplanting operations. Responding to a mild January and the beneficial effect of recent rains which were general over the state, the growing vegetable crops are making rapid progress.

ASPARAGUS: Indications are tha t Georgia asparagus beds are in excellent condition and,. under normal weather conditions, cutting should begin in early March. Fort Valley, Montezuma, Marshallville, and Reynolds will again be the source of most of the Georgia asparagus. Accord.ing to the preliminary acreage reports received by the Agricultural Marketing Service in October the asparagus acreage in Georgia will be 1800 ncres in 1941 compared to 1900 in 1940, a de crease of about 5%.

C.ABBAGE: While growers' 1941 int entions to plant, as reported last December, pointed to very little change from the 1940 harvested acreage it s eems possible that the plant shortage now bein~~ experienced in the principal growing area around Adel , Coolidge, and Thomasville may affect earli e r estimates. Six weeks of dry weather in the fall follow ecl by the Novemb e r freeze killed plants to such an extent that shortages a re repo1~ted in some loc a liti es . In the Valdosta area transplanting is far behind expectations -becaus e of plant shortage. No s carcity of plants is reported in the small comme rci a l area near Darien and White Oak. Growers were setting to fields as of January 15 with a substMtial portion of the acreage still to be set mostly with plants from seed planted after the freeze. Most of the Georgia cabbage will be of the Copenhagen variety.

LETTUCE: Pr epared. fields are in good shape in the commercial lettuce ar E:)_~ _ al.Q~ .thfLc.o.as.L-and-p.L~tine op.er-at.im1s . sh0u,1d- -be- we-1-l-- unde:r -- w~ey by February 1.
The principal acreage will pe locat ed around Savannah, Darien, Ways Station, and White Oak .

POTATOES: Reports from growers in the commercial areas indicate that Red Bliss will be the leading v a ri e ty in the early producing sections of the state. It is prob able the size of the acreage planted in the new producing Adel-Nashville area will be largely gove rned by the outcome of plans for a market near Adel. About 65~b of the state 1 s commercial acreage is located in the olcl producing SavannahSpringfield ar ea . A r epo rt on Geor gia growe rs' int entions to plant as of January 15 will b e is sued by the Agricultural Marketing SE,rvic e soon and will be carri ed in the news r eleas e of February 1.

STRAWBERRIES: Due to mode rate t empe ratur es and ample moi s ture the crop is developing satisfactorily after a n unusually dry fall. Comme rci al strawberry acreage in Georgia is scattered 'f'i th the principal :::tcreage a r ound Menlo a nd Lyerly in Chattooga County and Cl axton in Evans County. A small quantity of berries come from Catoosa, DeKalb, Laurens, Macon, . Pierce, and Walker Counties. The first shipments are usually from Pierce and Evans Counties around April 5-15. According to the U. S. Agricultural Marketing Se rvice the 1941 ac reage for picking will be 200 acres. This is the same a_s thn.t of 1940. '

NOTE: News concerning the progr es s of other truck crops (including Lima beans, snap beans , cantaloups, cucumb e rs, green peppers, pimiento peppers, toma toes, ._cmd watermelons) will be carried in our seJ'n:L-monthly nev!s r eleases during the season.

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OTHER ~TATES.- .TRUCK CROP NEWS
(As of January 15, : 1941) . .

LIMA BEANS: Florida shipments continue light from Pompano;' Delray_, and, ]oyn,ton.

SNAP BEANS: Under fa:vorable weathe r condi.tions mov ement in January has been slightly bett e r than two cars per day in Florida .

CABBAGE: In Alabama setting of the spring crop is unde r way in Mobile County. Florida reports very litt1 ~ g ood quality cabbage sold. to date be-:cause of early s-eason weather da mage. The peak bf the Florida cabbage moveme nt is expec t e d in l a t e February or early March. Some e::trl y plants have been set in Mississippi but the bulk of the acreage will be transplant ed during the next 30 days . . Growers re po rt a s hortage of plants du e to a November fre e ze e.rid to. consid..e rable damag e from mildew . The South Carolina fall crop was of g ood qun,;Li ty ~nd
the shipping s eas on i s e xpect ed to end in February. In Texas supplies moving p:u:r-
in.g. January l-15 were b e low expe ctntions an(l final production figures ma y be les..s than the 124,700 ton s indicated on January 1.
CUCUMBERS: Whil e ~"lorida supplies are movi.ng from the Pompano a rea planting is stilf unde r way in sections around Immokal ee .

LETTUCE: Florida expects fairly h eavy shipments of good quality

: Ic eberg lettuce by lat e J a nuary. There has be en a sharp increase .in Ic eb e r.g acre-

age in Florida , wh e r e the 1941 a creage is 5,000 acres compar e d to 800 for _194:0,

ai;L~ ;theacreage of all v a ri e ti es is 6,750 .for 194:1 and 3, 050 for 1940. California

repo:t'ts 21,900 acres of e arly l e ttuc e in the Imp e ri a l Va lley compared to 15 ,200

.. . la$t. ye a r. It may be of int e r es t to not e tha t th e tot a l California acreage .of .

89,.80,0 acres for 1940 was 61% of the total a creage for the country. The Arizona

...ea rly acreage is off, b e ing 12,700 this y ear compared to 15,200 :in 1940..

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POTATOES: Florida h a rve st is p rac tica lly comp l e t e d in the Eve rglades sec;tion . . Fort Mey e rs will be the source of most of the p otato e s for l ate January. wi~h li ght digging in Dade County around J anuary 27. A littl e p lanting has b ee n da.!le. in south Alabama where a l a r ge potato acr eage is expec t ed . A r epo rt of South Carolina g rowers 1 int en ti ons will app ear i n our r e lease of February 5.
STRAWBERRIES: While Fl orida expe cts peak movemen:t by 'the first of Feoruary the small a cr e age this year should p rev ent unduly heavy shipments a t any
time~



TOMATOES : Florida g ro we rs 1 int e ntions point t o considerably .1e.ss .

, spri~i t oma to acreage in c entra l Florida nhe r e the cr op is now being trans~lant~d .

,to ... t.he .fi e lds.

WATERMELONS: I n Fl orida me lo ns have been planted in the Lee sburg

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n ~ e.;t . Early_ r epo rts indicat e l e ss a creage in th e Newberry-Tren ton ar ea. but Suwa~ee County i s exp ec~ e d to s ho w some incr eas e .

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.. . Archie Langley As.sociate Agricultural .St a tistician
In Charge.
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Clifford S1ms

Truck Crop Estimator~

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia .

February, 1941.



PRICE REPORT AS OF JANUARY 15, 1941 .

GEORGIA: The mid-January price report of the Agricultural Marketing Service shows that on January 15 Georgia farmers were receiving prices in local markets for farm prod.ucts that were generally higher than those prevailing one month earlier. However, not all products shared in the advance. Slightly lower prices were reported for oats, milk cows, and milk while eggs declined seasonally about 22%. Prices received for chickens, butter, and butter fat were unchanged from a month earlier.

Compared with 1.,1. year ago, mid-January prices received by farmers failed to show any definite trend. C'urrent prices received for the grains, with the exception of oats, are lower. Lower prices are being received for cotton <and cottonseed, pennuts, hnys, and work stock. All meat animal prices are above the J r:.nur:_ry 15, 1940 levels. Prices received for dairy products are unchanged from those received one year ago.

UNITED STATES: .An increase of 3 points during the month ended January 15, 1941, raised the index of prices received by farmers to 104 percent of the 1910-14 average. This is the sharpest rise recorded for the index since the 10point increase in September 1939 and aclvances the index to the highest point since November 1937.

The January advance wa s largely due to a 17-point rise in prices of meat animals. At 128 percent of the 1909-14 average on January 15, prices of this group as a whole averaged nearly 5 percent above parity in mid-January. Prices of hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, and lambs all registered substantial increases. Grain prices also were up during the month, and prices of fruit advanced 3 points. Cotton and cottonseed prices averaged l point higher. Prices of dairy and poultry products, ho";eve r, were down seasonally, the dairy i t erns being off 7 points, while chickens and eggs averaged 22 points lower than in mid-Decemb e r.

The mid-January general level of agricultural prices, however, was 5 points higher tnan a year earlier. Lower pric e s fo~ grains, cotton, and truck crops he lped to offset shnrp1y higher prices for meat animals, a substantial in-
crense in .fruit pric e s, mode r2tely higher prices of chickens and eggs , and a minor incr ease in dair;:r product prices.

With no increase in prices paid, interest and taxes, the rise in prices of farm products lifted their per unit exchange value 2 points during the month ended January 15. Prices rec e ived by farm ers averaged 81 percent of prices paid, int erest, and taxes in mid-January, compared ,,,i th 79 a month earlier and 78 in January 1940. This was the highest exchange ratio recorded since October 1937.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARlt1ERS JANUARY 15, 1941, WITH COMPARISONS .

COMMODITY

GEORGIA

1:

UNITED STATES

i Jan. av. , Jan. 15 Dec.l5j Jan.l5 J a n.av. i Jan.l5 1 Jan.l5

.Al'JD UNIT

' 1910... 14 . 1940

1940 I 19tH ,, 1910-14 1940

1941

Wheat, bu.

l. 25

1.02

.95

.98

.88

.84

.73

Corn, bu.

$! .s5

. 70

. 62

. 65

. 59

. 53

. 56

Oats, bu.

$1

Irish potatoes,bu.$1

Swee tpotatoes, bu.$ j

Cotton, lb.

i

Cottonseed, ton $j

Hay( loose), ton $

Hogs, per cwt. $

Beefcattle, cwt. $

Veal Calves,cwt. $

.68 ' 1.08
.74
12.4 25.16 17.15
7.30 3.72 4.50

. 53 .95 .65 10.4 27.80
11.30
4.90 5.50 7.00

. 56
.so .so
9.7 26.70 10.20
5. 60 5. 60 7. 20

. 55 l!Ii .39

.85 :1 .64

.85 ', j
10.0

12..281

27.70 ' 22.72
11.20 1II: 11. 87

l 6.00
5. 90

i' !

7. 80 I

7.03 5 . 04 6. 78

.36 .74
10..173 26.00
7. 90 5.18 6 . 94 8. 95

.33
.55
9 .. 4S8 24.46
7. 78 7.26 8 . 09 9. 70

Milk Cows, head $11 32.14

Hors es , head

$i 162.60

41.00 97.00

44.00 92.00

43.00 94.00

h
1~

47.30 133. 70

59.90 78.30

64.60 7o. 20

Mul ~ s. h ead Chi~l?:ens , lb.
E&;gs , doz.

$11

ij

l2.S 25.6

150.00 14.3

13?.00 14.1 32.9

144.00 14.1

,~,1

1o.8

25.5 II 28.0

; 98.10
12.0 18 .3

88.60
13.7 19.7

Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb.

1 25.2

25.0

24.0 25.0

24.0 II 27.8
25.0 11 29.2

27.6 3o.o

28.8 31.1

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Milk (\'Thol e sa le) l'

per 100#

$ 2.5S ]:_/2.90

Apples, bu.

$ l. 25

.90

2.95 .90

I

?:._/2.90

I
I

1.10

]..84 ! 1/l. 99 1.00 ! - .73

2/2.00 - .90

Co ~rp1:~ as , bu. Soyu 2ans, bu. Pee11clts, lb.

$1
$ 1
I 5. 2

l. 35 l. 95 3.6

1.20
1.90
3.3

l. 30 2.15 3.3

I I

4.6

l. 28 1.03 3.6

1. 25 .89
3.3

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ARCHIE LANGLEY

Associate Agricultural Statistician

G.EORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

In Charge.

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U.S. Departme nt .of Agri'C-i.l.lture Agricultural Marketing setvi~B

In Cooperation - with

Georgia: State Col:\.ege:: ()f Agriculture

#3 - 1941

Office-'' 8f the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

February 19, 1941

]~1'\ UC J( .- ~ I~0{

(As of February 15, 1941)

GENERAL: Near fr eez ing temperatures have been experienced in all
sections of the state during the last two weeks. However, ..no report s of -material
cold damH.ge to ver;et a'ble- cro ps ha ve been recei v.ed. Moisture conditions .continue sat~ Qfr-:,c:to Ty. Aspan~gus and lettuce prospects _point to movement in early March. Sou~l-1/Hii~age trai1sr)"i.anting ii1d early pota to --seeding operc:J,tions~ "fire -neai~ing-:-~an end.

ASPA..'RJ.I_GUS: Cold we:'l. ther in the principal asparagus area around Fort Valley, Marshallville, Montezuma, and Reynol cls has tended to slow aspara.gus progress. However, the present expe ct <~tion is fo r a normal crop 'vi-th.U gn t movement in early Ma rch. -

CABBA.GE: Cabbage tr a ns p lanting ope rations are pr13,ctically co.Ibp li:';te~ in south Georg iL1 counties v:i th ge nerally fai r s t a nds r eported._ I\{Ost of the February settings Cil.me from Florida or v1ere from seed }.)l an t e d after the Noy t':lrnber freeze. Some lic e infestation of De c ember and early January settings is r epor'ted in s catterecl areas. ~Che U. S. Ag ricultural Marketing Se rvice estimates the acreage of south
Ge orgia cabbage for 11arv es ti ng this spring a t 25CO acres. Th is i :;:; <;i.bout' a 7% de-
crease from the 2700 ac r es ha rvested in 1940 . The smal ler acreage for 1941 !s attribut e d to a shortage of p lants cturi ng the setting season in south Geor.gia.

LE~PTTJCE: The ' lettuce outloo:c continue s mo st p romising in the commer-ci'al
area around Br-uLswick, Dari e n, Way s St a tion, .and. Whi te Oak. Under .continued favorable we a the r conditions a. crop of good 'quali ~y l e ttuce should b egin to move shortly after Me.rch l.

EUSH POT.Nl:OE S: Plr.~ntings around. Clyo, Sa.v-annn.h, and Spring field in southeast Gc; orgin. t:.tld-in the Adel-Alrtpal:"La--N.;,,s~"l.Y ill e a r ea of south Georgia are ex-

pected to be o~rer by the end of Fcbru.ary. :::n '~ tis c o1: naction it m1 ght ,be of int-
erest to potato growe rs to not e t hat the 1940 report o f t he -u . S. Agricultl.ltal

Marketing Se rvic e on certifi e d. s ee d potato es shows Cobbler t o b e the l e ading -see d

vari ety with 26 .l;'b of t he tot a l Unit ed. St a t es p r odu ct ion. Some others in order of

the ir p e rc ent of the to tal we re: Triumph 21. 8% , Green Mountain 15. B%, :Katahd iil

11.3%, a nd Chip1)ewa 5.2%.



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STRAV8l8:S.P.IES: Inclic ations rue tha t th e stra,7berry crop i s p rogressing
s a tisfactorily in all areas. The U. S. Agr icult u:-al Marketing Se rvi:c_e estimates th o 1941 ac rea(~e of Geo r g i a s tr1:1yrberri es for p i ck ing at 200 ac r es . This acreage is unchanged. f~om a year ago-.

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OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS (As 'of February 15, .)941)

ASPARAGUS: South Carolina asparagus prospects at this time indicate average yields and, wi th the continuance of favorable v1ei.J,ther, cutting should b egin about March 20. California re116rts light movement from the delta section .

SNAP BEANS: Heavy rains have damaged the Florida crop in the Everglades
and along the lowe r east ~oast. Supplies fpr ~he latter -part of February are expected to be li ghter than usual . . Supplies of ~ex as early snap beans may be reduce,;
in t he lowe r vall ey but favorable we a ther will probably result in sone increased ac reage in other areas of t~e state.

shipments -cCAo-Bn-BtiA-nG-uEe:

Condi tiori. of the A1.abaina from mi=my areas, settings

crop 1s r eported good.
also, have been ac tive

While Florida in most sect-

ions and. this should mean a rather h eaV;'l Aoril movement. The South Carolina crop

continues to make sat isfactory progress v1i th production expected to begin a bout

April 1. With the r resent price l ev t.'l around $20.00 pe r ton Texas predicts active

harvesting throughout March in the Coastal 3end n.rea. Setting of the Mississippi

crop is a lmost complete. Stands are fairly good..

CUCtJ1..IDERS: Florida re po rts considerable replanting in the Wauchula and Immokal ee sections because of heavy rains. Texas planting has started and should be complete by March 1.

LETTUCE: In Florida shipmei:tts have be en ver;;r light with most of the ea rly C'.CrGage abandoned nnd Iceberg lettuc e will h ctrdly move in volume for some three weeks. The South Carolina crop is now all sot c.nd making good progress. The greater portion of this acreage is of the Iceberg variety .

POTATOES (IRISH): .Alabama repo rt s Irish potato planting well unde r way

and about a 7'% acr!3age increase a'tmve the 26,700 of 1940. Due to wet fi e lds recent

Florida ship!i1ents have been light. Acr eage in th e Has tings a r ea was seeded a li ttl f

late but i s now coming up. In South Carolina planting of about 14,000 acres is

making expected progress A.nd should. be comple ted b;y February 2~~. Most of the Louis,..

iana early crop of <~3, 000 acres is now in th e ground . Planting has r ecen tly startec

in Mississippi where rq;proximately 3,000 acres are expec ted.

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STR.A.ITBERRIES: In Alabama, with about 4,000 acres, the outlook is for a

large crop from a n increasecf acreage with move;nent around April 10. I<'avorable

Florida we athe r should r esult in increased strawberry movement from that state. Ex-

cessive rains in Texas have d.elayed the active J!'ebru<uy movem en t and shipments will



be li mit ed until 1-Jlarch. The Louisi ana crop c onditi on is good and shipments should

begin about Ma rch 10 fron an expected 23,000 acres.

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TOlvl.A!I'OES : South Dade C0unty will continue to be the source of Florida February toua to es. In Mississippi transpl a nti ng t o cold. frn:oes should. be ove r by March 1.

WATERMELOHS: Early wa t e imeJ.ons in central ]'lorida were frosted rec en tly but growers usu::tlly hrwe seed.ings in the ground throughou.t . this season of the year.

Archie Langley Associate Agricultural St~:>tistician
In Char/";e .

Clifford Sims Truck Crop Estimator.

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GEORGIA. CRO:fi REPORTil-TG sERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In dooper~t-ion

Agricultural Statistics Division

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, _Georgia.

ro Feb ruary ,J, 194~.1

PVESTQ.Q_~ ON GEORGIA FARMS JANUARY I, 1941

The Agricultural Marketing Service reports January 1 inventory nUlJi.bers of livestock on Georgia farms lo>ver, or unchanged, from a year earlier, for all species
I% except cattle an~ calves. An increase of vms reported for this class while the
number of horses and turkeys was unchanged. Declines for. other species were as follows: Hogs t 10%; Chickens:, . ?%; Sheep I 6%; ' and Mules t l;t
Total value of livestock on farms was estimated to be $91,8851000. This is also a decrease of 1% from the value of $92,7821000 estimated one year ago. Cattle and calves are the only group whose total value was higher than the value estimated January _1, 1940. Lov:er values per head were rejorted for horses and. mules, while hi gher p e r head value s al'e r eported for cattle and calves . sheep and lambs, :hogs and chickens. Turkey valuns v1ere unchange d.
The nu.rribt-1r of horses on farms remains unchanged from the 33,000 head estimated a year earlier, while the number of mules declined from 334,000 to 331,000. This is
a decline of .s% in v.fo rkstock numoBr.-;. Cu rrent estimated value of workstock is
$52,734,000 or 4.2% lower than the $55,018,000 value of a year ago.
-The number of ho g s on hand decline d from 11647,000 to 1,4821000 head, or 10% durin'g th e past year. The value of hogs (including pigs) p er h e ad aqvanced from $5.60 to $6.10, or 9%, while the total value declined from $9,155,000 to $9,01.3,000 or only 1. 6%.
Cattle showed a total of 1;019,000 h ead with a value of $25,2321000; there was a. gain of 6.9% in value. One year ago tho corresponding totals we re 1,009,000 and $23,599,000.
Estimated chicken numbers were p l aced at 7,929,000 compared 'li'Jith 8,528,000 and valued at $4~ 6781000 against $41776,000 last year. Turkey numb e rs '\vere :placed at 50,000 hea:d and valued n.t $115,000 - unchanged from the previous year.

Tot al fa,rm va ue thous. dollars

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1932

31

1933

28

1934

26

1935

25

1936

25

1937

29

1938

31

119943091

31 33

1941

33

.H. o~.r~sveSu ,and Colts

$ ~)2. 00
50.00
78.00 92. 00 101.00 115,00 105;00 105.00 103. 00 98 . 00

$ 1,612
1,400
21028 2 ,300 2,517 3,345 3 ,254 3,263 3,392 3,225

and Mt1le Colts

339

$70.00

325

69.00

332

112. 00

334

135. 00

331

155.00

334

174. 00

337

154.00

337

150. 00

334

155. 00

331

150.00

$ 23,730
221425 37,184 45,090
51' 210 S8 1 277 51,751 50,411 51,.626 49', 509

119933321
1934 I
1935 1936 I
19371 1938
I 1939 1
1940 1941

902 974 11071 1,100 1, 012 96 1 942
970 1, 009 1,019

Cattle and Calves

$ 16.50

I

12.30 12.40

12.60

16.70

19.90

20.60

I

21.50

23 . 40 24.8o

I

$ 14,883 11,980 1 3 , 2 80 13,906 16 ,901
19,096 19,421 20,863 23,599 25,232

I Cows and Heifers, 2 years old and over,

i

ktwb for milk,..

I 366 388
I 411 tll9

$ 25.00

19.00

20.00

i

20.00

$ 9,150
7,372 8,220 81380 .

398

25.00

9,950

386

30.00

ll' 580

386

31.00

11,966

390

32.00

12,480

394

35.00

13,790

386

37.00

14,282

~~t-----~--,-~Sh==ee~p~a~n~d~Lam~,~b~s~----------~------~H~o~gs ,

l~32 1

34 1 :t 2 30

$ 78

1,416

including pigs
$ 5.00

2:2o 1933/
1934

34 j
~)4

2. 40

75

1,428

82

1, 464

3.40 3.55

I 1935,

34 .

2.55

87

1,273

4.75

I 1936

34 .

3.4o

116

1, :335

7.60

1937 1938 :

I 32
3~

3.25 3.55

104

1, 420

114

1,363

7.80 7.10

1939

32

1940 1

~~4

3.45 3 . 50

111

1,554

119

1,647

7.20 5.60

1941!

3,2

3.55 .

113

1,482

6.10

$ 7,080
4,855 . 5,197
61045
9,3 83 111134
9,695 . 11,132
9,155 9,013

qhickens (exc luding cnicks under 3 mos.

1935 , 6 , 855

$ . 50 I

$ 3 428

1936 71353

o 57

4 t 191

Turk~s

54,

$ 2.20

52

2.50

$ 119
130

19371 8,102

.60

4:861

56

2.30

129

1938 7 .138

.62

4,126

54

2.35

127

i 1939 8, 143
1940 s. 528
1941 7,929

.62 56 1 .59 i

5 049 4: 776 4,678

49

2.45

50

2.30

50

2.30

120 115 115

Total value 1s sum_ of v.,>,luc;,s by age..JiESlups. ..., Included 1n cattle and c alves,

ARCHIE LAl~GLEY, Associ ate Agricultura l Statistician
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL W:ARKETING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. Released: February 17, 1941.
UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ..; JAJiJUARY l, 1941

The up-swing in total livestock numbers that started in 1938 tended to level off during 1940 and on January 1, 1941 the number of animal units on farms was only a little larger than a year earlier.. During 1940 cattle and sheep showed substantial increases, hogs a rather sharp d.ecrease, and both horses and mules small decreases. The number of chickens declined moclerately and turkeys sharply during the past year. However, the total inventory value of livestock on farms on January l, 1941 of $.5,082 1 631,000 was 3 percent lc=uger than a year earlier arid the largest since 1930.

When the numbers of these species excluding poultry are converted to an animal unit basis, which allo'l!'rs for differences in size and feed requirements of the severaJ species, an increa.se of a j i tile less than l percent is s:hmn. "Because of C\ sharp decline in the number of hogs, the composite grain consuming animal units decreased about 4 perc,ent. The composite number expressed in terms of hay and pasture animal units, which omits hogs entirely, increased about 2. 5 percent.

As is usually the case, hog numbers showed the largest relative change during the year, a decrer.:tse of 12 percent. This drop in hog numbers was' a result both of a decreese in the number of pigs raised in 1940 and of heavy marketings of these pigs before January l, 1941. Because of the low prices of hogs prevailing during 1940 and the low ratio of hog prices to corn prices, the 1940 spring pig crop was reduced about 9 percent and. the fall pig crop about 13 percent. A record high number of hogs was slaughtere(l from October through December.

'11hc upward movement of the cycle of ce.ttle numbers continued during 194C at an ncceleratcd re.te with an increase of over 4 percent. The number on January 1, 1941 has only been exceeded in 3 other years, and if another increase during 1941 eq_ual to that during 1940 should take place, the number on January l, 1942 will establish a new high record.

The number of stock sheep on farms and" rnnches increased about 2 percent during 1940 and the January 1, 1941 number established a new high record for over 50 years. The numbers of horses and of mules continued to decline during 1940, with each d.own about 2 percent.

HORSES: ~'he estimated number of horses, including colts, on farms January l, 1941 was 10,364,000 head, a decrease of 238,000 or about 2 percent. The number of colts under 1 year of age was smaller tha.n a year earlier, indicating a further decline in the number of colts foaled. The value per head of $68.21. was down $9.15 from a year earlier and the total value of $706,940,000 was down $113,187,000.

J:viULES: The number of mules, es timr:,ted at 4, 238,000 head, was down about 2 percent. ~l'he number of mule colts und.er 1 year, hcnrever, 1vas larger than a year earlier. The value per head of $105. 72, was d.own $8.84 and the total value of $448,062,000 was dov.rn $45,591,000 or about 9 percent.

CATTLE: The number of all cattle on January l reached 71,666,000 head

which was 2,865,000 hea.d or about 4 percent larger than a year earlier, and

4,625,000 head. or about 7 percent above the 10-year (l93C-l939) average. Of the

increase of 2,865,000 head., 777,000 head vras in milk cows and young milk stock and

2,088,000 head in cattle kept principally for beef. The average value per head of ;t;4~~" 42 was $:::L82 higher than a year earlier and. the total value of $3,111.,925 , 000

'-"'RG up $318,459,000. The number of milk cows (cows and heifers 2 years old a:Dd

over kept for milk) of 25,917,000 head was up about 2 percen.t. The value per head

of milk cows was $60.86 comp<:tred. with $57.24 a year earlier .

.

HOGS: The number of hogs on farms on January l, 1941 of 52,983,000 was down 7,224,000 head or about 12 p~rcent, from a year earlier. This number was about 4 percent larger than the 10-year (1930-1939) average, but this period included the low numbers of the sev.ere drought period . The average value per head on JanuarJ l, 1941 was $8.31 compe.red '''ith $7.81 a year earlier, -but the total value of $440,073,000 was $30,000,000 smaller,

CHICKENS: Chic.kens on farms on ,January 1 numbered 413,934,000 birds, which is 4 percent less than a year ago and 2 percent less than the 10-year (1930~
1939) average . However, higher egg prices last fall induced farmers to hold a
larger proportion of their hens and pullets than in 1939 . While the number of chick.
ens decreased, the average January l value per bird increased from 60.4 cents in
1940 to 65.3 cents in 1941. The total_ vc.lue of chickens on hand at the beginning of 19'11 was $270,265,000, which is 4 percent larger than the total value ~n January 1 last year and 3 percent below the 10-year average.

(GEORGIA REPORT on reverse side)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agr icultur e

In Coop e ration

Ag ricultural Marketing Service

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia March, 1941

PRICE REPORT AS o:l!' FEBRUARY 15, 1941.

GEORGIA: Mid- :E'eb ruary p ric es r ece ived t\Y Georgia farmer2, in local markets were generally somewhat hi gher or unchanged from t hose r ece ived a month earlier accor<Ung to the mid-month price r eport r e leased by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Howeve r, egg p ric es were clown 23% and this drop is the heaviest record ed. for the month end.ing February 15 since 1936 vri th the exception of last year when egg prices actually advanced during this period. All meat animal prices continued to mov e upwa rd e ven though substantial advances have been report ed for the pas t two mon ths .

. _

Comp .<::l~edwith_. rnid<FebrJ.larJ' 194.0 pr ices. cu~.rent pric.~ s 0-f g-rains, . with

the ex.ception of oa ts , are lowe r -- corn prices d.eclif.ted 14% . Cotton lint prices

are off 47b while cot tonseed p rices are down 1}6. Hog, beef cattle, and veal calf

prices c:.re 31, ll, e.nd lO percent highe r r espe ctively . A drop of 3% is repo rt e d

in th e price of horses whi l e mule p ric es a r e down 5% . Dairy p roduct p ric es are
higher than those reported a year earlier but peanut prices ar e off s'}b.

UNITED Sr:i:'.ATES : A 1-point d ecline in the ind.ex of farm product prices for the monTh ended. E'eb-ruary 15 was r epo rt ed for the Unit e d States. At 103 percent of th e 1910-14 av e rag e , however, t he index in mi d- J!.,ebruar;:l was 2 points nbove a year ago. 'I'he sharply higher l eve l of meat animal pric e s was p rima rily responsible for the favorable comp a ri son with last year as prices of all other groups of 'commodities except fruit we r e lower.

Se asonal declines in prices rec e ived by farm e rs fo r eggs and dairy p roducts, togethe r with lower grain prices, were more than enough to offset gains in prices of fruits and truck crops during the month ended Februa ry 15. Terminal market prices of the more important agricultur Etl c ommoditi es have shown no marked changes since mid-February.

Conswner purchasing power , as measure d_ by the inc ome of industri al worke r s , continued to impr ove during De ceml)er, t:J..nd has continued to improve during, the first 2 months of 1941. This impr ovement t ends to be r efl e cted in An incr ease d domestic dsmand. for fa.rm products. Suppli es of dairy and. poultry p roducts have incr eased seasonally during the past month, howev e r, whi l e s t ocks of wheat, corn, cotton, ani'l. many other staple crop s remain at an abnormally high l evel.

At 123 percent of the 1910-JA average , the index of p ric es paid by farmers for commodities bought was unchanged in mid-February from a mon th earli e r but was 1 point higher tban a year ago . The index of p ric es paid. including int e rest and taxes a ls o was unchanged a t 128 percent of the p r e-wa r level .

PRICES RECE I VFJJ BY FAR!viERS FFJ3RUARY 15, 1941, WITH COlviPARISONS.

COMMODITY

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Feb.l5

AND Ul'HT Wheat, bu. Corn, bu .

: 1910-14 1. 25 I . 87 I

1940 1. 05
. 79

Oats, bu.

$

Irish potatoes,bu.$

Swee tpot atoes,bu . $

I . 68

1. 14 . 77

I

.57 . 95 .70

Cotton, lb.



Cottonseed, ton $

I 12.5
25.32

10.5 28 .90

191 .98 . 65 . 55 .85 . 85
10.0 27.70

1941 1910-14 1940

. 97

.89

.84

.68

[I

. 58 .90

I
I

10

. 90 .l

-II

28 . 60

. 60 .40 . 66 . 85 12 . 3 22 . 60

.55
.38
I . 75 I 79
10.0
26.64-

1941 . 68 . 5c3 .33 . 55 .93
9.4 24 . 61

..

Hay(loose), ton $

Hogs , pe r cwt.

$1

:I Re efcattl e , CV7t.
Veal Calves, cwt.

Milk Cows, head $

17.49 7.26 3.76 4.48
32.82

I 11.40 4.90
I 5.50 7 . 20
I 42 .00

11 . 20 6 .00 5.90 7.80
43.00

11.80 6 .40 6.10 7.90
43.00

12.02 7.12 5.ll 6.77
47.80

8.10
4.97 ~_/7. 03
8.80
60.40

7.88 7 . 19 8.34 l O.ll 65.70

Horses, head Mules, hend Chickens , lb.

$ 158.20 I 99.00 I 94.00

$ --

I 152. 00 1--14.00

1 12.3 I 14 .1

14.1

96 . 00 I 137.00

144.00

--

14.7

ll.l

78.20 97.30 \12. 2

70 .40 88 . 60 14.0

Eggs, doz . Butter, lb. J3u t t e r fat , lb .

I' 21.8

25 . 8

: I 25. 6 I 23.0

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--

23.0

~;5. 5 24.0 25.0

19.7 24.0 25.0

23 . 7 26 . 6 27.4

20.2 27 . 5 29.7

16.8 28.1 30.5

Milk (1.7holesal e) . I

per 100# Apples, bu.

$
$

2.53 l. 4

2.85 1. 05

2.90 5:._/2.90

1.10

1.10

I 1.77
1 . 06

1.94 5:,_/1. 91

. 81

.93

Cowpeas, bu.
Soybeans, bu. p eanuts, lb.
!/ Revis ed

$
$1
1

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I 5.3 -

5:._/ Pr e limina ry

I l. ,15

1. 30

I 2.30

2 .15

3.7 I 3.3

1.40 2.25 3.4

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l. 35

I --

. 96

4.9

3.6

1. 32
.84 3.4

ARCHIE J~ANGLEY

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Associ a t e Agricul tu:ral Statistician In Charge .

Assistant Ag ricul tura.l Statistician.

S1f~Y JCZ

U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service

In Cooperation with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

#4 - 1941

Office of the Agricultural Statistici an
Athens, Georgia March 5, 1941.
~ ~or~~d;\ : ~rs~ u~J( ~ .fioJ> J\fE jY ~

(As of March 1; 1941)

GENERAL: According to the Agricultural Marketing Service, moisture deficiency continued. throughout February in the commercial vegetable areas of the state. While this greatly aided. soil preparation for March plantings, it has resulted. in generally i':lo'or cabbage s tand:s ,[,rom January- February settings. Cold
' weather is st1lf 'the chief hinclranc:e to asparagus. [:rowth. However, all reports on the lettuce outlook in the coastal counties continue (_)ptirnistic.
ASPARAGUS: Asparagus beds have been well worked. out and. are in good condition. Signs of asparagus sprouting are, as yet, few and scattered in the principal commercial area around Fort Valle;{, Marshallville, Montezuma, and. Reynolds where light cutting should start about March 18. Farther south, in Terrell County, cutting is expected to begin near March 10 in the Graves-Dawson section. Reports from all commerCial areas ind_icate that cold weather continues to delay asparagus growth.
C.ABBAG:E: While the entire early cabbage crop in south Georgia is in need of moisture, plrmts set in Janua~J and February, which make up the larger part of this year 1 s acreage, are especially suffering from clry weather. February precipitation has been consiclera1:.ly below normal and since most of the LTanuaryFebruary settings are ,just now taking root the moisture d.eficiency is causin~ generally poor stand.s in fields set since en.rly January. However, cabbage put/"I:Jefore January show fair stancls but lack of rain has adversely affected growth and coneli tion. 'J'he small cabbage acreage arounrl Darien and. VVhi te Oak is growing satisfactorily. The acreage of early Georgia cabbage for harvesting this spring is estimated to be 2,500 -- a decrease of 7 percent from the 2,700 acres of 1940, but 97 percent larger than the 1930-39 average of 1270 acres. rrhis does not include north Georgia cq,bbage acreage which is a later crop n,ncl is set about the time of the cutting season in south Georgia.
LET"l'UCE: Despite a February riiinfitTl cleficiency, all reports from the Georgia commercial area located along the coast, indicate that the crop is making rapid progress toward maturity. Information from the Darien-Brunswick 1mcl White Oak sections point to Iceberg lettuce in splendid. condition, with the present outlook for excellent yields of fine quality lettuce. Limited movement is expected to develop soon after mid-March.
POTATOES (IRISH) : Se ecling operations in the early producing SavannahSpringfield and Adel-1\J"ashville sections are completed. Higher temperatures and. ad.cli tional moisture are need.ed. to get the crop off to a favorable start . As of January 15, Georgia growers reported. intentions to plcmt Rbout the s~me acreage of early Irish potatoes as in 1940 when 4,000 acres were harvested. Ihformation on which to base a preliminary estimate of pl;:mtecl acreage will be secured this month.
STRArffiERRIES: Due to an unusue,lly dry fall, colcl weather ancl insufficient rainfall in February, the crop around Menlo and Summerville in Chattooga County and Rossville in Wr=tlker County is backward. The cl:Jrmant plants should quickly respond to normal temperatures though, and growers 1 pres~nt expectntions are for an average crop in that area. However, weather cond.i tions to elate are reported generally favorable to strawberries around Scottdale and Clarkston in DeKalb County. Reports from the Scottdale section indicate that picking from acreage in that locality is expected between April 20 and 30. Evans, Dooly, Macon, ' Pierce, and Sumter Counties will be the source of most of the early April berries.
OTHER CROPS: As the preparations for other ~rJrnrrJercial truck crops near the planting stage in south, centrnl, and. north Georgia, news concerning their progress will be carried in our semi-monthly releases.

(OVER for 11 0ther States 11 )

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS

l

1 , ;. . \ \ .

(As of March 1, . 1941 )

.ASPARAGUS: South Carolina expects normal yields wi.th shipments from the lower producing areas of the s tate starting about March 15, r eaching peak around mid-April. California movement has been moderate and. maturity is r eported. held back by heavy rains and. cold. weather .. Shipments in appreciabl e volume are expected. by March 10~15.

LIMA :B.E.A.NS:' Florida lowe r. East Coast po ints will b e the source of early Ma rch Limas. Spring Lima beans are now be ing planted in the Eve r gl a des area and a l so in the Haw~ho rne section of north Flo rida.

SNAP BEANS: Due t o damage from heavy r a ins Fl orida p r ospec ts point to li.ght shipme nts i n Mar ch. Central Florida beans, d.estroyedby a fro;;t on March 2, will :be r eplant ed.. I n north Florida plant ing has ,just started.. In southern Loui s iana seed: have b ee n planted but the bulk of the planting will be done after March .5. - South Carolina expe cts planting t o become general a r ound March 10 with Bountiful and Black Valentine the most common varieties. Texas beans in the Lowe r Valley a r e up to f airly good. stands and. planting in t he l ate r p r oducing sections i s now under way.

CABBAGE: Al abama spring cabbage a cr eage i s r eport e d considerably less t han l as t year but gr owing conditi on s have been ver-<.J favorable and. some movement . a r Qund April l is p r edicted. :tnorida 1,s l ate crop is in good condit i on and the pre.l;lent li ght movemen t of the eal~-ycrop should. increase toward the l a tter part of
the .!llonth. The- Louisi a na spring crop has .b een transplanted but shipments are not expected until the l att er part of April. Mississippi report s little cabbage growth during FebrUElry because of cold weather.

No r th Carolina cabbage stands and condition a r e gene r ally good and p r ospects: ar e tho..t harvest will be earli e r than .las t year. South Carolina g rowth has been r e tarded by cold, dry weathe r but some movement is expected about mid- March. In Tennessee preparation of fi el ds is well ad.vanced, but a two months drought has permitted. little transplanting to date.

CUCUMBERS: I n Florida cucumb ers a r e up in Manat ee , Ha r dee, and Orange Counties but it. will p r ob-ably be the first of Ap ril before any cucumbers are picked . Some Texas cucumbers are up and p r oduction should start i n l a t e .April.

LETTUCE: Low p ric es and. poor quality have r esult ed in the abandonment of mos t of Florid.a 1 s Ic ebe r g l e ttuc e during the past three weeks . The r e is also a smal l ac r eage of young l ettuce which i s in only fair condition. No rt h Carolina pl unts have been set and goo d s t ands a r e r epor t ed. . South Carolina lettuce is making goqd. p ro gr ess in :Beau fo rt, Charleston, and Co ll et on Counties and some Imp e rial l e ttuc e is expected to move by the last week in March.

POTATOES (IRISH): Planting of Iri sh potatoes is practically compl e t e in south Alnbmna with a cons i de r able acreage incr ease in Baldwin County which p r oduc es about 80 pe rc ent of the stat e 1 s acreage. Mos t of the north Fl,orida pl ant s , which we r e Just coming through t he gr ound , yre r e cut back by the . r e c ent frost and the r es\llt will be abou t a 10 days del ay in the harv es t date . H rw~eve r, movement fr om the ear l y area VJ ill start around Ap ril 1. Planting i n Louisiana i s prac ti cally c ompl e ted and t he c r op is beginning to come up. In ~outh C11ro lina pl anting i s complete and c onditi ons favorable to good germi nati on .

S1'RAWBERRIES: The condition 0f Alabama strawberri es is r epo rted good,
but p l ants remain dormnnt due to low tempe r a tures. In North Carolina, where new plant beds have i ncreased ac reage about 25 pe rc ent, condition ~s r eported good. The -~ Caro li na crop has b een held back by cold but plants are i n gene rally good condi t:i.ori. 'I'ennessee st r awbe rry growth has be en hinciert;d by dr;J fall c:Lnd winter weather and rain i s needed at t hi s time.

TOMATOES: Recent damaging frost s will limit the offe ri ngs of Florida t omat oes for t he next two or three weeks. In Manat ee County and t he Everglades, reporting 25% _an0.. 35% l oss , r espec tively, to plants for the sp ring crop , most of t .he ac,reage h ~xp3cted t o be reset. In Mississippi it has b een necessary to ke ep the c old-frame clo sed most of the time , but plants appear to be in fair to good condition. Tenne ssee pl an ts in h o tb eds have suffered some fr om cold weather but transfe r t o cold frawes should begin a r ound March 18 .

WATEEMELONS: Frost in Florida on Marc h 2 killed nearly all t he wat e r-

melons tha t were up in the Leesburg a r ea but groVTe r s have s eed in the ground a t

t hi s ti me of the year and the result wi ll only mean a few dnys del ay in the harvest

date. Mel on pl ant i ng continues in the uppe r a r ens of Florida. Plants a r e up on

much of the Texas ac r eage and except for generally cool weather, no particular

hindrc_mce to growth has oc curred in that s t a t e .

~

Archie Langley Associate Agricultura l Statistician
In Charge.

Clifford Sims Truck Crop Estimator.

t r;: \Jj J ...~.d "J) ~ '-..; :_!

U. S .. Department . of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office .of the Ag ricu ltural Statistician

Athens, Georgia .

March 19, 1941.

(As of March 15, 1941)

GENERAL: The h eavy rains of March 7-8, whic h followed a JanuarylPebruar;y rri:"trked deficiency in rainfall, have g r eatly benefitted the growing and seeded crop s, acco rding to the Agricultural Marke ting Service. However, slightly lower than seasonal temperatures continu ed in most commercial areas . Recent rains have improved cabbage condition, but the lettuce area r ece ived only light showers and is . in need of . addition,~:-.1 F.Joistl:lre. Plant ing ef snap beans is gene r a l ano. so-me planting of watermelons, cantaloupf:l, and' cucumbers is re po rted. in the extreme south .p orti on of t he stat e.

ASPARAGUS: Cold weather continues to delay as:9aragus growth but cutting

has started and should r each appreciable volume by l a t e March. It has been re-

po rted that an aspc:tragus cannery will open up a t Mar s!1allvi lle and t h is pack ing

plant is expe ct etl to operate throughout the Georgia cutting season. Due to dis t-

'I

ance from a cannery market most of t he state's aspar agus has heretofore gone to fresh mDrkets. The U. S. Agricultural Marketing Se rvic e r epo rts that asparagus

production in Georgia is indica t ed to be 51,000 crates from 1700 acres. While the

acreage is about 6 percent less than the 1800 of 1940 t he expected p roduction of
f
51,000 crates is 34 perc ent above last yea r's small crop of 38,000 crates.

LIMA BEANS : Pl ant ing operations are under vva.y in Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Efnngha.m, and other south Georgia counties. In Henry County where a l a rge commercial acr eage is in p ro spect , p l anting should begin within a few dnys.

N;~ BE.Al\TS: Planting is reported better tha.n 75 percent complete in th e commercial area n.round Thome.sville, Barwi ck, Quitman, and Moultri e . Some beans a r e u p a r ound. Do erun , Georgia. Grn.dy . County reported. some planting as early as Feb rua ry 15 but rno s t of the ac r eage hnd to be replanted. b c cnuse of cold, dry weather. All reports point to a r) rob abl e ac r eage incre nse above that ho..rvested in 1940.

CABBAGE: Beneficial rains on Ma rch 7 and 8 have greatly improved th e early south Georgia cabbage crop which was suffering fo r l ack of moisture. While plants are small, because of l a t e r thrm usual s e tting for mos t of t he crop along with dry Feb rurtry we a ther, they are g rowing now and light cutting should begin
about the usua l time -- or near March 25 . Some few cabbag e from fall settings are
now b e ing so ld on loca l markets. In north Georgia r epo rts i nd icat e that soil p r epar at i on f or the i ntermedi ate crop is well advanced for this early i n the season and the expectation is for littl e change in ac r eage from 1940 .

CAJ.~TALOUPS: Planting has started in Brooks, Co lquitt, Mitche ll, Thomas, and Worth Counties.

CUCUMBERS: ReDorts from Hahira i n Lo,?md os County and Coolidge in Thomas County indicate that considerable acreage has a lret'l.dy be en seeded in th ese areas.

LETTUCE: While moisture i n March has been les s than needed in the commercial l ettuce a rea the Ic ebe r g crop is reported in good condition. Le ttuc e should move from Bryan, Glynn, Mcintosh, and Camden Counties th e l a tt e r part of March but the l e ttuce in Chatham will hardly move before early April. Both yield and quality are expected to be considerably above th.:ct of 1940 .

POTJ,TOES (IRISH): Lowe r than seasonal temperatures a nd weeks of v ery

dry weathe r have de l ayed ge rmina ti Qn and probably caused some damage to seed in the

'

ground. Recent rains in the Adel-Nashville potato area have g r eatly improved the

outlook, but the moisture r ece ived in the Savn~nnah-Springfield locality has b een

much b e low no rma.l .

