Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-10
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE
CROP REPORT FOR MAY.
NEW ORLEANS, June 4, lS72.
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NEW ORLEANS, June 4, lS2.
To the President and Board OF Directors Of The
New OrleaIs Cotton Exchange:
GENTLENrEN-The Committee on In
formation and Statistics beg leave tC
submit the following statement, en-
bOdying b substance Of the numerous
reports they have received during the
month Of May, in answer TO their inter
~rogatOries regarding the growing crops:
MISSISSIPPI. Averaging the esti-
mates Of our correspondents, We find an
increase of not over 6 per cent. in
amount OF land planted in cotton in this
state, about the same amount Of corr
having been planted as last year. The
spring has been more favorable in some
sections, much more 50 in Others, less so
in Others, and much less 50 in Others
than was the same portion Of last year.
We have many complaints Of excessive
drouth retarding the coming up of crops,
etc. A very small amount Of fertilizers
Is used. Generally, little il any change
Is reported in supply Of labor,
LOUIsIANA--The increase in the
number Of acres planted in cotton is
slight, the average not exceeding 5 per
cent. Amount of land put in corn about
the same; in some places an increase. in
oAAANAoZ4 AlLAEAACE - lENgLEt0s Willie al
some parishes no change from last year
has taken place. Amount oflabOr same
As last year. Fertilizers are but little
used in this State. According TO some
of our correspondents the spring has
been more favorable, and according To
Others less favorable than last season,
the former being more Numerous than
the latter. From some we get COM
plants Of drOuth, which has caused a
considerable portion Ofthe cotton in their
parishes TO be late in coming up.
TEXAs.-The average of the numerous
reports we have from our correspondents
indicate fully Is per cent. increase in the
acreage of cotton this compared with
last year, with about the same or a
slight increase in corn. Our reports
state that the use of fertilizers is very
limited The spring is very generally
reported as more favorable than last
year. The supply Of labor is slightly in
creased.
ARKANsAs.-In this State the acre
age in cotton has increased about - per
cent, but that in corn has decreased to
"a somewhat less extent than that per-
centage, taking the average Of the esti-
mates received by US. Fertilizers are
scarcely used at all. The spring is va
riously stated to have been "much
more, - Z" mOre,n ~"less," and "cOnsid-
erably less" favorable than last year,
and in some OF our letters as "abOut the
same.n The supply Of labor has under
gone little change, the increase in some
sections compromising for the falling off
in Others.
TENNEssEE.-In this State our cor
respondents report an average increase
of Is per cent. in land planted in cotton
and a diminutiOn Of the area put in
corn. No fertilizers, or but little, are
used in the cotton growing counties.
Statements concerning the spring vary;
in some counties describing il ss more,
and in others as less favorable than last
year, there being quite as many accounts
OF the former character as of the latter
All our correspondence taken together
indicates a small increase Of labor.
ALABAMA--ln this state, according
10 average Of the estimates sent TO US,
there has been an increase Of 10 TO -
per cent. in the amount of land PLANTED
in cotton, and a decrease in that devoted
10 corn. With few exceptions, u cor
respondents speak Of the spring as hay
ing been more, and some assert that il
has been much more favorable than last
year.. The use of fertilizers has largely
increased in a few counties, but is said to
have decreased in others. Little change
is noticed in the amount of available
labor.
NORTH CAROLINA-We have to re-
port in this State an increased acreage
in cotton of twenty-five per cent. with
about the same acreage in corn as last
season. The use Of fertilizers has also
largely increased in this, though some
counties report a decrease. The spring
as compared with last year, is said 20
have been less favorable, owing to
drouth. Labor is reported to be ON the
decrease.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Our reports from
this State show an increased acreage in
cotton Of about seven and q half per
cent. with a small increase in corn,
most reports stating the same amount
of land in corn as last year. The use Of
fertilizers is, with a few exceptions, re-
ported as largely increased, while the
spring, as compared with last year, is
said to have been less favorable. Labor
is reported to be somewhat decreased.
GEORGIA.-Aver3ge of estimates put
the increase in land planted in cotton at
about ten per cent. A little less corn,
on the whole has been planted than last
wear, in some counties more land haV-
ing been devoted TO it. From some
counties we learn that the spring has
been more favorable than the proceed
ing one, but from many Others we get
complaints of excessive drOuEh, and our
correspondents in these latter speak Of