New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-01

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From the foregoing results the writer establishes the follow
Ing averages:
Average latest spring FROST March %
Ayeras lime between The latest and earliest
Average dale Of first bloom june
During early portion of present
Of less intense, until the
May March unusually cold and unfavorable
cotton the osts the 5h of April completely
stroyed the young cotton, and equally fatal to the
which had been planted early Most of planters considered
prudent repiant both and cotton During the
month April there several rosts but after the
SD that injured cotton any considerable extent The
months May and june have been unusually favorable and
cotton crop presents promising
known it, for the time it has been growing Now
while is admitted that the present cotton crop quite pro-
missing season. must be equally admitted that
twenty thy days later than the of the thytwo
preceding years take the above average earliest
fall frost of the present year the statement for 1857 will
follows s3s .g,s#
Latest spring frost, April %. IN. Esa ~
Earliest fall frost, laverage) October &c. 4
Growing season, six months and three days. ~
First bloom, June Is. gsd
The first bloom which probably test Of present
prospect Of the growing CROP that the
average growing will be at least twenty days of
usual period If take the date of osts, find
thirty days deficiency Then the question average
crop for 1867 depends the date Of the fall FROST
There cam circumstances be large eropwe
the and though much depend upon
fall FROST there can, under circumstances
more than average crop
Before proceed show what consider small average
large crop 1877 will call attention facts contested
with the table. 1t will be that general rule
magnitude Of the crop depends upon long period
the spring and fall FROST In 1885, the spring opened
9Th March, days earlier average
and growing continued twelve days later than
average fall FROST giving for the growing eight months
and day. and Of 900 baesan increase of
than 900 bales the Immediately preceding The
crop $780, besides the influence of short
months and twentyour dap diminished by overflow
Mississippi reached only bales. The crop
1912 very large and it will be observed that the
the 22d Of February and continued until the 2h
October period of eight months and four days yielding
bales and increase Of than bales
the previous The Of l88 unusually short
bales resulting from short growing Of
months and Ave days. md general visitation of the army
Thecrop of 1Sa9 again short Of bales,
showing deficit Of than 800 bales from the previous
crop growing only months twenty
days. and there overflow In Red River during the
msI. -
Of aw days short Of seven months hut will be
served that the whole remarkably favorable
ha vt least go GOO bales Of the previous crop received
which ad been kept 10y water IL the rivers II
varousy estimated taking the present deficit
ports aud The amount to j. probably
generally adoped-I shall take Il Is basis OF calculation
VIM now proceed iron, the above data to give estimate
o the probable supply cotton be received FROM the growing
Taking The Of Tie aye the basis Of
season, the result will be as follows;
lS52-Grop in bales 1852 006
iSa5-grop - baiess.,.t wv, 900
lS55-Grop Of bales 900
lsob-ffst 1850, 00
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