STRAWBJj;R.,.'R.IES: Early Mf'.rch r 2ins have imp r oved the s trm,berry cond_i tion but 'i''armer weather is needed in the Scottdale, ~:Jenio , Summe rville, and Rossville
a rens. Picking is expected ' t o b egin in early April from the Cln..xton ac r eage and . .J bet~'Jeen Ap ril 20 and 30 in the n orth Georcili Counties.

WATF.BMELONS: Unde r gene r a ily fnvore.bl e weathe r c0ndi tions most of t he intended acreage has been planted in Brooks, Grady, Lee , L0wi1des, and Thomas Counti es . Considerable acreage r emains to b e planted in ne arb~r counties. Cold weather is holding up plan ting in Bulloch and Emanuel Counties.

(OVl~R for ''Othe r St a t es ")

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS (As of March 15, 1941)

ASPARAGUS: In South Carolina ther e is no indication of growth as yet.

The market':i.ng date is uncertain but favorable weather should bring lie,;ht shipments

by Ap ril l. Shipments from California, although still hindered by wet weather,

are increasing rapidly. .Aecording to the Agricultural Marketing Service, asparagus in the early producing states is indicated to be 7,585,0CO crates (24 lbs.). This

,

is 2 percent l ess than the 7,729, 000 crates produced in 1940. Estimated 1941 pro-

duction by states is: Arizona ;31,000 crates; California 7,181. 000 ; Georgia 51,000

and South Carolina 332, 000.

LIMA BEANS: Florida movement continues from the lower east coast. In the upper partOf the s tat e heavy rains made it n ecessary to replant a considerable portion of the acreage.

SN.AP BEANS : Frost and heavy rains have r educed ],lorida winter production and the damage ha,s been particu1<<rl;)' severe in the Homestead area . Also, as a r esult of frost in,jury, there will be only light mov emen t from the Everglades until the latt er part of .Ap ril . In both Louisiana and Mississippi th e bulk of the plantings will be made in the next 15 dnys. South CD,rolina plant ing is about half d.one but th e g r ound i s still too cold fQr p rompt gorminatio.n. Texas expec t s some mov eme nt from . the Valley section in early April which i s 10 to 15 days lat e r than usua1.

CAEBAGE: Alabama expects spring hatvcst to begin about the end of March but movemen:t"wil l at no time become henv-y b ecause of the small acreage (1100 acres).. Florida shipment s a r e expec t ed to graduc:;lly increase to April l during which month a fairly heavy acreage of cabbage wi ll be harvested. The IJouisiana c rop continues to make. slow prog r ess because of cool, wet weE~ther. Consistently cool weather has a l so resulted in slow developme nt of the Mississ ipp i crop. No South Caro li n~ shi~ ments are expected until after April l. The crop has suffered -from cold, dry weathe r which it i s feared may h;we been conduc:i. ve to development of " see ders 11 Tennessee cubbage plants had al l been t ranspb.nted by Ma.rch 15.

CUCUMBERS: In AlabttmH. cucumbers a r e mostly plan t ed but few plants were

up by Mar ch 15.-sGme Florid.:aCucum1)ers may be harvested the l atter part of March



but in central Florid.a practically the entir e acreage had to be replanted follow-

ing the cold and r a ins. Texas expects considerable production the latter part of

Apr il with the main portion of the crop moving in May .

LETTUCE: For the next two or three weeks 5 or 6 cars of ll ig Boston per week should move fron central Florida. 'l;here is still some l ate. acreage at Wei rsdal e , Clewiston and Bell e Glade. In South Carolina the weather has been too cold for rapi d development and no movement of consequence is expec t ed before April l. Unfavo r ab l e weather ha.s also p r eve nted progr ess of the North Carolina crop.

POTATOES (IRISH): Alabama r epo rts a consid.e r ab l e acreage of po tato es up

and digg ing is expected to start during the latt er part of April. New po tato es will continue t o mov e from Flo ri da a r eas a round .B'ort Meyers , Fort Pierce, and in

.

Dade Count~r for th e 'remai nder of March . Shipments from a very li mit ed acreage in

the Has ti ngs locality vYill not s tart b efore early ApriJ.. In South Carolina moist-

ur e seems adequate and only war m weathe r is nE:e cl ed to get the crop off to a good

start. Mississip1;i po tat oes nre progress ing slowly because of cold , clamp weather.

Moqt a ll potato acreage has been p l an t ed in No rth Carolina but few p l ants are up.

ST~W.BE:fi:~UES: In Alabama plA...."Ilts a r e d.ormant but in exce ll ent condition. No movement is expec t e d before April 10. Production in 1no rida will cont inue until sections farther north make shi pments unprofi table-:--Tci1.l.isiana shipments should get under way the l a tter part of March and become heavy by April 10. South
Caroli_na plants a r e in fair condition and first movement shoul d begin about April 10. The Tennessee crop appears in healthy condition although held back by cold, dry weather-.

TOMATOES: As a result of cold rmd rain damage Flo rida shipments wi l l 'be li gh t for at-l ei:l"st another month. The spring acreage in cent r a l Florida is. now be ing thinned. I n Mississippi cool, frosty nights have necessitated keeping fra mes' covered much of the time. Under favorable conditions, pln.nts should go to fielO.s about the usual ti me . Te nnessee tomato plants are still in hot beds but in good condition. 'rhey VTi ll start going to cold frames in l a t e M<1rch.
WATER!v1EWNS: Most of the planting is completed in th e early p r oducing sections of Alabama but fe\'i plants have c or:Je up t o date. In Florida the frost of /' March 2 killed. off about 60'% of the origina l wat e r melon plantings in the r.eesburg &. a r ea . However, with favorable VJeathe r harvest should begin about May 20-25. Cold weathe r a .nd heavy rains in the upper part of the state have caused r eplanting of .. most of the melon ac reage during March. Early prospects a re for an increased. acreage in the Leesburg , Trenton, and Live Oak sections, with littl e change in other l ocaliti es.

Archi e Langley Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Clifford Sims Truck Crop Estimator.

u
UNITED STATES DEPAR'fl-fENT OF AGRICULTURE Ag ricultural !f.arketing Service Washington, D. C. March 20, 1941.

_l._E_OSPECTIV"E PLAlJTIHGS FOR 1941 ..

The Crop Reporting Board of t he A,::;ricultnral Har keting Se rvice makes the following report on the indicated acreaces of certain crops in 1941, based upon r eports from farmers in all parts of the country to the Department on cr about March l r egarding their acreage plans for the 1941 season.

Acreages Bhovn herein for l9U are interpretations of rerorts from g ro vre rs and a r e based_ on past r elationships b e tween such reports a nd acreages actually planted .

ThB 'ilu .;rpose Gf t)l.i8 repor.t i s _t_o ..assi__nt_ g rower s generally in making such
furth e r change s in the i r acre.g,ge plans as may a:::)rJear desirable. The acreages , actually p l anted in 1941 may t1.1.rn out to be large r or smaller than the inclicated
acr eages he:ce shown, by r eason of 1veo.thcr conditions, price change s , l abor supply,

financi a l conditions, the a g ricultural conservation pro g r am , and. the effect of this r epo rt i tself upon farmers 1 actio11s .
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UlHTED STATES

=====-===--==--====--.::-,.::::.::..-=::;:-!----..:.::::===:::---====:::::.::..:::=:::::::=:.:..

. -

CROP

- -A-v-~ r-ag-e - I

,____j'_1MJ'l'J!l:QJ_CM!\_GES I ndicat ed

\1941 as percent

___T1_l~}~_g3_0g_~f3~~9DQ_JJ~_ - tI_ Th1~9;;4,0-;;pds

11'9h4o1~~-andL;_-:_l__nQ-_f~"1-9-4'0~~----

l

-----i

Corn, all
All sprinG wheat Durum

101 ,081 21,762 3,418

1 88 ,143
II 18,54 7
I 3,431

87,656 17,137
2,925

99 . 4

Other spring Oats

18 ,344 39 , 1 9 6

15,116
~ ~~6, ;337

14,212
~~7, 102

Barley

12 ,713

14,759

14,348

Flaxseed

2,406

3,403

3,341

Rico
Grain sorghu..11s, a ll
Potatoes SvieetpotaC:>e s ________

943 8, 674

I1 1, 090 10,9 78

3,365 err2

3,104 772

l, 154 9 ,.679 2,988
sss -

Tc'ba cco

1, 678

. l, 427

1, 404

Beans, d.ryedible

1,942

2,009

1,855

Soybeans l/

5, 467

10, 528

9, 788

Cowpeas 1}
Peanuts l/

2,647 l, 951

I 3,120 2, ~59 0

~5,21'7
;~ , 39 6

,- ?J Tame hay
- - -:--

--

-

-

----

-=

--

56,102 ==----=:::

:

:::

.

61, 592 ==::::---

:

=-. ----=::.::6:2=,-3=9-8=-=-::::::==:!:=::========

QEOHGIJ\

----------- ------,- PLANTED ACTtEAGE S Aver. 1 930-1 9~~9

CROP

Acr e a ge s r-y:j_-;Jlcl
Pl anetd. ~ P e r
p l a nt ed

19 L'J:Q

!Indicat e d l. 19 4 1

1941 as p ercent

-----+Thous.

acr e ____'I~housands ! Thous a nds

of 194""0_ _

Corn, bu.

4,198

9. 7

4,259

4 , 174

'Oats, bu. Irish pot a toes, bu. ~/

377

19 .0

16

56

443

509

19

20

Swee tpotato es , bu .

118

72

99

114

T0bacco, all, lb.

79 . 2 831

72.1

73.1

Flue-cur e d. #14, lb.

78,< 828

7l

72

Ci gfl.r-Fill e r #45,lb .

. 3 992

.4

.4

C:i gar Wrapp e r #62, l b

.5 004

.7

.7

Soyb eans , a lone l/

63

l/ Permuts (grown alone)

587

Cov,rp ea.s, alene l /

248

?J Tame hay, t:oh:~

J

'/

886

.5 ~

I 83 I
7ss

87 751

291J

320

1,141
-- -~-

- -1,175

l/ Grown alone fo r all pu1~oses. Partly dup lic a t e d in hay acreage.

?:../ Ac r oage ht!.rv e st e d..

Q/ Estimat e cove rs ent ire a cr eage , whe t he r commercial or non-comm ercial,

late .

98 115 105 115 101 101 100 100 105
98 110 103
early or

Re-issued thru Georgia Crop Repo rting Servide.

George B. Strong ,
Assistant Agricultural Statistician

Archie Langl ey, Assoc i a te Agricultural Statistician. (Ov e r)

IDHTED STATES DEPARTlviElJT OF AGRIGULT1JRE Ag ricultural Ma rketing Service Crop Reporting Board

\'lashington, D. C. March 20, 1941.

PROSPECTIVE PLAl'JTINGS REPOitT I"O;R__liNIT:)!jD S'f'ATES

March r epo rts from. farmers showing t he acreages of principal crops (except cotton) tha t they plan to grow this year, ind.icate wiclespread further adjustm ents to the agricultural p r ogram, shifts between various cash crops in respons e to price changes anct som~ rather l a r ge r educ tio ns i n spring crops in portions of the Wes t where much improved moisture cond.i tions last fall permitted the planting of an increased acreage of winter wheat. For the country as a whole the most important clecreases in p l ant ings no vr indicated are spr i ng wheat l, 400,000 acres or 8 percent, grain sorghums 1,300 , 000 acres or 12 percent, corn 500 ,000 acres or .6 of l p ercent, oar2. ey 400,000 acres or 3 }?twcent, potatoes 100,000 acres or 4 percent, soybeans 700~ 000_ acres 01~ 7 percent, flaxseed 2 :percent, beans 8 percent and to bac c o l ess than 2 percent .

The principal increas es repo rt ed in clucle oats 900,000 acres or 2 perc ent, tame hay 800,000 ac r es or l percent, sweetpotatoes 8 pGrcent, ric e 6 percent, a nd covrpeas 3 percent. Reports on :peanuts shov: prospects for about th e same acreage as last ye2.r. Tho n e t decreases ind ic(},t ed. in th ese crops will p robably be about offset by a n incr ease of 3 to 4 million acres of \rint er \vheat and r ye , for the acreages sown last f a ll we r e clo se to average, while those sovrn in the fall of 1939 we r e low because of severe drought cond.i tions.

CORl'J : The prospective ac ree.ge of corn to be planted in 1941 i s est im?-t ed at 87,656,000 acres. 'I'his is l<~ss than one percent oelo\! the 1940 planting of 88,143,000 acres out about 13 percent short of the 10-year (1930-39) average of 101,081,000 acres . Whil e tho 1941 pro s:pect i ve a cr eage is l ess than one-half million acres below the 1940 planted acreage , it does indicate the fifth conse cutive year
of decl ine and the smallest corn acreage in over 40 years.

\VREAT: The indico.t ed acreage of all spr ing wheat to be seeded in 19 41 is 17,137,000 a cres. This acreage is 8 percent l es s than the 18 ,547, 000 acres seeded last year, and ll percent below ths 10-year (1930-~39) average of 21,762,000 acres. The seeded acreage in p ro spect for 1941 is the lowest of any year s ince 1924 , except the slightly smaller acrBage seeded in 1939 .

OATS : The prospective 1 941 acreage of oats is indi cated at 37,102,000 acres, or 2 . 4 percent above the r elo.tively low 1940 acreage of 35,237,000, but is 5.3 percent below the 10-year (1930-39 ) average of 39,196,000 acr es .
Prospective acreage increases are great est in the South Atlantic and East No rt h Central r egions. The acreage in t he South Atlantic group of 1,513,000 a cres is about 9 percent more than t he a cr eage grovrn in 1940 and. 16 percent above the 10ye a r . (1930-39) average of 1,299,000 .

TAME HAY~ March l r epo rts indicate that farmEJrs were then planning to cut a1Jout 62,:398,000 acres of tame h<w in 1941. Such an acreage would be 1.3 percent
large r tha n the 61,592 ,000 harvested in 1940 and 11.2 percent larger tho.n the 10-
year aver nge of 56, 102,000 acres.

SOTBEANS: The i ndicated nr ea to be planted to soybeans g rown alone for all purpos es i n 1941 is 9 ,788,000 acres, \vh ich i s 7 percent l ess th2.n the 10,528 , 000 acros planted in 1940. There we r e onl y two other years in t he l as t 16 in which the area plant ed has not been lnrger than thnt of the pr eceding yenr. Because of the ra:Pidl y expanding ac r ea ge in r ecen t years, t he prospective a r e.-:t t o be planted in 19 41 i s 79 pe rc ent a bove the 10-year (1 930-39 ) averag e of 5,46?,000.
Themajority of the southern States, where the bulk of the soybean acreage is used f or hay, have a small i ncrease i!l. acr eage co mpared with a year ngo .

CO"WPEAS: Rep orts from g rowers as of Mnrch 1 inclicate that th e~r expec t to plan t 3,217,000 acres of covrpeas alone for all purposes in 19'11. This acreage is about 3 pe rcent more than the 3,120 ,000 ncres planted a year ago and noout 22 percent more t h nn the 10-year (19 30- 39 ) a verage of 2,647,000 ncre s.

PEAliTUTS: The ac r enge of peanuts t o be g ro wn alone for a ll purposes this
year will be abo ut the same as tha t grown last year. Acc o r d ing to returns from growers stating their planting intentions as of March l, t he acreage this year will be 2,396,000 acr ~s . comp a r ed with 2,390,000 acres l as t year, and th e 10-year (193039) average of 1,951,000 acr es . Indications point to a small decrease in acreage this year in both the Virginia-Carolina and Southeastern areas , which is about offset by a prospective incr ease in the Southwe stern ar ea .

TOBACCO : Tobacco g rowe rs rep orted i nten tions as of March 1 indicated the pl<l.nting of 1,404, 500 acres of tobacco this s:print; as compared with last season 1s harvested_ acreage of 1,427,000 acres. The decrense of about 2 p erc ent i s entirely
due t o r educt ions of about 20 percent in pro spective planting of the dark fired and dark air-cured typ es . For cigar binder no cha nge in acreage from last year is indicat ed. All other classes of toba cco show increases of 1 to 3 percent.

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)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture

InCooperation

Georgia Stat e Colleg~

Agricultural Mark eting Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

April, 1941.

PRICE REPORT AS OF MJillCH 15, 1941.

GEORGIA: The general level of local market prices of f a rm products in mid-March i s reported by the Agricultural Marke ting Se rvic e as slightly higher than the l evel of prices r eceive d a month earlier. Egg pric es declined seasonally during the :past month but the current price is the highest report ed for March since
1937. Hog p rices are unchanged from a month earlier whil e both beef cattle and veal calves continued the upward advanc e of the pe.s t four months. Cotton lint and se ed p ric es ea-ch ao.v~nGed 3~; du.r;l.n@: the :pas t_ .)ll.o~h.

E-ven with th ese advanc es many farm pr oducts are selling lowe r now than a year ear li er. The gr2.in group, cottrm lint, and cottons eed, work stock and peanuts are lower whi le hi ghe r p rices a r e be ing rec ei-ved. for meat animals, milk cows, chickens c:md eggs , and mos t da iry p roducts.

U:N~_'TE:q S'l'ATJ.<:iS: The index of local markGt prices of farm products in midMarch was r ep ort ed by the Agricultural Marketi ng Service as unchanged from a month earlier. At 103 pe rc ent of the 1910-14 average on Mar ch 15, however, the index was 6 points above the lev el of a ye,g,r enr1ier. Local market price s for all ma j or groups of f arm commoc1i ties excep t tsrains and cotton we r e hi gher than a year ago .

Mode rnt e incr enses in gr ::dn and. cotton prices we r e r eport ed during the past month. Fruit prices were u p sensonally, and dairy and poultry product p!'ices were unchang8d from a month earli e r. But prices of meat anima l s and other commodity groups av er aged lowe r in mid- March than in mid-February . Indications a r e that prices of most farm products ha-ve tende1i sli gh tly upward <luring the last half of March.

Domesti c demand for :farm products, as ind.icat ed. by consumer purchasing power, continued on the up-grade in March a lthough the incr ease was sma ll e r thnn in other r ecGnt mo nt hs . Littl e change was noted in the expo rt demand for agricultur al commodi ti es during the mont h Rnd expor t s s tayed ner;.r r ecor (l l ow l evels .

Abunda nL 9U})pli e s of f~.F~1 p roduct s continued to cram the nation's l ar der . As Ame rican farme rs prepnret'l. tD plant 1941 crops, nearly- a :rearTs supply' of c ot ton
was alreacty on hand. Stocks of grain at t erminal markets we re about 26 pe rcent hi ghe r th<U1 a year ago.

PRICES RECEiv:B~D BY FARMERS MAB.CH 15, 1941, WITH COMPAP.ISONS.

COMMODI 'l1Y

- GEORGIA

{

Mar. av. Mar.l5 Fe'b .15 Mar.l5

AND UNI'l1

1910-14 1940

1941

1941

Wheat, bu .

$

Corn, bu.

$

Oats, bu.

, $

Irish pota.toes,bu.$1

1.24 . 89 .67
1.17

I 1.08 . 84 .61 .95

. 97
I . 68
. 58 .90

.98 .71
I .58
. 95

Swee tp otat oes ,bu. $

Cott on , lb.



Cott onseed, ton $

Hay( lo ose ), ton $

Hogs, per cwt. $

Beefcattle, cwt. $

Veal Calves, cwt. $

Milk Cows, head $

.84 12.6 25.02 17.80
7.50 3.78 4.70 32 .42

.75
I 10.5 30.50
I 12.30 4. 90 5. 60 7.20 41.00

.90 10 .1
I 28 . 60
I 11.. 80 6.40
I 6.10
I ?.90
I 43.00

.95
I 10 .4
29. 60 n. 8o
6 .40 6 .20 8.00 44.00

Horses, head Mules, head Chickens , lb.

$ 157.80 l 1oo .oo

$ --

152.00

12. 6

14.1

96.00 144.00
14 .7

96.00 147.00
14.9

Eggs , do z.

19.0

15.1

19 .7

17.2

Eutter, lb.

25.0

Eutterfat, lb. --

M'ilk ( whol e sale)

23.0 22 .0

24.0 25 .0

24.0 I
25.0

pe r 100# Appl es, bu.

$ 2.46 $ l. 54

2.85 1.10

2 . 90 ~/2. 85

1.10

1.20

Cowpeas , bu.
Soyb eans, bu. peanuts, lb.

!I -- $ --

1. 45

2 . 30

I 5.2

3.6

1.40 2 .25 3.4

1. 55 2.40 3.5

l../ Revis ed

2/ Pr elimina ry

UNITED STATES

Mar . av . Mar.l5 Mnr.l5

1910-14 1940

1941

. 89

. 85

.72

. 61

.56

.57

.40 .68

. 39 .77

I

34 .54

. 90

. 84

. 95

12.4

J.O.O

9.7

22.78 26.84 24.81

12.06 'J:__/8. 23

7.93

7.41

4.87

7.cs

5.29 ])7 .16

8 .28

6.92 48 .90

8.81 60 .40

9.74
66. cc

138 . 40 78 . 20 69.EO

--

97.70 89.4C

ll.4

12.8

14.4

19.6

15.4

16.4

25 . 6

26.7

28.2

27.1 J:._/28 .3 I 30 .7

1. 64
1.11
--
-4.8 I

1. 83 .85
1.41 1. 01 3.6

,~/1. 8q
.97
1 1.40 . 89
I 3.5

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associ a t e Ag ricultural Statistici an
In Charge .

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

U.S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia

#6 - 1941

-r uJI';~ \.r..; ..hv.

April 5, 1941.

(As of April

GENERA.t: Average temperatures in Georgia for the last two weeks of March continued oelow normal and truck crop development has been retarded. for want of sufficient warmth. Rainfall is reported adequate in practically all commercial areas. Asparag;~s cutting is very light because of cold weather. Lettuce harvest in Mcintosh and Glynn Counties started in late March. Some cabbage acreage is being set in north Georgia. In south Georgia transplanting of tomatoes and seeding of cantaloupe, cucumoers, snap beans, and watermelons is very nearly completed.

ASP.ARA.GUS: ./Ll though a smRll qunn ti ty of asparagus from acreage around Graves in ~:errell County had oeen sold in Albany and other nearoy 8tate markets, the first out-of-state shipments were reported from Graves on March 24. The crop is slow starting oecause of cold weather and the Reynolds and Fort Valley sections report only a few sprouts showing as of March 28. Some light cutting from acreage around Oglethorpe and Montezuma oegr-m aoout March 27 and the first shipment from Montezuma was made on March 29. Beds are in good condition and the next warm
period should oring a good cutting in all commercial areas.

SNAP BE.At~S: Unseasonably cool weather delayed snap oean germination and caused irr-egular stands in some areas of :Burke, Colquitt, Cook, Effingham, Evans, and Mitchell Counties. However, the extreme southern counties of Brooks, Grady, Lov;rndes, and 'rhomas report that Mnrch plantings are now co;ning up to uniform stands with moisture and growing conditions gm1erally satisfactory during the past week. Some commercial acreage remains to be planted in Crisp, Tift, and Worth Counties.

CABBAGE: Early settings will oe ready to cut about April 15 in :Brooks,

Colquitt, Cook, Lownd.es, Mi tehell, and Thomas Counties where loading should become

heavy oy A:pril 25. In north Georgia setting of plants in fields is now going for-

ward in some areas but most of the acreage is still to oe set. Accord.ing to the

Agricultural Marketing Service, north Geor&ria caooage growers report that they in-

tend to :pl;?cnt 12QO acr:es or slightly less caobage this year -- aoout 5 percent --

than they did in 1940.

.. . ..

C.ANT.t\.LOTJPS: Planting is almost completed in the principal producing sections around Sylvester, Moultrie, Camilla, Mc:E\.ae, Daisy, and Claxton and cantaloups were eoming up in many localities. Hale 1 s Best is reported to oe the principal variety planted around Daisy in Evans County.
CUCUMBERS: Some cucumoers are up in the Counties of Berrien, Cook, Evans,
Lowndes, Tattne.ll, and Thomas. Moisture supply is ample and with a few warm days the crop should oe off to a favoraole start. If the rest of the season is normal, picking should start about May 10-15.

LETTUCE: According to reports, the first cutting of the 1941 lettuce crop was done on March 27 in Glynn and Mcintosh Counties. It is expected that production will oegin around April l in Bryan and Camden Counties. Barring adverse weather and market conditions the lettuce harvest period v1ill continue until about May 15. The Agricultural Marketing Service reports that Georgia production of lettuce for harvest this spring is indicated to oe 57,000 crates from 380 acres.

GREEN PEAS (ENGLISH): There is a considernole acreage of commercial

green peas (English peas) grovln in Georgia. 'rhe principal areas are around Doerun

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in Colq_uitt County and in Grady and Sumter Counties. Shipment from the Doerun acreage is expected to oegin aoout April 10-15.

POTATOES (IRISH): Growers report that suo-normnl temperatures in the Ad.el-Nashville area have resulted in oelow average stands to d.ate. In the other principal producing area D:round Springfield, Clyo, ~:mel Savannah potatoes are .just
coming up and stands appear generally satisfactory. The rtcreage of early Irish potatoes in Georgia is indicated to oe 4,000 acres. This is the same as the 4,000 acres grown for harvest in 1940. A slight acreage increase in the SavannahSpringfield area was offset by a decrease from the 1940 acreage in the Ade;lNash~ille section.

'J

STRAWBERRIES: Acreage in Georgia has shown a downward_ trend for the last

few years and growers I estimates Of the acreage in h.6Vl 060S to QB . picked thiS year

,\ are comparntively small. With the exception of some rust showing on rilants in the

Scottdale sectio1i the straVToerry condition is good and picking should oegin about

April 10-15 in Evans and Pierce Counties and: harvest should oecome active in com-

mercial sections farther north oetween April 20 and 30.

.. . .

(Over)

TOMATOES: Consio.erable a cr eage has been set around Claxton and Dai sy in Evans Coru1-ty and GlEmnville i n Tattnal l County. Transplanting ope rations are reported nea_:.:ly finish e d in Mitchell, Colquitt, Cook , and Worth Counti es . Se tting in the main state producing a r ea around Pelham began March 8 but c old weathe r which followed killed most of the 1J1ants. Howev er, b eginning Ma rch 18 transplanting to fields was r enewe d and v;ras about 90% complete a s of Ap ril 1.

W.A'rERiAELONS: Planting in the comme rcial :p roduci ng counties of south Georgia is ove r Rnd me lons are coming up in mos t s ec tio ns . Discourag ing weather and market conditions l as t year at the peak of the harvest s eason in south Georgia are ad.vance d as the r easo n for the r educed ac r ea,ge in the lowe r counti e s of the state. Th e Ag ric1.Jl t u r a l lVi<>.rketing Se rvic e r epor ts tha t t he ~:;;crea.ge of Georgia wat e rmelom> i s ind ica t ecl to be a.bout 11 perc e nt small e r t han i n 1 940 -- 59,000 a cre s compnxed with 66,000 l as t year.
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. OTHER STA'rES ~ TRUCK C:10P NEWS (As of Ap ril 1, 1941)

ASPARAGUS: Light movement has begun i n Soutb. Ca rolinA. but will hardly reach appr eci abl e volu;ne until the we ek of Ap ril 7:--shipmentss.hould b e come heavy by Ap ril 15.

IJI MA BEANS: Acreage in north ]'lorida is .jus t up and shipping should begir in this ar-ea ar o1md mi\l- May . In South Carolina, whe r e wet s oil has de layed planting, s ee d nre now b eing pl<mted .

SN.AP BE.ANS: In north P.nd centr:::.l Florida beans a r e u p n.nd in. fairly good condition. P eak moveme nt i n thi s sec ti on of th e stat e shou l d dev e lop i n ear],y May. South Cn.rolinn snap beans a re u.p and growing nic e ly but u n:fi"c'I.Vorao le 1.1reather has n ecessitated s ome r epl a nti ng . Cold, wet weather has de l ayed Missinsipp i p lan ting
and seed a re just now go ing into the g round. Loui sian<.:l e zp e cts fo have -s ome b eans
to p ick by April 25. In s ou th AJ. <0..~: :_~ s nn.p bea:rili-.'1-re just being plant e d.

CABBAG:~: In MissiBsippi ~p l ant s are small and stnnds irre gul a r and it i s doubtful i f t he r e will be any appre ciable movemen t befo r e Muy 5. South Carolin8: conditi on is only f a ir . Li ght mov ement 1'1a s t1egun and pe a.tr. shipment s "!ill p robably come ar ound Ap ril 25. The l ate lt"lorio.n. a cr eage is in g ood. c on diti on a nd will f urnish a fairly heavy mo v ement clurTng-Ap ril and. ea rly llhy. North Caro lina expects harvest th e first week in Ba y. The fi.rst c arlo nd of A1n.b n.ma sp ring caboage moved from Mob il e on Marc h 26 . The penk movement sho-,.J.ld come fro1n Ap ril l to 15.

LETTUC E: Some very good quality Flo rida Iceb e r s l e ttuc e is mov i ng fr om Belle GlE1.de and Cl ewi ston wher e about 400 acr es remnin for Ap ril harvest. Th e re are also 300 to 100 a cr es o f l a te l e ttuc e on tho mucklands nt We irs dal e . South Caro lina , wit h 255 , 000 crat es expe cted from 1 500 ac r e s , r epo rt s mov ement li ght , c ondition and p rices goo d, a nd shipments in volume by April 15. In lifo rth Ca rolina, whe r e 105 , 000 crates p r oduct i on is indic a t ed fro m 2100 acr es , 70 pe rcent of the crop i s estimated t o b e of t he Iceberg va riety.

POTA'l'OES (I RIS H): The Fl o ri da crop i s l ate in the Hasting s e.r ea whe re peak pr ocluc ti on is expec ted ar ound May 1. Potatoes at La Cro sse , Florida, are making good pr ogr ess and should be r eady f or har ves t May l-10. South Ca r oli na p lants a re up to g ood st anrls and. in satisfactory c <J ndition. Alabama r epo rts p otatoes up to good st a n ds a nd a bi,,:; crop expec t ed fr oo an i n creas e d. ncre Rge with digging about May l. North Caro li na r epo rts few p l ants up and the cr op a b out 10 d.ay s lat e . Ar::cordi,ng t o the Agr icultura l Mc:,r ket in,; Se rvic e , the 1 941 indicate d a cr eage for the foll owi ng stat e s is: Al a b ama - 29,400 acres; Louisi a.na - 24, 000 ; Mis s issipp i 2,700; South Carolina- 15,000.

TOMATOES: Florida moveme nt will cont inue li ght to mio.-April when picking

should start in t he Manate e, Fort Pi e rce a nd Eve r gl a des ar eas . In central Florida

the to na to crop i s l a t e a nd will hardl y c0me into p roduction be f o r e May 15. In

Mississippi, where a mat eri a l r e ductioli in acreage s eems cert a in, pl a nts in cold.-

fraues have not h a d s uffi c i ent sunshine and the transplanting now unde r way is 10

t o 15 dews lat e r than u sual. Sout h Ca rol ina re ))o rt e d se tting ab out hn.lf d.one a s of

April l.

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2YATERI-.1ELONS: Shown b e low is the i ndicat ed nAtermelon ac r ea~o:;e for certain
states: Al a bama- 13,000 a cres; South Ca rolina - 25 ,000 ; Florid.a- 25,500 ;
Ge org ia- 59,000; Loui s i ana - 4,700; Mississippi- 8,600; -Nort:h..Carolina- 13,2((
~Jlexas - 4 6 ,400. The t 0tal ac r eage for t his g roup of s tat es is 3 pe rc en t l ower thar; '
the ac r eage h n.r ves ted in 1940. Melon. plants are coiYling through the g r ound in Mobile and Bal clwin Cou_nties, ~'Ua.bn.rna. Pl a nting is ab out complet e n.s Gf April 1 in South b Carolina. Th e weathe r has been t oo cold for b est dev eloume nt of th e Florida wa te~ ~ rne l on crop a nd. shipwen t s are n ot expe cted to sta rt in th~ Leesb urg area before May
20. Gr ov-1e rs i n Te xas r eport th e v olu me outl ook definitely l owe red b ecau se of con- .., tinuf; d col cl weathe r.

Archie Lanr?,l ey

Clifford Sims

Asso c iat e .:\.gricultura l Stati s tician

'l'ru.ck Crop Estimator.

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UNITED STATES DEFARTMEl'!T OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service Crop Reporting Board Washington, D. C. April 10 , 1941.
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRH 1, 1941
The new crop season is star~ing off with b ette r thail ave rage p rospects~ In the southeastern half of t he country crops and pastures are l ate but, except perhaps in some wint e r ve getable areas of the South, the lat e ness is not serious. In th e West the weather has been mild and the s eason is well adv<mced.. In .the East cold we athe r has retarded the northward 2.d.vance of t he pastu r e sr:;ason but p ros pec ts appear avera.ge or better. Surplus labor is r apidly disappearing from farming areas near ac tive :i.ndustriL<.l c ent e rs and some of the smD.llcr part-time or subsistence typ e farms mDy not be e.c tive ly worked t h is year. Pr e sent indications , howeve r, a r e that the tot a l acreage ir:. crops wUl be ful1.y maintained and. that the numbers of ' milk cows, b eef cnttlo, sheep and chickens will be increas ed .
WINT:&.ii. WB:E.ti.'I': :A wi nt e.r wheat rroduction of 6 16 ,128,000 bushels is indicated by Ap r i l l conditions. 'l'his indiceted production is 4.6 perc ent large r than the 1940 crop of 589,151.000 bushels, ancl. 8 p e rc ent above the 10-year (1930-:39) average p ro duc tion of 51:3 9,417, COO but;hels.
COlli\! STOCKS: Stocks of corn on farms April 1, 1941 ar" lower than th e stocks fortnat qua rt er in e ithe r 1939 or 1 94() "but are s till at a high l evP-1, the est ima t e of 1,180,072 ,000 bushels bei.ng about 4Z perc ent l ar ge r than the 10-year ( 1930-39) avo rage of 828, ~~31, 000 bush~'ls.
OATS STOCKS: Fa rm stocks of onts on Ap ril l, 1941 n re es timnt ed at. 469,913,000 -oushe ls compar ed with 345,664,000 on April l, 1940 ancl 373,240,000 bushels, th e 10-year (19;30- 39 ) ave rag e. Present far m stocks a re 36 pe rc en t greater than a year ngo and 26 pe r cent above the 10-year average .
EARLY PO'J.'NJl OES: Conditi on of the sarly potato crop in th e 10 Southern States and Cafiforni a on April 1 wns 78 pe rc ent compared with 76 pe rcent on Ap ril l, 1940 , and wit h the 1 0-;yoar ( 19:30-:.39 ) ave rage of 76 pArcent. Cool, wet weather delay e d plan.tine; operations in rno<> t of the :;outhern States anrl germination has been slow in the northern belt of countie;;. In some are,as st;:mds wi ll be below average because of the rotting of ssed in the ground . C)ndi tion of the crop in commercial areas is rep orted to 1)e above ave r o.ge alth ough the season is later than u sual in most of those areas.
PAST-u"P,ES: :Both farm pastCJ.res <md. r anges appear to have a bett e r than average start. 'I'he spring has 1l een lat e in the ea.s t e rn half of th e country, and in northe rn ~tat e s from Ohio to Montana the r e hd.s been so;ne lack of adequate rainfall but p ro spects f en pas tur e s a nd ranges n ow appear favorable in nearly all parts of the country. On AJ)ril 1 the condition of ptwtures aver!lged 77 :percent o f normal this year c:m~;arcd with 71 pe rc ent a year ago and a 1930-39 averag e concH tion of 74 p e rcent. 'The c 0ndi tion of western ranges on Ap ril l was t he highest for th e date s inc e 1 Cl31.
In tho Sout h fr om Arlw.nsas and Louisi anA. eas t ward. pas tur es ar e l a te and the .Ap ri 1 1 c c~;:J .~ ti oe1 ,-:as below tho 10-;r ear av e rag e f or the date, chiefly b ecause of cool neo.t \-.c r iu.rin.<~ :vlarch and lack o.f winter rainfa ll in some areas. Hcn'iever, mois tur e c Gn,~ :i. :~ ~. c r, nov; appear favorable in moGt areas and no rmal development is to be expec t ed c:it.c -c,::.o c:;;ning of vmr mer weath e r.
MI1S ?~-~OJ".i~Qr_TCf~!;: On April J. the rtation' s milk c ows vwre p roducing record quanti ti es of n:t i..1: for so early in the s eas on. Production per milk cow in herds kept by crop corr esJ:; Ono.ent s exceeded. pr evious high Ap ril l records by 2 percent, a.nd procluction a year ago by ne a rly 3 pe rcent. And. v1i th 2 pe rcent more milk cows O!l f a rms than at this time last year, tot a l daily milk p roduction appears to have been nearly 5 perc ent great e r than on Ap ril 1 last y ear and more than t hat much above production in earlier years. If the milk produced on .April l tt1is year were divided evenly among the more than 132 million peopl e in thi s country, each would have r ece ive d 4 percent more than a t t he same season in any of the p r evi ous 1 6 years since the Department started coll ec ting r eco rds on milk procluction.
In the South, hov;ever, whe rrJ co ol weather has delayed early feed from pastures the rate of increase in milk production during March was somewhat l ess than usual this year.
EGG PRODUCTION: The April 1 r a t e of l ay in fa.rm flocks was 54.7 eggs per 100 layers compared vri th 53.0 eggs a year ago, r.h~n th e rat e was near to the 10-p'a.r' (1930-39) a.v(~rage of 53.6 egcs . This i s the first r 8port this year v:hich has n0t e st ablished a new high r ecord . Howeve r, th e aggr egat e of t he first of the montll layings this year from Janua ry to April, inclu:3i ve, is the larges t of record fo:- the period. It is 10 percent larger than in 1940 and 15 percent a'bove the lO~yea! avorago.
CROP R~ORT ING BO~ii.D .
(Ge orgia Report on revers e side)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agri culture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

April 14, 1941.

GEN::Il.."R.AL CROP REPORT AS OF AP!UL 1, 1941.

Cron prospects improved in March as increased rain f ell during the month. However, March te mpe ratures were b elow normal and the seeding of most spring crops will be l2t er t:'::!ti,n usual e special l;r in the n or thern portion of the st a te. On April l the planting of field. crops was we ll under way in the southern po rtion of the state, very little planting had been done in middle Georgia while the pr eparation of seed beds was ,just getting under way in the extreme northern porti-On of Georgia. The pas t month was ve r y favorable for wint0r l egm::es , which p rior to that time had n ot made satisfacto:ry g rowth. VTneat and oats made rapid r ec ov ery during the latter part of 1vhr ch and <=;arly April and p rospect s lo ok good at this time. No cold d.amage to the pe<.:.ch crop has been r eport ed nncl pr osp ects for this crop remain v ery favor.. c.Lb le.

GRAINS: Bas eel on A-oril l eondi tions the Geor gia wheat crop is estimated a t 1,800,000 buc~hels . Th is r~m esrm t z a df'3 crense of 4% from the 1940 crop but an incr ease of 42% over the 10-ye:~r (19 30- :39} average. The condition of the ry e crop was report ed a.t 78, the same as the 10-yenr (1930-39) average but 5 points higher than the condition of 73 tha t vm.s r e.portfd l as t y ear .

The q_uantity of corn on G-eorgi~ farmr; i r-; es ti mat ed to be 21, 66 7, 000 bushels or an inc rease of 62% over the abno rmally short crop of a year ago a nd 24% above the 10-year (1930-39) average . Oat stocks on Georgia farms nr e es ti mat ed to b e 561,000 bushels compared with 89 5, OCO a year earli e r and the 10-year average of 674,000. A larger than u sual portion of the 19 L10 oat crop was used to supplement th e short 1939 corn crop i n compl eting f armi ng ope rations of last year. With the larger than normal oat crop tha t is in prospect farmers are assured of suffici ent feed supplies for mnking the current crop.

PEACHES - 10 Southern States: Condition of the peach crop on April l in the 10 Southern peach St ates was 82 percent, comparecl with 75 pe rcen t on the same date last year, and th e 10-year (1930-~39) average of 62 percent. Though it is too early for definite indications r elative to the 1941 crop, pre sent p ro spec ts are favorable in all of these States.

In mos t important p roducing sections of the South Atlantic States, cool

spring wec1.ther retarded bud development to a considerable ext ent and blossoming,

therefo r e , was somewhat later than usua l. Spring weather to date has b een favor-

able for orcharcl work, and orchards are generally in good co ndition. In Georgia,

the int e rval between blossoming in northern and southern areas was r elativ ely short

and the shi pping seas ons in th e se two a r eas may, ther efo re, overlap to a greater

extent than usual.

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In Ark.:msas , fr eezing terrrporatures occurr ed over many pa rts of the State on Ma rch 29 but no s e rious damage to pen.ch 11uds was report ed . Elberta orcha rds in the southweste r n commercial a r ea we r e in full bloom by Ap ril 1. Deve lopment of buds in th e Clarksville, Crov1ley Ridge, and northwestern s ec ti ons was r e tarded by cool spring weather, and the bloom in these sect ions, the r efo r e, will be lat e r than usual. In southern Alabama and Mississippi, peach orchards ve re in full bloom during the latt er part of March, and. by April 1 orc hards in central and northern areas of thos e States were beginning to blossom.

In northeast OkJ.&'1oma, p each tr ee s we r e damaged by early fr eezes last November but for the State as a whole, prospects are fav orabl e . Texas peaches came
through the winter vii th no freeze d.amage , and p r esent p ros pec ts are favora.ble in that State.

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North Carolina

73

76

87

South Carolina

67

72

83

Georgia

65

82

81

Florida

66

78

79

Alabama

65

71

79

Mississippi

65

66

79

Arkansns

53

70

82

Louisiana

66

76

74

Ok l a h o ua

42

71

79

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55

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ARCHIE LA11JGLEX

GEORGE B. STRONG

Associate Agricultural Statistician

As s i s tant Agricultural Stati s ticiar

In Charge.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Depart.rnent of Agr iculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

.Agricultural Marketing Service

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of Ag ri culture

Office of the Ag ricultu.ra l Statistician

Athens, Georgia

April 14 , 1941.

GEN~-q_AL CROP F.EPORT AS OF AP:fUL l, 1941.

Crop J)ros pects improved in March as inc r eased r a in fell during the month. However, March t ~nnpe raturos were below normal and. t he seeding of most spring crops will "be l ate r tb<an u sual especi.ally in the northern portion of the state. On April l the planting of field. crops was well under way in the southern porti on of the s t ate , v ery little pla.nting had been done in middl e Georgia while the p!' eparation of seed "b eds was just get ting un de r way in the ext r eme n orthern por ti on of Georgia. 'I;he past month was very fe.vorable !or winte r l egu:-nes, whicl1 p rior to that tim e had. not mad.e sat isfactory g rowth. Vfneat and. oats made rap id. recov ery during the latter part of 1hrch and. ea rly April and prospects look eood at thi s time. No cold damage to ._th.e pe;:-~ch cro.p has b een r epottR-d ond _p to sp.:;cts fo r this crop r emain very favor[i.bl e .

GRAI:NS: :Based on .A~p ril 1 t:o.nditions the Georgia wheat crr:rp is es timat e d. at 1,800 , 000 bushels. This r en r e~011 t s ,j, decrer:se of 4% fr om the 1940 crop but an
increase of 42% over the 10-ye;r (19 30-:59 ) average . T:he cond.i tion of the r ye crop was repor t e d. a t 78, the same as the 1 0-yet-~r. (1 930-~59) average but 5 points h i ghe r
than the condition of 73 that wns report 0d last year.

The quantity of corn on Georgia f:::.rms iG es timat ed. to be 21, 66 7, 000 bushels or an increage of 62% ove r the abno rma lly short crop of a year ago and. 24% ab ove th e 10-year (1 930-39) average . Oat s tocks on Geo r gia farms a r e est i mated. to be 561,000 bushels compared. with 895 , 000 a year earli e r and the 10--year average of 674,000. A larger than usua l portion of the 1940 oat crop was us ed to supple-
ment th e sho rt 1939 corn crop in completing farmi ng operations of last year. With
the l a r ger t han normal o;:tt c rop t hat i s in p rospec t :farmers a r e assured of suffici ent f ee d. supp li e s for making the current crop.

PEACHES 0-. 10 Southe rn Ste.tes: Condition of the peach crop on Ap ril 1 in the 10 Southern peach St at es was 82 perc e nt, compnred with 75 pe rcent on the same date l ast year, a nd the 10- year ( 1930- 39 ) ave rage of 62 perc e nt. Though it i s too early for definite indicati ons r el a tive to the 1941 crop, pr esent prospects are fe.vorable in all of these States,

In most important producing sections of the South Atlantic States, cool spring weather ret a rded bud development to a considerable ext ent a nd bl ossoming, therefor e, was somewhat later than usual. Spring eveathe r to dat e h as b een favorable for o rchard. work, and orchards are gene rally in good. cond.i tion. In Georgia, th e int e rval betwe en blossoming in northern and. southern areas was r el a tively short, <~nd. the shipping seasons in th ese two areas may, the r e fore, overlap to a g reat e r ext ent t han usual.

In Ark~nsas, freezing t empe r a tures occurred over many parts of the State on March 29 but no serious damage to peA.ch (1uds was r epo rt ed. Elberta orchards in the southwes tern commercial a r ea were in full bloom by April 1. Deve lopment of buds in th e Clarksville, Crowl ey Rid ge, and. northwes t e rn sections vras r e tarded by cool spring wea.ther, an d. the blo om in these sec tions, therefore, will b e later -than usual. I n southe r n Al ab ama nnd Mississi ppi, peach orchards re r e in f ull bloom during the l a tt e r part of March, and. by April 1 orchards in central and. northe rn areas of thos e Sta t es nere beginning to blossom.

