The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-06
THE GROWING COTTON CROP.

Tar ~ o~oncrol md capcr sOlicitude,
vasI ;etoro,Is an hoth sid IS of the
n,"A t,autic oro dcncndcnt ON re-
,"rns and authoritative accounts are
l"nroL ror,yorJ io with an caocrncss
,nnroochino almost TO onyictv that is
ScrarccIv norollclcd IL onv othcrbranch
or indva,rv mi; C~cciinp nav be
ooeiIv accounted for. A difference
orn ,ont a nound IN cotton NAV i'm
,ar, oc,ivi,v NJ dizziness ia thc mark
si and cnrct fine nrolits of manufac-
,rrcrs an both sides of the Atlantic.
Eyncricncc warns MS TO receive all
,%,ro,nts of thc condition of the
.royyino cotton cron with orcat cau-
Zion Thc orco Of cotton territory is
w loroc and go many persons have a
Jirocf intorost In enrroliu0 rouoris
Win n view to influence prices that,
NJ thiS carlv ncriod of tbc season, il
I~,yerr Iioicnlt 70 arrive ot ANYTHING
IiAesn a]crurotc conclusion. Nor Is
his a. he wondered ot, Probably
No other nroduct cycept cotton is SO
sntirclw d]sncndcnt ON. and so immc-
Jiatolv Infected NV changes in lhc
vcathcr, Hence, entirely accurate
roIcnIoiions in Nav are liable TO be
~cnnmletclv reversed a month or six
wcets lotcr he extreme chances in
,hc weather fin, cannot bc forc.ccu,
ycar oro thc EcouoU,sI stood
,,nnc in on,;c;notiuw a cotton cron
hryclv in cxcrss Of llc urcccdiur
,.nr md thc rc.uIi showed tho cor-
r]cc,ncs. Of mi, yicw. the crop WA.
,.,rIy million bale. in excess of.
,hn "rncrnI calculation. and was ul-
nnst nm to fine mark of lhr most
cotton year. ever known
r. thr Sou,h We wouId desire ot
,h;s lima IN Diva an %cuunIlv hnprrul
,i.v NJ tLr nrnscut CROWN" crop.
In, thn facts do NOT seem to warrant
i Vorious discouroocmculs are in
nnorotion thoi orc lioLlc TO check
m,oIur,inn TLr greatest dro wbuck
nrohahIy lhc reduction in the
nr;no MA nlout.rs noid war pricc,
rrnr r]oisinn laci vcor's cotton crou.
TI,or aro comno,ioI to sell II nj peace
r,tcS An pncyncctcd decline of 40
nor conf apnihiIatcd profits, and con-
ro,,od ,I,o nlontcr,s o~nticinotcd Gains
into n los! Cultivotors who sold
,ho;,. cron without Gndin~ them
]snlroo in dcbt for roisinp il were re-
no,.1ol oo ]roriunotc TRc LARGO COM
riseion borscs in New Orleans and
other cities that found it to their in
,crcst TO revive the old custom of
making advances to planters on the
security of the growing crops, found
II extremely difficult to realize their
money
The unexpected decline in cotton
affected every interest in the South
In n treat or less degree. II could
not fail to influence production, and
most seriously. At the commence
mcnt ofthc planting season last year
almost every producer had a liberal
margin of profit TO his credit as a
result Of the preceding crop. This
money was lnvcstcdl TO an extent new u,
er before known, in fertilizers and !
labor saving machinery. The result :
was a splendid crop, but one that
broke down prices and swept away
profits. This year the planters are
obliged to go to work without mon
cy or credit. All the returns of the
crop, that is still coming forward to ,
II nlarnct, did not much more than
cover expenses.
II will be seen, then, that the fun
d%amcntal conditions are changed
since last year. We have taken great
care TO observe special information
ON this subject, and all the account,
concur in representing the prospects
~ less favorable than they were n
ycar apo At this time, There is 1.-THE
or no demand for fertilizers, and This
tnct alone will seriously affect the
product, Then again, we cannot
learn from any quarter that ON in
creased urea of land has been been
placed under cultivation. /,
A., f],r,I,o. roeul, ~ ,ho dooI;no !
:, tho n,';co NJ no,,nn wo ioo,m ,iai
almost cycrvwhcrc lcss cottom and /
more corr has been planted this wear
than last. This is particularly tho a
ease in Texas, Mississippi, Iouisi- !
ana and Alabama. The weather, too, Vt
ha, been very unfavorabIc so fnr. n
There has been much rain and cold i
md in many places thc voun" plonts /,
were killed, and had to be planted c
owe aoain or were replaced bv corn, r
On this pointit may be stated that
there is A curious superstition in the !
South that there never have been two !
consecutive wears of rood crops. and tt
the data at hand show that the rule ,
IL only too likely to be illustrated
this wear. ,
The labor market has been scri- ]
ously demoralizcd by the reduction !
in prices. The negroes can scarcely !
be brought to understand why the I
cotton cultivated on shares yields so /
l;ttIo NANCY Tho nIoufcrs also in 4