In n ortheast Okl1i:1.oma. , peach trees we r e damaged by early fr eezes last November but for t he State as a who l e , p r ospects are favorabl e . Texas peaches came through th e winter v1i th no freeze damage, and. present prospects are favorable in that Stat e .



PEACHES -- Ap ril 1 Conditi on .

State
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North Carolina South Caroliria Geo r gi a Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana OklahOI:Ja Te x a s
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87

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83

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66

78

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71

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70

82

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76

74

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71

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82

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ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Stati s ti cian
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG
As s istant Agricultural Statistician.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Se rvic e Crop Reporting Board Wa shington, D. C. April 10 , 1941.
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL l, 1941
The new crop season is starting off with "better than average prospec ts. In the s outheast ernhalf of the country crops and pastures are late out, except perhaps in some winter vegeta"ble areas of the South, the lateness is not serious. In the Wes t the weather has been mild and the season is well advanced. In the East cold weather has retarded the northward advance of the pasture season but prospects appear ave r age or "b et t er. Surplus la"bor is rapidly disnppearing from farming areas ne a r ac tive industrial centers and some of the sma ll er part-time or su"bsistence 'type farms may not b e 2.ctively worked this year. Pr E;sent indications, however, are that t he tot al ac r eage in crops will be fully maintained and that the num"bers of milk cows, beef cattle, sheep and chickens wi ll be incr eased .
WINTER WHEAT: A wint er wheat production of 616,128,000 bushels is indicated "by April l conditions. This indica t ed production is 4.6 pe rc ent l a rge r thnn th e 1940 crop of 589,151,000 "bushe ls, a11d 8 percent above the 10-year (1930-39 ) average production of 569 ,417,000 bushels.
CORN S'I'OGKS: Stocks of corn on farms April I, 1 941 are lower than the stocks for that quarter in ei tb.er 1939 or 1940 but are still a t a high l evel, the estima t e of 1,180,0 78 ,000 "bushels "being about 42 perc ent l ar ge r than the 10-year (1930-39) average of 828,331,000 bushels.
OATS STOCKS: Farra stocks of oats on April l, 1941 are estimnted at. 469,913,000 "bushels compar ed with 345,664,000 on April l, 1940 and 373,240,000 "bushels, the 10-year (1930-39) ave rage. Pr esent farm stocks a r e 36 percent gr eat er than a year ago and 26 pe rc ent a"bove the 10-year ave rage .
EARLY POTATOES: Condition of the early potato crop in the 10 Southern States and California on April 1 was 78 pe rcent compared with 76 percent on April 1, 1940, and with the 10-y ear (1930- 39 ) average of 76 pe rcent. Cool, we t we ather delayed planting operations in most of the r.;outhern States and germination has "been slow in the northern "belt of counties. In somo areas stan(ls will "be b elow average because of the rotting of seed in the ground. C0ndition of the crop in comme rcial areas is reported to be a"bove average al th :JUgh the s eason is lat er than u sual in most of these areas .
PASTURES: Both farm pastur es ctnd ranges appear to have a bett er than average start. The spring has been late in the easte rn half of the country, and in northe rn States from Ohi o to Montana the r e has been some l ack of adequat e rainfall but prospects f or pastures and r a nges now appear fav ora"bl e in nearly all parts of the country. On April l the condition of pastures a verage d 77 perc ent of normal this year compared wi th 71 p erc ent a year ago and a 1930-39 average condition of 74 percent. The c ondition of west e rn ranges on Ap ril 1 was the highest for the date since 1931.
In the South from Arkansas and LouisianA. eas t ward pas tures are l a t e and the .Ap ril l concli tion was belovv the 10-year ave rage for the date , chiefly beGause of cool vreather during March a nd l s,ck of winter r a infall i n some areas. However, moisture conditions no w appear favorable in most a r eas and normal development is to "be expected v:i th the coming of vrarme r weathe r.
MILK PRODUCTION: On April l the nation 's milk cows vTere producing record qunntiti es of milk for so early in t he s eas on. Production per milk cow in h e rds kept "by crop correspondents exc eeded previous high Ap ril l records "by 2 percent, and prod.uction a year ago by nearly 3 percent, And 1,7 i th 2 percent more milk cows on farms than at this ti me last year , total daily milk p roduction appears. to have "been nearly 5 percent greater than on April l last year m1d more tha n that much above p roducti on in earli er years. If the milk produced on Ap ril 1 this year were divided evenly among the more than 132 million peopl e in t his country, each would have r ec eived 4 percent more- than a t the same season in any of the pr evi ous 16 years since th e Departme nt started col l ec ting records on milk production.
In the South, however , where cool weathe r has delayed early feed from pastures the r ate of incr ease in milk pr oducti on c'luring March was somewhat l e ss than usual this year.
EGG PRODUCTION: The April 1 rate of lay in f arm flocks was 54.7 eggs per ..100 layers compared with 53.0 eggs a year ago, ,.,hen the rat e nas near to the 10-year (1930-39) average of 53.6 eggs . This is the first report this year v:hi ch has n.ot e sta"blished a new high record. However, the aggregate of th e first of the month layings thi s year from January to April, inclus iv fJ , is the larges t of record fo:" th period. It is 10 percent larger than in 1940 and 15 percent a"bove the 10-year average.
CROP ~u~ORT ING BOJL~D.
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U.S. Department of Ag riculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

#7 - 1941

Athens, Georgia.

April 19, 1941.

GENERAL: Following the lowest state average temp e rature for any March in 15 years, Apr:ri.weather ha.s been milcl and gene rally clear. According to the Agricultural Marke ting Sorvice, truck crops, late because of a cold March, are re sponding favorably t o the improved weather conditions during April. However, some sections repo rt rain is now n eeded. . The harvest season fo:r asparagus, cabbage (south), and l ettuc e is nearine; peak production n.nd stlawberry p icking should start about April 18.

ASPA..'lAGUS: The first asparagu:s ~~hipment vvns from Graves on March 24, which was -about 3 weEJks lat e r than usual in th.::.t area. Harvest is 2 to 4 weeks lat e in a ll sections, and a si:10rt sep,son is expected. Yield and quality are good. The heaviest production should develop from April 15 to 30. The asparagus packing plant at Marshal lvill e be,g<:u.'1 ore rati on on April 14.

SNAP BE.A.NS: Although a few days behind normal, snap beans are looking good in all areas- and growers in the earl i es t producing sections a round Quitman, Boston, Pavo, and Ochlocknee predict shipments by about Ma:y l. Some localitie s reported rain ne ede d but the crop was not suffering for l ack of moisture. The Agricul~ural Marketing Se rvice reports n.bout a 12 percent increase in south Georgia snap bean acreage-- 4,700 acres this year comp<wed with ll:,200 in 1940. The g r eat es t increase was in the counties of Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt, o.nd Mitchell.

CABBAGE: In south GE:,Orf,ia a feJW cabb age from November sr-;ttings we r e cut around .April 1 'but production in r.1os t l ocali ti es began Al'lril 7-12. Peak shipments should develop from April 18 to Mc~'.Y l \'lith the end of the o.ctivo season expected about May 15. Cabbage producti on in south Georgia t.his Beason :i.B indicated to be 12,500 t ons from 2, 500 ac r es , acco rdi ng to th e Agricul turoJ. Mnrk ~:; tin g Servic e . In north Georgia stands a r e r epor t e d. good and the fiworn.blo April WGather has r es ult ed in a decide cl i mprovement in the north Gc,orgi a cabba_:;e crop.

C.I\.NTALOUPS: Favorable growing conditions since April J. have existed and the cantaloup crop is advancing satisfactorily in all commercial areas. Growers in the Sylvest e r area r eport moisture is nee ded at this time .

CUCUMBERS: Two weeks of warm weather has resulted in rapid g rowth of C'.lCumb e r plants and the first picking should lw only a few days lat e r thar1 usua l. A cucumber p ickling plant h;,;cs been loca t ed at Claxton and some acr e age has be e n c ontr.'1.cted for pickle purpos es in Evans and TattnRll Counties.

LETTUCE: Shipments are now heavy from acreage in Mcintosh and. Camden Counties. Cutting h as been active i n t he Darien ar ea since Ap ril l and in the White Oak-Tarboro section since April 7. Qual:i. ty is r eported v e ry go"Jd and p rices generally firm for the peri od A1Jril 1-lf). Cutting from acreage in Chatham County should begin in late April.

PI MIENTOS: Due t o unse as onably low March t empe ratures p l ants have made littl e progress and the pimiento crop is no~Y about 10 to 15 :iEtys l a t e . Se tting to fields usually begins a round April 20 but most of the transple.nting will t;Jke place after May l. In the Americus-13yromville-Li lly area the s eed are pln"nted directly in the fi el ds and lat er thinned to a stMd, but this prnctice has not proved satisfactory in state areas farther north where plants a r E:' transp lant ed from b eds to fields. It is possible that p r esen t acreage int e ntions may be r educ ed because of difficulti es the grower is experi encing in obtaining farm l abo r. Reports stress a farm labor shortage in 1:1any loc al iti es .

POTATOES (IRISH): Potato e s are looking g ood in all producing countie s .

The crop was slov.r couing to a sk1nd in Be rri e n, Bull och , Chatham, Cook, and Effing-

har,i Counties because of cold., 0.amp weather in March. A r ain would now imp rov e

grow th and condition. Under normal weathe r c rmdi tions digging should begin about

Mow 12.



TOlvL'I.TOES: The tomato crop is la te in the Claxton-Glennville area due to inability to get plants but transpl anting is complete in all cr eas . Plants are l ooki ng good. and. som e early s e ttings a r e r epo rted bloomin0; in the Pelham s ect ion.

WATERlvi:SLCNS: April weathe r hn.s been f avo r ab l e f or waternelon g rowth. Plan ts a r e\1p to-t~-0Jd st a nds in south Geo rgia, but rain '70uld help the crop at this 1 time in some l ocali ti es . Mos t of the planting in central and north e rn counties of the state will be done fro r::t April 20 to May 10 . Under normal v1eather c rmdi tions light movement from extr eme s outhe r n counties should begin around June 12-.18-.

(OVER for "Othe r States")

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP 1~S (As of April 15, 1941)

ASPA."RAGUS: Warmer weather in South Carolina has "brought active mov e ment of asparagus. The peak of production is expected by Ap ril 23 and the shipping season will likely end by May 5. Maryland reports beds worked over and tips just beginning to show on April 11. Delaware teds are in good condition and cutting is p robable about April 30. Rainy weathe:r-continues to hamper California harvest but shipments are expected to continue ac tive into May.

LIMA :BEANS: St u.nds in Marion and Alachua Counti es of Florida are fair and the north Florida acreage is expected to come into bearing around April 1-10. Sc:_uth C;:_:,rolir~ lime~,s are up and in good conci i tion.

SNAP BEANS: Florida ex:pec ts increased movement in l a t e Ap ril with peak shipments May 1-'7. South Carolina snap bean condition h ctS been considerably impj'C:'red because of warmer weathe r-:--Mississippi reports second. plantings not yet up rtlj .i indicRtions a r e tha t it will b e May 15 b e fore bean shipments begin. The crop <l'T'o~'ages ten davs lat e in Louisiana and shiuments in volume are not expe ct e d b e fore
l.'::,;y- ~- The Agricultural Jl"arketrng--Service 'i:-eports the 1941 inclicated ;1creage as:
X~.:L~~ ama - 1,000; Louisiana- 8,900; M~ssissippi- 4,500; and South Carolina-
8 -,-660-.- Each of thes e states. shows a n increo.se a bove the 1940 acreag;:; . - - -
a CA~~~GE: Latter April should see reduction in the Floricla moveme nt but
harvest will carry ove r a coupl e of we eks into lf:e...y . Alab 6.ma cabbage shipments will ccn t inu e throughout April a nd part of May. Movement of the Wakefield vari e ty has be t;un in South Carolina but the crop is hsading up small ancl is of rathe r inferior q~ .:>l :i t.y . Q;uality of the round. cabbag e is better and this variety should move by i'-.0 r t 1. ~~0 . Mi ss issippi r eports the crop beginning to h ead with li ght shipments v- :/_, a_b-Le the- latter part of Ap ril. There has oeen a li ght movement of fair q\wlity cr~"::. :age in Louisiana for the past two weeks and. loading should be heavi es t in early Mn,7 . According to the Agricultural Marketing Se rvic e , the ilCreage and indicated p:::c ,h:.cti on for the following s e cond early group of states is: Alabama - 1,100 acres ar:.r~' . 6,0')0 tons; L01.1isi a na- 4,500 acres, 18,900 tons; Mississippi- 7,000 acres, 37,800 tons ; North Carolina- 2,100 ac r es , 10.500 tons; . South Carolina- 2,100 acres,21,000 tons.

_9_-:~!TAS:_O~TPS_: South Ca rolina cantaloupf; are coming up to good. s tands under

favorabl e c oned i;ions in the main producing a r eas . The Texas crop is fr om 10 days

to 2 weeks lat er than usual nnd fir st shipments are now expec ted the latter part of

~~1a,y.



Cli_CU~B ERS : In north Florida the crop i s making fair progress a nd shipping sho uld b2g:L1 about May 5-10. 'l1he past week in Alabama has be en very favorable c'ond cuc-,En'J c :;:-s :c.re mal-:ing good progress. Be8ause of cold weather damag e the season is n week to tc ~ dnys late. The South Carolina crop is up to a good stand on slightly ::.e<luced. ac r eage .

LE'PTUCE : About 350 ac res of late Florida Ic ebe rg lettuc e are now coming i n to harv e-st r,;~;r--,vill fu:-:-nish the li ght April and W..ay supp li es . First South Carolina
cuttin,gs ars not up to earlier expectations l>ut th e younger lettuce, which probably c o.r.:ctj ;.ut e r; ;ncre. L1an ?5 p e :- c. t~nt of ttu:: "'-;:r'?cge is more p romising. Although unfavora~)~;_e '''Gat h e r co n t5.."lu8 d t o h:u:.:pe r C::;} i f:,n-:::t c. operat i ons, harv e st is well und e rway in t 11e :3a Jinas--Vi'C1 tsonvllle d.ist r ic.c -3-=lri~- 1(.;-,~(fi"nt~S continue heavy from th e San Joaquin
'h:.:LJ.cy. D"Lu:; to fe.vorabj_e went :rwr and. good. :p rices Arj_ zona movement c0ntinues from the
Se,lt Riv er Vrt:l ey but sh i ppL1g is expected t o soon drop off sharply. North Carolina expects Ic eberg movement around May l.

POTATO_~? (IRISH): Prospects in the Hastings, Florida, area d eclined during April e.s b1i c;r1t s Lowe d up in many fi e lds. 'l'he p r esent ou tlook is for h eavy shipme nts the first t w') week~ o:f M:cv. AlRhRmA r 0.nort.s cnn-'li. ti.nJ"l pn0d h11t. t.-hP rrnn a fr::v-i days late a ncl harveG t expo ct od t o -begi n-aro;ncl May 1. South Carolina early Iri sh potatoes are very promi s ing but first shipments are not expected until about. Ma;)" GO. Louisiana expects good. yields with shipments probable the first week in MaJ'

TOMATOES: Flortda picking is r eady to s tart at Manat ee , Ft. Pierce, and the Evergl~d.es. Later ac r eage in north Flori~a is in good condition and movement
1ll'.l? st art in lat e. May. Reports from South Carolina indicate transplanting is compLc~e J to a smaller acreage tha n last y ear. 1'he Mississippi crop is getting a late :.~ f- -'-' r. u<'_; C/.luse of a cold, i7e t March but weather c onditions hav e imp rove d and. p:_t-esent
i': -1 c,:, ti ons point t o th e first picking around June 1.

WATERMELONS: Very fe w melons are expect e d. out of Florida b e fore the fir s t of June nhen shipments start in the Leesburg section. Progress has been slow due to heavy rains and cool n eather. The upper areas of Florida report good stands Gt the pr e sent time. South Carolina watermelons are up [md growing nicely. Alabam~ reports tha t the past rreek has been favorabl e f or the growth of early melons. Louisiana growers have made some plantings, but few are up to a stand.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Clifford Sims Truck Crop Estimator.

GEORGIA CROP REPORT I NG SERVICE

U. S. Departmen t of Agri culture

In Cooperation

Geo r gia St ate Col lege

Agricul t ural Marketing Service

with

of Agri culture

Office of the Agricul tural Statis t ician

Athens, Georgia

May, 1941 .

PRICE REPOR.T AS OF APRit 1 5, 194:1

GEORGIA : Prices received by farmers in local mar kets about mid-Apri l were higher, or unchanged , from a month earlier for all items fo r vJhich these p r ices are gathe red by the Agricultural Marke t ing Service except mules . Sharpest advances v1ere reported for the meat ani mal and cottonseed and lint groups . Hog prices rose 1 2%, be ef cattle 10% , and veal calves 6%. Prices received. for cotton lint are up 5% , whi l e cottonseed prices are 10% h i gher. Dairy product pri ces are unchanged f r om a month earlier even though there is usually a seasonal decl ine this time of the year .

Compared with a year earlier cur rent prices receivod in local markets are hi gher for all items except grains, potatotes ( I rish ) , hay , and horses, Hog prices advanced 44% during the past year. Chicken and. egg prices are n% and 13% higher, r espectively , than thos e r eceived a year ugo .

UN I TED STAg:ES : A genero,l rise in l ocal market prices of all groups of farm products was reflect ed. in a 7-point increas e :l.n the index of prices received by farmers from March 1 5 to ArJril 15. This was the shc:,rpest advance in the general agricultural price level recorded. for o.ny single month since Sept ember 1939 . At 110 percent of the 1910...14 level in mid-April farm e rs were receiving prices averaging 12 . poi nts above a y e ar <l<"Xl i er .

Chicken and egg prices advanced sharply during the month ended. Ap r il 1 5 , and
meat animal prices also re e ist e red. material gains. By mid- April, g rain and cotton
prices had. q_uickened. tho t empo of tho rise started. in February, though p r ices of wheat hrwe droP:ped a1)ru:ptly since the middle of the month. Dniry product prices, at mid-April , showed. a cont r aseasonal rise .

Domes tic demand_, as ind~.c !:1ted. by the lat es t reports of earni ngs of factory worker s, continued to strengthen. Some increase in industrial vm.go rates has tnken place in recent months, an d thi~:; has been accompanied. by increased eoployment. Mill consumption of cotton a nd. \voo1 exceed.ed all previous records in Harch , while output has continued at or ne a r the se high levels during April. On the other hand, the foreign demand for a gricultural produc ts on Ap r il 15, as indicated by purchnses for export, continued around the r ecord low levels of r ecent months .

- -- -- - - - -- - - - - -PRICES RECEIVED BY F.ARMERS APRIL 15, 1941, WITH COMPARISONS.

- - - - -- ---,----- -------------------,.,r--- --::-::-=c:=

Cm1MODITY

. . pr. o.v-:-~A-r,-GrE.-i5O1:R==G-!IVA!=-a-r_l_5___,1 Apr 15

. . . UNITED STATZS
Apr av Apr 15 Apr 15

AND UNIT Wheat , bu.
Corn, bu.

910-14 r940 I 1941

1 . 25
$j 91

I 1 . 1l

. 98

. 92

.71

Oats, bu.

~ . 67

Irish potatoes,bu.~ 1. 19

Sweetpotatoes, bu. $1 95

Cotton, lb.

12.8

Cottonseed, ton $ 26.00

I I . 6)2

58

l. O5 I . 95

,

l . 80

95

I 1 10 . 4

10.4

29 . 70 29 . 60

~~y (loose ) , t on $ 18 . 33

13. 00 ll . 80

J-941
.1.00 7";)'
. 58 .95 . 95 10. 9 32.60 11 . 90

1910-14 - 1940

89

. 89

670

59

41

39

I 69 . 97

.84 .88

12. 4

10.0

23.29

27.18

12.16

8 . 29

Hogs, per cwt. Be efcattle, cwt. Veal Calves , c1-rt. Milk Cows, head. Horses, head. Mules, head

~$i

7.60 3.92

$1 4 . 48
$i 34.66

$tL60 . 00 ~ -

5.00 5.80 7 . 50 42. 00 100 . 00 143. 00

6.40 6. 20 8 . 00 44. 00 96 . 00 147.00

7. 20

7 . 59

6.80

5 . 50

8 . 50

6.76

44 . 00 lj 49 . 40

98 . 00 140.40

146.00

-

4.90 7.32 8.63 60 . 40 76.60 95 . 90

Chickens , lb . Et;gs , doz .

112 . 8 )I l 7 . 6

14 . 2' 16 . 0

lt1 , 9
I 17. 2

15. 7 18. 1

ll . 8 16. 6

12.9 15. 0

Butter, l b.

j2L.l:, 6

23 . 0 24. 0

Butterfat,lb.

1 -

I 22 . 0 25.0

Milk (whol esale)

per 100#

$I 2.40

2 . 80 2 . 85

Apples , bu. Cowpeas, bu. Soyb eans , bu .

$1 1 . 68
$1
~crl

l.l~5
1. 55

1.20 1 . 55

2 . 30 2 . 40

- Peanut s, lb.

1 5 . 3

3.4

3.5

~

~ ,- 1 ,.-P-r-e- l i-m-in-a-ry---~~~-R-ev-is-e~ d .---

24. 0 25 . 0
l/ 2 . 85
1.20 1. 70 2.40 3. 6

25.1 25. 9

26 . 4 27 . 5

I 1.47 ~/ L74

I 1. 18
-

. 90 1. 47 1.00

I 5.0

3. 5

1941

76

I

62

35

I

.58

.98

10 . 4

25 . 88

8.10

8.01

8.60

9.84

67 . 80

69.80

89,50

15. 7

19 . 7

29 . 2

32. 6

I
11 1.91 1.06

1. 49

1. 07

3. f

i

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge .

GEORGE B. STRONG
Assistant Agr icultural Statistician.

..,

UNITED STATES DEi?.A.RTl-iENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRI CULTUH.AL MARKETING SERVICE
i'lASHINGTOH, D. C.

May, 1941.

COTTON PRODUCTION IN 1940


. ,.

,, !II

In revising estimates of acreage, yield, a,nd. production of ' the 1940 cotton crop, the Crop Reporting :Board eotimates tl:j.e area in cultivation in the United States on July l, 190 JGo have 'been 24, 871;000 acres, the area harvested 23,861;000 acres, and the average yield of lint cotton 252.5 pounds :per harvested acre. The :production of 12,566,000 'bales in 1940 is .a'bout 749,000 'bal es, or 6.3 percent more than in 1939 'but . 7, 2 percent "below average production in the peliod Y929-38. 1<ll\;cept '"for the~ :r-e ar 19'37; th~ Uni-t-ed-- Sta.l;,es- aver,~ge cot ton yi eld for 1940 "'a s the highest on r ecord .
The acreage harv e st ed in 1940 'Vt<as aJ,Jproximatel;r two-tenths of one percent
in larger tltan the harve s ted acreage 1939 and about 2B percent smaller than the
average ha rve sted acr eage for the .lQ...y f?:;u' p~riod 1929-38.
The revised. e stimates of plan.t~d and harve sted acr eages for the United State s are about one percent 'b elow t h e prelimina.r;Y estimat es ma de last Dec em'ber. The acreage e stimates are in su'bst a ntia.l agreeme nt with the acr ea ge s measured by the Agricultural Adjus tment Admin:lstrf!.tion. The yi elC!. p er acre as estimat ec( is abou.t~ the same as the Decem'b er eHtima te.
Forecasts of cotton productiop. made 'by the Crop Reportillg Board for the first of each month dur ing the 1940 se ason, and compa risons \vi th final p roduction ar e as follm.fs: Augus t, 11,429,000 'ba ies, 9.0 perce nt 'below final production; September, 12,772,000 bales, 1.6 percent a'bove: Octo'ber, 12,741,000 'bales, 1.4 percent above; No v em'b er, 12,847,000 bal e s, 2. 2 percent ?.'bove; De cem'b er, 12, 686; 000 bales, 1.0 p ercent above final production.
1Ehe forec a sts du.rinr; t he seas on are n e cessarily b as ed upon. indications at
the tiilJ.e Jle rep<?:t:~s ..~r-~ .P.EC.P?-F ~~! ---~net ~}2_?n th_? ~f) S~l!_W t .~-or: that weather conditions
e.fter that time h-ill 'be about a v era.ge. The 1940 crop start e d off very late and continued _lat e during the entire s eason. Th.u-ing .Au.gust the influences affecting
growth were unu~ually favor a'bl e a nd, as a result, t4e condition of the crop im-
prov ed more du.rihg August than in any year of reco rd. In the a.r oa from Georgia to Texas, ho weve r, serious loss e s \-vere caus e d. by an UJ:msually early freeze which occurred during the middle of Novem'be:r.
The final estimates of cotton procluction by States r epresent the total ginning s report e d 'by the Bur eau of the Censuo with allowance for interstate movement of se ed cotton for ginning. The report of that Bur eau published on ~1y 2l pln.ced the ;final ginnings for the .1 940 crop at 12 ...564, 6-10 .e,iuJval ent 500-pound bales.

CROP HEPORTING :BO.A.RJ) (See reverse side)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington. 11..~.

May. 1941.

REVISED ESTIMATES Ql m_ COTTON QBQl, ID: S'Jd\TES

s. The Crop Reporting Eoard of the U.

Depart~ent of Agricultu~e. from the

reports and data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, the Agricul-

tural Adjustment Administration, cooperating State agencies, and Census repo~ted

ginnings makes the following revised estimates of the COTTON CROP of 1940.

STATE

l =I~!TION PfcE~

\~YIINE~LDI~O~FON

JULY 1

i

l . PER ACRE

1939 I1940 !1939 11940 i J;i9 ]1940

Thous. ~ Thous. j Thous. j Thous. i

i

acres 1acres ! acres i acres [ Lb. i Lb.

JHNNINGS
j PRODUCTION 1} il940 CROP
Ksoo 1b.gross !As REPORTm i wt. ba.J.es) ~EY CENSUS : 1939 i94Q \May 21 I 194J ! Thous. Thous. !Ea.1es(500 ! bales ~ales flb.gross)

Missouri Virginia N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Georgia
Florida

380 : 414!

33

331

754

841 1

1. 248 1, 268 ! ~ 1.981!

74

68 1

' 408! 555 i 454

3.2! 191 l 370

: 829 l
1. 234!

2~9a6

1 427
37s

1.935l ~ t ~

65! 75 ! 154

437 : 3&8 : 384, 339
131 25 i 21, 3o2

4571 739 : 743,691

S?l ! 966 i 968,354

l ~: ~ : 1.016.453

11 ! 21

17,502

j

Tennessee
Alabama Mississippi

733 2,100 2,662

729 ! 2,037 l 2,658 !

715[ 305 ! 340
1,961! 186 i 190 2,5001 299 i 240

449 1 509 ! 507,276
785 ! 779 ! 775,459
1,5821 1,250 ! 1,250,421

Arkansas Louisiana
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona.

2,187 1,154
1,855 8,874
96 189

2,161 !
1,199 1
lj 1,9001 8,873 1
no i 221 i

2,061 ] 319 1,130] 319
1,822i 141 8,472! 160
107 : 523 220 : 514

i: 349 194
:
i
: 211
I 184
i 576
! 424

1,413[ 1,501 j 1,510,238 745 1 ,.456 1 456.886
526 1 802 : 789,206
2, 846 ! 3, 234 l 3,252,556
102 l 128 ! 117,830
202 ! 195 : 195,955

California. All other

334

35262 !i

21

I

3~482 j:

648
4110

!. 734994

443 l
2o j
i

545 !
1a i,

543,497 14,675

------------------- ------------------- UNITED STATES i 24,683 !24,871 !
Sea Island gj ; 19.5 ! 30.7 :
Amer.Egy:pt a/ , 41.0 j 68.6 1

17. .

26.8 69.3

237.9j 252.5) 11,817 (12,566 J12,564,640

i 46 : 72
323 233_ !

1.7\ 4.0 i -------
28 \ 33 ! ------

+- - - - - - - - ~ - ~ - - - - !- - ._

14- - - - - - - ~ - - +- - - - ~ - - - !- - - - -

L(OowlderMCe:xa:l.)if~.

!
J

i

'

104 j 125 1

' 10

'

I I 1

!

40

60 if 60,028

:

:

i

!/ Eales rounded to thousands, allowances made for inte~sta.te movement of seed

cotton for ginning a.n,d added for U.s. total. Not including production of linterr
gj Included in State and United States totals. Sea Island grown principally in

Y Georgia and Florida.. American Egyptian grown principally in Arizona. NOT included in California figures, NOR in United Sto.tes tota.l.
t/ Ginnings 57,823 running bales, as enumerated by California Crop Reporting Servic<

.APPROVED:
Signed- Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agricultur~.

CROP REPORTING EOARD

Stf~Y Jcg

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural W.iarketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

#8 - 1941

May 6, 1941

r _j.,. rJ J\

U\ ~I J'I -I

~r /

I'i 0 ~
J\Jr

(As of May 1, 1941)

GENERAL: The beneficial effects of exceptionally mild April temperatures to vegetative growth were greatly restricted by the widespread need of moisture existing in practically all commercial areas. Rains in many sections of the state from April 22 to 25 ended about three weeks of dry weather, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. 'rhe asparagus ancllettuce season is rapidly drawing to a close; south Georgia cabbage movement is at peak; strawberry harve st is updervmy in all areas: snap be an picking is Jl1"St beginning; and potato digging should start around May 15.

ASPARAGUS: A late spring has resulted in reduced yields, and a considerable drop in price the latter part of April has hastened the end of the active cutting season. Shipments for the fresh market .we re practically ended by May 1 and much of the asparagus in late April was taken by the packing plant at Marshallville. A small 'tonnage will move to this cannery in early May.

SNAP BEANS: Light picking should begin about May 2 in the Quitman-BostonPavo-Ochlochnee area, and full harvest can be expected in all early localities from May 10-25 with the end of the active season coming near June 10. Late April rains have greatly improved condition, and average yields of good quality beans are the present expectation in the early producing cm1nti es.

CABBAGE: Loading is heavy in all south Geo r gia producing sections. The 15 to 20 percent of the total acreage, set before the November fr ee ze and producing small, poor grade head.s, was harvested. by April 20. The bulk of the crop, grovm from plant's seede,i after the: freeze, has run from good to fancy heads. Deliveries will be at peak until about May 5 and the shipping season is expe ct ed to end near May 18. In north Georgin, two to three weeks of dry weather delayed transplanting, but good rains were r e ceived in l a te April and setting to fields is now well advanced in all upper cotmties cd the state.

Cl1.NTl1LOUPS: Cantaloups have suffered. f or l a ck of moisture and reports from growers indicate that stands are poor in the principal growing sections around McRae and Sylvester. With favorable growing weather, supplies should be ready to move from south Georgia around June 15. Plantin g in middle Georgia is practically completed.

CUCU1vffiERS: Dry weather durinc; most of April has hindered cucumber growth but the crop is showing much improvement after rain s of the past week. The principal sour cos of supply will be i~ the Moultri e , Valdosta, Cairo, Adel, and ClaxtonGlennville areas where harvest should begin near June 1. Reports from Calhoun County indicate that there will be s ome new commercial acreage around Edison. A preliminary estimate of plantings for the fr esh market in Creorgia shows a very slight increase allove 1940 -- 1170 acres this year compared with 1150 last year.

LETTUCE: Hot, dry weather has reduced earlier yield expectations to some extent. The heaviest movement from the principal acreage around Darien in Mcintosh County, was from April 25 to May 4. Procluction continues rtctive in the Ways Station and Tarboro areas. Cutting is just starting from most of the acreage in Chatham County.
PIMIENTOS: Poo r stands because of dry weather are r eported in the Americus-Pihehurst-Vi enn n section where the seed are usually planted directly to the fields. However, rec ent rnins have improved condition. Setting is well advanced in other coonercial counti e s. A sraall acreage was set in lat e April but ' most piniento acreage will be set May l-15.

POTATOES: More than three weeks with little better than o.ne-tenth of an inch rainfull and a 50 percent monthly rainfall deficiency in the Clyo-SavannahSpringfield district is report ed t o have materially r educed the yield outlook.
Growers in Be rrien, Cook, and adjoining counties also indicate that dry weather has hurt yields. Some traces of bli ght are r epo rt ed in Berrien and Cook Counties. Good ~ rains were received in both sections April 22-25. Digging is expect ed to begin about uic.l-May.

STRAWBERRIES: The crop was lat e r than usual and supplies clid not begin to move fron the Claxton and Blackshear localities until the latt er part of April. Picking from fields around Menlo in Chattooga County and Scottdal e in DeKalb County start ed about May 1. Yields are reported good.

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TOMATOES: Tomatoes are looking good in the Pelham-Moultrie-Adel..., Thomasville early producing section and limited movement is now expected aoout May 20 from acreage around Pelham and Moultrie. Considerable replanting was necessary in the Claxton-Gl ennville area but picking will start in late May. Shipments from Worth, Tift, a nd Crisp Counti es should start about June 15. Some new commercial acreage is r ep ort ed nround. Newton in Baker County. The acreage set in Georgia is estimated a t 4,900 acres this year compared with 6,500 l ast year. Most of this 1, 600 acre decrease was in the P<;lham-Moul trie-Thomasville area.

WATERMELONS: Watermelons will probably be loaded in the extreme southern counties around June 15. The vines are putting on melons and movement should. be genert:1l from south Georgia counties by J1.me 25. Late April rains have greatly i~ proved condition. Plants a r e up to fair stands in south central Geo rgia and planting is about complete in the north central section o:f the state.

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OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS
(As of May l; 1941)

ASPJ.L~GUS: South Carolina movement is expect ed to be over by May 10. Low prices and the short season will r esult in little more than half the usual volume moving to market. Cutting, which began about a week early, is in full swing in Delaware, Maryl and , New J ~rs ey , Illinois, and PennsylvMia.

LIMA BEANS: Florida harvest is expected tb start in the LaCrosse and Hawthorn areas about May 25.-_~uth __Carolina r epo rts good lima yields in prospect.

SNliP BEANS: Florida expects shi pment s t o c ont inue heavy through mid-May with the season end_ing May 25-31. A near normal crop is expected in South Carolina with movement a round May 10-15. Li ght picking in lt1ississippi is predicted about May 15. porth Cnrolinn expects harves t t o begin fr on May 25 to June 1.

during

CABBAGE: the first 15

I f marke t co days of May.

n

di-ti ons warrant, Shipments have

p-aFsl-soer-di d-at h emopv eeanke

nt will conti'nue in .Al abama, South

Carolina, <md. Louisiana . Loading is heavy in Mississippi. North Carolina expects

first cutting around. May 5.

CANTALOUPS: South Ca rolina cantaloups are gr owing satisfactorily. -A slight increase in acreage is indica ted. The North C8,rolina crop is growing nic ely and th e ac r eage is ex~ected t o be l a r ge r t han in 1940 .

CUCUMBERS: Alabama expects harvest to start the latter part of May. Heavy movement continues fror.1 centra l Florida counties and. should begin in the north Florida area a r ound Ocala and. Alachua about May 10. The South Carolina crop is late and no movement is expec ted until about May 25. Nort h Cnrolina r eports cucumbers coDing up t o good. stands. The p r eli1:1inary est i nat e of plant ing for the fr es h market in the second s ec ti on of early states is: Alabama- 1, 600 ; California- 2,100; Georgia- 1,170; Louisiana- 1,000; and. Sou:thCarolina- 5,500.

LETTUCE: Flor~da expec ts li mit ed supplies to move for the next two or three weeks from about 300 acres around We ir sdale. Shipping fr om Beaufort County, South Carolina, will soon be over, but Charleston a nd Colleton are at pe ak a nd some cutting has begun on scattered a cr eage farther north. The Salinas a r ea movement is at 11eak in California nnd. will continue heavy for another week.

POTATOES: Di gging sh ould begin in Alabana shortly after May 1 and volutle I:Jover.1ent should. develop sooe t en da;ys l a t e r. Potato prospects in north Florida decline d sharply and l ess than half the 1940 prod11ction is now predicted for the Hastings a rea. The outlook has also declined in t he LaCross e section where digging should begin the 'Neek of May 12. The South Carolina crop is needing r a in but growers expect t o dig about May 15. North Ca rolina expec ts harvest t o start near June 1 and Tennessee digging should begin 8 to 10 days lat er.

_STRAWBERRIES: Movement is just starting in South Carolina; is h eavy in ~ Alabama and ~ oui s iana, ancl nearing an end in Flori cla.

TOMATOES: Florida precHcts peak of the present nover!lent about May 20 with production- from north Flori da du e to start around June 1. South Carolina expec ts fir s t shipments in earl y June. The Mis s i ss i ppi crop is lat e and no picking is expected. b efo re June l. Acreage A) f tomat o plantings in the s econd early states is
J es ti nat ed to be: Georg i a - 4 ,900 ; Louisiana- 3,400: Mi ss i s sippi - 4,400; South
Carolina- 6 ,300; anri Texas-Other- 31,200.

WATERMELONS: Alabal:la expects ve ry littl e movewent before July 1. Cool

weather has d.elayed the Florida crop and it Tiill be June 1-10 before shipping starts

in t _he Lake County a r ea . The Newb erry section should begin around June 10, _Trenton

and Williston June 15 , and Smvanee County June 20 to 25. South Ca rolina r eports

'

shipments p robable about June 25. Texas melons should J:love in early Jun e .

Archi e Langl ey
Associat e Agricultural Statistician In Charge.

Clifford Sitns Truck Crop Statistician

! ;;:: __

. UNITED STATES DiPARTMEW.r OF AGRICTJLTURE A.griC1J~tur~l !(3-rketing Service
Cx:o:p Reporting .:Bo ard
P.eleas$:
May 9, 1941.
GEl{EF_U.., CROP R:E:E:O:t}_rp_ AS OF ~lAY l I 19.11_

Ea rly reports on crops show concli tion s generally favorabl e though :l.n many . ways unusua~. Nearly everywh ere east of the Rockies, April was warm and from ~ Ivlinne sota and Illinois ea.stward April temlJeratures averaged nearly as high as is
norma l for the f i rst of May . South\ve stern r ange s , favored b;r abundant r a ins, a re bloo ming like a flo\ver gar d.en, and in th e \'le s t as a whol e rang es hcwe rarely had a b e tt er s t a rt. April sho\ve rs hav e -been heavier in mo st of the 11Dustbo wil:. 11 tha n in th e eas t ern end of the Corn Bolt. Farmers in a vast area extending from North Dakota to the Hio Grand.e, vjher e l a ck of r ai nf a ll has limited crop production in most of the b .st 1() years, have -been complaining this year that see dings of spring crops are 1)e i ng del aye d by fr equent r ains . On th e othe r hand, in the Ohio Valley and. most Eastern St ate s the . ,sprip.g has b een dry; farmers are well up with their \'lork but many havo been pr eparing t he ir corn l and in 'clouds of dust ai1d. a re wi s hing for rain. As stuni ng more noar1y norn!a.1 w e~.the r in future months in ar e as now too we t or too dry, there seems t o be v ery f ew States whe re p ro spe cts for crops and pastures ar e now definitely below average for this season of the yea r.

WJ{EAT_: The procluction of wint er -v.rheat of 65 3,105,000 bushels indicated on May 1 is 6 per c ent l n.r g f; r tho.:::. t he April 1 f orecast. Produ ction in 1940 was 589,151,000 bushels, an\l tl1e 10-;n: a: (1930-39 ) av e rage is 569,417,000 bushels. The acr eage abandoned is expected to be l ess than in any year s.ince 1931 and. the yield pGr acre se eded. the highest s ir.ce tha t ~r ear,

OATS ( Soutberl).._ St. a te...lL '.rhe May l repo rt ed..cond.i tion of oats in Southern . States i s above ave r nge in each Stat e . A production we ll a'bo v e t he average o:f the last ten years i s in prosp ect. The lviav l co ncU t i oh of 81 -percent is 13 point s ab ov E
the 10-year ( 1930-39 ) av e rag e . Ho i stu~e dm i ng April has :oeen normal to exc es sive
exce1; t in North Carolina, South Crtrolina; anrl north e r GeOrgia lihe re raln is n ee ded, In 'texas and. Okl ahoma , which have abo ut two-thir.:is of th e oats ac r ea ge of the Southern Stn.tes, rainfall h as b een above normal.

RY:l~.: Tho M.1.y 1 outloo k fo r ry<> is gene rall y v e r y f avo r n.ble. The production in 1941, DS indica t ed on May l, will. b e 45 , 623 ,000 bushe l s ---we ll above t he 1940 production of 40 ,601, 000 bu~hel s a.nd t he 10-y e ~r (19 30-39) average of 38, 1172,000 bus h e ls. The acreage of r ye sown irl t h o f a ll of 1940 vms e.stimat ed at 6~ 002,000 acres whJ.ch was large r than that of ayear .earl:i. el' bht sligh:tly l ~s s than av'era~e.

!W_: Early ha.y crop s have had a good startin nearl;Jr p.l1 States except Cn.li..;

t'o f or nia.. They l ook unumJ.rtlly p r'o rnising in. micl-vestern States _1mt on M.g,;y' 1 ne ede d

more rnin from Ohio and Ke ntucl'~ eastward .. Benef ici n.l rains

dat e in May have

not entir e l y r eli eved. t h e clef ici ency. In 'the country as. a \ihole_ it now seems likel;

that the yield of ha~r crops pe r acre idll approach o r exceed the y i el.d secured.

las t ;;-ear . 'l'he acreag e cu t for hay is e:x:pect e d t o show an increase that will about

offset t he increase i n the numb<:Jr of live's to ck to be fed. Stocks of ha.y on farms

on May 1 ;<J"e r e i a r ge and the early start i ng of pastur es will. r e duce f eeding this

month.



. .

EARL"[__POTATOES: The May 1 condition of potat oes in the 10 Southern States n.nd California i s h i ghe r than usua l this year, av e 'r'ag ing 80 p erc ent compa:red with 75 percent in 1940 nnd_ '"i th the 10-y ~ttr (1930- 39) ave rage of 76 percent, . Conditi on of the crop is above average in all Stat es excep t Florida , North Carolina and Calif or n i a .

.

.

P AS TURE: The condi:tio n of "Pasture s: on May 1 vms th e hi ghest for the. date

since 19 29 I supst anti r.lly' hi gher than in most r e c e nt yea rs except 1938. The condi-

tion exceeded. the 1930-39' a ve rage f or May l -in' 43 of the 48 .Stat es

MHK PRODUCTI01: Milk ' production incr eased more r ap i dl y t han u sual during April and_ established n e\'f hi gh r e cords for May 1 a s a result of favorable weathe'r',
" . unusually good earl y p astur<>s and co nt i nued li beral feedi ng of cows in response to
higher prices f or dairy p roducts. On May l milk production per cow in the herds kept by cr op corre sponde nts was not onl y t he highe s t for the date in the 17 ~rears for which r eco rds ar e ava ilable but it vras about 5 p ercent above the previous high r ecord for the date .

'

EGG PRODUCTION : The Iv!ay 1 rate of lay i n f a r m flocks this year r eached a recor d high of 58~ 6 eg g s p or 100 lay er s compared with 57.1 a y ear a g o and. the 10-year (1930-39 ) av erag e of 56 .1 eggs . Thi s hi gh rat e .of l ay is the r esult of

favorable vl8athe r for poultry in mos t parts of th e CO'Lmtry I accomrJani e d b y an

exc eptiona l incr e ase i n egg p ri ces, lflrhich :r~:-.s encG.nJ.raged libe r al feeding from the ~

ampl e supp li es of f eed grains .

fro m J anuar y to t-Lv i nclus ive , i s al so t he l a r gest of
j_ s 8 percent lo.rge r than in 1 94:0 a.n(l 1 2 p erc ent abo ve

(Geo r g i a Repor t on reve rse si de. )

\

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marketing Service

In Coo1)eration

Agricultural Statistics Division

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistici an Athens, Georgia.

May 12, 1941.

While rains fell in certain areas of the State during the last week of April, general rainfall was needed, especially in northeast Georgia, on May 1. Since that date, rains hav e , fallen throughout the State but at the pres ent time additional moisture is needed, particularly in the northeast ern portion of Georgia for seed germination i3.nct optim1.un crop growth. On rliay l mo s t field crops had been plantE;d in south and central Georgia and much progress had been mad e with crop plantings in the northern po..rt of the State. Cotton and corn were off to a good start in t he southern portion of the State and rainssince May 1 have been very helpful toward the germination of peo..nuts. The setting of the tobacco crop has been later than ~ sual due to the shortage of plants.
Wif'Ej.T: May 1 conditions indico..te a wheat crop of 1, 800 ,000 bushels compared with the 1, 880,000 bushels produced in 1940 and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 1,270,000 bushe ls. Some of the })rincipal wheat producing counties in northeast Georgia are in th e area needing rain most on l'Iay l. While some rain hccs fallen in this area since Hay 1, adilitiom:.l rainfall is needed by the whent crop .
' OATS: Cond.ition of th e crop in percent of normal on Ma;y l was report ed as
SO% compared with a condition of 72% in 1940 and a 10-yenr (1930-39 ) average of 75%,
PASTUR:B~S AND lVliLK PRODUC'riOU: Concli t io n of pastures j_n percent of normo.l was r eported on MaJrT-;.t" 76t;r.-Thi;-i-;-the snme as the 10-year (1930-39) ave r age , but 8 points higher than the condition reported a year earlier. Milk production per cow in herds kept "by croJl correspondents avero.ged 9 . 9 1)ounds on !Yby l compared. with 9 .1 pound.s n year a go and a 10-yoar (19~30-39) average of 9.0
~GG PROD'JCT_ION: The J:v!ay l rate of lny in farm flocks this year established a ne\1" record of 48. 5 eggs pe r 100 l ayers compared with 46. 3 a year ago, and the l 0year (1930-39) average of 47.0 eggs.
PEACHES (10 Soc}_,_t_h~):'n__~_tat..Qili Prosp c,c tive production of peaches in the 10 Southern peach States, as ind.icated by May l condition, is the largest since the crop of 1931. Growing conditions during A1wil ~;;ere unusua lly favorable in virtually all pee.ch-producing areas of these States. I n No rth Carolina, trees are carrying a heavy 11 s e t 11 of peaches. The May 11 drop 11 is expected to b e. very light because of the favorable "reath e r cond.i t ions after the fruit was set. Considerable thinning will be r equired in most orchards to bring the fruit to proper maturity. South Carolina poac~1 orchards are in very good condition. There has 'been l ess than the usual amount of 11 drop 11 , and the crop will r equir e considernble thinning. In Georgia, p ro spec ts are f avorable in nll producing areas of the State. A large m1.mber of orchards have already been thinned ancl others are being thinned as rapidly as possible. In Alabama, a good 11 set 11 -of peach eD i s r eport eel in a ll important producing areas . The fruit is 11 sizing 11 nicely, but in some areas mature peaches mo.y be undersized unless th ey are thinned. Condition points t o an unusu~lly good crop in Miss issippi. The Arkansas peach crop is expected to be lo.rge r than l 11s t year in all importD.nt nreas. The trees hnve a heavy 11 s e t 11 of fruit anct gro\,.rors are reported t o have given their orchards excellent cnre this year. I n some orchards t h inning may be necessary. Goocl peach crops are also in prospect in Louisiana , Oklahoma, and Texas.

State

1J. c. s. c.

Percent

63

31

90

63

44

88

------'Thousand Bushels

1,920

1,344

1, 236

2.158

2,430 3,315

Ga.

62

'-14

85

5,049

4,216

5,82S

Fla.

62

80

67

57

66

48

Al a.

60

32

87

1,448

700

2,380

Miss.

GO

38

84

842

420

1,214

Ark.

43

46

84

1,785

2,040

2,964

La.

57

65

76

290

442

469

Okla.

28

32

76

476

434

972

Tex.

42

54

81

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l, 190

2.036

2,410

10 States

55

43

85

_l1_,g_9Q--- l3.L8Q.6_-- _2g_,Q3l-

i}-Fzr-s~m; St~t;s-i~ ~e;t;i~ ye;r;,-p;odu~tio~ includes some quantities unh.:':l.rvested

on account of market conditions.

Archie Lan{~ l ey Associat e Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

George B. Strong Assistant .Agricultural Statistician

.~

GEORGIA cROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athen~, Georgia.

May 17' 1941.

GEORGIA GRAIN STORAGE CAPACITY SURVEY (Preliminary Report)

A n:l-tion \vide survey of the grain storn.ge capacity as of March 1, made by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the .Agricultural Marketing Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculturt;J, shows that Gt>orgia has commercial storage facilities s1.uficient to accommodate approximately 1,800, 000 bushels of grain. The s11rvey was made pl'imarily for the use of the National Defense Advisory Commission, and includod establishments storing wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, soybeans, dry beans and other grains.

Of the total capacity, the bulk storage capacity was reported at 735,000 bushels, the sacked capacity at 968,000 bushels, and the crib capacity at 75,000 bushels. Cotton, cottonseed and tooacco w2.rehouses were not included in the survey.

Total stocks of grain in Georgia on March l, 1941 vrere reported at 216,000 bushels. Of this total there vlere 65,000 bushels of wheat, 14,000 bushels of oats, 70,000 bushels of shelled corn, 18,000 bushels of ear corn and 49,000 bushels of other g rains. This survey does not include storage space or stocks of grains on farms.

Grain storage space was report ed by 30 firms or inclivi duals in 10 counties. Fulton rru1ked first with a rat ed grain storage capacity of more than onehalf million bus h els. Ricll..mond. came s e cond v.ri th a capacity between 400 and 500 thousand bushels.

The unoccupied space available on Harch 1 was 812,000 bushels and the

ope.r a.t _ors -est imat ed tha t spaca -for 894,000 'bushels vvould b e available on June. 1,

1941. These amounts for lv!arch 1 and June l are probably minimum figures since

.

some reports did not give complete information.

GEORGE B. STRONG,



Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

ARCHIE LANGLEY, Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Se rvice

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

#9 - 1941.

May 19, 1941.

-r;{ tJCJ<. 0 J'sc,?
(As of May 15, 1941)

GENERAL: The u. S. Department of Agriculture reports Georgia temperatures

to date in Mcy have been below normal. Moderate rainfall was received in south

Georgia around May 7, but the precipitation in southeast Georgia for the past three

weeks has be en too light to be of much benefit to crops. Vegetation is suffering

for lack of moisture in that section. Cabbage and strawberry production continue in

volume. Potatoes should begin to move around May 18 and it now appears that some

light pi cki=ng of cucp.mbers wi-ll begi~n around Muy 2G.. -

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_!..IMA_3~.ANS: Growers indicate prospects are generally good but r a in is needed around Chucto n and Springfield. Growers in the Enigma section r eport less of the Ford Hook variety planted than in previous years. Harvest should begin in early June .

SNAP BEANS: Suppli es of good quality b e~ns are now moving from a ll south Georgia a r eas . Peak shipments are expected during the period of May 15 to 25. Georgia 1941 early snap bean production is estimated. to be 343,000 bushels from 4,700 acres. This compares with 210,000 bushels from 4,200 ac r es in 1940.

CABBAGE: Shipments are on the decrease in the southern part of the state where most of the crop will be harvested by May 25. However, some light movement will continue into early June if prices warrant. Production of early south Georgia cabbage is placed at 12,500 tons this year. This represents an increase of 5 percent above the 1940 production of 11,900 tons.

CANT_f>LOUPS: S.outh Georgia cantaloup growth has be en satisfactory since May 1 and some growers predict movement by June 12 in the extreme southern counties. Rain is nee ded in all producing sections. The Georgia 1941 cantaloup acreage is placed at 9,500 acres, the same as l as t year.

CUCUMBERS: Limi te.d. pro.duction from the earliest acreage shoul'd begin about May 26. The peak of the early cucumber season is expected from June 7 to 18.

LETTUCE: Lettuce supplies are b ecoming scarce. Movement from the late acreage in Bryan and Chatham Counties will probably end. about May 20. Georgia growers have generally experienced a profitable season.

PIMIENTOS: Dry weather has retarded plant growth and setting ope rations. Around Lilly and Byromville, where seed are planted in the fields, some growers
have plowed up peppers because of poor stands; others hav e replanted. Lack of
moisture in the pimiento belt will mean a crop later than usual and will probably reduce final outturn. The 1941 Georgia planting intentions point to 17,600 acres of pimientos this year. These intentions may be modified when plantings are complete. This compares with 14,800 acres harvest ed in 1940, 20,900 in 1939, and 25,000 in 1938. California will have 700 acres this year.

POTATOES (IRISH): Some few growers in Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham Counties will start digging around May 15. Harvest should become active in both this and the Adel-Nashville area by May 20. Rain is badly needed in the SpringfieldSavannah district. Georgia 1941 production is placed at 520,000 bushels. This compares with 560,000 harvested in 1940.

STRAWBERRIES: Movement is nearing an end in south Georgia. Around Scott-
dale in DeKalb County and Menlo in Cha tt o0ga County production continues in light volume.

TOMATOES: Below normal May temp eratures and some moisture deficiency have slowed tomato growth in the Pelham-Thomasville and Claxt on-Glennville areas. Some light picking nay be done as early as May 20 but no appreciable movement is expected before May 25.

WATERMELONS: Rains around May 7 in the Quitman-Thomasville-Valdosta earliest producing section have imprr)ved watermelon condition. Shipments from this secti0n should start near June 15. Watermelons in many producing counties in the east central portion of the state are reported as needing rain, espeCially in the Statesboro area where continued dry weather is seriously affecting crop growth. The 1941 Georgia waterr.1elon acreage of 60,000 acres shows a d.e crease of about 9 percent from the 66 ,000 acres of 1940. The decrease is greatest in extreme southern counties.

(Over)

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS (As of May 15, 1941)

LIMA BEANS: Toward the last of May picking of the crop, which is reported in excellent condition, should start in the important Hawthorn and LaCrosse sections of Florid:a with volume movement by June 10. Heav;y rains about ended the lima shipping season in the Everglades . Although some frost bit the leaves in the Faison and Burgaw areas of North Carolina, no serious damage is expected. Lima beans are reported in good condition in South Carolina with movement becoming heavy by June 15.

SNAP BE.ANS: Snap bean production from the combined area of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiona, Mississippi, nnd South Carolina is estimated at l, 911,000 bush"' .,. els compared wit[l a production of 1,306,000 last year and the 10-year (1930-39) average production of 1,441,000. The week ending May 17 finds north Florida areas at lJeak picking. Shipment of the Louisiana crop began May 5 ancl should reach peak movement around May 25. Present conditions are favorable for the bean crop in the important Copiah County of ~ississippi. Conditions have been favornble in North Carolina for snap bean growth with the exception of a slight frost on the night of May 10. In South Carolina snap beans are reported late.

CABBAGE: The movement of the cabbage crop in Alabama and Louisiana is practically over. A light movement of ca.bbage wiil continue for another ten days in Florida. Unless the North Carolino, crop receives rain soon, yields will be somewhat lower th<m earlier expectations. In South Carolina continued dry v1eather is causing a shortening of the shipping season.

CliNT.ALOUPS: The cantaloup acreage for the second early states, the states with production corning off about the same time as Georgia production, is estimated
at 66,090 acres this year compared with 56,130 last year and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 42,600. The North Carolino, cantaloup crop, which has progressed. nicely, is now suffering from dr~r weather in Robeson and Scotland Counties. The cantaloup crop of South Carolina is reported in good condition with no movement expected until about the end of June. The weather has been favor2,ble during the past two weeks in the Laredo section of Texas \7here practically all the potential production of early cantaloups is located.

CUCUMBERS: Penk movement is expected from Baldwin County, Alaba,ma, during the next two weeks. The movement of the Florida crop is probably noi7 at its peak -the quality in general has been good. The South Carolina crop will require some moisture for harvest by June 1. Continued rains have reduced production in Texas.

POTATOES (IRISH): Potato production in the second early producing area is estimated on the basis of 1~~y 1 conditions to be 20,880,000 bushels compared with the 17,983,000 produced last year and the 10-year (1930-39) average production of 12,274,000 bushels. Shortage of ooisture has probably caused some decrease in the yield expected in Alabcuna but a good yield is assured. Current price is very low. The potato crop in the Hastings area of Florida is turning out very disappointing as J to yield nnd quality. The deal in this area should be over by May 24, while the harvest in the LaCrosse area should produce about 400 cars and will likely continue until the first of June. Heavy rains suspended digging for a few clays the first week of May in Louisiana and caused. a red.uction in the prospective yield of the crop in the Alexandria area of between 20 and 30 percent. The Mississippi crop is reported in goocl condition with digging expected to commence this week and with the bulk of the crop moving in Jm1e. The crop in South Carolina is reported in good condition with light movement beginning about May 21. Here it is feared. that clry weather will reduce the proportion of No. 1 potato~s.

TONIATOES: The estimated t ')mato acreage in the second early states of G-eorgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas-other is placed at 50,200 acres compared v1ith 52,700 last year and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 44,820. Present prospects :indicate that Florid..:q shipments Rhoulcl continue at present ro.tes for another tv10 weeks, slo.ckening somewhnt during the weeks of May 26 and June l. Although the Louisiana crop is late plants are in good condition and good yields may be obtained. The crop is two weeks later than usual. The tomato season is late in Mississippi and volume moveDent is expected about June 10. Tomato plants in North Carolina are beginning to suffer froo dry weather. In South Carolina tomatoes are in fairly good condition but late, and rnover1ent is not expected until about June 5. Production froo the central part of the Texas Valley was reduced by excessive rain.

WATEillt~ELONS: The prelininary acreage in the second early group of states

is estimated at 169,200 acres. This cor:1pares with 176,200 in 1940 and 166,490. dur-

ing the 10-year ( 1930-39) period.. Weather concH tions continue favorable for the

watermelon crop in Alabr-tr:Ja except for the shortage of rnois ture in some localities.

This crop is two to three weeks late in all areas of Florida but is generally in

goocl. conrli tion. Cool Y7eather hns retn.rcled gronth of the Louisiana crop and made for ,.

a late season. The crop in the southern part of Mississippi is late and beginning

to need rain; otherwise, conditions are fairly good. South Carolina reports this

crop in goocl concH tion with present indications pointing to first movement about

July 1. Some progress is now being made in the early sections of Texas, but all

areas are definitely late.

ARCHIE LANGLEY

CLIFFORD SIMS

Associate Agricultural Statistician

Truck Crop Statistician.

In Charge.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgi a St ate Co l lege

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricul tural Statis ti cian

Athens, Georgia

June, 1941

PRI CE REPORT AS OF MAY 15, 1941 .

GEORGIA: Prices received 'by farmers in l ocal markets continued upward

last month with sharpest advances 'being registered in cotton l int and cottonseed

prices. Thes e commoditi e s advanced 13% and 10% respectively and current prices ar e

highest since the harvest of the 19 million 'bale crop of 1937 'began. Grain prices

advanc ed onl y s li ghtly during the past month . Hog prices continued the upwar d swi ng

that began last Decemb er advancing 6% last month as prices received for other meat

animals advanced more moderately. Chicken and egg prices are seasonally higher.

Dairy profu1ct pri ces are practically unchanged from a month ear l i er even though

- t hey

normally ~ .~

decline
-- ~-

seasonall.y -at

this

time

of

the

year.

Compared with a year earlier current prices are ns high or higher for all commodities except whea t, corn, oats, h.a.y, horses, and soybeans.

mUTED STATES: Local ma rket prices of farm products continued upward l ast month, and in mid- May the i ndex of pri c es rece i ved by farmers reached 112 percent of the 1910-14 level . At tl"J. s figure prices averaged 2 points above a month earli e r and 14 points above a year earlier . Prices of cot t on and cottonse ed gained 10 points during the rnontl1 ended May 15. Grain prices were up 3 po i nt s ; dai ry products ll1c'1.de a 3-point gain; and chickens {\_nd eggs averaged 3 points higher. Meat animal prj.ces aclvanced 1 point. Fruit pric es i:<rere steady from April to May. MidMay prices of nearly all commodities , except frui t s and grains, were substanti ally higher than a year ago.

Industrial activity increas ed sowewhat in May f ollowi ng a temporary r~ _ lapse in .April, and in mid-May was at or near record high levels. As a resul t , the domes t ic demand for farm products c ontinued to improve . Government purchases under the food-for-clefense program have reachecl considerabl e proportions, but actual exports of most fan1 produc t s have con t inued at extremely l ow l eve l s .

The per-unit purchasing po wer of farr.1 products also rose during the month ended May 15, with prices rec e ived 'by farr.1ers ad.vancing re l atively more than prices paid . The ratio of prices r eceived to prices paid, interest, and taxes increased t o 86 i n .r:d.d- May, compnred T?ith 85 on April 15 and 77 a year ago. On the ,;rho l e, far m product p rices 'i".rere still about 14 percent under parity levels .

PRICES RECEIVED BY FAmfl1iliS MAY 15, 1941 , WITH COtPARISONS.

I

COMMODITY

May av.

AND UNIT

1910-14

vrn.ea t, ou.. Co r n, bu..

~

1.24 . 95

Oats, bu.

$

. 67

Iri sh potatoes,ou. $ 1.20

Svreet potatoes, bu. $

.90

Cotton, lb .

13.0

Cotton seed, ton $ 25 . 70

Hay (loos e ), ton $ 19 . 04

Hogs, per cwt.

$ 1 '7 .40

Beefcatt1e, cwt . $1 4.30

/ Veal Calves, cwt. $ 1 4 . 90

Milk Cows, head $ 34 . 86

Horses, head

$ 159.60

Mules, head

$ --

Chickens, 10 .

13 . 2

Eggs, doz. Butter, l b .

17.8
I 24 . 4

Butter fat, lb.

--

Milk (wholesal e)

per 100#

$ 2.31

Apples , bu.

$ I l. 73

Cowpeas, 'bu.

$ --

Soybeans, bu.

$ --

:Peanuts,
/

lb.

I 5.3

! / Preliminary ?:./ Revised.

GEORGIA

May 15 Apr . l5

1940

1941

1 .07

1.00

.96

.75

.62

. 58

. 85

.95

. 80

.95

10.3

10.9

29 . 70 32 . 60

13 . 50 11.90

5 . 50

7 . 20

6.00

6 . 80

7.60

8.50

43 . 00 44.00

100 . 00 98 . 00

1'15 . 00 146.00

15.0

15. 7

16.5

18 .1

23.0

24 . 0

22 . 0

25 . 0

I UNITED STATES

May lb May av. May 15

1941 1910-14 1940

1.01

.90

.81

. 77

. 66

. 63

. 58

. 42

.37

l.OO

.70

. 84

.95 ! . 98

.91

12 . 3

12 . 7

9.8

36 . 00 23 . 03 26 . 69

12.50 7.60

li

12.28 7 . 23

8.32 5.35

6.90 I 5 . 50

8.70

6 . 59

7 . 51, 8.91

45 . 00 49.40 61.00

I 97 . 00 139.20

146.00

I
I

' ~-

16.5

11 . 8

76. 10 96.10 13.6

19. 8

16 . 6

15.1

24.0

24 . 1

26 . 3

25 . 0

24 . 0

26.9

May 15 1941 79 66 .34
. 53 1.01 11.7 27.67 7 . 98 8. 19
8.52 9 . 9C 68.50 70.32'
88-~
16.;3 20.: 29 . 9 34.7

I 2 .75
l . 30

2.85 l:_/2 . 80 1.20 l. 30

1. 60

l. 70 1.80

1. 32
1. 27
--

2 . 35

2.40 2.30

--

3.4
--

3.6

I 3 . 7

4.9

1. 66 ~/ 1. 05
1. 52
.96
3.7

1/1.94

I ~ 1.01

I' l. 59

l 'I

1.19 3.6

.ARCHIE LANGLEY

Associate Agricultural Statistician



I n Charge .

GEORGE B. STRONG Assistnnt Agricultural Statis t ician.

~ ECJS{J;\ Gf\Of'

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

#10 - 1941

Sti\Y 1C
Georgia State College of Agriculture
June 5, 1941.

-r;\ UCl( ~ I\0?
(As of June 1, 1941)

GENERAL: Weeks of continuous hot, dry weather have resulted in extensive damage to Georgia commercial vegetable crops, according to the U. S. Department of Ag:r.iculture. Truck crops have reached a critical stage ~n practically all producing a::- e~~.s. The growth of vegetable crops is almost at a standstill in north and southee.s t Georgia, where the d.rought has done greatest damage to truck crops. Harvest of snap beans a..'1d. cucumbers has been cut/ short by drought cond.i tions. In south
Georgia Irish potatoes and tomatoes are nearing peak production. Light cantaloup r11cr7'3ment mcy begin ns er:rrl:~ tt"S June 10 and watermelon sh-ipmen.ts are eX:pected to start around June 15.

LIMA EE&"'JS: Luck of moisture has resulted in slow maturity in all sections. Reports-rndicate a few limas may be picked by June 5 but harvest will hardly bocome general before June 10. The production of lima beans in Georgia is expected to total90,000 bushels from 1,.500 acres. Last year Georgia had.l,350 commercial acres which produced 72,000 bushels of lima beans. This does not include limas for manufacture.

SNAP BE.ANS: In south Georgia the season was cut short by hot, d.ry Feather in May. Lack of moisture resulted in lowered yields of poor ~uality beans . ~he remaining portion of the crop to bo harvested is smttJ.Jt~ Only a minor part of the north Georgia snap bean acreage has been planted to/but that portion has fared. badly
because of weeks of vmrm, dry weather. Most of the north Georgia bean crop is planted from June 20 to July 20.

CABBAGE: While some few cabbage were still being shipped, the greater percent of the south Georgia crop has been harvested. North Georgia growers are experiencing one of the most discouraging seasons in mru1y years. The long dry period has prevented completion of planting intentions and plants dying in the fields have resulted in generally poor stands.

CANTALOUPS: Unfavorable moisture conditions in the principal cru1taloup localities have slowed cantaloup progress. Harvest in the Claxton-Glennville area is expected to start around June 10-15 and in the Sylvester-McRae section about June 12-18.

CUCUMBERS: As a result of dry weather during the month of May cucumbers practically quit bearing and the season has proved one of the most unsatisfactory in years to growers. Rainfall deficiency is responsible for an unusuall;y short harvest season which will probably end in early June.

PIMIEJ:JTOS: Many grovrers have been waiting since e.;:~.rly May for sufficient rainfall to set their plants; others report poor stnnds. It now appears that lack of moisture, necessary to transplanting operations, may result in some decrease from earlier intentions.

POTATOES (IRISH): A marked rainfall deficiency existing since early Apri:'..
in the Savannah-Springfield area and since May 7 in the Adel-Nashville section has
reduced the yield outlook. Sor.~e light movement VJas underway around May 15 and shipments are now at a high point in all early producing counties. Throughout the north
" Georgia COElf.1ercial area potatoes are suffering badly from a long dry period. Reports indicate that the crop is almost a failure in some localities. Growers report pota-
to prospects as the most discouraging ever experienced in the few years potatoes have been grown conoercially in that section of the state.

TO~L\TOES: Tomatoes are moving to market in good volume from all early comr.Jercial areas. In the Claxton-Glennville section the crop will be short because of severe drought conditions and growers in the Pelhaz:1 district report that tonatoes are. also suffering from three we eks of dry >feather.

WATERNiELONS: Rain is badly needed in the principal producing counties of south and southeast Georgia. Move;:1ent is expected to begin in the Quitman-Thomas-
,. ville-Vnldosta area about June 15 and Georgia melon novement should become active ' in all extreme southern counties by June 25.

OTHER TRUCK CROPS: Georgia has a considerable green pea (English pea) acreage located principally e.round Doerun, Moultri'e, Cairoar~ashville, and Ar:lericus. Good yields and fair prices are reported for 1941. There/about 200 commercial acres of dewberrie;s in the state ni th about 95 acres near Claxton and 75 acres in the McRae area. South Georgia also has a substantial acreage in onions (dry) and green corn.
(OVER)

~-

OTKER STATES TRUCK CROP .NEWS (As of June 1, 1941)

LIMA BEANS: South Carolina 1ir.1as are still in fair crmdi tion despite dry weather, and sales are expected to begin about June 15 with the mcivenent at peak around July 1. The production of lima beans in South Carolina is placed at 144,000 bushels from 1,800 acres. This compares dth 126,000 bushels produced on 1,800 acres in 1940. North Carolina v1ill have 1. 500 n.cres in lions and expects harvest to begin about June 25. Florida shipments will become heavY ' after June 1. Hawthorne, Mcintosh, and Ladrosse are the r:Jain sources of the present Florida supply.

SNM BEANS: Rains d.uring the last few days have inproved Mississippi prospects and the heaviest shipments will cooe June 1-10. Harvest is about over in the southernmost part of South Carolina but picking will continue in the Lake City area for another ten days. Dry ~eather has reduced Alabama yield and quality and movenent will probably be light for the rerJainder of the season. The bulk of the Louisi~a spring crop has been harvested. IJight novenent of poor quality beans began in North Carolina about May 26. Florida growers have picked snap benns longer
than usual because of favorable prices and a short crop in competing states. The season is practically ended.

CABBAGE: The season is about over in Mississippi where yields and prices are reported as disappointing to growers. Alabana has only a very snall acreage yet to be harvested and in North Carolina cabbac:;e shipnents fron b. crop of poor quality are rapidly decreasing. The Tennessee crop started noving May 22. Heads are reported sr:~all and the yielc1 cut by dry weath!;)r.

C.ANTALOUPS: South Carolina cantaloups are in fair concli tion and if rain is soon received the crop should begin to move by June 20. Cantaloups in North Carolina have r.1ade very little progress. Plants are beginning to show drought dani'tge in the Johns area where harvest should begin (turing the first week of July.

CUCUMBERS: Dry weather has just about stopped r.1over.1ent in Alabama and

vines are too far gone to be helped much by rain. South Carolina cucumbers are

suffering from dry weather . . Peak production is expected about June 20 with tne sea-

son's close near July 5. The North Carolina crop needs rain but no serious drought

danage is reported. Light Florida shipnentr. during the first week of June will end

the season in that state.

.

POTATOES (IRISH): The South Carolina harvest is nearing peak Tiith generally light-yields reported as the result of dry weather. Alabama reports sone dry rot but the crop as a whole is of good quality. Production in that state continues in good voluoe v1i th ' an end of the active. season expected around June 15. Digging in Mississippi started June 2 -- about three weeks late. There will possibly be 500 cars for shipment if market conditions warrant. Light movement began in North t;arolina May 26-31 and should be general by June 10. Dry weather has severely ( 1 amaged the crop. In Tennessee, where the crop has been cut about 50 percent by .he drought, shipments should start the week of June 8. Florida shipments are light and the season will end around June 7. The Hastings season has just closed and harvest of the Red Bliss acreage in west Florida was complete by June 4. Louisiana shipments are now moving from all sections. Low prices resulted in growers decla~ ing a "shipping holiday" on May 28-29 and asking the Surplus Marketing Administra~ tion to purchase potatoes to relieve the market. Movement will probably continue t hrough June.

TOiil.ATOES: Florida supplies are now coming from north Florida areas nnd the length of the season depends on rain in early June. Showe rs in Mississippi near the end of May improved prospects and carlots should commence moving June 5-7 reac,hing highest production about mid-June. South Carolina reports moisture needed and. _:picking expected to start near June 4. The Louisiana shipping season is expected ,to start about June 5 and become heavY by June 15.

WATERJ..1ELONS: Florida carlot shipments, starting from the Leesburg area

May 26, should increase sharply this week as movement starts in all north and west

state areas. Loadings for Florida will be heavy after June 15. Watermelons in

Alabama have suffered very little from the drought but moisture is now needed. The

South Carolina crop, though needing rain, is in good condition and first shipments

are expected about July 1. Louisiana ~elons are in good condition and shipments ih

volume are expected by July 1. North Carolina stands are good nnd with favorable

<"eather hnrvest should. start about July 22-26. .Practically all the crop has been

? lanted in Maryland. and Delaware, but due to dry weather many seeds have failed to

Lp rout.



Archie Langley ..:..ssociate .Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

Clifford Sims Truck Crop Statistician.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF .AGRIC1JLTURE

.Agricultural Marketing Service Crop Reporting Board

Release: June 10, 1941.

GE1~ CROP ~~ORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1941

Crop prospects which were beginning to decline rapidly in late May showed improvement in early June and now again appear rather generally favorable for most crops although there nre wide differences between regions. Reports from crop correspondents show that on June 1, before recent rains, crop conditions and prospects were considered good to excellent rather generally from Cleveland, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, and central Texas westward, but conditions were poor to very poor in areas centering in Virginia and western South Carolina and generally unfavorable in a large surrounding area extending from . northern New York to south Texas. Combining reports from all States, national crop prospects appeared about the same as the average on June l during the last 3 years; all of these proved to be good crop seasons.

CORN: Planting of corn was slightly enrlier than usual because there was less than the average amount of rainfall in the principal corn growing States. Fields generally are clean.

WHEAT: A total wheat production of 910,699,000 bushels is indicated by con!).itions on June 1. l'his includes 697,692,000 bushels of winter nheat and 213,007,000 bushels of spring wheat. Such a total wheat production would rank among the larger crops ever harvested and rTOuld be about 12 percent larger than the 816,698.000 bushels produced in 1940. The 10-year (1930-39) average production is 747,507,000 bushels. The indicated production of winter wheat of 697,692,000 bushels is about 7 percent larger than indicated a month ago and is 18 percent larger than the 1940 crop of 589,151,000 bushels. The 10-year average production of winter wheat is 569,417,000 bushels.

OATS: The condition of oats on June 1, 1941 average 82 percent of normal or the same as that on June .1 a year ago. The 10-year (1930-39) average condition for June 1 is 77 percent. On the basis of the prospective acreage reported in March, the June 1 condition incUcates a pr')duction of about 1,117, 41.9, 000 bushels as compared with the 1940 production of 1,235,628,000 bushels and the 10-year (193039) average of 1,007,141,000 bushels.

EARLY POTATOES: Condition of early potatoes declined during May in most of the Southern States as a result of the drought. The June l condition in the 10 Southe rn States and California averaged 68 percent, compared v1i th 75 percent on Jm1e 1, 1940, and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 73 percent. Production of the early commercin.l crop in these States and Tennessee is indicated to be 27,678,000 bushels, compared with 28,961,000 bushels in 1940 .911d with the 10-year average of 22,253,000 bushels.

HAY: The 1941 hay crop was expected on June 1 to yield about the average tonnage per acre but appreciably less than in 1940. The acreage to be cut has not yet been determined.

PASTURES: On June 1 the condition of pastures showed marked regional contrasts, with unusually good grazing conditions prevailing from the Great Plains uest~ard and in the western Great La~es region, but with pasture feed extremely short in Eastern and Southeastern portions of the country where lack of moisture has renul-ted in near drought conditions.

MILK PRODUCTION: Despite drought c0nditions in a number of eastern States, milk production in the United States continued unusually high through May
and on June 1 was approaching the seasonal penk of production at a r ecord high level. Pro duction per cow on June 1 in herds kept by crop correspondents averaged
3 percent higher than on the same date last yenr and, with about 2 percent adclitional milk cows now on farms, total milk production appears to have be en up about 5 percent.

EGG PRODUCTION: The Juile 1 rate of lay in farm flocks this year reached

a record high of 53.5 eggs per 100 layers compared with 53.0 a year ago and the

10-ye .~r (1930-39) average of 50.6 eggs. On the first of every month this year

except April a nevr monthly htgtr -re-cDrd has been established. Rising egg prices

since March ran contrary .to the usual seasonal decline and have been conducive to

increased attention. .to the flocks and liberal feeding froo anple supplies of feed

grains. The aggregate of the first of the month layings from Jan.uary to June

inclusive, is also the larr;est of record for the period. It is 6 percent larger

than the aggregate last year and 2 percent larger than the previous record aggregate

in 1938. In all parts of the country the 6~mo.nth aggreg::tte rates this year have

reached record high levels.



(Georgia Report on reverse side.)

GEORGIA CROP :REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of ~ricult~re In cooperation

.A.gricultural Marketing Service

.with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricul t.ural Statistician Athens, Georgia. June 12, 1941.

-

-

G:F.lN'ERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1941

Crop pro~ects declined in May as the drought continued. Ver1 little rain fell in the state during the past month except the fairly general light rains that came on the 7th and 8th of the month. However, yields of small grains are almost as good as those received a year ago. Old cotton made good progress during the month, but some late cotton in certain sections of the ..nOrthern part of the state had not germinated on June 1 due to insufficient moisture. Irre~~lar stands are also reported in certain sections of middle Goo"rgia. Old corn, especia.;I..ly in so'U.liliwest Georgia, is partic~larly in need of rain. Truck crops have been hardest hit by the drought while pastures have just about dried up in a large part of the state. Since June 1, the d.rought situation has been somewhat relieved by scattered shm<~ers
in local areas but consiclering the state as a whole the drought situation is still very bad.

WHE.A.T: Production of the vrheat crop i$ placed at 1,800,000 bushels or the sa."lle as was forecast a month earlier. Acreage for harvest is estimated to .be
180,000 acres and June 1 prospects indicate a yield of 10.0 bushels per acre. A
large part of the '"her~.t crop had been ha,rvested on June 1.

OATS: Present prospects indicate a record oat crop of 9,671,000 bushels. 'While a large:racreage is highly responsible for this increased production, June 1 prospects point to a yi ald per acre that is only 2 bushels lo\'Jer than the yield of 21 bushels produced last year.

P,A,STtiRE AND MILK PRODUCTION: T'.a.e condition of pastures was reported on
June 1 as only fifty percent of normal. T'nis compares hrith a condition of 66 a year
ago and a 10-year (1930-39) average condition of 74. Ktlk production held up well
in spite of the decreased feed furnishE)d by pactmes. Milkproduction per milk cow in herds kept by crop correspondents averaged 10.0 pounds compared wi th 9.6 a year ago, 10.2 pounds oh June 1, 1939 and a 10-year (1930-29) average of 9.2 pounds.

EGG PRODUCTION: The June 1 rate of lay in f'arm flocks held up to about a"\"erage in spite of extremely hot, d.ry weather. Crop correspontlents report the rate of lay on June 1 to be 43.8 eggs per 100 layers. This is slightly higher than the production reported both last year and for the 10-year (1930-39) average, but somewhat lower than the June 1, 1939 production.

PEACHES: The production of the Georgia peach crop, based on June 1 condition. was placed at 5,159,000 bushels compared with 5,829,000 bushels forecast a month earlier. Hot, dry \'reather since June 1 has further reduced. peach prospects.

~e total United Sta~peach crop, based on June 1 condition, is indicated to be largest since 1931. Prospective production for the 1941 season is placed at 66,102,000 bushelst c~mpared with 54,430,000 bushels produced in 1940, and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 54,356,000 bushels.

In all of the 10 early Southern States except North Carolina and Arkansas,
peach prospects declined during ~~y. largely as a result of continued dry weather~
Total production in these 10 States is now ind.icated to be 20,840,000 bushels 5 percent less than was indicated on May 1. ~1e 1940 crop totaled 13,856,000 bushels, and the 10-year (1930-39) average production was 14,293,000 bushels.

In North CarolinE!, the condition on June 1 indicates that the dry weather of
recent weeks apparently had not materially affected the crop to that date, though moisture soon will be needed in the Sand Hills area for proper maturity of the crop in that section. In 4rka..'1.sas, moisture conditions are still favorable despite the dry \veather during May. Fruit is showing good growth and production is eJq>ected to be larger than last season in all important producing sections of the State. Picking of the earliest varieties will start about June 20, and Fair Beauties are expected to be ready for ~'l.rvest by July 1. Shipments of Elberta,s will start from t.be southwestern sections about July 15, \vi th the heaviest movement eJq>ected during the last week in July. Large crops are in prospect in all other important southern States but lack of sufficient rainfall has retarded. the development of fruit .in some sections. Prospective production in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and all ():!"' the important peach-producing areas of the North Central group of States is i:r...di_. cated to be well above average, and considerably larger than the l.ight .('..raps o:f last season.

ARCHIE LANGLEY, Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Ch.1. .rge .

GEORGE E. STRONG,
Ass.lstant .Ag.ricul tnra.l S.t-Rt.i.st;.i.ci.an-

~I\\) JC2

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural StatisticJ,an

Athens, GMrgia.

#ll - 1941

June 19, 1941.

('{" J -ss~ u~J(

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.



(As of June 15, 1941)

GENERAL: Rainfall during the last few days has effectively reduced drought conditions in most areas of north Georgia and in many parts of south and central Georgia. However, some sections have received no rain or only light showers which proved of little benefit to parched vegetable crops . More rain is needed in most producing areas. The south Georgia cabbage and snap bean season is over; Irish potato shiP.ments are on the decline; lima beans are in full harvest; and watermel~,. cant',al.o~'Ih and north Georgia cabbage movement starled during the week of June 8-15.

LIMA BEANS: Light picking of the small variety (butt e rbean) of lima bean
began around June l and production is now active in all early producing areas. The dry weather of April and May has adversely affected both the yield and quality of
the earliest pickings.

SNAP BEANS: Harvest of the commercial early crop in south Georgia is

finished. Carlot movement this year through June 7 was 39 cars. This compares

,.

with 8 cars through June 8 last year. Most of the bean crop is moved by truck. In north Georgia early green beans are in bloom in Catoosa, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Fannin,

I and Union Counties Pith picking expected to begin about June 25 in some scattered

areas and become active in all sections i n early July. Most of the north Georgia

acreage, however, is planted to the late crop which is seeded from June 20 to August

1 and harvested from early August to frost.

CABBAGE: ' Limited t.ruck movement of cabbage from north Georgia acreage in Lumpkin and Co.toosa Counties is reported, and light cutting from commercial acreage in Gilmer t Union, White, Rabun, and Fannin Counties should start around July 1. Due to the extended dry pe ri od of April and May some plants were not set until early June. The south Georgia season is over v.ri th 843 cars reported as moving through June 7 compared with 445 through June 8 of last year.

CANTALOUPS: A few truck loads of Georgi a cantaloups were delivered to the Atlanta market as early as June 8 but no general movement in the Sylves ter, i'.icRae, a nd Claxton-Gl ennv ille area was expected until June 15-20.

CUCUMBERS: Supplies from the Georgia commercial areas are rapidly diminishing and should end in late June. Carlot shipments this year through June 7 were 99 ca rs compared to 36 cars in 1940. Last year 1 s harvest was lat e r than that of the current season. The total for last year 1 s early crop was 100 ca rs.

PI MIENTOS: We.eks of continuous dry weather have prevented transplanting in some areas and ha~pered s e tting ope rations in others. The pi~iento crop has been one of the chief sufferers from the spring drought and the present pepper outlook is far fron encouraging.

POTATOES (IRISH): Shipments, while on the decline, continue heavy in all early areas of south Georgia. Shipments this season through June 7 were 175 cars co~pared to 348 cars last year. The long period of dry 'i.reather reduced yields J of the e~rly crop. The earlier plantings of the north Georgia crop have also been hard hit by the drought. It is believed rec ent rains in the mountain counti es will greatly improve the late seedings in that s ection . Cobbler is reported to be the leading VG.riety of the north Georgia early crop which should begin to move fro m
.. the Ellij ay-DD.l~lonega section in late June .
T01~TOES: Severe drought conditions have resulted' in a short crop in the h :o principal producing areas around Pelham, Claxton, and Glennville, Georgia 1941 carlot movement through June 7 was 5 cars. This co~pares with 37 cars in 1940 through June 8.

WATERlvlELONS: In the earli es t producing counti es of south Geo r gia picking began in soue scattered localities as early as June 9 and one car was r epo rted as ~oving on June 11 and 5 cars on June 12. Reports indicate that weeks of dry weather during the ~elon 11 setting 11 and ~aturing stage in extrene southern counties resulted in a greater thG.n u sual number of small r!lelons and of mis-shapen EJelons. It i s too late in tha t section to 11 punch 11 me lo ns off the vines and. ge t a second crop. The crop in central Georgia, although suffering from the dry weather, seems to be faring better than that in south Georgia, due principally t o the fact that melons are not D.S far advanced.

(OVER)

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS (As of June 15, 1941)
LI~~ BEANS: South Carolina lima b ean harvest is just beginning, with volume movement expected about Ju.ly l. . Q.uali ty is good. Limas are reported to be in good condition.in North Carolina and the plants are responding nicely to recent rains and fair to good yields are now in sight. Harvest is expected to start between June 20 and 25, becoming heavy by the first week of July. Florida shipments of limas are still moving from the northern area around Hawthorn .and LaCrosse but harvest should be about completed by June 23.
SNAP BEAlTS: South Carolina season is practically over although scattered shipments are continuing. In North Carolina the peak movement of snap beans is over. Yields have been drastically cut by drought. However, r ecent rains have been beneficial to late plantings and light shipments are expected to continue if prices hold up. In all areas the drought did considerable damage to the Alabama snap bean crop. Recent rains will improve the late plantings. The movement has been light and prices have been fairly satisf~ctory for the _better quality beans. Tennessee snap bean production has been reduced by the continued dry weather. Shipments started the week of June 1 and the ma,jority of the crop will be harvested by the week ending June 21.
CA...lfrALOUPS: Recent rains have greatly improved the North Ca rolina cantaloup crop. Light harvest is expe cted in the Johns-Laurinburg a~ea the last week in June, becoming heavy about 10 days later. South Carolina cantaloups have responded well to recent rains and the first r.J.ovement is expected about June 25. In Florida light truck shipments have been noving fron Sumter and Marion Counties during the past 10 days. The most i npo:rtant area of Jasper and Jennings in north Fl orida vrill begin shipping this week and suppli es ahould be available for at least two weeks.
CUCUMBERS: The drought seriously injur ed the earlier producing sections of South Carolina, but rain cane sufficiently early to insure reas onable good yields in the ir.1portant Blackville and Lake City sections. Dry weather reduced yield of the Alabama crop and in Baldwin County where most of the commercial crop is grown, harvest is about ove r. Fair t o good yields a re expected in North Carolina. Movenent started in the Burgaw-Wallace anct Mount Olive areas about June 10.
POTA'roES (IRISH): Dry weather r educed the yield naterially in South Carolina and the harvest is clrawing to a close. North Carolina potatoes, are r.1oving in volune, with peak shipnents expected t h is week. Yields of the Tennessee crop will be about half of a normal crop due to dry weathe r. Alabar.1a potatoes are still moving and production now appears to be somevihat larger than earlier estinates.
TOMATOES: The tonato shipping season in Florida is fast drawing to a close and harvest will be about conplete in all areas Dy this weekend. South Carolina tor.1atoes are moving in volur.1e in Beaufort and Charleston Counties. Plants are gener ally in good condition in North Carolina producing areas and peak shipnents are expected fron the Johns-Laurinburg section about the last week of June.
W.ATERMELONS: .An early peak in r.1ovenent of Florida melons was reached on June 11 when about 285 cars moved by rail and truck. Shipnents will continue heavy for the re1:1ainder of June. The Alabaraa waterne lon crop is later than usual; the peak novement in the southern area i s expected about July 1. Re cent rains have improved c ondition of the South Carolina nelon crop anct first shipnents will be abnut June 25. The vratermelon crop of North Carolina is r eported to be in goo d condition and the first shipments are expec t ed the last week of July.

A..li.CHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

.CLI lTORD. SIMS Truck Crop Statistician

OTHER STATES - TRUCK CROP NEWS (As of June 15, 1941)
LIMA BEANS: South Carolina lima bean harvest is just beginning, with volume movement expected about July l. Quality is good. Limas are reported to be in good condition in North Carolina and the plants are responding nicely to recent rains and fair to good yields are now in sight. Harvest is expected to start between June 20 and 25, becoming heavy by the first week of July. Florida:. ship- ments of limas are still moving from the northern area around Hawthorn and LaCrosse but harvest should be about completed by June 23.
SNAP BEANS: South Carolina season is practically over although scattered shipments are continuing. In North Carolina the peak movement of snap beans is over. Yields have been drastically cut by drought. However, recent rains have been beneficial to late plantings and light shipments are expected to continue if prices hold up. In all areas the drought did considerable damage to the Alabama snap bean crop. Recent rains will improve the late plantings. The movement has been light and prices have been fairly satisfactory for the better quality beans. Tennessee snap bean production has been reduced by the continued dry weather. Shipments started the week of June 1 and the majority of the crop will be harvested by the week ending June 21.
'
C~~ALOUPS: Recent rains have greatly improved the North Carolina cantaloup crop. Light harvest is expected in the Johns-Laurinburg area the last week in June, becoming heavy about 10 days later. South Carolina cantaloups have responded ~ell to recent rains and the first movement is expected about June 25. In Florida light truck shipments have been moving fron Sumter and Marion Counties during the past 10 days. The most inportant area of Jasper and Jennings in north Florida rrill begin shipping this week and supplies should be available for at least two weeks.
CUCUMBERS: The drought seriously injured the earlier producing sections of South Carolina, but rain cane sufficiently early to insure reasonable good yields in the important Blackville and Lake City sections. Dry weather reduced yield of the Alabruna crop and in Baldwin County where most of the cownercial crop is grown, harvest is about over. Fair to good yields are expected in North Carolina. Moveoent started in the Burgow-Wallace and Mount Olive areas about June 10.
POTATOES (IRISH): Dry weather reduced the yield materially in South Carolina and the harvest is drawing to a close. North Carolina potatoes are ooving in volume, with peak shipnents ex-pected this week. Yields of the Tennessee crop will be about half of a normal crop due to dry weather. Alabama potatoes are still noving and production now appears to be sonenhat larger than earlier estiL1ates .
..
TO!Vi.:'\.TOES: The tomato shipping season in Florida is fast drawing to a close and harvest will be about conplete in all areas by this weekend. South Carolina tonatoes are moving in volume in Beaufort and Charleston Counties. Plants are generally in good. concli tion in North Carolina producing areas and peak shipnents are expected. fron the Johns-Laurinburg section about the last week of June.
t
W.A!l'ERMELONS: An early peak in J:~ovenent of Florida melons uas reached on June 11 when about 285 cars moved by rail and truck. Shipnents will continue heavy for the rer:ninder of June. The Alabama waternelon crop is later than usual; the peak novement in the southern area is expected about July 1. Re cent rains have improved cond.i tion of .the South Carolina nelon crop and firs't shipnents will be about June 25. The waternelon crop of North Carolina is reported to be in good condition and the first shipments are expected the last week of July.
I

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ARCHIE LJJIJGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

.CLIJ'J'ORD SIMS Truck Crop Statistician

~;~VJCE

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

#11 - 1941

June 19, 1941.

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(As of June 15, 1941)

GENERAL: :qainfall during the last few days has effectively reduced drought conditions in most areas of north Georgia and in many parts of south and central Georgia. However, some sections have received no rain or only light showerE which proved of little benefit to parched vegetable crops. More rain is needed in most producing areas; The south Georgia cab'bage and snap bean season is over; Iris!: potato shipments are on the decline; lima beans are in full harvest; and watermelon, cantaToup, ana north -Georgi a cabbage movement sttJ.rted during the week of June 8-15.

LIMA BEANS: Light picking of the small vari e ty (butterbean) of lima bean began around June 1 -and production is now active in all early producing areas. The dry weather of April and May has adversely affected both the yield and q_uality of the earliest pickings.

SN.AP BEANS: Harvest of the commercial early crop in south Georgia is finished. Carlot movement this year throut,h June 7 was 39 cars. This compares with 8 cars through June 8 last year. Most of the bean crop is moved by truck. In north Georgia early green beans are i n bloom in Catoosa, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Fannin, and Union Counties '"'i th picking expected to begin about June 25 in some scattered areas and become active in all sections in ea rly July. Most of the north Georgia acreage, however, is planted to the lat e crop which is seeded from June 20 to August 1 and harvested from early August to frost.

CABBAGE: Limited truck movement of cabbage from north Georgia acreage in Lumpkin and Catoosa Counties is report ed, and light cutting from commercial acreage in Gilmer, Union, White, Rabun, and Fannin Cocmties should start around July 1. Due to the extended dry pe riod of April and May some plants were not set until early June. The south Georgia season is over yJith 843 cars r epo rted as moving through June 7 compared with 445 through June 8 of last year.

CANTALOUPS: A f ew truck loa ds of Georgia canta1oups were delivered to the Atlru1ta market a s early as June 8 but no general movement in the Sylvester, McRcle, and Claxton-Glennville area was expected until ,June 15-20.

CUCUMBERS: Supplies from the Georgia commercial areas are rapidly diminishing and should end in late June. Carlot shipments this year through June 7 were 99 cars compe.red t o 36 cars in 1940 . . Last year's harvest was later than that of the current season. The total for last year's early crop was 100 cars.

PIMIENTOS: Weeks of continuous dry weather have prevented transplanting in some areas and hampered setting ope rations in others. The pimiento crop has been one of the chief sufferers from the spring drought and the pre~.ent pepper outlook is far fran encouraging.

POTATOES (IRISH): Shipments, while on the decline, continue heavy in all early areas of south Georgia. Shipments this eeason through June 7 were 175 cars compared to 348 cars last year. The long period of dry vreather reduced yields of the early crop. The earlier plantings of the north Georgia crop have als o been h ard hit by the drought. It is believed r ecent rains in the mountain cqunties will greatly improve the late seedings in that section. Cobbler is reported to be the leading variety of the north Georgia early crop which should begin to move from the Ellijay-Da~lonega section in late June.

TOW~TOES: Severe drought conditions have resulted'i n a short crop in the tv:o principal producing areas around Pe lham, Claxton, and Glennville, Georgia 1941 carlot movement through June 7 was 5 cars. This compares with 37 cars in 1940 through June 8.

WATERMELONS: In the earliest p roducing c ounties of south Georgia picking

began in soue scattered localities as early as June 9 and one car was reported as

moving on June 11 and 5 cars on June 12. Reports indicat e that weeks of dry weath-

er during the melon "setting" and mat uring stage in extreme southern counties

result ed in a gr eater than u sual number of small me lons an<l of mis-shapen ;:Jelons.

It is too late ih that section to "punch" melons off the vines and get a second

crop. The crop in central Georgia, although suffering from the dry weather, seens

to be faring bett er than that in south Georgia, due principally to the fact that

melons are not as far advcmced.

(OVER)

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UNITED STAT"l<:S D:CPA~i.TMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service
Louisville:, Ky.
*********************** *** * ******** * ****
June 30, 1941
June l, 1941
The decrease in hog production which started - in 1940 has been quickly checked and more hogs will be raised in 1941 than in 1~40, the June Pig Crop Report of the United States Department of Agriculture indicates,
The e stimated spring pig crop of 1941 is practically the same as that of 1940 for the United States a-s -a -whole and is up 2 :-perce nt in tho Gorn Belt S.ta:tes, The number of sows to farrow in the fall season of 19,1 is indicate d at 13 percent larger than the 1940 number. The combined spring nnd fall crop this year will. exce.ed that of last by at least 5 percent but it will be smaller than the 1939 crop.
The June Pig Crap Report is based upon about 159,000 re ports obtained from farmers in cooperation with the Post Office Department through the rural mail carriers,
The number of pigs save d in the spring season of 1941 (De cember 1, 1940_ to June 1, 1941) is estimated at 50,083,000, compared with 50,066,000, -the revised e stimate for 1940. The spring pig crop 'Has larger this ye a r in the East and West North Central States, but was dovm in all other regions, For the North Central region (Corn Belt States) the number of this year's spring pigs was 38~906,000 compared with 38,207,000, the r evised estimate for last year -- an increase of 2 percent. Tho do crease s in other r e gions we re as follows: North Atlantic, 13; South Athmtic, 5; South Central, 5;- Western, 6.
The numbor of sows that farrowed in tho spring, season of 1941, estimated at 7,876,000, was 5 percent smaller than the 1940 nllinber. This decrease in sows was offset by the large r number of pigs saved per litte r. The De ce mb e r 1940 Pig Report indicated that, on tho b:1sis of breeding intentions r e ported by farme rs, the spring farrowing th:i,_s yt;;Ja;r __:would b o about L4 pe:rc~e nt smaller. The sharp rise in ho.g prices after January l and the appeal to farmers to increase hog production as a defense measure caused the marked departure frt;:>m December intentions. This is r e flected in e. mat0 ria1 inorea.s ~ in the reported prbportlon of so1NS . farrowe d in Mr1y this ye ar,
The average nt~b e r of pigs saved per litter in the spring season of 1941 was m9.rkedly larger than the average in 1940, which was the smallest in some yeqrs, The average of 6.36 this year compares w{th 6.01 last year for the country as a whole, and is equal to the pre vious high record, Tho average of 6.47 for the Corn Belt has been exc e eded in only one other ye a r.
The number of sows to farrow in the fall season of 191:1 (June 1 to December 1) is indicated as 5,223,000, un increase of 596,000 or 13 percent over the revised e stimate for the fall s e ason of 1940, Lar ge r numbe rs are indicated for all regions except the North Atlantic, which is down 4 percent;with the largest incre ase, 27 percent~ in the West North Central States. The indicated incr e ases in other regions are: East North Central, 7 perce1;1t; South Atlantic, 2 percent; Sout~1 Central, 5 pe'rcent; and Western, 16 percent. These . changes are bused upon breeding.intentioi).s reported ab out June 1 Q.nd the assumption that the r e lation betwe e n bre e ding intentions and subseque nt farrowings will be fairly sin i1ar to t h ose in othe r years of advancing hog prices and above ave rage h og corn ratios, A continuing improvement in hog prices during the next month may result in increases larger than :q.ow indjcated,
If the number of sows thA.t f'lrrow in the fall season of 1941 is about as now indic~~ted and litters should average about the same as la.st fall, the fall pig crop will be about 33,000,000 head, which would be the hrgest fall crop on record, The
.. combined spring and fc.ll crop would be about 83~000,000 head, which would be about 5 perc ant larger than the combined crop of 191-0, but about 3 percent be low the 1939 crop.
The number of hogs over six months old on June 1, 1941, according to the indications of the survey, was considerably smaller than a year earlier. For the
. United State s the decr-ease was about 9 percent and for the Corn Belt about 5 percunt, These decrease s when applied to the number of hogs ove r 6 months old on farms June 1, 1940, indicated by the enumeration made by the Bureau of the Ce nsus in the spring of 1940, give a decrease of about 2,500,000 he11d for the United States and
,. 700,000 head for the Corn Belt.
The estimated number of sows farrowed and pigs saved in both the spring and fall seasons of 191-0 as shown in the present report are considerably larger than as shown in the December 1940 report, the total number of pigs saved being about 2~ million larger, These upward revisions are mostly in the Corn Belt States and are
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ba .sed upon r e cords of marke b5.ngs and shu ghte r by Stntes through :May of tho 1940-41 marketing year which began Octo!Jer l, 19'!:0, . compa.re d with those in the corresponding,
per iod of the 1839-40 ma r keting yeo.r. ReviGions based upon the numbers shovm by the
1940 Cens,.ls of Agriculture have no'~ yet been made. The present 1940 revisi ons are, therefore, t cmb.tiYe. Final r e visions for 1940 and for the yeo.rs 1935 to 1 939 will ~1e issued with the December 1S41 Pig Crop Report.
KBntucky farmers ind:i cated thn t ("I. bout' 17 percent fewer sows farrowed for the 1911 spring pig crop than for the 1940 spring; but bccaus(;l of the very favonble vre~the r at fflrrowin g time dur:i~ g; win t<tr {Ol.nd spring of 1940-41 only 7 percent fewer pigs v1ore saved tM.n 9. year ago. i'igs. saved per l ittcr :;n the sprinG of 1941 were
reported to be G. 7, coJ11ptnod to 6.Q in 'tho $pr;i.:r:~g of 1940 and o. 10 yr. ave r age (1930-39) of 6.3. Thuy aJso i'rldicF~.ted that th"';y intcndeQ. to f!lrrow abou-l~ 2 pe rcent more sows in the fall of 1941 the.n "tMy fo.rrovmd in the fall of 1940~
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N.Atlantic ?39

842 730 87

6.20 6.08 6.33

715

. 759

E.N.Cent. 11,378 14 J 198 H-,4.03 101 W.N .Cent. 23,468 24,009 24,503 102

6.31 6.00

6.15 6,60 6.11 6.39

7,950
9~125

10~111
9~420

N.Cent.* 34,846 38,207 38,906 102

6.10

6.13 6.47

17, 075"

19~531

S.Atlantic 2,960 3~ 148 2,991 95 1

5.78

5.59 5~94

2~520

2 ~ 716

s.contral 5,470 5,966 5,676 95

. 5. 71 5.50 5. 88

4 ,797

' 5, 050

(Incl. Ky.)

WES T

1,616 . 1,903 1,780 94

5.95 . 6.18 6.39

1,233

1,330

-u.s-.TO-T-A-L ---- 45~631- --5-0,0-6-6 ---- 5o~og3~ -T-oo---- --6-:o-T-- --- -6~oT -6-.3-6--- ----- 26~340-- ----- ~2~.386-

N.Atlantic

119

139 116

83

lJ.O

115 . 112

96

S .N .Centr:1l 1,805 2,309 2,181

94

1,236

1,522 1~631

107

W.N .C entra l

3,935

3, 928 3,834

98

N.Centra l * 5,740 6,?3,7'-. G,015

96

S.Atlantic

512

.5q3 ,504

89

1~516
~ J 752 428

1,432 _3, 004
448

1,888 3,519
459

127 11? 102 .

S.Centra1

959 1,085 963

89

820

84!j

888

105

(Incl.Ky.)

Y!EST

2 71

309 278

90

. 203

211

245

116

u.s.'fo!AL-- -7~601- ._ 8,333 -7~876-- -95--- 4,313- -4~-62'C -5~223-- -11.3--

*-- N.-C-en-tr- al-i- nc- lu- de- s - bo- th-E-.N-.C-en-t.-a- nd-W- ~N- .C- on- t.~----~-------- . - _ -~

1/ Number indic'lted . to fB.rrow from breed:i,ng intentions reports.
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H. F. Bryant, Agricultunl Ste.tistician. Rob~rt F. Gurtz, Asst. Agricultural Statistician.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

Agricultural Marke ting Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Statistics Division

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

July, 1941.

PRI OE REPORT .AE 0 F JUNE 15, 1941 .

GEORGIA: There wa s a definite upward trend in prices r ec eived by Georgia

farmers for farm products during the period May 15 to June 15, according to the

.

U. S. Department of Agriculture. With a few exceptions prices were unchanged to
higher than a month earlier. Cotton lint continued its advance to the highest mid-

I

month a verage price since May 15, 193?. Compared with one year ago substantial

advances were registered by many farm products. Those commodities showing better

than a 20 percent increas e ~n price above June 15, 1940 quotations were: hogs, 62

percent increase; cottonseed, 34 percent; cotton lint, 2? percent; eggs, 26 percent;

and: beef cr1tthr, 2"1 percent.

Georgia farm price s down from a month earlier were wheat, oats, Irish potatoes, h orses, mul e s, and veal calves. Oats led the grain decrease with a l? percent drop from the May 15 price as the new crop began to r each markets. Lower prices for horses and mul es principally reflected seasonal influences, although farm labor scarcity and increased use of farm machinery were f&ctors in the price decrease of work stock.

u~ITED STATES: The general level of local market prices of farm products
continued to advance from M.--zy 15 to June 15, adding a 6-point rise to the 9-point 1 upturn r eported during the 2 previous months, the Department of Agriculture stated
todny. Meat animal pric es were up 42 poi nts; chickens and eggs, 3?; truck crops,
34; cott on and cottonseed, 26; dairy products, 22; and grain prices, 13 points
higher . Fruit pric e s on June 15 were down ? points from a yea r ago as a result of rela tively lov1 citrus prices.

Exports of cotton'lint during the first 10 months of the present crop marketing season ~ere off nearly 5 million bales from those of the corresponding period in the 1939 marketing season, but a r ecord rate of doQestic mill activity during the 10 months ended May 30 increased domestic consumption about 1.3 million bales over the same months a year ago. Prices r eceived by farmers for both cotton lint and cottonseed continued to advance during the mrmth ended June 15, with lint reaching new high levels since July 1937.

Abundant supplies of nost agricultural products in nid-June , however, did not prevent local market prices received by farners from advancing faster than the prices of coDmodi ties purchased. The per unit purchasing power of f a rr:l products continued to rise during the month in line with the increases recorded in prices received by farners. The ratio of prices received to prices paid, interest, and taxes Pas 91 on June 15, COQ~ar e d with 86 a month earlier and ?4 in June 1940.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS JUNE 15, 1941 , WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

COM.MODITY

June av.,June 15 May 15 June 15

June av. June 15 June 15

AND UNIT Wheat, bu. Corn, bu.

; 1910-14 1.23 .9?

1940 96 .98

1941 1.01
. ??

1941 .9?
.78

1910-14 .89 .68

1940 .6? .64

1941 . .83
.68

Oats, bu.

$1 .66

.53

.58

.48

.42

33

.33

Irish potatoes,bu.$1 1.17

.90

1.00

.75

Sweetpotatoes, bu.$ .8?

.so

.95

.95

. ?2

.86

. 65

.93

.92

1.02

Cotton, lb.

13.1

10.3

12.3

13.1

12.?

9.5

12.8

Cott onseed, ton $ 25.58 2?.?0 36.00 37.20

22.4?

25.54 29.58

Hey (loose) ton $ 18.96 13.50 12.50 11. 60

12.16

?.71

7.82

Hogs, per cwt. $ 7.34 Beefcattle, cwt. $ 4.10

5.20 5.80

7.60 6.90

8.40 7.00

7.16 5.44

4. 82 ?.10

8.9~
8.6~

Veal Calves, cwt. $ 4.68

?.60

8.70

8.40

6.??

8.46

9.90

Milk cows, head $ 34.36 42.00 45.00 46.00

49.60

61.10 7o.sr

Horses, head Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz.

-- $ 161.40
$
~I 14.0 17.6

100.00 145.00
15,4 17.0

97.00 146.00 16.5 19.8

93.00 142.00
1?.4 21.5

138.90
--
ll.9 16.?

?5.00 94.30 13.3 14.4

69. 9C 88.6C
16.~
23.2

Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb.

24.0
--

23.0 22.0

24.0 25.0

25.0 26.0

23.2 23.4

25.6 25.6

30. 6 35.7

Milk (wholesale)

.

per 100# $ 2.24

Appl es, bu.

$ 1. 36

Cowpea s, bu.

$ --

Soybeans, bu.

$ --

Peanuts, lb.

5.4

2.?0 1.20 1. 60 2.30 3.3

2.80 1.30 1.80 2.30 3.?

]:_12. 80 1.30 1.90 2.50 3.8

1.26 1.18
---
5.2

2/1.63 ~/1.12
1. 51
. ?9
3.5

]:_/1.97 1.14 1.66 1.23 4.0

]:_/ Preluunary

2/ Revised

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG
Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperatioh

Georgia State College

Agricultural. Marketing -Service

with

:of Agriculture

Office of the Agricul tura.l S:tatistician

Athens, Georgia.

#12 - 1941

July 7, 1941.

u -r r J"J\ \....lIjI\

(As of July l, 1941)

GENERAL: Improved truck crop conditio' n is reported from all sectibns of

the state as the result of rains received in the growing areas since mid-June .

Precipitation normal with a

in late June sent the monthly few localities reporting some

state damage

rainfall to crops

abveecr aagues e woefl l waebt o wv ee a t h e r .

Cante,loup; e,nd watermelon-s are moving in increasing voluine from south Georgia and

gr een beans, cabbage, a nd Irish potatoes a r e ,just coming into production in north

Georgia.

L!lv!.A BEANS: The season will end in early July in south Georgia but limas l from a small commercial acreage in middle Georgia have just beglin to move.

SNAP BE.~S: The April-May drought cut short the early bean season. However, in north Georgia some beans from earlier plantings around Young Cane and F~li,laY are now reaching markets. The greater portion of the acreage in north C'-~.: :rgi13: is planted between June 20 and .August 1 with ha rvest from l a te July to late October.

C.1BBAGE: Li ght cutting has started in north Georgia. Yields are below average as the result of dry weather from April 15 t o near June 10.

C~~ALOUPS: Movement is general from the Sylvester, McRae, and ClaxtonGlennville area. Peak harvest will come from July 1-20 with an end to the south Georgia season in early August. A production of 428,000 crates of cantaloups is forecast for the state of Georgia this year. This compares with 522,000 crates last year and a 10-yea r (1930-39) average of 191, 000 crates .
.. . ._::
.: ;PIMI:ENTOS: A survey of contracted acreage by packing plants -indicates that the l ong dry period in April, May , and early June has resulted in failure of mnny gro we rs to set a crop for 1941. In other ins t&>ces stands we re so poor because of dry weather that the peppe rs were plowed up and another crop pla..."lted. Transplanting oper~tions were goi;g on during late June in many sections of central Georgia. This is an extension of about three weeks beyond the normal setting period;. These lat e June settings usually produce 'below ave rage yields.

POTATOES: Shipnent fron early south Georgia. ac reage is practically ended. Geo r gia shipments through June 28 this year were only 247 cars cor.1pared to 364 thr ough June 29 of last year. Sone localiti es in north Georgia report ed li ght harvest the last week of June, but movement will not becone heavy b efor e July 15. Dry weathe r in April cmd May has c~used l ow yields in a ll areas.

TOl~\TOES: Severe drought condi tions in May practically caused the vines to quit bee,ring and r a ins cruae too late to gr eatly iL1prove yields. The fresh market season is bver but canneri es are st ill t aking sorJe lat e tor:1a toes.

WATE...'R.lv!ELONS: Occasional heavy rains along with frequent light showers have hampered harvest operations in the extreme southern c ounti es. Practically al l conmerci nl a reas of south and central Georgia report ample noisture si nce 2\iJW. l5. Peak loading in southern counties will come fror:1 <Tuly 1-15 and in central Gr;c r gia areas about July 7-25. Carlot .mover.1ent to July l this year was approxiVL~;r.::ly 1989 cars compared with 805 to July l last year. The 1940 crop was l a t e r
.. t~1nn usual and harvest last yea~ VIas grea tly hin!fered by two weeks of daily r ain .

(OVER)

OTHER sTATES TRUCK CROP NEWS. (As of July l. 1941)
LIMA BEANS: South Carolina movement is only moderate at rather poor prices. However, good quality beans should soon begin to reach market. North Car~ lina shipments are now at peak and the active season will continue into late July.
SNAP BEANS: Quality of snap beans in Alabama has shown marked improvement in the past 15 days but the supply remains limited. Snap beans in North Carolina will be available for several weeks yet if prices justify picking. The intermediate crop has been partially planted. Pickings are on the decline in Maryland and Delaware but are being marketed in increasing quantities in New York and adjoining states.
CABBAGE: The bulk of the early North Carolina crop has been harvested and a small quantity of the intermediate crop is now moving. Harvest began about June 15 in Maryland and should reach peak around July 3.
CANTALOUPS: The South Carolina crop is now moving with satisfactory quality and prices but it is feared that the ultimate effect of the excessive moisture will reduce both quality and quantity. Under favorable conditions the crop should continue to move in volume until well into July. North Carolina expects movement to begin from Scotland County around July 4 with peak shipments for the state expected July 10-15. ]oth acreage and yield should be above that of 1940. Farther north Delaware producers predict first shipments in late July and Maryland harvest is expected to begin during the week of July 15.
CUCUMBERS: The season is practically over in Alabama >1he1e 301 cars moved through June 21. Shipments from North Carolina acreage have reached peak and will
quickly come to an end unless prices advance considerably. Maryland picking started
the last week of Ju.."'"le and Delaware shipnents vlill begin about July 1.
POTATOES (IRISH): In Alabama the season is practically over with 9, 032 cars shipped by rail and 3.64 by truck this year through June 21 compared with 6,033 by rail and 473 by truck last year. Movement has ended in Florida, and South Carolina movement has about ceased. Although peak harvest has been reached in North carolina, potatoes will continue to rJOVe i~ vol"llr.le fron eastern North Carolina through the first week in July. The U. S. Surplus Conmodity Corporation purchased
v. 98 carloads of S. #1~B size potatoes in North Carolina. Sone light digging of
Maryland potatoes began: the last week of June.
TOMATOES: The bulk of the Alaba':la commercial crop is produced in the northern part of the state nnd will not be ready for harvest until late sumner. South . Carolina tonatoes have suffered considerable daflage in the heavy producing sections, and. while some recovery nay be expected. the season is too nearly over for any future heavy Dovenent of green wraps. Although the bulk of the Mississippi crop has gone, light ship1:1ents during the next week r.1ay bring the season total up to that of last year. Rains at harvest time in Louisiana ir:1paired. quality D.Ild reduced. shipments and canners are expected to take a l arge portion of the remaining crop. North Carolina DoveJ:Jerit be gan about June 25 ;mel the peak will be r eached about July 7. Rain damage is prevalent in all areas but prices have been excellent, considering qua lity.
WATEHMELONS: Florida reports that melon Yields and prices have been generally favorable to July 1 D.Ild the season will end around. J"uly 5. Following dry May weather in Alabana the com:1ercial producing sections rec e ived considerable rain during the oonth of June and as a result large r nelons are now being harvested.. South Carolina Delons began moving the last week of June and will likely reach peal~ around July 10. Size, quality, and price are good, but r ecent heavy rains have caused soue appearance of dis.ease. -In both Mississippi and Louis;i.ana so:oe wilt is showing as the result of heavy rainfall. Carlot oovement frOL'1 the.se two states will begin about July 1.0. Nor'th Carolina reports excellent condition with good yields in prospect and. the first nelon sales expected near July 25. In Marylnnd and Delaware the crop is late and Maryland harvest will begin around August 4 with Delaware noveoent cooing about one week later.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associat e Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

CLI FroRD SlJdS Truck Crop Statistician

G1ll0RG!A OBOP BEPORTING SERVICE'

Agrim:lltural M3,I'keting Service

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

lgrto'll.'tt:ura.l.. 3,'t:!tti:stiee 'Jl1'ttt.o:J5.'~ .~

with

of .Agriculture

Office of the Agri~tltural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

July 7, 1941.

~EORGIA - Jm~ 1941 PIG CROP EEPOR~

The spring pig crop for Georgia is estimated to be 4 percent larger in 1941 th~ in 1940, according to the J'l,l+le Pig Report of the Georgia Crop Reporting Service.

Number o't sows tha.t farrtn.red in the spring of 1941 h placed at 150,000 or about 10 percent less than the 168,000 farrowed last spring and sligl1tly smaller than the 1930-:39 average. The estimated number of :pigs saved this spring (December 1, 1940 to June 1, 1941) is 928,000 compared with 890,000 for the s~e period in 1~40 n.nd identical with the l93Q-39 avelage. The increase in the number of pigs sa\"ed and a decrease in number of eows fa,.rrowed is attributed to the size of litter.
This spring 5. 8 pigs were saveO.' p f} r liturr t'Qtllpa;red -..,.Jith 5. 3 last spri-ng-. .-

The number ef sows to farrow in Georgia this fall based. on reported intentions of farmers in 145,000 coarpared with 138,000 last year, and the ten-year average of 130,000. Sharp rise in hog pricas d.uring 1941 and an appeal to farmers to increase hog production e.s n defense tneasure ar$ laX'gely responsible or the increase in intentions to farro'\lr this fall.

ana The estimates of s .O'\IJS :f:'a.rrowQd

:pigs saved nre based on reports from

thousands of farmers collected t \'rice each ~~~nr through the cooperation of Rurtl Mail

Carri ers of the Post Office Dep a rtment.

FOR THE UNlJED STATES

The decrease in hog :production which stnrted in 1940 hns been quickly checked
and more hogs will be raised. ir+ 1941 than in 1940, the June Pig Crop Report of the United Stat e s Department of .Agri.culture indic.ates.

The est'i:mated. spring pig crop of 1941 is practically the same aa that of

19-40 for the United States r.s a whole and io up 2 percent in the Corn .Belt States.

The number of sows to farrOi'l' i n the fall season of 1941 is indicn.ted o;b 13 percent

larger than the 1940 number, The combined spring n.nd fall crop this yenr will

exceed thnt of last yef)X 'by at least 5 :percent bu.t it will be smnl.ler than the 1939

crop. The nu.nlber of pigs saved in the spring season of 1941 (December 1, 1940 to

June 1, 1941) is estim~ted at 50,083,000, como~red with 50,066,000, the revised

estimate for 1940.

. ~

The number of sow~ that farro~red in t:P,e spring sea$on of 1941, estimated at 7,876,000, was 5 percent small,er thn.n the 1940 nUlnber. This decrease in sows wa~ offset by the larger number of pigs saved per litter.

The average number of pigs saved per litter in the spring season of 1941 was markedly larger than the average in 1940, which was the smallest in some years. The average . of 6.36 this year compares with 6.01 last year for the country as a whole, and is equa.l to the previous high record. The average. of 6.47 for the Corn .Belt has been exceeded in only one other year.

The number of sO\>IS to farrow in the fall season of 1941 (June 1 to December 1~
is indicated as 5,223,000, a.n increase of 596,000 or 13 p$rcent over the revised
estimate for the fall season of 1940

.
Georgia: lO...year, 193Q...39 Av. 1940 1941

. .sows FARROWED AND :rIGS AAYIP

SPRING (Dec. l to June 1)

FALL (June 1 to Dec.l)

. Sows

Av. No~

Pigs

Sows : Av. -No.

Pigs

. Fa:rro"1ed. : Pigs Per

(000}

Li~tcr

. Saved : Farrowed : Pigs per (000} . : . (000) : Litter

.. Saved
(goo)

163

5.?0

9.28

130

5.70

731

168

5.30

l60

5.80

890 928

1~8
145*

5.70

,7....S._.7..

United States: 10-year, 193Q-39 Av, 1940 1941

7,?01 8,333 7,8.76

6.01 6.01 ' 6.36

45,631 50,0 (916 50,083

4,313 4,627 '5,223"

* Number indicated to. farrow from breeding intentions l'~Jports.

6.12
6-.3-5

26,340
.29' _3_8.6..

George B. Strong
Assistant Agricultural Statistician,

Arahie Langley Associate Agricultural Statistician
Jn Ch'-'rf: e&

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

u.s. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

\'lith

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia.
GEORGIA JULY l COTTON REPORT

July 9, 1941.

Georgia1 s cotton acreage in cultivation on July l was placed at 1,902,000 acres by the Crop Reporting Eoard of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is 79,000 acTes, or 4 percent, less than the July l acreage in 1940 and 25 percent belo;,r the 10-year (1930-39) average.

The cotton acreage in cultivation on July l, 1941 in the United States is estimated to be 23,519,000, or 5.4 percent less than the 24,871,000 last year and 28.6 percent below the 10-year (1930-39) average.

STATE
Missouri Virginia N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgia Florida
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona California
All other

10-YR. AVER. i ABANDONMENT ~ FROH NATURAL [
CAUSES, .
1931-40 Percent

1.0 1.5

0.9

0.6

I

0.8

3.0

0.9 0.8

I

1.3

1.5 1.0

I

3.9

2.5
2.7 0.3 0.7

1.6

ACREAGE IN CULTIVATION JULY 1 (in thousands)

Average 1930-39

1940

1941

1941 Percent of 1940

401

414

406

98

62

33

35

106

1,088

841

807

96

1,552

1,268

1,243

98

2,551

1,981

1,902

96

107

68

68

100

918

729

700

96

2,671

2,037

1,874

92

3,289

2,658

2,498

94

2,790

2,161

2,095

97

1,504

1,199

1,090

91

2,856

1,900

1,710

90

12,542

8,873

8,352

94

116

110

122

111

187

221

243

110

294

356

353

99

24

22

21

95

UNITED STATES
Sea Island 1/ l Amer.Egyptian 1/:
'
I Lower Cal if.
(Old Nexico) ?)

1.9

32,952

0.6

l
f' :

34.3

2.5

91

24,871 30.7 68.6
125

23,519 32.3
129.3
180

94.6 105 188
144

1} Included in State and United States totals. Sea Island grown principally in
Georgia w1d Florida. American Egyptian grown principally in Arizona. ~ NOT included in California figures, NOR in United States total.

GEORGIA MAP SHOWING CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS

7 ~

8

TABLE

DISTRICT

ESTI~~TED ACREAGE OF GEORGIA COTTON - BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS

1939

ACREAGE IN CULTIVATION JULY 1 1940

1941

1941 Percent
of 1940

l.

2.

!

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9

STATE

146,000 225,000 170,000 295,000 376,000 303,000 200,000 224,000 50,000
l, 989 '000

148,000 211,000 161,000 289,000 374,000 317,000 185,000 236,000
60,000
1,981,000

141,000 204,000 156,000 275,000 354,000 308,000 179,000 227,000 58,000
1,902,000

95

97

. '

97

95

95

97

97

96

97

96

George B. Strong, As~istant l~ricultural Statistician

Archie Langley, Associate Agricu1 tural Statistician
In Charge ..

UNITED STATES DEPAE~mNT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service Crop Reporting Board Re l ease: July 10 , 1941.
GENER~ CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1941
The year 1941 seems likely to be another good crop year, now that the drought conditions which threatened in the East have been relieved. If present favorable growing conditions continue it should be a year of record crop production. Crop prospects on July 1 were outstandingly favorable in the North Central and Western States except for limited ar eas in central California and southern Missouri. On the other hand, crop prospects are uneven and average only fair in a wide area which covers about 20 States and includes the Cotton Belt from central Texas and west-central Oklahoma eastward and extends northward from Virginia to northern New York and into parts of New England.
WHEAT: The 1941 wheat production is estimated at 923,613,000 bushels, which is substantially above last year's 816,598,000 bushel crop and the 10-year (1930-39) prod.uction of 747,507,000 bushels. The season has been better than average for wheat production with a fall moisture situation favorable to planting the full intended acreage with unusually low winter abandonment, and with ample rainfall in the spring whent nreas~ The indicat ed harvested ac renge of all wheat is 56,783,000 acres, or 6. 1 percent larger than last year, and 1.6 percent above the 10-year average harvested acreage.
CORN: A 1941 corn crop of 2,548 ,?09,000 bushels is indicated by July 1 prospects. Such a produc~ion \70Ulcl be about 100 million bushels or 4 percent larger than the 1940 crop of 2,449,200,000 bushels ~1d about 200 million bushels, or 10 percent, greater than the 10-year (1930-39) average producti on of 2,307,452,000 bushels. The indicated yield per acre of 29.7 bushels is 1.4 bushels above that of 1940 and practically the same as the 1939 yield of 29.5 bushels which was the highest since 1920. The acreage of corn for harve s t, estimated at 85,943,000 ac res is the smallest in 47 years.
TOBACCO: The 1941 flue-cured tobacco crop is now indicated at 716,192,000 pounds as compared with last year's production of 755,793,000 pounds and the 10-year average of 751,348,000 pounds. A flue- cured tooacco crop of this size would be tlle smallest since the crop of 682,850,000 pounds produced under drought conditions in 1936.
P~\CHES: Production of peaches in 1941, on the basis of July 1 conditions, is indicated to be the largest since 1931. A crop of 67,049,000 bushels is in prospect, compared with 54,430,000 bushels harvested in 1940, and the 10-year (1930-39) average of 54,356,000 bushels. In the 10 early Southern States production io placed e\ &1.019,000 bushel q, compared with 13,856,000 bushels in 1940.
PEMTIJTS: The acreage of peanuts gro wn alone for all purposes in 1941 is only slightly l ess t han the unusually large acreage grown in 1940, and is 1.5 percent l ess than the record 1939 acreage . In the United States, 2,374 ,000 acres are being grovm alone in 1941 in comparison with 2,390,000 in 1940 and 2,410,000 i n 1939. The 10-year average acreage of peanuts grown alone f or all purpos es is 1,951,000 acres. The report ed conrHtion of 75 percent is about 5 points lower than the unusually high condition r epo rted for the same date last year. The 10-year
average condition is 73 percent. The first ~uantitative forecast of pr oduction
vlill be macle in August.

UNITED S T A T E S

ACREAGE IN THOUS. 1941

YIELD

CROP

For

Percent

Incl.ic.

Harv. harv.

of

1940 Jul.l

1940

1941

1940

1941

Corn, all

bu. 86,449 85,943

99.4 28.3 29.7

Wheat, all

bu. 53,503 56,783 106.1 15.3 16.3

Oats

bu. 34,847 37,236 106.9 35.5 32.6

Rye

bu. 3,192 3,436 107.6 12.7 14.1

Cotton !I

24, 8 71 23,519

Hay, all tame t on 61,592 62,488

94.6 101.5

-- --
1. 40 1.34

Soybeans 2/ Cow-peas 2]

10,528 9,990

94 .9 --

--

3,120 :3,331 106.8 --

--

Perum t s '?:._/

2,390 2,374

99.3 3/80 3/75

Potntoes, Irish bu. 3,053 2,904

95.1 -130.3 r-l26.6

Swee tpotat oes bu.

772

843 109.2 80.3 84 .3

Tobacco, all lb. Sorghum f or sirup Sugarcane II II
Peaches, tot . crop bu. Pears, II II II

1,404 200 105
---

1,376 l9q 110
--
--

-- 98.0 1034 956

96.5

--

--104.8 -- --

--

~/60
-/65

3/75
~/ 66

PRODUCTION IN THOUS.

Indic.

1940

Jul .l

1941

2,449,200 2,548,709

816,698 923,613

1,235,628 l, 212,783

40,601
--

48,579

86,312
--
---

83,495
--
---

397,722 367,650

61,998

71,089

1,451, 966 1,316,481

--
--

----

4/ 54,430
4/ 31,622

67,049 31,071

1/ Acreage in cul ti vat ion July 1. _2/ Grown alone for all purposes. ~/ ConC!.i tion July l. ~/ Includes some quantities not harvested.

(See other side for Georgia report)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department oJ Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

.Athens, Georgia

July 12, 1941.

GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY l, 1941

Georgia crops made marked improvement during June as the drought that had prevai led since late ~\pril was broken. Crop prospects on July l were off only slightly from prospects of a year ago. Acreages estimated on July l for corn, sorghum for sirup, peanuts, and cotton were 4%, 7%, 2%, and 4% lower respectively than the 1940 acreages. Acreages 'devoted to rye, tobacco, and soybeans were unchanged from the acreage of last year. Crops showing increases over the 1940 acreage ru1d the extent of the se increases are: wheat 3%, oats 8%, potatoes (Irish) 5%, sweet potatoes 10%, all tame hay 6%, sugar cane 18%, and cowpeas 36%. Based on July 1 conditions, yields of most field crops should average as much as the yields of 1940. Rains ca.'!le too late for maximum benefit to t0bacco and indications are that the yield of the 1941 crop will be 15% lower than the 1940 yield. Rains have been excessive since July 1 and crop damage has been reported in certain localities.
CORN: Based on July l conditions a corn crop of 40,890,000 bushels is estimated for 1941. This compares with a 1940 crop of 46,849,000 bushels and the
10-year (1930-39) average of 40,904,000 bushels. A yield of 10 .o bushels per acre
is indicated compared wi th a yield of 11.0 bushels in 1940. Current acreage is estimated at 4,089,000 acres compared with 4,259 ,000 in 1940, and a 10-year average of 4,198,000 acres.

S~\LL Gfu\INS: The 1941 vrt1eat acreage for harvest is placed at 184,000 acres, an increase of 3% over the 1940 'acreage. A yield per acre of 11.0 bushels is estimated-the highest since 1931. Oat acrenge estimated for the current year. is 478,000 acres, compared with 443,000 i~l940 and a l.~year (1930-39) average of 372,000 acres. It is estimated that the 1941 crop will yield 20.5 bushels per acre, oarr.c;.,e1. bushel higher thM the 19'0 crop and 1. 3 bushels higher than the 10-year aver-
TOBACCO: The acreage of all t obacco is placed at 72,100 acres, the san1e as the 19<0 acreage, but 9 pe rcent lormr thM the 10-yenr (1930-39) average. On the base of July l conditions a yield per acre of 901 pounds is estimated. With this yield production is forecast at 64,929,000 pounds, compared Pith 76,420,000 in 1940, and a 10-year (1930-39) average of 68 , 103,0DO. ,

PE~\NUTS: Acreage of peanuts grovm alone is esti~ated at 751,000 acres, a drop of 2 percent from the 1940 acreage. The first estimate of production of the peanut crop is based on August l condition. The condition of the peanut crop on July l was r eported as 77 compared with a condition of 81 a year ago.

PEACHES: June rains were ~ost beneficial to the Georgia peach crop. On the basis of July l conditions this crop is estimat ed at 5,226,000 oushels compared with our June l estimate of 5,159,000 bushels, 4,216,000 b11shels in 1940, and 5,049,000 bushels during the 10-year (1930-39) period. Carlot shipments through July 10 totaled 2,101 cars while at this time last year'2,353 cars had been shipped. ,

GEORGIA C R 0 P S

ACREAGE(OOO) 1941

YIEIJD

PRODUCTION (000)

CROP

I
1940 I 1941

Pct.of
19~10

1940

Indic. Jul.l 1940
1941

Indic.

Jul.l 1941

,

Corn

bu. 4259 4089

96

11.0

10.0 46,849 40,890

Wheat

bu. 179

184

103

10.5

n.o 1,880

2,024

Oats

bu. 443

478

108

19.5

20.5 8,638

9,799

Rye

bu.

22 22

100

6.5

6.5

143

143

Tobacco, !;l.ll lb. 72.1 72.1 100

1060

901

76,420 64,929

Potatoes,Irish bu. 19

20

105

78

64

1,482

1,280

Potatoes,sweet bu. 99

109

110

70

71

6,930

7,739

Tame Hay

tons 1141 1214

106

.57

.55

648

668

Sorghum for sirup

15

Sugarcane II II

22

Peanuts, alone

766

Cowpeas,alone

291

Soybeans, alone

83

Apples, Co~ 1 l cropj2/ --
Peaches,total crop 3/ --

Pears,

11

Cotton ~_/

11 13/ --
-1981

14 26 751
378
83
--
---
1902

93
I 118
98
I 130 100 ----
I 96

--
--
})Bl
---
!/50 l/53
. I/65
--

---
!:_/77
---
l/72 I/76
I/63
--

--

--

--
----

--
------

--

--

4,216

5,226

397
--

--367

-l Conditio~ as of July 1. ~/ Cond.i tion of the commercial crop relates to apples
in the commercial apple ar ea of each state. 3/ Total agricultural crop greater

!h~n_a~d_i~cl~i~g-c-om- ~e- rc- ial-- cro-p- . ~4- / A-c- rea-ge-i-n -cu-lt-iv-at-io-n -Ju-ly-1-. ------

Archie Langley

George B. Strong

Associate Agricultural Statistician In Charge .

Assistant Agricultural Statistician-

_ .:::._,__-__: ___:.,._ ::--- - ----

ur J";\rJr~

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In C6operation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural_ Statistician

Athens, Georgia;

#13 - 1941

July 19, 1941.

1S\U~J( ~f{O_/ J'J~ )Y S
(As of July 15, 1941)

GENERAL : Almost daily rains since June 20 in many producing sections of the state have damaged Georgia truck crops. In lower south Georgia counties harvest operations of cantaloups and watermelons in particular have been hampered by unsettled weather and soggy fields. A few early melon localities report the appearance of disease and rot as the result of continuous wet weather. Watermelon move~ mont is on the decline in extreme southern counties and at peak in central Georgia areas. Harvest of early green beans, early cabbage and potatoes has started in the mountain counties of the state.

SNAP BEANS: In north Georgia some beans from early pl~tings are now reaching market. Movement will become heavy about August 1 and be at peak August 5-30. Some light pickings will continue throughout September and early October. A fresh market production of 180,000 bushels of snap beans from 2,000 acres is indicated for no.rth Georgia at this time. This compares with 190,000 bushels from 1,900 acres last year.

CABBAGE: Cutting from earlier settings continues from the Gaddis townEllijay area but the ea rly crop was badly damaged by dry weather ~~d no heavy movement will develop until the late settings are reRdy for market. Most of the late crop has been set to fields and is in good condition.

C~o/.rJ~UPS: The cru1taloup crop has been damaged by almost continuous daily rains since late June. Wet weather has prevented pickers from going into fields a.nd some l!lelons have developed rot before they could be gathered.. Movement has slowed appreciably during the last week and will end in early August.

PI MIENTOS: Transpl anting of pimi entos i n central Geor gi a areas wa s completed in early July -- two to three weeks later th~ usual. Abundant moisture has gott en the young plants off to n. good start and generally i mproved the .Geor g ia pepper outlook. The 1941 acreage of pimientos in Georgia and California is indicated to be 12,000 acres and 800 acres respectively. Georgirr's 12,000 acres is a sizeabl e reduction from May 1 intentions of 17,600 acres. The reduction was caused pfincipally by dry weather in late April, May, and early June which prevented setting in fields and resulted in changed planting intentions by many growers and acreage abandonment by others because of very poor stands. Georgia harvested 14,800 acres last year. The 10-year (1930-39) average f or the state is 11,710 acres. In this connection it is noted tha t the highest state acreage was 25,000 acres in 1938 u.nd the lowest, since records \!ere first kept in 1926, wns 1,600 in 1926.

WATERMELONS: Unfavorable weather conditions in the way of continuous hot,

dry rveather from late April to nid-June ancl alre1ost da ily showers since have reduced

the size of the crop in south Georgia. Reports indicate that disease ru1d rot have

appeared in a few fields as the result of wet weather. Shipnents are on the d~

crease in south Georgia counties; now at peak in central Georgia com1ties; and

will begin in north Georgia about August 1. Prices have been generally fair to good

to date. Production of watermelons in Georgia is indicated to be 14,400,000 melons

frOL'l 60,000 acres. This compares with 18,480,000 nelons nnd 66,000 acres in 1940.

The decrease in acreage was in the earliest producing lower counties of south

Georgia where growers were discouraged by the rain;r period during last year's harv-



est season which caused a large part of the crop to be left in fields or fed to hogs Central and north Georgia will have a slightly larger acreage than in 1940. Indi-

cations are that yields will be lower in all sections of the state.



POTATOES (IRISH): The Irish potato cr op in north Georgia is ready for

digging but frequent rains have delayed the harvest in nany producing areas. Pro-

duction will quickly reach peak when favorable weather is r eceived and shipments

should be about over by August 25. The couL1ercial seE>.son is over in the Savannah-

Springfi eld and Adel-Nashville sections ~ith only 247 cars shipped fron those areas

this year conpared with 364 last year. The severe April-N~ drought reduced yields

this year.

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LIMA BEANS: Light shipments. of South Carolina limas are still available from the Lake City area but low prices have limited sales. Continuous rains have'cut the North Carolina crop short and shipments are now nearing an end. The UriiteQ States 1941 lima bean acreage f8r process'ing is estimated: ~t 60,400 acres. This record-high acreage exceeds "the 1940 planted acreage 'by l9 percent" and the 10-year (1930-39) average acreage by ' 78 percent.

C.ABB.AG:E: P"roduction of cabbage in the Intermediate (2) group of states, or states which harvest about the same time as north Georgia, is indicated to be 101,100 tons from 15,400 acres. This compares with 97,500 tons produced on 17,130 acres in 1940. ~reduction in tons by states is: Georgia (north), 3,400; Illinois, 18,200; Iowa, 10,500; New Mexico, 5,000; North Carolina (west), 46,500; and Virginia (southwest), 17,500.

CANTALOUPS: South Carolina cantaloups continue to move in volume but shipments are on the decline nnd the season is expected to end near August l. north Carolina cantaloup quality has been damaged by excessive water. Harvest is now at peak and supplies will be available for some 10 ~~ys yet. Maryland expects first . .shipments about July 21 and heavy movement by August 1, while Delaware harvest will not begin until the last week in July. A production of 7,278,000 standard crates of cantaloups is expected in the second early group of states which" includes the following states with estimated prodmction in crates shoT:m after the respective state: Georgia, 428,000; Arizona, 1,874,000; Arkansas, 162,000; California-other, 3,230,000; N"evada, 12,000; North Carolina, 722,000; Oklahoma, 120,000; South Carolina, 424,000; and Texas, 306,000. This includes only those states coming into production about the same time as Georgia.

CUCffi~ERS: South Carolina cucumber movement was discontinued in late June due to price collapse. Probably 25 percent of the acreage was never harvested. Shipments in North Carolina are rapidly declining and the season is e:h.""Pected to end about July 19. Maryland reports prices good and peak shipments expected July 15-25. Delaware is now picking and expected full harvest from July 14 to 19. The United States total acreage of cucumbers planted for pickles this yea r is estimated to be 117,950 acres. This is an acreage increase of about 11 percent above the 1940 planted acreage of 106,470 acres.

POTATOES: Move~ent is over in South Carolina and Alabru~a. Filld shipments are rapidly declining in North Carolina with only a small QUantity re~aining for harvest. Excessive rainfall in Tennessee has prevent ed digging in r:1ost areas but harvest will becor:1e general as soon as the v;eather permits.

TOM.A.TOES: Continuous rains caused a short and disastrous season in South Carolina where toEatoes have been going to canneries f or the ,past ten days. The North Carolina green wrap deal is about over but a large portion of the crop remains unharvested and is expected to go for processing.

WATEIDIIELONS: The Florida season ended in early July. South Carolina movement has passed peak but liberal shipoents will contilme until the end of July. A shorter season and sr:1aller than usual voluoe is expected. Although the heavy and
continuous rains have reduced the QUality of oelons, prices have been good. In North Carolina the watermelon crop is report ed to be in fair condition but vines and oelons are beginning to show rain damage. Light harvesting began around July 10 and peak shipments are clue the last of July or first of August. In Louisiana and Mississippi r:1elons begun to reach r.1arkets during the week of July 6-12. Harvest is on the decline in Alabaoa where size and Quality of the later pickings have been good. Maryland and DelaTiare expect first shipoents about August 8-15. Production of ;;raternelons in the seconcl early group of states, 'vhich includes Georgia and which harvest about the same tine as Georgia, is e-stimated t o be 36,59~,000 t.1EHons. This is a decrease of 12 percent from the 1940 production of 41,620,000 nelons. The acreage for the group is 167,600 acres or only 5 percent less than in 1940 but the average yield per acre of 218 r.1elons is 18 oelons less than last year.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge .

CLIFFORD SIMS Truck Crop Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

C' :;J ',,'
Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia. August, 1941.

GEORGIA COTTON: PL~<\NTED ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION

n1ese estimates are based on the latest available data

DISTRICT I. :Bartmv Chattooga Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield
Other ?J
Total

iPer
!Planted
!Acre J)

Production 500-Pound Gross Wt. Bales

1940 Revised
... ..... - .... -~ -

Acreage )Yield !Production

in Cul- iPer

i 500-Pound

tivation !Planted Gross Wt.
July 1.~ .LA.?l'e 1/ , ..Bales

26,630

272

12,050

312

23,310

273

19,360

315

. 9,460

290

13,760

252

16,770

290

9,800

315

9, 310

280

5,320

322

145,770

288

15,090 7,840
12,990 12,530
5,600 7,160 10,040 6,340 5,290 3,550
86,430

28,020

300

11,770

271

22,970

271

20,320

302

9,180

270

14,000

303

16,760

279

10,290

271

8,890

256

5,440

264

147,640

283

17,040 6,510
12,800 12,490
5,090 8,460 9,600 5,660 4,670 2,950
85,270

DISTRICT .p.
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson DeKalb Forsyth fulton Gwinnett
Hall
Jackson Oconee Pickens Walton White
Other ';2/
Total

17,690

275

13,710

219

6,660

231

17,700

190

2,640

248

5,330

165

15,350

260

14,900

206

' 27,380

227

18,450

235

28,060

210

14,510

262

5,100

253

32,040

345

3,010

288

2,170

211

9,380 5,940 3,100 6,910
1,300 1,780 8,240 6,080 12,580 8,640 11,880 7,590
. 2,620
22,790 1,810
940

224,700

246

111,580

- 1-

15,980

340

12,260

250

6,190

299

16,450

290

2,560

212

4,580

238

15,140

283

13,280

272

25,160

294

16,830

277

25,850

288

13,460

314

5,060

213

32,800

356

2,930

226

2,130

181

11,130 6,320 3,820 9,690 1,110 2,240 8,820 7,380
15,130 9,610
15,400 8,640 2,150
23,810 1,380 800

210,660

295

127,430

GEORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION (These estimates are based on the latest available data)

.Acreage 1~ 3~IeiCi TProd.uctfon! .Acrea;ii}9~t~Ikseq. Pr.oauction.

District

in Oul- : Per

!500-Pound : in Oul- ' Per

. 500-Pound

and
.... 9.?~~........

tivation Planted fGross Wt.

tivation Planted [ Gross Wt.

~~~.}. . . .. .,... .l::.C..!.~ . !J.. . i. Bales . . .-!~~!. }. ~ Acre l/ . Bales

DISTRICT III. i

Banks

10,810

214

Elbert

22,460

268

Franklin

23,350 . 258

Habersham

3,260

247

Hart

29,160

305

Lincoln

10,050

261

Madison

23,380

270

Oglethorpe

20,830

263

Stephens

215

Wilkes

213

4,640 11,900 12,220
1,680 18,060
5,270 12,630 10,980
2,710 8,380

10,120 21,180 22,630
3,310 28,270 10,080 22,070 20,100
5,430 18,070

292

6,070

316

13,720

345

16,100

202

1,390

381

22,000

252

5,180

343

15,640

317

12,990

290

3,230

222

8,180

Total

316 104,500

DISTRICT IV.
Carroll Chattahoochee ; Clayton Cov.reta Douglas Fayette Haralson Harris Heard Henry Lamar Macon Marion Neriwether Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup
.. ()~P:~r. if.. .
Total

43,990 3,040 5,300
19,580 8,340
12,930 13,210
7,760 12,930 25,780
7,900 26,020 9,070 23,820 16,260
0,090 10,020
5,640 14,010 12,090

218

19,630

90

540

163

1,800

193

7,730

237

4,100

230

6,120

277

7,340

177

2,760

151

4,030

205

15,250

207

3,390

206

11,020

112

2,020

207

10,170

230

7' 600

188

3,120

.255

5,300

147

1,630

236

6, 790

121

2,980

2,420 . ...... .. . . .. . .. ' . ..

209

125,820

42,810 2,620 4,670
18,370 8,3<1:0
12,970 12,730
7,500 12,670 25,910
8,240 25,780 .
8,460 25,560 16,360
7,800 J.-0,780
5,120 14,530
9,950
7,990
289,160

277 86
228 230 253 247 274 198 223 281 221 207 114" 217 235 180 238 153 194 172
149
227

24,310 460
2,200 8,700 4,300 6,520 7,040 3,030 5,780 14,970 3,750 10,960 1,960 11,350 7,870 2,900 5,210 1,600 5,700 3,530
2,410
134,550

DISTRICT V. Baldwin Bibb Bleck1ey Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson

7,110

195

3,250

184

13,730

268

9,600

263

6,450

149

30,800

223

10,840

246

14,440

235

13,700

222

11,490

279

24,110

262

2,830 1,200
7~540
5,250 1,950 14,040 5,230 6,980 6,220 6,380 12,860

6,890 3,230 13.. 690 9,670 6,090 30,990 10,320 14,600 14,080 11,220 25,000

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219

3,060

198

1,290

235

6,590

247

t..J:,950

137

1,710



212

13,410

247

5,100

215

6,350

198

5,690

255

5,000

252

12,950

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GEORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACBEAGE 1 YIELD,AND PRODUCTIO~
(..T......h....e...s....e.. esti..m......a....t...e....s... ..:!.!il....?.~.~.~.~. .?.rl:....~l:lP....~.D.:~.E>.~.~....~Y.~i~~P..~.3.. .<4'"!-:,11.:..~............. ................ . ...

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.......1940 Rrvised

Acreage Yield :Pro duct ion

District and

l In Cul-

Per

t 500~Pound

tivation Planted Gross Wt.

11 i - Coun.ty

July 1 Acre

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v. DISTRICT (Continued)

:Bales
. ......... ............

Jones

4,260

163

1,360

Laurens

54,910

215

24,010

Monroe

6,590

200

2,670

Montgomery

11,560

114

3,420

Morgan

22,070

336

14,730

Nevrt on

15, 620

300

9,500

Peach

8,040

227

3,750

Pulaski

14,710

267

0,150

Putnam

5,840

236

2,760

' Rockdale Taliaferro

7,720

274

7,500

219

4,370 3,430

Treutlen

10,790

167

3,710

Twiggs

9,050

196

3,610

Washington

28 ,040

249

14,010

Wheeler

13,730

153

4,330

Wilkinson

0,170

172

2,830

Acreage

Yield \Production

in Cul-

Per ]500-Pound

th:ation

Planted \ Gross Wt.

1/' July 1

Acre

......... ... . ...... ...-.~ .'... ......... ... ......... ... ......

:Bales

4,550 52,730
6,600 11,510 21,270 16,000
7,590 15,900
5,510 7,020 7,930 11,010 9,650 29,280 13,090 8,120

147

1,340

236

25,640

215

2,910

154

3,640

306

13, 360

308

9,940

213

3,320

215

6,930

226

2,500

300

4,750

202

3,220

203

4, 600

175

3,410

276

16,600

162

4,360

109

3,140

Total

374,920

233

178,000

374,340

231 176,720

DISTRICT VI.
Eullo.ch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren

31,490

242

63,070

207

11,950

215

11,250

258

3,640

152

37,140

225

8,500

296

37,020

249

24,360

287

14,380

256

9,420

274

32,610

274

19,610

313

15,690 36,800 5,320
5,910 1.130 17,190 5,090 18,940 14,320 7,520 5,300 10,330 12,510

Total

304,440

263

164,050

33,370 65,440 12,800 . 12,130
3,510 39,410
8,710 37,150 24,470 14,540 10,220 33,580 21,740
317,070

262

18 ,200

268

35, 450

215

5,630

233

5,590

201

1, <150

205

16,520

276

4 , 060

241

18,350

205

14,240

256

7,600

255

5,240

251

17,100

201

12,170

252 162, 400

DISTRICT VII.

Cnlhoun

9,170

152

Clay

9,000

151

Deeatur

5,920

75

Dougherty

3,710

154

En.r l y

25,350

148

Gra.dy

5,260

146

Miller

8,800

128

MitcheJ:!l

23,690

126

Randolph

19,420

110

Seminole

7,000

122

Ste\vart

10,300

96

2, 850 2,690
910 1,190 7,680 1,080 2,330 6,000 4,620 1,760 2,010

0,050 7,740 4,550 3,360 23,650 5,100 8,040 21,920 17,660 6,060 9,120

218

3,640

215

3,440

130

1,220

108

1,300

227

11,140

191

2,020

229

3,820 .

211

9,540

191

6,970

233

2,910

123

2,290

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GEORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACREAGE, . YIELD, .AWD PRODUCTION

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: Acreage ~ Yield :Production : Acreage : Yield :Production

District

in Cul- : Per

\500-Pound

in Cul- : Per

\ 500-Pound

and

tivation Planted lGross Wt~

tivation

Planted \ Gross Wt

... .C.C?~~Y . ... .... ... .......... .... ~~~Y.....~ .~ .A<?!~....J:l L. ..~~.~~..... .. :...:....~~~!...~.~.........!...... ..J:?.r..~.. M. J... ~~.~.~..... .

DISTRICT VII. :(Continued)

Sumter

22,900

231

Terrell

18,410

240

Thomas

8,270

129

Other }

22,440

105

10,830 9,030 2,170
4,800

22,910

241

11,360

18,650

262

10,130

8,240

168

2,860

19,700

156

6,350

Total

199,640

149

60,530

184,830

207

78,990

DISTRICT VIII

Ben Hill

8 , 7 40

163

Berrien

5,650

161

Brooks

12,800

151

Coffee

9,470

107

Colg_ui tt

24 ,620

170

Cook

4,630

192

Crisp

17,500

226

Dooly

32,9 40

248

Irwin

14 ,670

171

Lowndes

6,090

142

Telfair

13, 490

120

Tift

9,900

187

T1.U'ner

9,420

152

Wilcox

24,610

199

Worth

24,090

164

2,950 1,860 3,960 2,100 8,650 1,820 8/200 17,050 5,160 1,740 3,310 3,820 2,930 10,100 8,130

9,130

212

3,990

7,480

200

3,110

13,120

154

4,160

12,860

234

6,190

27,020

241

13,480

5,300

201

2,210

17,140

274

9, 7l0

33,230

280

19,150

15,310

264

8,380

6,990

184

2,630

11,990

146

3,610

11,190

245

5,660

9,170

213

4,060

23,610

220

10,700

24,160

230

11,550

Other )

6,000

122

1,500

8,740

19 9

3,600

Total

224,620

180

83,280

236,L'A0

230

112,190

DISTRICT IX. Appling Bacon Evans Pierce Tattnall Toomos Wayn e
Other 1/

6,220

138

3,020

134

5,800

199

2,870

161

8,900

177

15,860

156

4 ,760

162

3,750

109

1,770 840
2,;:";80 950
3,250 5,220 1,590
8L10

8,100

228

4,480

221

6,510

269

<1, 830

253

9,560

242

15,830

196

5,670

246

4,620

184

3,830

2,060

3,620

2,510

4~780

6,420

2,880



1,770

TotDl

51,180

159

16, 840

59,600

226

27,870

STATE TOT.~S : 1,989,000

225

915,000

1 '9 01, 000

249 1,010,000

1/ Based on planted acres less acres removed to meet A.A.A. allotments.

~ Include s the follo wing counties: District 1- Catoosa and Dade.

"

Qj Includes the following co~~ties: District 2 - Gilmer and Lumpkin

1/ Includes the following counties: District 4 - Muscogee and Upson

fJ Includes the fo11o\-ring counties: District 7 - Baker, Lee, Q;ui tman, and \veo ster



) Includes the follo wing co1mties: District 8- Atkinson, Clinch, Echols,

Jeff Davis, and Lanier.

'1} Includes th e following counties: District 9- Brantley, B~ran, Charlton, Chatham,



Glynn, LiOerty, Long, 1'4cintosh, nnd ivare.

GEORGE B. STRONG, Assistru1t Agricultural Statistician.

ARCHIE LANGLEY, Associat e Agricultural Statistician.

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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

August, 1941.

PRICE REPORT AS OF JULY 15, 1941.

GEORGIA: Prices received by Georgia farmers in local markets about midJuly were higher than those prevailing a month ago for all commodities excep~ grains, workstock, chickens, apples, and soybeans. Prices of eggs, hogs, and cotton lint registered the sharpest adv&~ces during the month ending July 15. The current cotton price . of 14.7 is the highest reported since January 1930, while the July egg price of 24.7 cents per dozen is the highest for that month since 1929. Hog prices advanced from $8.40 per hundred pounds to $9.50 during the last month, thereby continuing the advance that began the first of the year.

Compar-ed with a year ago curr ent pr-ic e s ar e loweir far corn, hays, workstock, apples, and potatoes, while prices received for most commodities are substantially higher.

UNITED STATES: The general level of prices received by farmers at local markets during the month ended July 15 advanced 7 points to continue a rise that has totaled 22 points since March 15. At 125 percent of the 1910-14 average, prices of farm products were higher on July 15 than for any month since March 1937. On July 15, last year, prices were only 95 percent of the pre-war level.

The price adva~ce was quit e general, with all groups of products except fruit and truck crops sharing in it. The cotton and cott onseed group vms 14 points higher on July 15 than a month earlier; meat animals 10 points higher; chickens and eggs were up 9 points; dairy products 8 p oints; and grains 2 p oint s . Compared with a yea r ago a ll groups were hi gher. Meat animals were up 44 points; cotton and cottons eed 41 points; chickens and eggs 39 points; truck crops 32 points; dairy pr oducts 27 points; grain 20 points; and fruit 4 p oints.

Improvement in domestic demand since the defens e program began, while gradual at first, is now bec oming quite marked. This e xp~~sion in domestic demru1d and actions under t he 11 f oo d-for-de f ense 11 p r ogram are largely res ponsible for the rise in pric es received by f a rmers.

Suppli e s of' nearly all agricul tural-p,roducts c ontin;u e abundant. Production of milk and manufactured dairy products was at record hi gh levels on July 1. Storage stocks of eggs (shell e quivalent), however, were sli ghtly smalle-r on July 1 than a year earlier.

PRICES RECEIVED :BY FARMERS JULY 15, 1941, WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

illUTED ST.I\TES

COMMODITY

/July av. July 15 June 15 July 15 July av. July 15 July 15

~'\.ND UNIT

1910-14 1940

1941

1941 1910-14 1940

1941

Wheat, bu. Corn, bu.

$ 1.20

.86

.97

.96

$

.97

.95

78

76

86

61

.86

70

.63

70

Oats, bu.

$

.66

.46

.48

.46

.41

.28

.33

Irish potatoes,bu.$ 1.14

.90

.75

80

.82

.82

.76

Sweetpotatoes, bu.$

.94

.85

.95

.95

.95

91

1.01

Cotton, lb.

13.1

Cottonseed, ton $ 24.86

10.3 26.00

13.1 37.20

14.7 37.40

I 12.7

9.5

21.88 22.60

14.3 35.90

Hay (loose) t on $ 18.52 13.00 11.60 11.70

11.78 7.10

7.66

Hogs, per cwt. $ 7.24

5.60

8.40

9.50

7.25 5.78 10.20

Beefcattle , CV!t. $ 4.04

6.00

7.00

7.30

5.33 I 7.48

8. 78

Veal Calves, cvrt. $ 4 .36 Milk cows, head $ 33.92

7.60 42.00

8.40 46.00

8.80 47.00

I 6.74 8.56
49.00 60.80

10.27 72.60

Horses, head Mules, head Chickens, lb.

$ 161.60
$ --
14.1

98.00 145.00
15.3

93.00 142.00 17.4

90.00
135~GO
17.0

136.30 74.50
-- 93.20
12.2 13.6

69.80 87.60 16.8

Eggs, doz.

17.6

17.5

21.5

24.7

16.7 16.4

25.6

:Butter, lb. :Butterfat, lb.

24.0
--

22.0 23.0

25.0 26.0

25.0 27.0

23.3 23.5

25.6 25.9

31.4 36.6

Milk (wholesal e )
per 100# $

I 2.29

2.75

Apples, bu.

$ 1.09

.85

Peaches, bu.
Cowp eas, bu. Soybeans, bu. Peanuts , lb.

:I$1 1.58

.85

--

1. 55

--

I 2.15
I

1

5.6

I
I

3.0

i

l/ Pr e hm~nary

~/ Revised

2.80 1.30
.90 1.90 2.50 3.8

];_/2. 80
I .75
1.00 I
I 1.95
2. 40
4.0 I

I 1. 38 ~~1. 69 .86 1.08
---- --
-- I 1.47 I 73 5.1 I 3.4

);./2.13 .95
--
1. 69 1.30
I 4.2

lillCHIE LANGLEY Associat e Agricultural Statistician
In Charge .

GEORGE :B. STRONG Assistant Agricultural Statistician.

-- -. - - - - - - - ------ -

U. S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service
Office of the

'fl:l4 - 1941

-r7~UCJC G;~o~
(As of August 1, 1941)

GENERAL: Rainfall has become more nearly normal in all areas during the past two weeks. Harvesting of snap beans and potatoes is underway in north Georgia. Cantaloup ar.d watermelon commercial shipments are over in extreme southern counties, nearing an end in the upper south Georgia counties, past peak in central Georgia, and _rap.idl;r .approa.ching_ vQlume movement in :tlOrthern sections of the state.

SNAP BEANS: Due to a long rainy period in the mountain counties, planting of the late bean crop was delayed in many localities. Moderate movement is underway in all north Georgia snap bean areas and movement in volume will soon develop and continue into early October. Indications are that 'demnnds of ca.nners are resulting in a substantial acreage increase above earlier intentions. Reports from the Springfield-Statesboro area of southeast Georgia indicate that a new late fall acreage is being considered in that section.

CABBAGE: Except for some late settings the greater percent of the north Georgia cabbage crop has been harvested. Yield and QUality have been someW-~at below average because of six weeks of dry weather followed by freQuent rains during shipping season. Prices are reported well above the average received last year. There is a very small n.creage of late settings still to be harvested.

Cl~~\LOUPS: Commercial movement is about over in middle Georgia and is rapidly approaching volume from the s~~ll commercial acreage in upper portion of the state

PIMIENTOS: Weeks of 11lmost Ck'l.ily rains following a long dry period have prevented field work of the pepper crop and as a result grass has taken over in a t . few fields cUld generally r etarded pepper growth in the entire pimiento belt. Packing firms expect to begin canning operations about August 7-ll. A few canneries mt~r be open a day or two during the first week of August.

POTJ~OES (IRISH): Digging from north Georgia acreage has been delayed some two or three weeks because an extended rainy period kept fields too wet for harvesting. Good grade potatoes are now coming from all commercial sections but / ::l.elds will be below average because of extremely dry weather during the growing .3eason.

Wj~EFJ!ELONS: The active commercial season is over in lower south Georgia, past the peak in the central area and rapidly approaching volume movement in the north portion of the state. Only a small percent of the commercial production comes from north Georgia. The season in s outh Georgia is reported to be one of the most profitable to the grower in recent years. Houever, low yields in that area tended to offset the advantage of fair to good prices.

(OVER)

... '1 -

'

OTHER STATES - TRuCK CROP NEWS

(As of August 1, 1941)

SNAP BEANS: The late crop of' beans from north Alabama is just coming on the market .with yields reported fair but prices not very good right at this time. The western North Carolina snap bean crop is in excellent condition and yields are expected to be good. Light movement will begin in the near future. A~ew late snap beans are moving to marke.t fr.mn the Maryland Eastern Shore and..the. Baltimore area. Supplies will be available until fall. Ne~ York bean plants have made good growth but are reported to be giving light yields on account of the hot dry weather; however, recent rains will doubtlessly increase the yields &"ld heavy shipments are expected throughout the month of August.
C.ABBAGE: The cabbage crop in the western section of North Carolina is growing nicely and supplies will be available in volume by August 10-15. The early crop is about over in Maryland though light supplies will be available from the Anne , Arundel County section during the month of August.
ca.TJ.taloups : CAI."'JT.ALOUPS~ Both the quality and quantity of North Carolina/were damaged considerably by hea~J rains in the Laurinburg section which cut the shipping season shorter thru1 usual. T~xas carlot shipments this year through July 26 were only 11 cars compared vdth 93 cars shipped through July 27, 1940. All areas are very late end the limited supplies to the end of July were of poor quality. In Maryland shipments have started and peak movement is expected in most areas about the middle of August. The Delaware crop is about a week later tha.TJ. usual. A few :r.:~elons moved the last few days of July but volume is not expected until ab out the end of the second week of Au~~st.
POTATOES (IRISH): Potatoes remaining for harvest in Texas were largely in the Panhandle where excessive moisture since early spring has cut yields and quality to some extent and delayed harvest. Shipment began in Maryland and Delaware about the first week of July Dnd reached a peak during the ~eek of July 15. The crop was short this year, 1941 shipments averaging about 58 percent of 1940 shipnents.
WATERMELONS: The waternelon deal is practically over froJ:':J south Alabama, but some novenent continues fro n Chilton County . Size and quality are reported goon, Early July rains in North Carolina drastically reduced the commercial crop in the Hoke-Scotland area. Although heavy novenent en0.ed more than a 'JVeek ago, considerable scattered truck shipments will be available for a few days longer. Melons are now moving in volume fron the Chowan, Carteret, and Currituck areas and supplies are expected to be available for another two weeks. Texas shipoents have been light and only ooderate supplies renain in oost areas. A few wateroelons from lower Eastern Shore Maryland are now being marketed. The crop is generally late but vine{ are fruiting heavily, and shipoent should be fairly heavy during the second week .of August and reach peak moveoent about the 25th of August. , In Delaware stands are fair but the crop is late. Light shipnents arE) expected about the first week of August with peak shipoents about August 18 and supplies available until about September 10

.ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician
In Charge.

CLIFFORD SilviS Truck Crop Statistician.

UNITED STATES DEP.A.RTMEHT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Washington, D. C.

Re1ease:August 8, 1941 11:00 A.M. (E.T.)

COTTON REPORT AS OF.AUGUST 1, 1941

The Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture make s the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton will depend upon vJhether the various influences affecting the crop cturing the remainder of the season are more or less favorable th~~ usual.

STATE
Missouri Virginia N. Carolina
s. Carolina
Georgia Florida

AREA IN

I I AUG. 1 CONDITION YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCTWN( Ginnings?}

CULTIVATION Aver-~

Aver-'

Indi- 1500 lb.eross wt.bales

JULY l, 1941 age,

age,

cated Aver- 1940 1941Cro:r

LESS 10-YE.A.R 11930- 1940 1941 1930-1940 941 ';1/ age, Crop Indicate

AVERAGE

39

ABANDONMENT JJ

39

I 1930-39

l.A.uo-.1

Thous .Thous Thous.

Thous. acres Pet. Pet. Pet. Lb. Lb. Lb.

bales bal e ~ bales

402

80 so 94 362 454 537

292 ': 388 45.2

34

76 94 83 1260 370 300

33

25

21

800

75 84 74 286 427 297

629 739 497

1,236

70 79 53 265- 375 166

824 966 428

1,886 65

I 70 73 ~ 221 250 167 1,132 1,010 656

72 71 64 146 154 104

32

21

14

Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana

694 1,859 2,466 2,064 1,079

75 71 72 64 73 60 73 76 71 59

85 257 340 381

465 509 552

72 216 190 205 1,145 779 798

76 246 240 301 1,585 1,250 1,557

84 236 349 334 1,281 1,501 1,441

58 237 194 190

703 456 428

Oklahoma

1,643

67 77 72 -136 211 157

750 802 537

Texas New Mexico

8,143 119

70 72 87 94

69 83

1414504

184 576

152 466

3,766 3,234 2,572 100 128 116

~ Arizona
California

241

90 89

351

91 98

All other
-------------

--------2-0----

81
-----

80

92 1401 424 455 87 538 749 680

159 195 230 333 545 499

87 320 394 442

16

18

19

----- ----- -----~---- 1-------1------ -------

- -U-N-IT-E-D---S-T-A-T-E-S

-

-

-

-2-3-,1-0-2----1- 7--2---r

72 ----

72
-----

205.4
-----

-2-5-2-.E-12--2-4--.; ,~__3_._2_4_6_ ~-2-,-5-66-

1--0-,8-1--7-

Sea Island 1/

30.1

-- 76 63 --- 72 65 ---- 4.0 4.1

~:=~~~~~~~-~ 127.4 ----~-------

92
------

91

89
-----

236
-----

-2-3-3--r3-0-1--

17

33

-------t------

----8-0--

Lower Calif .
(Old l-iexi co) 1

176 ./83 71 86 205 236 228

38

60

84

From natural causes. Al1o\vanc e s mnde for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning. Indicat ed .August _l , on area in cul ti vat ion July 1, less 10-year average abandonment. Included in State and Unit ed States totals. Sea Island gro\m principally in
Georgia and Florida. American Egyptian gro\m principally in Arizona. NOT included in California figur e s, NOR in United States total. Short-time average .
Q
( See other side for Georgia Report)

.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

.Agricultural Marketing SerYice

In Cooperation

Georgia State Coll ~

Agricultural Statistics Divisio::-t

with

of At;ricult~

Office o: th~ Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia.

August 8, 1941.

AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT---- GEORGIA

Probable production of the Georgia cotton crop is placed at 656,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) on the bads of August 1 prospects, as reported by crop correspondents to the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The condition of the crop is reported as 62% of normal or 11 points lower than was r eported a year ago. The yield per acre is ' placed at 167 pounds while a yield of 250 potmds v1as produced in 1940 and .the 10-year (193Q-39) average yield vras 221 pounds. Production of the 1940 cotton crop nmou.ntod to 1,010,000 bales while the 10-year average production was 1,132,000 bales. Acreage in cultivation on July 1 less average nbandonment during the 10-year (193Q-39) period is 1,886,000 acres. In 1940 1,935,000 acre's wc re~ harvested. Should finE'..l production. equal the total prod.uction indicn.t ed by August 1 conditions, the 1941 crop will be the smallest produced in any year except 1923 since 1878.

The . crop this year i s characterized by it s uncertainty and irregularity. Beginning tho first part of April very little rainfall was received in most areas of the State until mid-June. Cotton \v::.ts planted early enough in most of south Georgia to secure fo.ir to good stn.ndfl before t.he drought becaml) acute and the crop developec fairly satisfactorily. In the micld.le and northern parts of the State tha continued dry 1..reather made it difficult to prepare land a.'rld moisture \ms not sufficient for proper germination in some sections.
Rains start ed about the middle of June in south Georgia and by June 20 all areas of the State were recei"t.d.ng frequent rains which continued almost daily for the next five or six i'Jeeks. The crop su.ffere d from lack of cultivation and the boll \veevils did much de..1nage. Weevil infestation is reported highest since 1927. In the southern part of the State early cotton should have a good bottom crop but very little middl e and no top crop. The crop is most u...'rlcertain in north Georgia where there is s'till a posr:;ibili ty of good yields if hot dry weather favorable for controlling the \'leevils i s received for the next fe>v weeks and there are no early frosts this year.

GEORGIA MAP - SHOWING AUGUST 1 CONDITION :BY CROP REPORTING -=D=I=S=TR=I=-:C=T=S_ _ __

1941, 69%
1940, 73%
1939,

Districts shown are crop reporting districts and NOT Congressional Dis-
tricts.

1940,

I

?2%

\

\ 1939,

\

73%

~

~:r~

1940, 72%

1940,
?6%
1939, 74%

{ 1941, 62%

1941, 63%

1941, 63%

1940, 70%
~~

1940, 73%

1940,
77%

1939, 69%

1939,

'

1939,

75%

figu~ei \67% _]~ See r everse sidefo;tf: S.

..

ARCHIE LANGLEY,

GEORGE B. STRONG,

Associate Agricultural Statistician

Assista.'lt 11gr tural Statistician.

In Charge.

UN! TED STATES DEP.All'IMENT OF .AGRICUL'l'UBE Agricultural Marketing ~rvice Washington, D. C.

August 11, 1941

UNITED STATES GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1941

The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing SerVice makes the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies.

UNITED STATES

CROP

YIE"'...D H!R .ACRE

.'

~verage

Auf ndicated '1,

93039 1940

941 .

TOTAL PRODUCTION Aver~e 193~ 9

( . IN THOUSANDS)

Ind~cated

i940

Aufgst 1, 941

Corn, all . . . . . . . . '". 'b~ 23;5 283

30ol

Wheat, all ... ; " 133 153

16 7 :

Oats ...... ~ . . . 11 27;,3 _35;5

30;8

Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11.2 12.7

13.5

Hay, all tnme.... ton 1;24 lo40

lo36

I-eanuts ~ .......... lb. 714

864

779

Potatoes.......... bll.ll2. 6 130.3

127.3

I Sweetpotatoes.... 11 83.0 80.3
Tobacco ...... lb. 832 1034

87.8 936

I

I

COl{DITION AUGUST 1

-pc-:;

Pet.

Pet.

2~307,452

747,507

1,007,141

.38,472

69,6Q0

I 1,063,374

370,045 73,208

I

I 1,394,839

2i449,200 816,698
1,235,628 46,601 86,312
1,734,340 397,72:::!
61,998 1,451,966

2,587,574 950,953
1,148,162 46,462 85,187
1,486,610 369,693 73,984
1,288,212

App1es,com 11 crop b bu.

58

58

I Peaches, total crop- n
Poaxs, total crop "
Pee allS . . . . lb,

59 .
-62

61 67 51

I Pasture; ....... .
Soybeans .......

64 76

71 79

Cov.'Peas.... . . 72

77

66 77 68 57 79 88 78

-c.od:.

125,310 54,356

-cr

27,278

I
I

64,676
--- !

a:d 114,391

a: 54,430

--- -

31,622 88,426

I

125,568 69,732 31,183
--- 87,641

o.a. P~cked and threshod. Estimates of the commercial crop refer to the production of apples in the commercial apple connties of each state and arc not comparable with former 11 commercial11 estimates which
represented salBs for fresh consumption only in the entire State. c. Short-term average
0:. Includes some quantities not harvested.

Virginia

FWE-CURED TOBACOO

r - 'b9~

Pounds
-9~0

1

-

'E'OO

- Thousand Pounds -6'7,U5T--- -6'7,T6U- ~

61,600

North Carolina

762 925

89:)

191,420

180,375

. 178,890

Total old be!t

741 924

865

258,470

247,535

240,490

Eastern North Carolina beli 834 1,120

985

275,660

274,400

241,325

North Carolina

882 1,110

925

56,014

64,380

51,800

South Carolina

836 1,015

875

.85,656

82,215

74,375

Total South Carolina belt 853 1~{)55

895

141;670

146,595

126,175

Georgia Florida

828 1,060

820

786 925

700

67,251 8,230

:7u5.,276408

58,220 8,680

Alabama

. 850

775

~55

232

Total Georgia and Florida

L belt .......... .. 823 1;039

802

75;546

87;263

-------------- r- TOTAL FIIJE-CURED

8o3 "'1-:-oa?-- - '003- f--- -751,348---755,793-

67,132
675,122--

---_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--,-_--_--_--_--_--_--!-J---l-.YF8E.dC:i.A.NtieS_E-.-_--_--_- -_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_--_~-_--_--_--_--_--

Production

STATE

---Average---------- in'dicate<I-

------ -- ----- ---== ce:t== Illinois

1940 =~ 61

1941 64

-

-

-

- 1-93-0--39-Tnou5a1n904:0T-o'Unds- -

-

1941 - - - --

-i7r-----i4r -- -183

l~~i s souri

45

62

856

400

770

North Carolina

63

74

912

993

1' 349

South Carolina
flore;ia
0 ~ ~da
Al abama

66

69

-6;r5r

66
'b":j

47

70

1,082
.i:~r
3,042

1,355
~ 8, 526
2,219

1,462
i~~@
3,' 876

!.1:issi ssippi

30

58

5,060

2,717

5,876

Arkansas

60

63

3,544

2,902

3,657

l<nisiana

61

49

4,571

4,514

3,510



Oldnb.Qma

47

62

12,282

22,230

26,230

=1~~~~============~=-=~~ -

-

-

-

24,270
4 r--~

-

- -s4-s1-,4020'S0' -

-. -s2.,9-,6647T0 - -

- - - _6_,_2 - - - - - - - - - - - -----



FE.MTUTS FICKED AND THRESHED PRODUCTION BY STATES Peanut production indicated by States for 1941 _( in thousands of ponnds): Virginia, 165,000;

North Carolina, 284,760; Tennessee, 6,000; South Caro lina, 14,070; Georgia, 520,800;

Fl?rida, 70,500; Alabama, 196,000; Mississippi,, 15, 805 ; .Arkansas, 11,340; IDuisiana, 5,060;



Ok~ahoma, 37,275; Texas, 160,000; UNITED STATES 1,486 ,610

(See reverse side for Georgia Report)


GEORGIA CROP illlPORTDrG SERVICE

.Agricultura.l :Vm.rketing Service In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricu ltural Statistics Division

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia.

.August 13, 1941.

GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1941

July was a month favorable for the production of food and feed crops but most unfavorable for the production of the main cash crops of cotton and tobacco. The prolonged drought. that began in April was def'ini tely broken the latter part of June. These rains continued. throughout the first two-thirds of July. Consequently, ro\"' crops suffered from lack of cultivation, particularly in the northern portion of the State. Such conditions were ideal for ha;rs and prospects for this crop are very favorable.

CORN! :Prospects improv.ed during the . past month tbroughout most ot' tjle .
State and Augtlst. 1 conditions indicate a yield of 11.0 bushels per acre, or one bushel higher than the indic~.tion of a month earlier. Ind:tcated production is 44,979,000 bushels compared -.,.Jith 46,849,000 bushels produced last year and the 10Jrear (1930-39) average prod.uction of 40,904,000 bushels.

TOBACCO: The tobacco crop deteriorated during July a;td production based on August 1 conditions is placed at 59,250,000 po11nds. This compare$ with the July l estimate of 64,929,000 pou."lds. Production in 1940 was 76,420,000 pounds and the 10-year (1930-39) average production totalled 68,103,000 pounds. Da1nage from root rot has been very hea~J. ~~rkets opened on Au~st 5 and prices to date have been favorable.
PEANUTS: Ae.gust 1 prospects point to a peanut production of 520,800,000 pounds for nuts. EYen though this production is 10 percent lower than the quantity r>roduced in 1940, it e:cceecis the que.ntity of nuts harvested in any past year except the abnormally high production of la.st see.son. Good stail.ds are reported throughout the peanut belt.

PECANS: Total production of pecans for the current season is estimated at

9,472,000 :pounds on the basis of August 1 conditions. Production of the 1940 crop

amolUlted to 8,526,000 pounds while the 10-year (1930-39) average production was

7, 452,000 pounds. This crop \ra.s drunaged by the :.~ril to mid-June drought but most

losses occurred to varieties that make up only a srnall :.

percent of the total

production.

PEACHES: The August 1 estimate of the peach crop is 5, 762,000 bushels or 10 percent larger than the quantity in prospect July 1. Elbertas sized well after the rains were received. }fu;vever, the season just closed was a most unsatisfactory one for growers due to very lo\v prices received by them.

Indicated production of flue-cured tobacco ., peanuts and pecans by states is given on reverse side of this report.

GEORGIA

CROP

~CBEAGE (000) 1941

UEIJJ PER ACRE

i TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.MTDS )

Average 1930-39 1940.

ndicated 1 Average
1941 . l 1930-39

'

i940

Indicated 19~_1-

, Corn.............. bu. 4,089

Wheat ......... , ... ~

184

Oats...... ; .... .; tt Rye ............... .; It
Hay (all tame) ... . . ;. ton Tobacco (all) ... lb.

478 22

I

I 1.2712..1

Potatoes, Irish... . . bu. . 20
Potatoes, sweet. . . " I 109

Cotton..........bale {1,866

Pe(uts............ . . lb . 651
For picking & Threshing

Cowpeas, alone .......

Soybeans, alone...... ;

PeaChes*,total crop . bu.

Apples**, Com 'l crop . tl

pPeecaarns*s,

.t.c.t.q....l .c.r.o.

p .....

11
lb.

378
----83 I

9;.7

ll;O

n.o 40,904

9~2
19;.2
6.0 .54
831 66 72
221
652

10;.5
195 6.5 .57
1060 78 70
250 825

lLO 1,270

20;.5 7,173

6.5d .5

lll 480

822

68,103

66

1,09G

74

8,510

167

1,132

BOO 327,552

J

PERCENT CONDITION .AUG. J

?l
72 58

I Td I
6so1

80 79 84

54

61

74

-55

73 65

68 66

--
5,049 443 283
7,45?

-~

46,849 1,880 8,638 143 648
76,420 1, ,182 6,930 1,010
577,500
--
4,216 485 397
8,526

44,979 2,024 9,799 143 704
59,250 1,320 8,066 656
5ZO.B00
.-.
5,762 600 367
9,472

:.

ETsott~~m~a~aegsricouf l

tural crop grea.ter the commercial crop

than and refer to

i

ncluding commercial crop. the production of apples

.~n

the

cornmerc.~al

apple

nccooumnmherecs~. aolf11F

annin, estima

t

Gilm es w

er hi

, c

Haber h repr

sham esen

t

and ed

&.:J:nm, sales f

o

a r

n

d fr

are esh

not comparable with consumption only in

ftohremeenrt~. re

State

.ARCHIE LANGLEY,
Associ::,,te Agricul tura1 Sta tistician In Charge.

GEORGE B. STRONG, .Assistant .Agricultural Statistician

'5 ,, ' ' I

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

September, 1941.

PRICE REPORT AS OF AUGUST 15, 1941.

GEORGIA: With a few exceptions prices received by Georgia farmers continued. the uninterrupted advance of the last few months. The few commodities sh~ing a decline from one month earlier were corn, hay, beef, horses, chickens, and apples. Unchanged from mid-July prices were veal, butter, and mules. The decline in corn, hay, and horses was mostly seasonal as was the 15 percent increase in eggs. Cotton and cottonseed continued the contra-seasonal price advance with cocton registering a 7 percent increase during the past month.

Compared with .August 15 one year ago farm products in Georgia have shown substantial increases. Some of those commodrties showing advances of more than 10 percent above mid-August 1940 with the percent increase of each are: cottonseed 79%, hogs 72%, cotton 60%, eggs 44%, pee~uts 37%, beef 24%, veal 19%, wheat lS%, milk cows 17%, chickens 12%, and sweet potatoes 11%. Irish potatoes at S5 cents per bushel were unchc~ged from a year earlier. Apples, corn, hay1 horses, and mules were down from a year ago. The decline in work stock was undoubtedly influenced by the increased use of mechanization.

UNITED STATES: At 131 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average, the index of prices received by farmers on .August 15 was 6 points higher than a month earlier. This rise, folloTiing other recent sharp advances, carried the index to a level equal to that of January 1937 and not exceeded since May 1930.

All groups of commodities ad'!Tanced during the past month and all are

substantially higher than a year earlier. The most spectacular rise of the past

year was that of 51 points for the cotton and cottonseed group. Meat animals, with

a 4S point advance, followed closely, while chickens and eggs were up 40 points,

dairy products 26 points and grains 23 points.

1

~he average price received by farmers at local markets for cotton lint reached 15.33 cents per pound for August 15, the highest August price since 1929 and the highest for any month since January 1930. Local market prices of hogs averaged $10 .Q9 per 100 pounds in mid-August, compared with $10.20 a month earlier and $5.84 n year ago. Farmers were also receiving higher prices for beef cattle and veal calves in mid-August. At $9.07 and $10.56 per 100 pounds, respectively, both commodities averaged 29 cents per hundred pounds higher than a month earlier and about $2.00 above the August 15 1940 prices.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AUGUST 15, 1941, WITH COMPARISONS

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

COMMODITY

Aug. av. Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15 Aug. av. Aug. 15 Aug. 15

AND U1TIT

1909-13

1940 1941 1941 1909-13 1940

1941

Wheat, b u . $ $

1.24

.85

.96 1.00

.90

.60

.8S

Corn, bu.

.98

.92

.76

.73

.71

.63

.70

Oats, bu.

$

.68

.46

.46

.49

.41

.27

.32

Irish potatoes,bu.$

1.13

.85

.so

.s5

.S4

.6S

.69

Sweetpotatoes, bu.$

.96

.95

.95 1.05

.9S

1.02

1.06

Cotton, lb.



Cottonseed, ton $

Hay (loose),ton $

12.6 22.68 18.01

9.9 14.7 15.8 21.00 37.40 37.60
12. 5o n. 70 n.oo

12.3 19.93 11.35

9.2 21.16
7.10

15.3 36.94
7.64

Hogs, per cwt. $ 2/6.9S

5.70 9.50 9.80

7.30 1/5.84 10.39



Beefcattle, cwt. $ 2/4.02
teal calves, cwt. $ 2/4.82

5.SO 7.40

7.30 8.80

7.20 S.80

5.os T/7.51 6.59 - 8.59

9.07 10.56

Milk cows, head $ 2]32.70

42.00 47.00 49.00 46.50 60.30 73.50

Horses, head



Mules, head

$ 2]156.00
$ -

92.00 90.00 S9.00 13(.30

141.00 135.00 135.00

--

72.50 90.50

69.00 S7.00

Chickens, lb.

12.7

14.6 17.0 16.4

11.7

13.4

16.3

Eggs, doz.

1S.2

19.7 24.7 2S.3

lS.l

17.2

26.8



Butter, lb.

23.4

23.0 25.0 25.0

23.S

26.0

31.4

Butterfat, lb.

--

23.0 27.0 2S.O

24.1

26.7

30 .0

Milk (wholesale)

per 100# $

Apples, bu.

$

2.33 .93

2.85 3/2.80 3/2.S5 .75 - .75 - .65

1.48 1/1.77 3/2.25 .72 - .79 - .s5

Peaches, bu. Cowpeas, bu. Peanuts, lb.

$ ?:../1.46
!i -~ 2/5.3

.95 1. 30 3.0

1.00 1.95

I .so
1.60

4.0 I 4.1

4.S

i

]) Revised ]} 4-year (1910-1913) average ~/ Preliminary

1.31
3.4

1. 53 4.3

D. L. FLOYD Senior Agricultural Statistician.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

#15 - 1941

September 5, 1941.

-rr\ c uCJ(

;~0.? J\lJ~~lt'.\.; .~;

(As of September 1, 1941)

GENERAL: Except for the final few days of the month, the last half of August has been abnormally warm in Georgia with only scattered showers to mitigate the heat in most areas. August precipitation has been lighter than usual in the principal pimiento producing counties of central Georgia and lack of sufficient moisture has retarded pepper progress in that area. In the extreme north Georgia counties, where other late crops are being harvested, rainfall has been more nearly normal.

SNAP BEANS: Recent rains have been favorable to snap beans in the late producing mountain counties. Peak shipments will come from September 15 to October 15. Picking will continue until frost -- usually in late October or early november. Production of snap beans for fresh market in north Georgia is indicated to be 180,000 bushels produced on 2,000 acres. This is a 5 percent increase in acreage and a 5 percent decrease in y~eld from that of 1940. This do es not include the production frn:lll a su\.istantial acreage which will go to canners. The tonnage going to canners will be considerably above that of 1940.

CABBAGE: Cabbage shipments from north Georgia are practically

over, except for cuttings from a small acreage of scattered late fields,

which will go to market in September. The spring drought resulted in re-

duced acreage and yield, but reports indicate that the average season price



to grower was well above that of 1940. Fresh market production of cabbage in north Georgia is indicated to be 3,600 tons harvested from 850 acres.

This compares with 6,900 tons from 1,260 acres in 1940.

PIMIE}~OS: Harvest is active in all commercial producing areas of" Georgia. Yields are indicated to be somewhat below the av-e r ~,tg e
as a result of the spring drought damage ~ut both size and quality of peppers are reported good. While local shov;ers have afforded temporary relief in some localities the crop needs additional moisture. Peak production will come from September 10 to October 1 with the first fall frost bringing an end to the 1941 harvest senson.

POTATOES (IRISH): The north Georgia Irish potato crop is probably



85 percent harvested and movement will be over by September 10. A marked rainfall deficiency, existing from late April into early June reduced yields

and it now appears that the final outturn will hardly exceed 60 percent of

spring expectations.

D. 1. FLOYD Senior Agricultural Statistician.

CLIFFORD SIMS Truck Crop Statistician.

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia.

September 8, 1941.

SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT - GEORGIA

Cotton production in Georgia indicated by September 1 prospects was about 628,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight and the lowest since the advent of the boll weevil, according to the official cotton report released today by the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This is below any post ,.,eevil year except 1923 and is the lowest of any other year since 1878 when the crop amounted to 540,000 bales. Production in 1940 was 1,010,000 bales and 1,132,000 bales for the 10-year average, 1930-39. The current forecast is based
upon information suppll.ea oy crop correspondents well distriouted over the state
and takes into consideration reported condition, extent of weevil damage, n'lllllber of bolls safe per plant, and other factors bearing upon the outturn of the crop.
Acreage estimn.ted for harvest \vas placed at 1. 863,000, the smallest since 1873, ~fter allowing for a-Lpercent abandonment since July 1 from the planted acreage of 1. 902,000. Current average yield of lint should be about 161 pounds per acre compared with 250 pounds last year and 221 for the 10-year average, 1930-39. The next lo\,rest yield was in 1932 with 154 pounds.
In spite of favorable weather during August the reported outlook for the state deteriorated during the month as the full extent of weevil damage became more apparent in most sections. Early dry \'leather, resulting in irregular stands and much late cotton, followed by excessive rains beginning in mid-June and lasting thru July has caused that late portion of the crop to be especially hard hit. With the exception of certain local northwestern and north-central areas, indications in all sections of the state were down from one month ago. Although more poisoning was done than usutll its effectiveness was reduced by the frequent rains. Picking in southern and mid-stat e territory is well under way and beginning in the northern districts of the state.

SHOWING ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 1941* AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1940 & 1939
*1941 production indicated by crop prospects September 1.
1941 - 628,000 bales 1940 -l,QlQ,QQQ II 1939 - 915,000 II

1941, 98,000

95,000

District s shown are crop reporting distri'cts and NOT
Congressional Districts.

1940, 177,000
~

1940,

''\

162 ,000

1939, 178,000

1941, 52,000

!"\ VIII. 1941, 69,000

~ ' t940. 112,000

1939,

\_

164,000

'

IX~~s~j 1941. 13.000 sh

\

1940, 28,000

1940, 79.000

1939' 83,000

1939, 17,000

61~~~~- ~ .r-;;;:~ 1939,

)

0

--------~ 1 ARCHIE LAliJ'GLEY,
St Associate Agricultural Statistician.

.

Seni~~

~hul~~~l

FLOYD, Statistici

an

(See reverse side for u.s. report)

IN CHARGE.

'
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRiCULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
Washington, D. c.
Release:
September 8, 1941.

COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTE!v!J3ER 1 I 1941
I
The Crop Reporting :Board of the U.S. Dsp;lrtnent o'! .A.gri-OU.ltu.re makes the' following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton will depend upon wheth~:Jr - the various influences affecting the crop during. the remainder of the seasc are more or less favorable than usual.
I

STATE
Missouri Virginia N. Carolina S. Ca.ro lina Georgia Florida Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas louisiana Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona California All Other

1941 ACREAGE

SEPT. 1 COlilliTION

Total For ;!Aver-
aband- har- I age

onment vest 1 1930- 1940 1941

.After (Pre- I 39 July 1 lim.) I

(Prelim.)

I

Theus. I

Pet. acres Pet. Pet. Pet

YIELD PER ACRE

Aver

ndi-

age

~ated

1930- 1940 1941

39

PRODUCTI ON ( Ginnings) l}j

500 lb. gross wt. bales

i

Aver-

1941 c~

age

1940 rl-ndica\1

1930-39 Crop Sept.1

Lb. Lb.

I I Theus. Theus. Theus
Lb. bales . bales bale!

1.0

402 70

4.0

34 72

3.0

783

71

4.7 1,185 66

2.1 1,863 64

2.6

66 67

86 76 362 454 450

90 83 260 370 315

88 69 286 427 315

81 43 265 375 166

74 79

w 51 221 . 250 161
57 N6 1b4

292 33
629 824 1,1~~

38E 2E
73~
96E
~

..

3781 22

516 :

411

628

14

16

689 67

1.9 1,839 66

37 2,406 64

2.7 2,038 60

3.5 1,052 62

81 77 257 340 355 65 63 216 190 200 62 62 216 240 272 82 7l 236 349 320 56 46 237 194 175

465 1,145 1,585 1,281
703

50~
77S . 1,25C
1,501 456

511 768 1,366 1, 361
384

50 1,625 54

5>1 7,922 61

30

118 85

16

239

90

.3

352 90

1.5

20 75

75 74 136 211 185 74 70 154 lM 175 91 86 440 576 495 77 87 401 424 453 98 83 538 749 640 89 79 320 394 412

750 3,766
100 159 333
16

802 3,234
128 195 545
.lE

627 i 2,888 :
122 ~ 226 470 l 18

UNITED STATES 3.8

Sea Island 3/ 5.3

Amer. Egyptian

3/

1.2

22,633 30.6 127.8

lower Calif. (Old Mexico)

;Y

. 6

179

63

74 .

76

90_ .:3::1 80

65 205.4 252.5 226.8 13,246

52 -...;- 72 52

85 236 233 292

17

80

79 96 205 236 240

38

12,566 l0,7lG

4.0

33

I

60

90 ~

!/~ Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning. Included in State and United States totals. Sea Island grown principally in Georgia and

:J

Florida. .American Egyptian grown principally in Arizona. 3/ Short-time average. NOT - i~lud,..d.. in Cnlifornia figures, NOR in United StatGs total.

(See other side for Georgia Report)

!


GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Seryice

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistici~~

Athens, Georgia

October, 1941

PRICE REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1941

GEORGIA: With fe~;. ~xceptions, average prices re~ei ved by Georgia growe rs for farm commodities wer;{lf i;~~:fa;ni tely higher than ori.e month earlier, sharply up from one year ago, and in m~S:~rgs~ s. had reached the highest point in several years. Not only is the farmer rea}i iing more from the rapidly increasing prices received for his products but he has an a dded advantage in the fact that prices received for farm commodities have advanced faster than prices paid by farm,ers;

Desp ite mounting surplusea, cotton nnd wheat prices continued to rise. Cotton and. cottonseec?, .p:i;~ces s60,red .to n_ew highs. The 17 .7 cents per pound average for cotton T i.nt nas no t . oet:fn - exceeded: sinc e.. Septemoer l9'29 and ccl"tt6nseed at '" $48.70 ..
per ton is the highest since January 1924.

Some farm co~~odities showing increases of more than 10 percent ~~ove the prices received one month earli er are: cottonseed 30%; apples 23%; eggs 13%; cotton l c;&; Irish potatoes 12%; and beef cattle 10%; Prices r eceived for ho~ses were unchanged from August 15 ru1d prices of other farm pr oducts were up except corn, sweet potatoes , hRy, and ' cowpeas, all of ~hich <leclined seasonally.

Sharply up from prices teceived one year ago are the fol l owing products showing more thnn 20 percent increases: cottonse ed 1397[,; cotton 86%; hogs 66% ; eggs 37%; b ee f cattle 36%; peru1uts 33%; veal calves 28%; butterfat 25%; wheat a...'1d milk cows 21%.

UNITED STATES: Pric es rec eived by farmers for agricultural commodi t ies continued to climb during the month ended Septemb e r 15. An 8-point rise in the index during the month lifted the mid-September level of agricultural pri ces to 139 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average. During the month , the sixth in which a substantial increase has occurred, farm product prices averaged 43 pe rc en t higher than a year ago. At this level, farm product prices reached the highest peak since February 1930, and exceeded the average of prices paid, interest, a~d taxes for the first time in 21 years.
Local market prJ:ce~( "Oi' nearly a:TI groups trr- farm 'pod.uctrf wt;re -utroyant
during the first hRlf of September. Prices of oilseed.s led the advance, with cottonseed up aoout 35 pe rcent to the highes t level since July 1920. Prices of rice, potatoes, and a few othe r i t erns declined sensonally but mid-September averages , almost without except ion, were ,vell above a year earlier d.espi te heavy su:rrplies of nany farm pr oducts in stock. Pr ospects onSeptember 1 po i nted to a 1941 cotton crop suostantiall y soaller than a year ago, but stocks of lint cotton in storage at gins, compresses, and. consumer establishment s on Septer.1ber 1 were still somewhat larger than on the s at1e date l ast year.

PRICES REOEIVED BY FARi'v1E-RS SEPTEMBER 15, 1941, WITH CDMPARISONS

COMMODITY AND UNIT

I GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

Sept. av . Sept .lb 1 Aug.l5 Sept.l5 Sept.av. Sept.l5 Se-pt .15

1909-13 1940

1941 1941 1909-13 1940

1941

?fneat, bu. Corn, ou . Oats, bu.

$$$Jj1

Irish potat oes,ou.$!

1.24 . 95 .67
1.09

. 86

1.00 1.04

.83

73

. 69

. 48

.49

53

.90

.85

.95

.88

. 63

70

.62

I 39

.27

74

. 60

.96 .71 . 40 . 64

~~~~~n~o~~~o es, ou.; 1

. 89 12.2

Cottonse ed, ton $ I 21.56

.95

1.05

I 9.5
20.40

15.8 37.60

i .95
17.7

89 12.2

48.70 20.58

.91 9.2 20.32

.93 17.5 49.83

Hay (lo ose), ton $ 17.65 11.70 I 11.00 10.00 n. 39

6.98

7.94

Hogs, per cwt . $ 1/7.18

6 .20

9 . 80 10.30

7. 49

6.14 11.10

Eeefcat tl e , cwt . $ 1/3.80

5.80

7.20 7.90

5.09 ~/7.77

9.36

Veal Calves, cwt. $ l/4.75

7.40

8 . 80 9 .5_9

6.78

9.06 11.26

Milk Cows, head $ 1732.52 43 . 00 49.00 52.00 46.90

61.10 75.70

Horses, head Mules, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, doz .
Butter, lb.
Butterfat, lb.

$ }:}156.50

$ --

~q.:1,lI

13.4 21.0 24 .0
--

92.00 141.00
14.5 23.3 23 .0 24.0

89 .00 135.00 I 16.4
28.3 25 .0 28.0

89.00 I 136.10

-- 1 3 8 . 0 0 16.5

I
I

11.6

I 32.0

20.5

I 27.0
30 . 0

25.0 25.8

72.60 I 90.10
13~7
21.0 26.6 27.1

68.50 87.40 16.3 30.3 32.7 37.2

Milk (wholesale I I

per 100#) $1

Apples, bu. Co17peas, ou.

$$1I

2 .41
.91
--

Pea..nuts, lb.

! 1/5.1

}:_j 4-year (1910-1913) average

~/2. 85 80
1.20
I 3 .3
2_! Revised

2.85 ~/2.95
' .65 .so
1.60 1.30
I 4.1 I 4.4
3_/ Preliminar.r

1.59 .71
--
4.7

I ~/1.84 .76 1.18 -I 3.4

!21 2. 37 . 85 1.41 4.5

D. L. FLOYD Senior Agricultural Statistician

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

u.s. Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia.

October 8, 1941.

OCTOBER 1 CQTTOl'J REPORT FOR GEORGIA

Georgia should produce a cotton crop of about 624,000 standard bales (500 pounds gross weight), according to the official cotton report released today by the Crop Reporting Board of the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture. This report is bas ed on information from crop correspondents and ginners over the State, and takes into consideration condition, probable yield per acre, ext ent of weevil damage, percent ginned to report date and other factors affecting the ultimate outturn for the season.
Fo:;-ecast Qf current production all9w~ fbi-: a yi eld of abo_:ut 160 p9unds per acre upon . the 1,863,000 acres estimat ed for harvest. Last year's final yield per acre was 250 pounds, 227 in 1939, 203 in 1938 and 270 pounds in 1937. This year 1 s prospective yield. is the lOi-J"est since 1932 when 154 pounds 1t1ere harvested per acre.
The present forecast is 4,000 bales below the Board September estimate of 628,000 bales and a decrease of 38 percent from the 1940 final production of 1,010,000 bales, and 32 percent belOi'l' 1939 final ginnings of 915,000 bales. This year 1 s crop, if realized, will be the smallest si~ce 1878 \ii th the exception of 1923 when only 588,000 bales were harvested.
Weather conditions during September were favorable for picking and ginning in most sections of the State. Picking in the southern pnrt of the Stnte is about finished, is nearing completion in most mid-stat e territory, and is about one-half done in north Georgia.
Eureatt of Census gin report shows 404,000 running bales ginnBd in Georgia prior to October l as compared. with 507,000 to the same date last year and 580,000 in 1939.

ARCHIE LANGLEY
, Associate Agricultural Statistician.

D.L. FLOYD, Senior Agricultural Statistician

~-19:~:~O:JIINon~~~-;;~I~. 7

*1941 production indicated by crop prospects October 1.

~940, 194~ 85,000 1941, 94,000 45,~~......

1941 - 624 ,000 bales

1940- 1,010,000

II

"-- 19 39 , 1940,127,000 ~ . 194l00, 5, 000 ;R!J:O~

1939- 915,000

II

8"6' 000

19 39, 112' 000

. "E~"B .....

Ginnings to

1939, .

October 1, 1941 404,000
Ginnings to October l, 1940 -
507,000

IV.~~/V~ \ ' - -

T~!J:.i'.

TtiE>~ 8 8 , 000 .. }.: - . ,

c___) .""'~

V.

VI


Districts shown are
crop reporting districts nnd NOT $A Congressi o.n.:'11

1941, 96,000 1 1941, 90,000 \

}.UG

Districts.

I /
1 ;35,000

1941, 1940,. 177,000 , s1.ooo

Ginnings to October l,
1939 580.000

1939, 126,000)

~

~ /

~

1939, 178,000

1940, 162,000

193

1 i64,000

\

. 1941,

}-,L_, ~ ~ ~ VIII. V / '-

IX. ~._~~ / ~

56,000

1941, 79,000

194~ 0~~ 'f . 1940' 112, 000

1941,
s (
; 1940'
]f 1939

16,000

/

~

1' 28, 000 ,.J
l 7. 000

J

\ 79,000
\

( 19 39. 83, 000

'
I

\

.

\'-~ )

\1939,,

'

61,000

\
v - - - - - ~--

<,

See rev~?rse side of U.S. Report.

\

UNITED STATES DEl?ARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTUR.A.L MARIDJTIHG SERVICE Washington, D. C.

October 8, 1941 COTTON REPORT AS OF OCTOBER l, 1941

The Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture makes the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual.

STATE
Missouri Virginia N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgi\l Florlda
Tennessee Alab3l!la Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona California All other

\ ACREAGE ' 0 CT .1 CONDITION 'H-=-==-=-=~~=---

' FOR Aver- 1:

:, Aver-

HARVEST age,

age

1941 : 1930- 1940 1941! 1930- 1940

(PRELIM.} 39

l 39

Thous.

acres

Pet. Pet. Pet.; Lb., Lb.

PRODUCTION(Ginnings 1

500 lb.gross wt.bales

Aver-

: 1940

1
1

jl

9

4

l

Crop

age, ; Crop !Indicate\

1930-39 : _ _/iOct. 1

Thous Thous~ Thous.

' bales1' bales

402 H 34
783 1,185 l. sq_Q
66

72 . 83 84 i' 362 !454 517 64 . 92 79 ;: 260 ' 370 324 68 91 71 :: 286 i427 324 65 82 39 : 265 : 375 162
6fi 75 50 .. 221 250 ; 160
68 ' 74 55 ' 146 154 . 109

292

435

33

23

629

530

824

400

1,132 1,010 624

32

21

15

689 1,839 2,406 2,038 1,052

li

66 76 66 . 61

83 63

;. 257 ~ ~ 216

340 190

382 ":. 465

212

1,145

509 779

550 815

66 57 65

246 240 299

1,585 1, 250 ' 1,500

62 78

236 349 355

1,281 1,501 . 1,510

66 48 45

237 194 153 .. 703 . 456 335

1,625 7,922
118 239 352
20

52 76 62 71 84 88 88'. 78
89 96 73 80

72 ,, 136 211

64 154 184

79

440 576

83 . 401 : 424

82

538 749

83 j ~ 32'0 394

209 :
170 467 421 )
~~i i

750 3, 766
100 159 333
16

802 710 3,234 2,800
128 , 115 195 f 210
545 470 18 : 19

UNITED STATES 22,633

Sea I sla...nd ?J ' 30.6
Amer.Egyptiang,/ 127.8

Lower Calif.
(Old Mexico) ';2/

179 ..

64 72 64 :: 205.4 ' 252.5 234.213,2461~.566 ll,061

-- 73 4:6 i

72

50 :

4.0

3.2

90 80 82 : 236 233 279

17

33

7~

n

86 ' 77 98 \' 205 236 246

38

60

92

Allowances made for int erstate movement of s eed cotton for ginning. Included in State and Unit ed States totals. Sea Island grown principally in Georgia &1d Florida . lunerican Egyptian grown principally in Arizona. NOT included in California figures, NOR in United .States total.

Ginnings by Sto..tes in running bales, as reported by the Bureau of Census, are as follO \ITS:

STATE

October lz 1941

October 1 1 19-40

October 1 11939

Nissouri Virginia
North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Tennessee Alabama Hississippi

267,000
5,000
219,000 210,000 4042000
13,000 305,000 485,000 864,000

52,000 2,000
197,000 403,000 5072000
15,000 26,000 261,000 289,000

185,000
2,000 227,000 566,000 580,000
8,000
139 '000 385,000 932,000

Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona C1\liforni a

730,000 208,000 140,000 810,000
3,000 36,000
5,000

252,000 208,000 115,000 1,480,000
13,000 30,000 72,000

740,000 570,000 304,000 1,968,000 17,000
21,000 32,000

All Other

11,000

1,000

6,000

UNITED STATES

4,713,000 (Over)

3, 923,000

6,682,000

GEORGIA CROP REPORTI.NG S]i:RVI CE.

U.S. Department of Agriculture . .In Cooperati.on

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the. Agri~<+ltural St~tistician

:lrthem; -; :.G-eorgfa:

! . f . . ..

'

.. ~ ~- i ...

october 13, 1941

GEl~ERAL- CROP B,EPOR'r .~S OF OCTOB:ER :1-. 1941 :

con:t'i~~e~- c11~~- ~~at;h3r duri~~ ~e~te-ill~~:r :rea~ce'4 _yros.:Pective yields for

( late crops over most of Georgi<i. Yields per acre for hay,-...Irish and ~weet potatoes, cottoh and peanuts declined during the past month; Corn, wheat, oats, rye, and

tobacco are lffiChanged from the last report. Pecans was the only crop that made an appreciable gain in production during the last thirty days: ~ot, dry weather has

been -favorable -for harv.esting .crops and rapid progress has be:en made. Moisture is

badly ne(3ded over .most of the state for sov;ing fall grains and w1nter "legumes. High

winds and hli3avy rains that covered a portion of south Georgia. _since Octob~l' 1 c-aused

some damage. to crops, Eispecially to pecans an~ _peanuts.

-





CORN: ,. The yield of the corn crop is placed 'at 11.0 bushels per acre or

the ~rune as -rras f .o recast one month earlier. Total production is estimated at

44,9/79,000 bushels compared with 46,849;ooo tor 1940 and . 40 , 904,000 bushE! ls for the

1930-39. average production.

. f

PEA1iUTS: Georgia's peanut crop this year is estimated to be 507,780,000 pounds or the largest, crop on record with the exception of the v e ry large 1940 production of 577-,500,000 poUnds.

PECANS : Oct ober 1 C'mdition indicated a pecan crop of 10,360,000 .pounds. The current estime.te is 22' p e rc ent above the 8,526,000 harvested in 1940 ariel 'the largest production . e.ver produced in Georgia.

HAY: The present hay producti 0n forecast of 607,000 tons is less than one month ago and 6 percE;Jnt bel01'! the 648,000- tons harvested last year. Most of the decline during Sept ember came in north Georgia due to -~shortage of moisture.

Indicated productfon of peanuts and p~cans by stntes is shmvn on the revers,e side.

GEORGIA



. "!'

YIELD PER ACRE

TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.)

CROP

!Average j

-Indice..ted f..ve rage

I Indicated

r:~ ~ ::~~- O~~~ci~-- ~:~:: 4:~:9

39

I Corn. ...... bu.
'Wheat .........,..... II ' 9.2

110.5

n.o

1,270 1,880

Oats ...........<... 11 1 19.2 I 19.5

20.5

7,173 8, 638

~~:~: 8 2,024 9, 799

Rye ............... 11 1 6.0 1 6. 5

6. 5

111

143

143

Hay( all t ame) ...... ton J .54

Tobacco .... .- .... lb. i 831

Potatoes, Irish.....bu. :! 66

I' Potatoes,swe'et .. ... 11

72

: 57
i 1060 7~
70.

I . 50 763 1 58
I. 68

Iji

480

68,103

i 1, 096

j 8,510

648 76,420
l, 482 6,930.

607 54,990
1, 160 7,412

Cotton .......... . bale ji 221 lbs. 250 , ,, ( 160

li 1,132 1,010 i

624

Peanuts ........... 1b. 652

825

j 780



,(For picking & threshing)

J.

, 1.

- . . ' I I ! PERCENlr OF FULL CROP .

Peaches,tota~. crop bu.l 59

62 . 83_

i I I 327, 552. lr 577, 500

I

.I .

I 5,049 i 4,216

i, 507, 780 I 5,561

A:pples,com 'l crop 2_ II

54

II _63 . 1 _ 79 . ! . 443 1

485 i

600

II . Pears, total cr o~...

11

1
j

58

_ ..

77 : j 69

1
_2 83 I _ 397 1 . 352

I I -Pe..c. -a~ns--..--..-.---.--.---........_~,._.:.._.__.1___b___.__

1- --5~6-=c

_,_1I.:...~-- --5- -9'--c--~-"1----6---:9......-c

.___: ___

_l ~-

-

-

-

-:.7.:.._,.4~-5-2----~

-

---8- -,-5-2-6--

__::

1
__ : l

_

10,
...,. _ _ _

360
_ _ __

~ .l!or certain c~ol)S 1940 figures 0-re carried fQrward from. previous reports.

b~ Estima tes of . the .c0mmercial cro p refer t o the producti on of apples in the

comme rcial apple counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Ha bersham fin d Rabun .

c. Condition a s pf Oct ober 1.

-

D. L. FLOYD
Senior Agricultural Statistician

ARCHI E LANGLEY Ass ociate .Agricultura l Stntistician

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL -~UL~ETING ' SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C. October 13, 1941
GEl~ERAL CROP BEFORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1941

The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the

fol10\''ing report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State agencies.

-- . UNITED sTATES .

YIELD PER .ACRE

TOTAL PRODUCTION . (lN THOUS.A1IDS)

Average 1

Indicated Average

~nc1icated

CROP

1930-39 11940
!

Oct. 1 1930-39 . 1941 a

1940
1

Oct. 1 1941 a

Corn, all .. , . , ..... bu. Wheat, all , . . . " Oats ................. 11

23.5 13.3 27.3

l 28.3

i I

15.3

r 35.5

.30,5 16.9 30.6

2,307,452 2,449,200 2,625, 502

747,507

816,698 961,194

1,007,141 11,235,628 1,138,843

Hay, all tmne ..... ,trm 1.24

1.40 - 1.37

. '69, 650

86,312

85,?33

Soybeans for beans .. bu. Potat0es ............. 11

16.1 113

16.1 130

18.9 129

I 35,506

79,837

370,045 I 397,722

111' 618 374,533

Sweetpotatoes ....... tt

83

80

83

73,208 1 61,998

70,147

Tobacco.............. lb. 832

1034

911

1,394,839 !1,451,966 1,254,396

Peanuts.............. 11
(Picked & Threshed)

714 I 864

776

!

i

COlJDITION OCTOBER 1

11,063,374 11,734,340 1,480,280

I

J

Pet. I Pet. I . Pet.

I

Apples,com 11 crop b bu. Peaches, total cr0p-:- . . , 11 Pears, totnl crop .... II Pecans ........ .: . .. . . lb. Pasture .. . .. . .. . .... ~

61 c
60 d 65
:~

I1 6o 61 d

67
'79 E:

72 .

71

! .~~ I ;;

I 125,310 d .

I
I

-, 54,356 li

27,278 d

I .

..

64,676

---

i

114,391 el.i' 124,754 54,430 d] 69,659

l ;31,622 ].1 30,907

88,426

84,909

-- I

a. F0r certa1n crops 1~41 f1gures are carr1ed f0rward fro~ prev1nus reports.

b. Estimates of the c ommercial crop refer to the production of apples . in the cor.r-

mercial apple counties of each state. c. Short time average. d Pro0.uction in

percentage of a full crop. e. Inc:ludes some quantities not h,arvested.

PEANUTS PICKED AfJD THRESHED

State

.Yield per acre

Production

=- .-- . .1\ve rr:~S _+

.~n.<:lic[l.t.ed Average __ ~ _ __ . __j __I ndic;atEd

1930-39 1940 1941

1930-39

1940 1 1941

Pounds

. . . . .. Thousand pounds

Virginia North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Arka nsas Louisiana

1,040
-- 1,Q.QO 688 678
~;~
640 519
487 486

'I 1,350 1,025 t 149,865
.. 1,.400 . - -1,070 . 249,288

I 216,ooo I 153,750
371,000 269,640

I 750

760

7,752 I

6,000 I 6,080

775

650

9,041 I 23,250

13,650

~~;
rl
735 1 450

~~~
800 525

I

3~~:~~~ I 5;~:~~~ '!
153,488 14,949 1

1
I
205,800
, l3~5oo

5~;:;~~
224,000 15,225

II 530 465

530 40o

9,638 5,9o7

12,190 5,5so

11,130 4,4oo

Oklahoma

460

600

575

15,614

51,000

40,825

Texas

463

560

525

84,433 179,200 168,000

P'E.It:.~~states----- -714--- -s6.4- f-- 7i6 -,~.o63,3i4 1-;-734-;-340- I,48o,2so

PECAN PRODUCTION BY STATES

I F ~-S~a~e_~=~~~- l

~1~4~ -1-I"i!~~~~d_\'a~i_'ltJc:~n~e-
Thousancl pounds

-

-

-

-

-

~9=0- -
Thousancl

n~~~~ted -
pounds

Illiuois

144

261

Alnbama

2,219-- - 4,104

Missouri

400

840

Mississippi

2,717

5,989

North Carolina

993

1, 406

Arkansas

2, 902

3, 657

South Carolina

1,355

1,552

. Louisiana

4,514

2,700

Georgia

<

8,526

10,360

Oklahoma

22,230

30,960

Florida

-1

,

4-2-6 .. -
---

- --
' --

-1-,-6-9-0- -- -

-._



_

Texas

41,000

21,390

_...,.._..-u-E-i-t:-.-_~- d -- ~t- _<_l:- t_e_~- - -- ---~ __-8-_8_--, _~?-~-~__,_i,.Q-,L:-_-~

(See reverse side fot Georgia report)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U. S1 Department of Agriculture

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

November, 1941

PRICE REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 15, 1941

.locording to the Georgia Crop Re,Porting Service, prices received by
Georgia farmers on October 15 this year were above those of one year ago, with the exception of mules which showed no change. Outstanding among f a rm commodities registering a price increase above October 15, 1940, withthe respective percent incr ease wer e : cottonseed 144%; cotton 82%; hogs 6G~b; . eggs 32%; and beefcattle 28%.
The present high level of farm product prices is due largely to increased domestic purchas ing po wer, purchases under the Food-for-Defe nse Program, and govern-
or mental support for prices some farm comrnodi ties.

The majority of prices received by producers in the state were up moderately from a month earlier. Among the commoctities showing a decline from last montlt severa l change s were due to seasonal influences.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS OCTOBER 15, 1941, WI 'rH CO!.'IPJLitiSONS

I

GEORGIA

UNITED STATES

COMMODITY
i~~ UNIT
Wheat, bu. Corn, bu.

!Oct. av. ! 1909-13
$! 1.26
$/ .90

Oats, bu.

$! 68

$! . Irish potatoes, bu. $1 l. 07

Sweetpotatoes, bu.

76

Cotton, lb.

1 12.2

Cottonseed, ton $! 22.62

Hay (loose), ton $1 17.35

Hogs ., per cwt.

$ / 7.25

$I Beefcattle, cwt. $I Veal Cc.lves, cwt.

3 .80 4 . 65

Eilk- -C(}ws, head $ / 33.95

Horses, he2,d Mules, he2-d

$ 1157.25
$!

Chickens, lb.

13.7

Eggs, doz.

1 23.6

Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb.

24.6

/Oct.l5
! 1940
.93 . 68 . 52 . 85 . 85 9.4 21. 60 10. 60 6.00 5. 80 7.40 -43.00 92.00 135.00 14.3 26.2 23.0 24.0

! Sept.l5jOct.l5

I 1941

1941

I 1.04 1.09

Oct.av. . ioct.l5
1909-13 ! 1940
.88 i .68

. 69

. 67 1

65

jl

. 59

l

. 53

. 58 ,.

. 38

. 28

1

95 l. 00 i'

65

. 52

95

90 i

. 80 II

. 77

1 17.7

11;11 j

l 48.70 52. 80 I

12.1

9.4

21.09 21.55

I 10.00
! 10.30
j 7.90

10.70 jl 9.60 7 . 4 0 !;

11.49 I 6.99

I 7.37 I 5.83

5.09

7.78

I 9.50 9.40

6.80 . 9.11

1

., - 52.-EJe i.--,. 58.. 00 11 - 47-.40 -61.-0

89.oq i 93.00 I 134.50 71.00

J 138.00 ! 135.00 1

I 16 .5 1 16.9

! 32.0 1 34,5 J'

I i I 27.0

28.0

30.0 i 30,0

ll.5 23.8 26.1 26.8

88.60 13.3
23.7 27.4 28.8

Oct.l5 1941
.91 . 65 39 67 . 87 16.6 50.89 8.34 10.08 9.18 11.14 ; ?7.2067.00 8.5.70 16.0 31.8 33.2 36.9

i.iilk ( \vholesale)
per 100# Apples, bu.
Cowpeas, bu. , Soybeans, bu.
Peanuts, lb.

!'~' 2.45 1.01
$
f) 5.1

I 2.90

E._l3.00

1
I

~/3.10

1
11

. 85

80 1.00

1.15

1.30 1.25 I

1.65 3.2

I 2.00! 1.75 1

4.4

4.4

1.74 . 72
4.6

1.91 72
1.14 .67
3.3

~/2.52
. 87
1.37 1.42
4.4

1
1./ -~yea_:_l~9l0-:__~-~-~}__av~-a~~.. -:?/ . ~-~-v-~s_e_~_ g{__~-~~~~~~:_a.rzc _ ___ __ ----~~=~=-

D. 1. Floyd, Archie Langley, Clifford Sims- Agriculturn.l Statisticians

(See reverse side for United States comments)

UNITED STATES DEPARTME!ITT OF AGRICUL'.I'TJRE

.Agricultural Marke ting Se:rvice
Washington, D. -C.

,,,
:t:Jovenib~r. 1941

PRICES RECEIVED BY FA.l.i.HERS IN THE UNITED STATES

The general l ev el o f farm p roduct prices on Oc tober 15 was uncha nge d from a month earli e r, the Depa rtmen t of Agriculture's Harke ting Se rvic e repo rtedt oday.
l At 139 pe rc ent of the August 190.9-"July 19I4 ave:rag e, t he -rrd. d- Oc t 0be r index was the
same as a month ee1rlier but 40 points ab ove th e average for Oct obe r 15, 1940 . The l eveling off of p ric e s f 0ll owe d a period of 6 consecutive months duri ng which s ubste.ntinl ri ses each month c a rri e d the index u p a t o t a l o f 36 . points.

P r ice s of g r a ins, c ot t on, and r.1eat animals declined during the nonth, whil e p ri ces of truck c r ops , fruit, dairy p r oduc ts, chickens and eggs, and miscellaneous p r oducts were higher tha n a manth earlier. Sorae de clines in prices of g r a i ns , cot t on ,_ and .meat animals are usual a t this seas on of heavy marketings. All groups of c'o >:inodi ties vrere ne ll nbo v e the ir r espe ctiy e .ave rage s .o f a year earli e r despite the l a r ge production and h eavy supplies of mos t f a r m p r oducts.
Hi ghe r prices pai d by farmers, both for cor:l!:-:od.i ties used for i iving n..nd
f or f Rrn1 p r oduc ti on ; r esulted i n a 3- p0 ~nt ri se in the 11 p ric es paid 11 i ndex . Prices paid by fan1er s for a ll CQiy,modi tie s in uid-Oct0ber were 136 pe rc ent of the 1910-14 level, c01t1pn r ed n i th 1 22 a yee..r ee.rli e r. The index of p rices paid, i ncluding interest and. t axes r ose 1 po i n t t o 138 :m Oct obe r 15. - Prices :;f l eadi ng c omr:1octi ties on tha t dat e , in tenns of percentnge of parity, Tiere as follous: Cown 73 pe rc ent, cotton 97, butterfat 101, eggs 84, hogs 101, and beef cattle 128.

Cott on Dovm--C >ttonseed. Up -- The minor incre a se in the cottonseed price was not Bufficient to offset the decline in prices r ec eived f or cotton lint and t h e g r oup i ndex declined 6 points duri ng t he mont h . At 144 pe rc ent of the August 1909J uly 1914 ave r age, the inclex on Oct obe r 15 1ms 85 percent higher t han a ye ar ago and the h i ghest for the month since 1928 .

The local marke t price of c r; tt onseei was $50.89 per t on on October 15. This was $1.06 h i ghe r t han in mid- Septer.1ber and Jjo re thfl n double the p ric e on Oct ober 15 a.year ago.

\Jl1eat p ric e s received by farmers, i';hich have increased every month since Feb rua r y , dropped fr om 95.8 cents on September 15 t o 91.0 cents on Oct obe r 15. Pric es ue r e 68 .2 cents i n r.ii d-Octob e r a ;<rrear a g<). St ocks of "heat i n interior mills, e l evators, a nd '7arehous-es on Octob e r 1 were estir:mt ed to be the l a r ges t iii th e 8 years of record.

Corn p ric es rec e ived by faruers de cli ned duri ng the month en8.ed. October 15, .as sal es , f the new crop increased . The p ric e of 64.9 ~ents pe r bushel in mi~ Oct be r W<'.s 5. 9 c ents below a n onth earlier but ['.bove t he Oct0ber 15, 1940, p ric e of 59.4 cents per bushel.

Hogs: The p rice of h ogs decli ne d a o.o1lar a hundr e d during t he l a tt e r part of Septe:r.1ber and. early Oct 0ber. Pa.rt o f this de cli ne r eflec ts t he u sual incr e P;se in i.~iarke tins of sp ring pigs at this t i:r.1e of year. P-rices r ece ived. by f a r:r.1e rs on Oc t obe r 1 5 ave r aged. $10.08 pe r hu:nc1.r ed p01..1.nds , conpared nith $11.10 on the 15th of last 1:1onth Q:tid $5. 83 i n mid-October of l a st year.

Beef cattle: Pric e s 0f beef c a ttl e , at $9 .1 8 per hundred pouncls on _Q.c.tober 15, s}1o"!ed a s li ght decrease f r on t he $9 .36 r eceived September 1 5 , but - 1-fe re 1,'!ell above the $7.78 per hundred, pounds rec e ive d on Oct obe r 15 , last ye.'"l.l".
(See r everse side fnr Geo r g ia repo rt )

lJNI TE:D STATES DEP ARTl,iENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Washington, :D. C.

November 8, 1941

COTTON REPORT AS OF NOv.Bf/IBER 1, 1941

The Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. :Depart ment of Agriculture makes the fo llowing rep ort from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statist i cians , and cooperat i ng State agencies. The final outturn of cotton will depend upo n whether t he various influences aff ect i ng the crop during the rema inder of the season are more or l e ss favorable than usual.

STATE
Missouri Vi r ginia N. Carolina
s. Carolina
Georgia Florida

ACREAGE .,

YIELD PER ACRE

FOR

: FJi.RVEST .:: Aver-

Indi-

r 1941 i age, 1940 cated:

(PRELIM. 1930-39

1941

Thous.

.acres

Lb.

Lb.

Lb.

402 .. 362 454

583

34 260 370

366

783 286 427

339

1,185 265 375

162

1,863 221 250

158

66 146 154

117

:: H

PRODUCTION ( Ginnings) l /

:I 500 lb. gross 1tJt. bal es

11

[ 1941 CroJ

li Average ! 1940 Cropf l11dicatec

1930-39

'Nov. l

Thous .

Thous. Thous.

jl bales

b0les bales

292

388

490

33

25

26

629

739

555

824

966

400

1, 132

1,010

615

32

21

16

Tennessee Alabama l'li ss i ssi pJ;Ji Arkansas Louisiana

689 1,839 2,406 2,038 1,052

257 340 216 190 246 ; 240 236 349 237 i 194

420

465

206

1,145

288

1,585

341

1,281

146

;:

703

509 779 1,250 1,501 456

605 790 1,445 1,450 320

Oklahoma

1, 625 136 ; 211

214

750

802

725

Texas

7,,922 154 ' 184

168

3,766

3 , 234

2,771

New Mexico

118 440 576

467

i[

100

128

115

Arizona

239 <l:Ol 424

437

1 59

195

218

Calif ornia

352 538 . ' 74:9

619

333

545

455

All other

20 320 . 394

556

16

18

24

------------------L---------~--------~------+---------J~---------L---------+--------

UNITED ST.f._TES

22,633 205 . 4 252.5 233.3 ': 13, 246 12,566 11,030

--------- ---------~---- ----- ~ --------~------ ~---------~~-~-------~---------~--------

Sea I sland ~

30 .6

72

46

H

4.0

2.9

.Amer. Egyp tian ~/

127.8 236 233

269

::::
::

17

33

72

------------- - -- --~ ----- ----~ -------- ~ ------~---------~~---------~--~------+--------

Lower Calif. (Old Mexico) 3/

179 20Q : 236

268

38

60

100

Allovmnce s made for int erstat e movement of seed cotton for ginning . I ncluded in State and United Stat es totals. Sea I sland grown principally in Georgia anct Florida . American EQ.rpti an grown principally in Arizona. NOT included in California figur es, NOR in Unit ed Stat e s total .

Ginnings by States in running bales, as report ed by the Bureau of Census, are as follo ws :

S1ATE
Missouri Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Tennessee Al abama Mississi ppi Arka n s a s Louisiana Oklahoma t Texas Ne\'1 Mexico Arizona CP.lifornia

NOVEMBER 1 1 1941
408,000 17,000
487,000 368,000, 589 ,000
14,000 513 , 000 734,000 l, 316' 000 l, 182,000 299 , 000 313,000 l, 498,000
30,000 72,000 104,000

NOVEMBER 1 1 1940
232,000 12,000
546,000 ' 81.8, 000
859,000 17, 000
267 ,000 587,000 895,000 987,000 406 , 000 480,000 2 ,550 , 000
55 , 000 65,000 302,000

NOVEMBER 1, 1939
:346,000 6,000
401,000 8].,2.,000 . 847,000
9 ,000 339,000 705,000 1,442,000 1,204, 000 706 , 000 446,000 2,4!?.4,000
57,000 72,000 220 ,000

All Other

20,000

8,000

13,000

lJNITED STATES

7' 964,000

9 ,086,000 . (Ov er)

10,079,000

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE

U.S. Department of Agriculture In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

. with

Georgia State College of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia. November 8, 1941.

NOVEl1BER l COTTON REPORT FOR GEORGIA

Cotton production in . Georgia, as indicated by November 1 data gathered by the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, should reach about 615,000 bales (500 :pounds gross weight). This is 39 percent below the, 1,010,000 bales harvested last year, 33 :percent less than the 1939 crop and the smallest production since 1923 when final ginnings amounted to 588,000 bales. In arriving at this estimate of probable :production various factors reported upon by crop correspondents and ginners were taken into consideration by the Board.
Yield of lint cotton per acre is placed at 158 pounds compared with the 1940
yield df 250 pounds, 227 in 1939, 203 in 1938 a..nd 270 pouncts in 1937. This year 1s
indicated yield. is the lowest since 1923 with the except.ion of 1928 and 1932.
The month of October was very drJ a~d favorable for harvesting qperations. On November l practically all of the cotton crop had been picked in all areas of the State with the exception of the extreme northern counties and harvesting was much farther advanced than usual in this section.
Northern Georgia 1 s probable production ivill be about 38 percent below last year. In the mid-state area a decrease of 46 percent i s expected, vJhile final outturn :\n the southern terri tory will be about 26 :percent less than in 1940.
Bureau of Census gin report shows 589,000 running bales ginned in Georgia prior to November l as compared with 859,000 to the same date last year and 847,000 in 1939.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD, Senior Agricultural Statistician

GEORGIA

MAP

SHOWING

ESTilvt&TED

PRODUCTION

1941 *

AND

F I NAL

PRODUCTION
"

-FOR

1940

&

1939

I

.

1941: 66,000

*1941 production indicated by crop :prospects November 1.

\ 1940
\' 85' ,000


Ginnings to

' \ '

1--

1939 ' 86,000

r

I I."'----1941, 89' 000 1940,127,00

1941 - 615, ooo
1940 - 1,010,000 1939- 915,000

bales
11 '
"

Novemb er 1, 1941-
589,000
Ginnings to November 1, 1940 859,000

1941, 92,000

1940, 177,000

Districts shown are crop reporting districts and NOT
Districts.

Ginnings to November l,
1939 847,000

-~~
'i-
1939, 178,000

\
1939, 164,000

1941, 62,000

1940, 112,000

1941, 16 , 000 1940, 28,000

1939. 83,000

1939' 17' 000

1940,

79,000

1939, 61,000
"

See reverse side for U.S. Report.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .P._GRI CULTURAL. MARKETING SERVICE Washington, D. C.

November 12, 1941

.. GENERAL CROP R~ORT AS OF NOV1i~HBER 1, 1941

-

- .

.

. ~

, .,

~-"' ..

r-~-''

.,

The Crop Reporting Board. of the U. S. Department of AgriC1.L1ture makes the fo l lowins report for the United States from data furnished by crop correspondents , field :~ tatistician s , and cooperating State agencies.

UNI'.l:ED STATES
1 . YIELD PER ACRE . ~~

CR0 P

I !Average

Prelim. l

~930-39j1940 1941 JJ

I Corn, all ... . . ... . . . bu., 23 . 5 28 . 3
'W'b.eat, all.. . . . . . . . 11 13.3 15 . 3

I 3 1 . 1 \
16.9

Oats .. . . . ........ . .. 11 27.3 35.5

30. 6 !

I Rye . .. . .... ... .. . .. . 11 11.2 12.7

13.5 j

Hay, all tame ... ton j 1.24 1. 40

1.37 j

TOTJY.I, Pit_~DUCr~ION_~ THOUSANDS)

I -+- v Average 1
1930-39,

1 Preliminary

1940

1941

2 , 307,402 i 2,449,200 2,675,373

747, 5071' 816,698 961,194

1,007 , 141 1,235,628 1,138 ,843

38,4721 40,601'

46,462

69,650

86,312

85,733

S.oybeans for beans . bu . l16 . 1
Peanuts ?J ... . ... . .lb. 714

Potatoes . . ......... . bu.,ll2.6

lb., Sweetnotatoes ..... . . 11 , 83.0

Tobac-;~: .... . .. .

::-~32

16.1 864
130.3 80.3
1,034

18.8

35,506

79 , 837 111,300

I 773 I 1,053,3'74 1,734,340 1,474,690

129 . 7

370,045 1 397,722, 376,701

84 . 0 i1

73,208 f 61,9981

70,844

921 1 l,39 t,839 1,451,966 1,267,404

Sorgo .,lrup .. . . gal.! ;,:;9.6 . 59 . 3

61.5 1

13,146

11,865

11,877

Sugarcane sirup. . .. 11 159.4 i138 . 7 , 178.1 l

21,948

14,1491 19,596

~ples,

PI<}P..CE1TT m, A :B,lJLL cRoP

c om 1 1 crop!i/ b~. -~63

Gl-----69

1
J1!.

Q./125,31~!1

1
.1:/114,391

126,121

Peaches,total crop 11 j 60

61

79 1 1./ 54,35o I/ 54, 430j

69,659

Pears , total crop

I11

67

74

72 1 f!/ 27,278 ! 1./ 31 , 622 1 30,820

Grapes ./ . . ...... . t oflj 73 77

80 111./ 2,264j '1) 2,5441

2,651

Pecans . .. . .. . .... 1~. 46

54

50 1.

64,6761 . 88,426!

84,759

?J - l / For certain crops, fig.nes are not based on curr ent ind.icati ons, but are car-

ried forwa rd from previous reports.

Picked and thr eshe d. Q./ Es timates of the com-

mercial crop r efe r to the production of apples in the commercial apple are::-,s of each

State and include fruit :produced. f or sale to c omme rci[ll processors as well as for
sale for fresh consumption. 1} Includes some quantities not harves ted. ./Short-time

a,veragG. 6 / Production includes all ;;;r apes for frBsh fruit, .iuice, wine, and raisins.

STATE
Virginia North Carolina Tenness ee South carolina Georgia Florida AlabamR Mississippi Arka nsas
r~ouisiana
Oklahoma Texas UNITED STATES

. PEAL"WT S PI C1:CE-D Aliffi T.H. R1,.E uC:h'H' jD

~ YIELD PER ACRE

I

P?.ODUCTION

r age

i Prelim. Average

0-39 1940 1941 I 1930- 39

1940

Pr eliminary 1941

l Pouncls
1,040 11,350 1,050 1,060 1,400 1,130

I
I
I l

688

750

760 !

678

775

650 i

Thouscmd Pounds

I I 149' 865
249,288

216,000 371 ,000

7,752

6,000

9,041

23,250

157, 500 281, 760
6, 080 13, 650

652

825

750

3271552

577!500 I ~882 250

559

780

640

735

519

450

I 487

530

486 .t;-60

l
I

465 600

463

560

I 650

800 535

I
!

500
I 410 i 575

525 I

35,848 153,488
14,949
9' 638 5,907 15,61"1: 84, ':33

73,320 205,800
13,500 12 ,190
!;),.580 51.000 179,200

61, 100
224, ooo
15, 515 10, 500
A:.: 151'0
40, 825 168 QQQ__

713.6 864 .1

772.9

I
!

1, 063, 371.~-

1,734,340

1 474 @.Q_

I I MPROVED_ V~RIETIES

PECAN.S
1/ 1

WILD

on.

SEEDLING

I
VARIETIES ALL

VA~I~TIEf

STATE

Prod.uct1on

_ _Production

1 Produchon

Average

Preliminary

---'-----\_1930-39 1940

1941

Tho~2~d Pounds

Illinois

--- - - ,.

3 I

2

- :tvlissouri No.Carolina :So. Carolina

I 1 8

8

650

715

932 . l, 152

40 984 1, 282

Georgia

6,902 7,929

9,497

Average

PreliminaryjPreliminary

19~0-39 1940 . .. _1941 ~ . 1941

~housand Pounds

I Thous.Pounds

l 174
I 838 I
263

I 141 J
:392 278

I 240 I
800
346 I

242 840 1,330

150

203

550 I1 597

226 I 1, 508 715 I J-0,211.

Florida

1,139 1,155

1,318

2921 271

316

1,664

Alabama

2,694 2,041

3,899

347 1 178

433

4,332

,Hississippi Arkansas Louisiana , Oklahoma I Texas

I 2,570 335
I 1,097 356

1,331 377
~-~09 ~,b56

1 ,OlU1L.870

3,294
6 l;,Q
788 2,100 1 925

2, l:90: 1,386 1 2,695

5,989

3, 209 3 , 47'~ I

2, 525 1 3,205 'I

3, 362 2,362

.

4, 002 3,),50

11,927 II 20,674 28,000 1 30,100 23_,_252_T_38,_~_9-l_l~,_1f2.Q. __ t--~L..:3=.90"'---

l2 Stat.1JL_~~ ~17, 710 _l%.:1..6__ _3..Q...7.9..st___ __L_4:_E?-'-9_Q.6_.Lg7,__9..8Q___ __f?.B.~6_Q ___ __t___ jhk_L7...,5=9'---

1} Budded, grafted., or topworked varieties .

(See other side for Georgia Report)

G:EOli:GI.A CROP KtL"'PORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of .Agriculture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

Georgia State Colleg~ of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia Noven1ber 12, 1941

GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF NOv~ER l, 1941

Dry weather during October was ideal for harvesting operations throughout4 all parts of G-eorgia, according to tne Georgia Crop Reportin.g Service. While this . absence of rainfall aid.ed progress of harvest it has greatly hindered the prepara~ tion of land for the planting of winter grain. crops. However, around November 1 general rains were received over most sections of the state, and seeding of small grains and winter legumes is now active in all arer.:s. No frost damae;e was reJJorted to november l.
Indic;::tted procluction of corn, hay, tobacco, Irish potatoes, peanuts,
uorghc..ra sii~;~.r"' G0. t.,~op,. an'd pears: v:i11 l!e less- than the 1.940 resiJecH'V'e final pro;..
duction for e.D.ch of thtc$e cro:ps. Present indications nre that the 1941 proouction of sweet potl<toes, sugar cane sirulJ, and pecans will be above those of one year ago. The sme.ll grn.ins and peaches also showed increased production over last yel\r.

CORN: The prelimino.:ty yield of corn is plncecl at 10. 5 bushels per acre

57b and _production at 42,934,000 bushels, a,.'1

decrease from the 1940 prod"~.wtion of

46,849,000, but 5% grec,ter than the 10-:year average (1930.,.:;39) of 40,904,000.

F..AYS: Continued dry we.:1:~her lw.~t~ r~d:a.ced hay yields. The prod.uction forecast of 607,000 tons is 6 percent less thr,n the 648,000 tons harvested in 1940, but is 26% gre<1ter than overage production of the past 10 years .

PEANtYI'S: Peanut picking and threshing is abo1.1t completed. in G-eorgia, and the November l outlook is for a yield of 750 pounds per acre compared with 825 last year. This means a 1941 prc~d.uction of 488,250,000 pounds compared with the record high production of 577,500,000 pounds last season. The current indicated production
is aoout 49% e.bove the 10-year average(l930-39) of 327,552,000 pounds.

SWEET POTATOES: PreliminRI"'J ind.icRtions are thp,t this year 1 s potat Q

~rield ,,,,ill be nbout 66 'bushels per gcre. This low yield is tXpected to res-q:l t in a

production of 7,194,000 bushels this year, which is 4 p::rcent a.bove the 1940 pro-

duction of 6,930,000 bushels but 15 percent below the 10-year average production.

r ;,. ~_ .t-

- - ~ -

- .._ -. .-....- . . ., ,, _.._.. . __,.. . _. _,, _....., ....~'""-

..... - - . ' . "'-- -- -- - .;;:.:."'3. _ __.... _~-' - ..:- ~- -- ,.. -,~--

PECJI.}TS: While the early pecan varieties were sufficiently adyanced to withstand the October hurricane with little reported clamn.ge, some late varieties of nuts vrere to0 green to be saved after being blown off the trees. Total current
pecan production is now estimnted tn be 10,212,000 pounds compFtred with 8,526,000
psunds in l9,lO. Not only is the pr)spective outturn higher th;J,...Tl that of last year, but it is 37 :9ercent above the lO-ye2r (1930-39) averagF3 production.

GE0 RGI A
-----------------------,~--------Y-I_E_L_D--PER AC_R_E-------rr~l--m-~o-T-A-LT__P_R_O_D_U__C-T~I-0-N~(-I_N__T_H_O_U_S_.'

I CROP

_

1 Average _J_)-93Q-39

~._. 19~frLelwimfin-ar1y.-ll 9.A_.v~era9.g.,~-~1~q 4o1

.. rel1im9i4na~ry-

~~~ 46,8~934 corn ............... 'bu.
Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II Rye ................ "
l Ihy( all tame) ...... ton

9.7
199~.22

I

j

10.5 I

I 19.5

6.0 1 6.5 .
. 54 i .57 1'

10.5 j!.
n.o f1
20.5 11 6.5 :
1
. 50 lj

40,9041 1,270 1
7 1 173
lll 1 480

l,8BO j 8,638j
143 1
648

-~:024
9,799 143
6L'7

Tobacco ............ lb. Potatoes, Irish..... bu.

'8:01 66

1000 : 1 78 t

763 1: 68,103 76,420
i 57 Ji l, 096 l, 482

54,990 l, 140

Potatoes, s;-:eet.. . . . 11 Peanuts ............ 1b.

72 652

I. 70 1
1 825 I

66 !i 8, 510 1 6, 930

7, 194

750 l,.i.!, 327, 552 '577, 500 488, 250

~For picking & threshin

Sorgh. um su. up ...... gel. Sugar cane 11 11

64 139

I 62 I '120 i

:i 58 ['i' 1,043

9 30

.140

4, 735 i 2, 640

8.12 3, 640

Cotton ............. bale Peaches,total crop,bu.

ru CROP'~~~~~~ 221 . 250 I

158 : l, 132 1 l, 010

5P9ERCENT o6~;.":_. LL

83

H

1
5,0491 4,216

615 5,561

Pears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

58

PecRns ............. lb.

54

77

11

59 i

69

283

397

69 l! 7, ,152L8,526

352 10,212

~ For certe.in crops 1941 figures are carried forward from previous reports.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Associate Agricultural Statistician

D. 1. J4"LOYD Senior Agricultun~l Statistician

(See reverse side for United Stn.tes report)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service
Was:h:i.Ifgton, D~ C;
December, 1941
PRICES RECEIVED BY FA.ftMERS IN THE UNITED STATES
The general level of prices received by farmers for agricultural commodities on November 15 was 4 points less than in October, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture reported today. Although the decline was the first to be registered
since the upswing began last April, the index at 135 percent of the August 1909July 1914 average was 36 points above a year ago.
Fruit prices led the decline, with new-crop citrus fruits dropping sharply and more than offsetting advances in apple prices. Cotton and cottonseed prices dropped abruptly, and meat animal prices made moderate declines.. A few commodity groups showed increases since October 15, with chicken and eggs up 11 points, and grains and dairy products slightly higher .
.An aggregate crop production about 4 percent larger than 1940 is virtually
assured this year. Feed grain supplies are the largest in 20 years, and bread grains are more th[m ample. The prodtl.ction of dairy .and poultry products wa s at very high levels on November 1, while marketings of livestock in the 4 weeks ended November 15 were 6 percent above last year. Despite these abundant supplies, the increase in the demand for farm products has supported local market prices at much higher levels than a yee..r ago. Latest available inform;:;.hon indicates that faa tory pay rolls are now 40 percent higher than a year ago.
Cotton and Cottonseed Lovte r - Prices received by growers for cottonseed averaged $45.28 per ton. This was $5.61 belO"' the price of $50.89 a month earlier, but 95 percent higher than the price on November 15 l a st year.
The price of cotton lint nlso decreased slightly in the past 30 days; yet on November 15, it Pas the highest for any November in more than a decade. The l\Tovember 15 price was 15. 78. cents per pound, compa red with 16.55 cents in midOctober a11d 9.38 cents in 1940. Cotton c onsumption during October reached a record level, while the quantity entering the 1941 loan was less thnn a third as large as in 1940.
Corn prices received by farmers declined further since mid-Oct ober but were dorm less than seasnnal1y. As of November i5, farme rs received 63.7 cents per bushel, or 1.2 cents less than a mnnth earlier. The average price r eceived by ~ farmers, however, c6ntinues well above that of a year ago when it ave raged 56.8 cents per bushel.
The price received by farmers for <vheat advanced from 91 cents per bushel in mid-October to 93.4 cents on November 15, which c ompares t-:i th 72.5 c ents a y ear ngci. All sections shared this advance except some States - in the Southcres t. On November 15, 60 percent more wheat was in st )re a nd. afloat at d omestic markets than a year earlier.
The price of hogs .dropped 42 c en ts per hundred p'>unds s.l.nce Oct0b e r 15, YTi th the d.owmvard cht=mges being sha rpest in C0 ri1 Belt States. At Uni teo. States prices on HoverJber 15, it r equired 15.2 bushels of corn to e qual the value 0f 100 pounds of hogs, compared with the hog-corn ratio of 15.5 in mid-October. The number of hogs slaughtered under Federal inspection during Oct ober was 42 percent more than in Sept ember, but 7 percent less than in October last yea r.
(See reverse side for Georgia report)

U. S. Department.of Ag:riculture Agricultural Wtarketing Service

GEORGIA CROP BEPORTING SERVICE. . ~ In Cooperation with

Georgia Stat e College of Agricul ture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician ...
Athens, Georgia December , 1941

PRICE REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1941

. ~omp'!:red with one month earlier, mid-Nover:nber prices 7ecei~~a: by Geor~ia farmers .
for commod~bes produced on the far m were generally m~xed, acc ord1ng tothe Georg1a Crop Report

i ng Service . At a lower level than October prices were such staple products as corn, cotton,

cottonseed, hogs, beef, veal, and sweet potatoes . Advances above the previous month were

registered by eggs, chickens,_butter, milk, wheat, oats, horses, a."'ld mules.



However, price movements of practically all farm commodities are definitely upward

as compared with November of last year. Only soybea."'ls and hay show a decline - - 3 and 4 percent

respectively; Cottonseed continues to lead the percent advance above 1940 prices received wi th

a mi d-November increase of 109 percent. A few other r:.ote"10rthy advances over November, 1940,,

were: cotton 74%; hogs 59%; peanuts 44%; eggs 29%; and butter 26%.



Recent advances in prices received by farmers have been more than offset by the
C()ntinued r-ise in prices pai d by farmers :for such necessities as food, clothing, furni tu;re, and other. requirements. There is a bright side to the compari~9n though, in the fact that the per unit purchasing power of farm products, ,.,hile showing a d.acrliD.e from the October level, is s t ill
15 points hi gher than one yea:r ago.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS NOVEMBER 15 , 1941 , \VITH COMPARISONS

COMMODITY
AND UNIT .
.

Wheat, bu.

$

Corn, bu.

$

Oats, .bu.

$

Irish potatoes, bu. $

Nov. av . 1909-13
1.27 . 86 .68
1.. 05

GEORGIA

Nov. 15 1940

Oct . l5 1941

I .96

.63 I

.56 .80

I
I

1. 09 .67 .58
1.00

Sweet potatoes, bu. $

Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton .

t

Hay ( loose), ton

$

.66 12.3 23.28 16.98

.80 9.5 24.50 10.80

.90 17 . 11 52.80 10.70

Hogs, per cwt. Bedcattle, cwt. Veal calves, cwt. liiilk cows' head
Horses,. head Mules. he 'l.d Ch~~kt:..r.~.s, lb. Eggs, doz.

i -M~

7.25 3.65

$

/. 4.58

$ .I/33.40

-- $ l/158.50
$

.f

1"':." r:-
.J..._} ...J



26.8

5.80 5.50 7 .20 42.00
90.00 137.00
11. 8 28.7

I

9.60 7.40

I
!

9 . 40 53.00

I

I
I

93.00
,135.00 .... _.....

.i.. O . ;:J -

I 34.5

Butter, lb . .



Butterfat, lb.

rJ

Milk (wholesa le)

per 100#

$

--25.4
2.52

23.0 24.0

I 28.0 30.0

I

I 2.95

3.10

~ples, bu. 011!peas, bu. Soybeans, bu. Fe~uts, lb.

$ $
$
i

1.08
---i )) 4 . 8
I

.90 I

1.15 1.85 3.2

I
!
i

1.00
1.25 1.75 4.4

.]_/ 4- year ( 1910-1913) average ,?./Revised ]11 FreliminP.ry

UNITED STATES

Nov.l5 Nov.a.v. f Nov.l5
1941 .1909- 13 I 1940

1. 13

I

.63 . 60

.87

!
I

.72

l ;59
.38

.57 . 32

I 1.00

I
I ~

.80 16 . 5 51.20

I
I

10.40

.61

.52.

L .73
12.1

I
!.

21.33 11.89

+

. 75 9.4 23.12
7.25

! 9 .20

6.96

5.62

i 7.00

5.01 2/ 7.88

9 . 30 I 6.74

9 .06

I -- Ii I 52 .00 I 47.80

I
I

95.00 ! 133 .00

! 138.00

I I I I
I

17 . 3

37.1

10.8 27.8

62.40
69.60 87.60 13.1 26.2

I

I
I
I

29.0 32.0

I '!J3 . 35

I 27.4 28.5
I
I L84

I 28 . 5
I Y31.o !I.?./ 2.03'.

1.00

1 . .35

1.80 4.6

,I

I --.80 I

--4 . 5

I !

.75 1.12
.84 3.2

Nov. 15 1941
.93 .64 .41 . 77
.82 15 . 8 45 . 28
8.71
9.66 8.85 10.79 77.90
67.10 s5:4o 15.5 35.5
33 .9 36.7
A/ 2 .64
.98 1.36 1.43 4;6

D. L. FlOYD Senior Agricultural Statistician

Compiled by:
CL1.F'FOIID SIMS J"Uliior Agricultural Statistician

G-J!ORGIA CROP REPORTING SERV'!GE'

U.S. Department of ~a.;ricul ture .I n Coop~ration

Agricultural Marke t ing Service

'-'Ti th

Office of the .Agricu.ltural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

.DECET.IwER 1 COTTG'N 'REPORT FOR G~ORGI4_

Georgia State Col lege . of Agricul ture
December 8 , 1941

~orgia h..a.s produced~ 1941 cotton crop of 624,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight), the s:nallest crop sl.nce 1923 ar.J.d the second lowest since 1878. This total is based on all information :wa.ilable on Dece!'!ber 1 to the Crop Reporting Board of tha U. S . Department of Agriculture. Finii.l production in 1940 was 1, 010,000 standard bales ru1d for the previous year 915,000 bales.

Estim.:.ted yi e ld of lint cotton 11er acre amounted to ar01.1t 164 pouncls compared with

the 1940 yield of 250 p ounds, 227 in 1939, <tnd the l0-yl3ar aver-age (1930-39) of 221 pounds.

Harve s t ed e.creage is p laced at 1,826,000 or 2.6'1o l ess than the 1, 874,000 ac r e s estimated in

cultivation July 1. Thi s d.iffere::1ce accounts for u.bru::.donment from !:..s.turct.l causes plus the acre-

age plowed up in order to com:p l y with the crop control progrs.m of the Agricul hrral Ac.justme:r\t

Administrat i on .



Weather conditions ov:t' most of the g~owing se ason we re unf avo rable to the crop. During the period from early April to mid.- Jn."le little rainfa.ll v/3.s received. Cotton was planted early enough i n s outhern C',.corg i a to sec.urc fair to good stands &'1.d here tho crop developed fairly . satisfactorily. OveT th" northern half of th,) state tho continued dry weF,LthJr retard.ea pla:.'lting with resulti ng late <mel irre gul::1r sta.Dd.s in ma.Dy l oc8.li ti e s . Begin:n.i ng in mid-Jurce a r eriod of almost daily r::!.ins occurred f or upward of fiv e 'J'I'ceks ci:.d. under such c onditions the boll weevil multiplied r a;pid.ly with damage worst in mt:ny years ,in J'\Ost sections. T'ne fall drought f o ll cwing of arocmd three months over the gr eat_er par'\; of fir<; state ;;::.llowed fnr'!lc rs to gath0r t:,.e short crop in generally good shape .

Northor!1 Georgia production sho,roll a 3q% B.ecroase from last yer:tr. In the mid- state
area a reductior. of 46~ Vl8S realized m:-1d ir; li\01J.thern t.E)rritory about 22'1o l e ss than in 1940.

Burea1l of Cen sus girm.ings pr i er t o D-:.Jce17',ber 1 in Gtorgia were 627,000 ru.". ll'lirig bales
compared with 957,000 b<>"les to r.h e sano,e date last year, Udterl Stat<3s girn"lings to December 1 were 9, 596,000 rru~ling bale.s co~1pared with 10, 866, 000 bales a. year E'go .

ARCHIE lA.t'lGLEY Associate Agr{cultural Statistician
' :

D. L. FI.DYD Senior Agricultural Statistician

*1941 production indicated by
crop prospects ])e.,(rem-ber 1.

Ginnings to December
'1941
62{,000
Ginnings
De~ember 1,
1940 -
957,000
Ginnings to Decemb er l,
1939 -
901 , 000

1939

62Lt 1 000 bal OS 1.010.000 II
915,000 II

r .

90,000

1941, AUG1. {2,000 .........-....

1940 , 177 , 000 \
1939. 178 ,000

. . 1940,
\16~ , 000

D'istricts shown are crop reporti~g districts and NOT po11grossio.nal
District~.

+- t!f.C~-

) l9j9 ,
16l+,ooo

')

. I VII . I 1941, 66, ooo
t
I g.BP.i.!Y- > 19t~o, 79,000

8{,000

1940, 112 ,000

I

J 1939 . 83,000

1939, 61,000 ..

VALil.~
~
-;.

See reverse side for u.s. Report

7
1940, 2B,OOO ~
AJ 1939. 17,000 ;
!,~
J---J

DIAGEW!i SHOWING ACREAGE AND PRODJCTION OF COTTON . I N GEORGIA (Period 1931-41 , . i nc lusive- Preliminary estimate for 1941)

-

ACREAGE ( 000 omit ted in fi gu:ce s)
PRODUCTION (000 omitted in figures)

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(/)

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1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

COTTON R'SFOFT AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1941

ACREAGE FOFt 1941 CROP YIELD FER ACBE

STATE

Left for In cultiva AveragEl

l 1941

harvest tion

1 1930- 3~ 1940 1 (Dec.l

July 1 11

., est.)
1

Thousand Thousand ~

1


Acres

Acres II Lb.

Lb. Lb.

Missour-i

412

41 6

362

454

570

Virginia N. Car. S. Car.
Georgia Florida
Tenn. Alabama Miss.

36 796

37 813

I 26o

37o

286

427

373 335

1 ,172

1,233

265

375

165

1,826 65
700

1,874
---w7
71 0

IiI

221 146

257

I 250
. 154
! 340

164 125
411

1,755 2,375

I I 1, 800
2,459

216 I 190

246

240

216 287

Arkansas
La.
Okla.

2, 020

2,097 1236 1349

343

1, 032

1,087 1237

194

147

1 ,658

1 , 731

136 I 211

217

Texas

7,794

8 ,180 1154 )184

169

New Mex. .Arizona

114 250

I 117

440

253

401

1 576 ; 424

483 389

Calif. All Other

351 20

!I I 355 i 538 I 749

21

320

394

609 635

U.S. TOTAL 22,376 23,250

205 .4 1 252.5 235.4

!I PRODUCTION (GINNINGS) l}

I !!. 500 lb. gross wt.bales
1jAver age 1940 11941 Crop

,1, 1930-,;91 Crop
I li
ili I Thous Theus. bales , bal es

(The. 1 est.)
Thous . bales

i! 292

388

490

11

33

25

28

I., 62 9 824

I ~ 1,13I2 4651

I

1,145 1,585

73 9 96 6 1,010
-:IT
50 9 77 9 1,250

556 405 624
17
600 790 1,420

! 1,281 1,501

I 1

703

456

750 . 802

1, 445
315 750

3 ,7661 3,234

11

100

128

.,I 159 I 195

I

333 i 545
15 I 18

2 ,745 115
203 446
27

13 , 246 12,566

1 0 , ~76

Sea Island ~/
y American Egyptian

34.4 134.4

G!NNINGS TO IJHXEMBER 1
I 1941
I ~Runnin~

Bales)

Thous.

bales

459

22

I

556 398

.I

627
14

I

565 769

I
I

1,379 1,352
309 I

I

563

lJ 2 ,146

I

lQ674

il
II

242 24

9 , 596

(See other side for Georgia Report)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SFRVICE

11 ;.-S; .J)trpaa::tment of.:..Agricultu.re

In Cooperation

Georgia State College

Agricultural Marketing Service

with

of Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

December 26, 19,11

GEORGIA 1941 COMlvGRCIAL TB.UCK CB.OP VJI.LtrijS SHOW 21% B!CB.E.ASE ?VER 1940

Production of principal commercial trod: crops in Georgia during 1941 was
valued at $-4,467,000, an increas e of $789,000 (21 -percent) over the corresponding
valua tion of $3,678, 000 in 1940. However, the har;estecl. acreage of 110,230 acres for commercial vege table and melon crops this year was 7'% b e low th e 118,360 acres f or last season. The decline of 8,130 acres was due principally to substantial J r.ccrcngo decreases in watermelons, pi mientos, and tom2.to es. Acreage i ncreases we re shoYm for Irish potatoes, cu.c1.un'bers, snap beans , lima b e n.ns, and lettuce.

Wate rmelons contim.1.od to lec,d Georgin truck crops in VD,lue, with

nere : . $1,452,000 or L1bout 1.6$percent of the incor,w to tru.ck growers. Following water~ : '

. nieloris in or cter of value the .nex f<Yur . cr~ps

s-nap 'b-eails -$553, 000; t'omat c)es

$458 ,000; cc.ntaloups $451,000 ; and. cabbage $448,000. With f ew exceptions average

prices r ece ived for the various crops .vere better than last seasnn.

I I I GEOB.GIA ANlJUAL SUlimiARY OF CO;iTivlERCI..i\..1 TB.UC1C CROP STATISTICS-1941 WITH COMP.ARISOl\TS

I YIEID I

j'r.JNIT

VALUE

VALUE

CB.OP

1YEA..'l 1 ACRE.A.GE \PER AC~~DUCTION !PRICE \(Dollars) ; PEE ACRE

1/ASEAPAGUS

1941 1,700

23

39,000 1.75

68,000

40.00

T- c-ra-te-s -24-l-Os-.)-1-94-0 - -l-, B-OO- - - -21- - - -3-8,-00-0 - -1-. 5-0 - - -57-,0-00- - -3-1.-67- -

1/BEANS , LIMA 1 941 2, 000

48

96,000 l. 05 101,000

50.50

SNAP - - - - TBushel 32 lbs.) 1940
l/BEM~s.-

-

- 1-,3-50-

-

--

-53-

-~

-

- 7-2,-00-0

-

-

-.7-5

-

-

-54-,0-00-

-

- 4-0 . 0- 0-

-

TBushel 30 los.)

EARLY- S . Ga. 1941 5,000

58

290 ,000 1.10 319,000

63 .80

1940 4,400

50

220,000 1.00 220,000

50.00

INT. - N. Ga. 1941 2,400

78

187,000 1.25 234,000

97.50

__ - _ _ _ _ _ _l~4Q __l2..9QO___1_20__ _ l:9_Q_,_QOQ ___ ..:.6~ __1~42-0QO___6_~~6- _

CABBAGE (T ons)

SEC.EARLY -S.Ga.l941 2,500

6 .4

16,000 19.50 312,000 124.80

1940 2,700

4.4

11,900 18 .50 220, 000

81.48

INT . - N. Gci. 1941

850

3.8

3,200 42 . 50 136 , 000 160.00

- - - - - - - - - --- - --- ---- - - - -- - -- - 1940 1,260

5.5

.._,..-.. ...,_..- - -~--------- - ..................-~.- -

...._.. 6,9- 0 -0 - 13.00

90,000

71.43

-- ~ - --- - ......... .- _ __..,...-

C.A:tJTALOUPS

1941 9, '500

50

475,000

. 95 151 , 000

47.47

-3(C/-cruac-tme.-smE-6B0.-s lo-s-.) -1-94-0 - -9-,5-00- - - -42- - -2/-39-9,-00-0 - - -.7-5 - -2-60-,0-00- - -2-7.-37- -

TBushel 48 lbs.)

E.ARLY

1941 1,200

70

84,000

. 60

50 , 000

41.67

LATE

1 940 1,150

. 65

... ....... .................. .......... .. ........................ ........

1941 1,250

25

75,000

.75

56 , 000

4 8 .70

31,000

. 92

29,000

23.20

- - - - - - - - -1-94-0 - -1-, 0-50- - - -47- - - -4-9,0-0-0 - -1-.1-5 - - -56-,0-00- - -5-3.-33- -

LETTUCE

1941

380

120

46 , 000 3.25 150,000 394 .74

-(C-ra-te-s -70-l-os-.)-1-94-0 - - -3-40- - - -75- - - -2-6,-00-0 - -2-.5-0 - - -65-,0-00- - -19-1.-18- -

PEPPERS, GP~N 1941

QO

60

3,000 1.10

3,000

60.00

1B-us-he-l -25-lo-s-.) -1-94-0 - - -1-10- - -1-50- - - -1-6,-00-0 - - 1-.0-0 - - -16-,0-00- - -14-5.-45- -

PEPPERS, PIMIENTO 1941 12,000

78

9, 360 3'1-. 00 318,000

26 .50

_1T1on'Ps) wmoE$19,4r0Ers14l,i8-00-----.-67-------9-,9-2-0-- --26-.00---2-58-,0-00---1-7.-43--

(Bushel 60 lOs . )

EARLY - S. Ga. 1 941 4,000

100

400,000

. 65 260 ,000

65.C0

I NT . - N. Ga.

1940 3,500
............ .................... ..
1941 2,000

130

455,000

.................... .

70

140,000

. 85 387,000 110 .57

.75 105,000

52.50

- - - - - - - - - -1-94-0 - -1-,8-00- - -1-40- - - -25-2,-00-0 - - -.6-5 - -1-64-,0-00- - -9-1.-11- -

S'i:'RJ1.'\TI3ER.RIES

1941

200

65

13, 000 l. 65

21,000 105.00

-(C-ra-te-s -24-q_-ts-.)-1-94-0 - - -2-00- - - -60- - - -1-2,-00-0 - -2-.5-0 - - -30-,0-00- - -15-0.-00- -

TOH.L~TOES

1941 5 ,200

55

286,000 1. 60 L158,000

88 . 08

i_E-us-he-l -53-lb-s-.) -1-94-0 - -6-,5-00- - - -80- - - -52-0,-00-0 - - -.7-0 - -3-64-,0-00- - -5-6.-00- -

llA'I'ERi\IELONS

1 941 60 I 000

220 13' 200, 000 110.00 l' 452 ' 000

24 .20

(Melons) .

1940 66,000

280 3'18,480 ,000 80 . 00 1,257,000

19.05

-Pr-ice- -pe-r -10-00- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TOTAL

1 941 110,230

4 , 467,000

40 .52

ABOVE CROPS

1940 118, 36_()____________________ ___________3 , 6?8 , 000 _ _3_1._0_7_~

Y Does not include acrecge , prod.uction, ancl value of canning crop .

2/ L1cludes SOLie q_uanti ties n Jt raar~ceted. and. excluded in co::1putL1g value of sales .

3/ Does not inclncte :.'tcroage , production, 2.nd value of cucumoers for pickles

~/Included with 11 all p J t.:..t oos 11 in the D.m1ual summary of 2.ll crops.

D. 1. FLOYD Senior Ag riculturD,l Statisticiru1

(OVER)

CLIFFORD SIMS Truck Crop Statistician

.

.

...

DIAGRAlviS SHOWING ACREAGE Alill VALu""E DI STRI BUTION OF GEORGI A TRUCK CROPS FOR 1941

ACREAGE BY KINDS (Percent of t ot nl)

VALUE BY KilmS (Per cent of total)
(S e e other side)

GEORGIA CROP R.~ORTING SERVICE

U. S. Department of Agriculture In Coope:::-ation

Agricultural 1:arketing Service .

-with

of G{?-orgia .S-tate College Agriculture

Office of the Agricultural Statistician Athens, Georgia December 26, 1941

VALUE OF GEORGIA CHOPS FOP.. 1941 SH?WS $9,125,000 INCREASE OVER LAST YE..A.R

Value of Georgia's main crops totaled $178,042,000 in 1941, an increase
$9,125,000 or 5.4% over the corresponding total of $168,917,000 for 1940, accordin,g to the annu,:.tl repo rt of the Crop Reporting Board of the U. S. Departm ent of Agriculture. This increase is C.ue principally to tett e r prices received this year as producti::>n of most principal crops fell oelow that of last season. Striking examples of such p rice i ncreases over last year are cotton seed 1215, cotton lint 67%, pe2~uts 39%, a nd tooacco 30%.

Qf tk:u3 ma.in. cash- cr')ps , . cott.-Gn l Gads ..with e-t:i:ma-t.ed. value -of $ &~ , 768, 808--
for lint c:.Jl.C. seed. This i s D.n increas e of 8 . 8% over l ast year des p it e production of 624:,000 bal e s (500 pounds gross weight) being the lowest sinc e 1923 and second low-
est since 1878. :heavy "boll weevil damage folloYring excessive wet weather from midJune through July wns r ospon si ble LJr such a short cro:~ Peanuts ranks next with
$24 ,1 94,000 or 26.:;6 ab ove tho 1940 value of $19,194,000 . Tobacco, with production
29% under l;_;,st yc::._r gnd totd voJ.u e r.Jf $11.,408,000 is only 8fb oelow 1940 valuation of $12,458,000. S:'he pto~.ch cr:)p brought po:) r prices and. tot a l value of $4,004,000 for fruit mar~~cteo. shor.s a re.ducti on of 24~; from l<.:.st season . Ab out 10% of the crop c7.:ts estimo.tecL not m-::tr~ceted b ece.us e. of the low urices . P ecnns valued o.t
$1,205,000 is 19% aoove l ast yenr.

Production Gf most food and feed crops was generr:,1J.y bel ow lccst season, exceptions being small grains, sv1ee t patatoes, and. sugar c.::me syrup. Late season protre.cted dry \'leathe r 'Jeginning in Augus t lo.,.rered yields in much of central 8Jld northern territory .

Va lues of the respectiv ~; crops in order of rank f oLLow: (l) cotton (lint

and seed) $64 ,768,000; (2) porn $29, 400 , 000 ; (3) peanuts $24,194,000; (4) tobacco

$11,408,000; (5) hay $9,207,000; (6) velvet beans $7,322,000 ; (7) S'.7eet potatoes

$6 ,520 , 000; (8) oatf; $5,679,000; (9) truck crops $4,102,000; (10) pGaches

$4,004,000; (ll) sugo..rcn.ne syrup $2,317,000; (12) wheat $2,306,000; (13) cowpens

$1,837,000; (14) pecans $1,205,000; (15) Irish potatoes $972,000; (16) sorghum

s;yrup $619,000; (17) sorghum :orago ,~.nd hay $573,000; (18) o..p:ples $570 , 000;

..

(19) }:e spedeza seed $~.i.-2i5 , 000 ; (80)- penrs- $:zii,OOO; (21) ry e $199,000; (22) soy-

beans $194,000.

D. L. FLOYD Senior Agricultural Statistician

ARCHIE LAJITGLEY Ass Jc iD..te A.gri cultura l Stati s ti ci an

DIAG&'l.M SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF 1941 CROP V.ALUES IN PERCENT OF J:OT.AL VALUE



COTTON - LINT AND SEED - 36.4%

GEOP.GIA S\JMMARY OF CROF STATISTICS-~:..----~ 1941 and 1940 ..

---~

t4 f.:.~~;..~ .

:w

ACREAGE YEAR ( OOOL. '

Yield Per Acre

PRODUCTION Un it

(ooo).

Price

T0%1 VAIDE

Value

~OCOi

PerAcre

2J Cotton (bales )
Yie ld in pounds

1941 1940

1,826 1, 935

164 250.

624 $ -165

1,010

,099

$ 51,480
49,821

$ 28.19
25,75

--------------~-----------------------------7-~------------~~---~---------------------------------

Cottonseed

1941

.15

278 47 :so

13, 288

7.28

;::!~ll~~~-~::~::::----~:!~----~~;;-------~;~:~~--------~;~~~----~l~:~--------;::~~~-------~:~!--4

-LbusL________ _______lQ1~----14-a~_______u.;.o__________1G ..81&______ ~ZQ________3?...Z81_______2z-:ZO---

W'ne(.at,)ha:rvested

1941 . 191

11.5

2,196

1.05

2,306

12.07

---b--u-s-------:------~--1 -9-4-0----~-1-7-2 --~--- -l L--O-------------1!-8-9-2-------,-9-2----------l-,-7-4-1-------1-0~.-1-2---

.O..._G_(.tb_s_u, _sh_)_a_r_v_e_s_te_d_________11_99_4410,_______45_,1_53_8________21_09_..5_0__________1_80__,,5_710_62________..55_42___________45_,,5_6_2?_59_______1_91_,._80_87_ _

Rye, harv-ested

1 941

25

7.5

188

1.06

199

7. 96

(bus)



1 94!)

24

7. 5

180

1. 02

18~

7.67 .

------------------------------~-------------------------------------------------------------------

Potatoe s , Iri sh

1941

25

54

1,350

.72

972

38 .88

---(-b:u--s-)--------

--------1_...9.,._4_0__

-----2-4-------

72
--~---------

----1-, -7-2-8-------.8--6-

].,486

61.92

---------------------------

Potatoes, sweet

1941

105

69

(bus)

1940

70

7,245

.90

5 , 88')

. 87

6.520 5,116

62.10 60 . 90

------------------------ ~---------------- - ------------ - -----------------~----------------------------

Tobacco ~

1941

66 .1 827

54,655

.209

11,408

172.59

(1bs.)

1940

73.1 1060

77, 480

.161

12 ,'58

170.42

--------- ---------------------------------------------~---~---------------------------------------

Hay\ All (Incl.peanut 1941 1, 360

.58

hay;(tons;

1940 1,349

.60

790 11.70 803 11. 60

9,207 9 ;345

6.77 6 . 93

-----------~------------------------------------------------------------------ - --------------------~

Sorghum Fors.ge & Hay 1941

38

(Not inc l. i n All F,ay) 1940

42

1. 30 1.20

49 11.70 50 10.70

573

15. 08

535

12 .74

-------------------------~-----------------------------------------------~-------------------------

Sor ghum Sirup ( gal s)

194 1

17

56

1940

20

60

952

.65

1, 200

.55

619

36. '11

660

33.00

----------------------~-----------------------------------------------------~----------------------

Su~ar Cane Sirup

1941

27

~gals)

1940

23

3,564

.65

2 , 530

.53

2,317 1,341

85.81 58 . 30

------------- - --------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------~----~

nPeu~tDsut(slbhs)arv~ested

for

1941 1940

670 705

785 825

525 ,950 581,625

.046 ,033

24 ,194 19,194

36.11 27.23

- - - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ ,.,.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "!"' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ;_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

y Cowpeas harveste d. f or 1941

peas (bus)

1940

255 260

4 .5 5,0

1,148 1,300

1.60 1.60

1, 837 2;080

7.20 8. 00

---- ------------------------------------- -~------------------------- - ~ - ---------------------------~

y Soybeans harvested forl94l

beans (bus)

1940

13 13

6.8 7.0

88

2.20

91

2,19

194

14.92

199

15 .31

- -~ --------------------------------------~------------------~-~-~------------------~----------------

Ve lve t Beans (alone & 1 94 1 1,188

850

505 14.50

7,322

6.16

interpl.) (tons) !!} 1940 1, 430

830

593 12.70

7,53 1

5.27

-~-------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------

Iespedeza harveste d 1941

27

215

5,

-f o--r--s-e-e-d--( -l b--s-) - -------1--94--0--------18--------1-8-5--------------3-,

805 330
-----

----

. 075

435

. 057

190

-------------------

16.11 10 .56
---------

Pe.ach'fs, -f<otal prod u.c -1 94 1

t,~c:-" 'I bus)

1 940

!d 5, 561

. 80

4,2 16

4,004 5,270

-------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------~

App l e s, commercial 194 1

600

. 95

570

p-!-'-o-c-b-c-t-io-n---(b~-u-s-) -------1-9-4-0------------------

-

485
----------------~--

--

.
---

84
- --~------

-

--

40
--

7
---

-

---

-

--

---~

P C;.,:.:rs , t otal p r od.uc- 1 941

352

.60

211

----- t:-:;n (bus)

1940

397

. 50

198

- -- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------~----- - -------

Pec"l.ns '~lbs )

1 941 1940

10, 212 8 , 526

.ne
.119

1,205 1,012

- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .:. _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-

- - - - - - - . < 0 - - - - - -- - - - -

. 1:rL: d: Crops for l!lB.rke tl94l

.!:: ~~-~ ':lcl.I~ish-

1946

104 .2 113 ..1

4,102 3,127

.... ..:-; a.,..

..... ,...
'){

27.65

.. . . J.toes )

~ C?U ALL ABOVE CROPS 1941~Excl.dup. of acr. & 1 940
acr.in fruit s &nuts)

"~1 , 790 -.5 10,317.2

178,042 168 , 917

lJ. December preliminary estimate's for 1941.
1/~ All typos included.
Covers only mature crop ( acreage .n.J nn<'. ,..,.,a i ntcr.p la.nt.xi ) harvc.s t ed for the peanuts, peas or
beans .
Yj}. Acr eage for all purposes . I nc l.. ' e:omc qunnti -t.j~C. :no-t h.'J."<-vos ted on accQ\mt of market conditions arLd excluded in c omputing_ t ote,1 value.
Decembe r 26, 1 ~1 1.

(OVER)

GEORGIA CROP REPORTI NG SERVICE

U. S . l:Rpartment of Agricu lture

In Cooperation

Agricultural Marketing Serv ice

with

Office of the Agri cultural Statistician Athens, Georgia

Georgi a State College of Agriculture
December 29, 1941

_DECEMBER 1941 PIG CROP R"EFORT

GEORGIA: The fall pi g crop (June l to J:Rcemb e r 1) of 1941 for Georgia is e stimated to have been 901,000 h ead, an increase of 6'% from the 849,000 sav e d in the f a ll of 1940 and 23'%
larger than the average f a ll pig crop for the 1930-39 p e riod . This i nfo rma tion is b a se d upon
r e turn s from the Decembe r pi g s u rvey made by the United St a t es Depintment of .A.gricul ture , in cooperation with the Post Office Department tr~ough the rura l mai l carriers.

Sows farrowing this fall .ar e p lace d a t 158,000 compared with 149,000 for the same
period in 1940 or.. an increase of 67o- The ave r age number of pigs save d per litter this fall was 5.7 or t he same as l a st yea r.

Tho combined spring and fall Georgia pig crop for 194 1 is e stimate d at 1, 881, 000 head. This numb er is 57,000 head O:f 3 percent l a r ge r than the combined crop of 1 940 .

Breedin_g__.inte_n+.J.ons ...i:od j,oo,t.e_,206, 000 sow!> _to farvm- i.n ..he spring..c. . l9Lj,2 ( J;Jecembar ,l, ,

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1941 to J une 1,1942}, which i s 22% above the 169 ,000 s ows farro wed in the spring of 1941.

UNITED STATES: The produc t ion and market supp l y of hogs -in 1942 promises to exceed mate ri a lly a ll p r evious r e cords , the Department of Agricu ltu r e states i n it s December Pig Crop Repo rt. The 1941 f a ll p i g crop, ,lfhich will b e marlce ted b.rge l y in the s pring and summer of 1942, i s 18 percent l a r ge r th;1..'1 the fall crop of 1940 nnd the lRr ge st fall crop on record . The i ndicated numbe r of sows t o farro1.r in the spring sea son of 1942 is 28 percent l arger than the numbe r farrowed in 1941, a l so the l a r ges t on r e c o r d . The number of hogs ove r 6 months old on December l t h is year was somewhat l 2..rger than a y ear earlier.

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Estimated 35,580, 000 head of p i g s saved i n the fa ll s e ason of 1941 i s 18 percent l a r ge r

than the fall p i g c r op of 1940 , 33 per cent above the 10- year (1930-39) aver age , and about 6 per-

cent l arge r than the previous record fall crop of 1939 . The numb e r of sows farrowed this f a ll,

estima t e d a t 5, 531, 000 for t.he Unit ed States ;-rr~s up 16 pe rcent from l as t year and was t he l a r gest

on r e c ord. The nu.mber of p i gs s aved pe r litter, a t 6 . 43 , was a lso the larges t for all s e asons on

record .

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1 The combined spring and fall pi g crops of 194 1 i s es timated a t 85 ,0 35,000 head. This
number is about 5, 200 , 000 head, or 6 percent larger than t he combined crop of 1940, and is only

about 2, 000,000 head. or about 2 pe rcent small er t h<m the r ecord crop of 1939.

Nu.rnber of sows to farrow i n the spring season of 1 942 (Dece mber 194 1 to June 1942) is indicate d at 9,974,000, an i ncrea se of ab out 2,200,000 o r 28 pe rcent . Such a number would be the largest number of spring sows and the i ncrease fr om the p r evi ous year i n actual numbers would .b e the larges t f o r any spr i ng se'1SOI1

If i ndic ated furro ,_:i ngs nr e r ealiz ed, and . t he nul'!b e r of p i g s saved per lit te r should
equal -the---ave x a.gG - -e-.---t>he---'h=:>~-r-::;-,- the-- r>,__,,b.,,._ ., p i -e; c =-.::d- ---J:rr -\:;he - -,p-ring seaso-rr-uf 1:942 -- -
would be about 62,000,000 hea d. This nurn.ber would be about 7, 000 ,000 head l a rger than in any spring seaso:-1 of rec or d. go i ng back t o 1924 .
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The estim::J.tes of sows farrovwd a.nd pi gs sav-ed in 1940 and 1941 shovm in this r epo rt have be en revised fr om those previ ously pub li shed . The revi s i ons are based upon the nu.mbe r of sows t o f a rrovr i n the spr i ng sea son of 1940 as shown by the re po rt s of the Cen sus of Agriculture .

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SOWS FARROVlED A1TD PIGS SAVED

SF'RING (Dec. 1 t o June l)

Sows Fa rrowe d
(000)

Av. No. Figs per
Litter

Figs
Saved ( 000 )

FALL (June 1 to De c . l)

Sows
Fa rrowe d ( 000 )

Av. No. Figs per
Litte r

Pi gs Saved (000 )

Georgia

10- year - 1930-39 Av .

164

5 .7

1940

184

5 .3

1941

169

5 . 8'

930

130

5.6

732

975

149

5.7

849

980

158

5 .7

901

United Stat es 10- yea.r 1930- 39 Av .
1940 194 1

7,609 8, 243 7,770

6.00 6.01 6.36

45,686 49,567 49,455

4 , 372 4,760 5, 5 31

6.11 6 .36 6.43

26.713 30 ,273 35,580

D. L. FlOYD Seni or Agricultu r a l St a tis t ician
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ARCHIE LANGlEY Associate Agri cultura l Statistician

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Di agram She-wing Sows Farrowing a nd Pigs Saved ,Annu a11;y in '}e orgia
(Pe riod 1930-1 941 )

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~~2.~Mi'il Fa r r ow1ng . 24~
p:;:;}})}}{j Pigs Saved

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1930 31 32 33 34 35 ;y ) 37 38 39 40 ' 41

*Prel i mina r y

YF.A.'.i.S

Sows Fa rrowi n g e,.nd. P i gs Sa v ed in Geo r g i a - Sp ring &J.d Fa ll
(P er i od 1930- 1941)

1930 1 931 1932 1933 1934
l S3f!
.L .._:1()6
1 937 1938 1939 1940
l SH*

sows ( 000 )

-~_E-~?g _ __:_____~c:l ~- __ _! ___ _ ~? ~ a.l

132

104

2 36

141

111

2 52

157

11 7

274

165

1.20

2F5

14:9

2 57

148

267

1C7

.~....l... p,;

175

130

30 5

189

1 62

351

216

179

395

124

149

3~3

l f~:J

158

327

*Preliminary

PIGS ( 000 )

_____s~PE~ng

Fall

774

60 3

784

630

898

663

939

666

806

586

842

653

924

534

1010

76 2

lll E

940

1210

984

S75

84 9

930

90 1

Tota l
1377 1414 1561 1 G0 5 1 392 149 5 1758 1772 2055
21 94 1824 1881