Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-02

to the production of large cotton crops.
They know that Il can be done only at tbs
probable expense of b c~eresls; that If We
make q large crop Of cotton and 4 mall
one of grain, we VIII be compelled to cell
our cotton very low and buy their grain
at c high price. II the crops o. the Two
great sections Of the country can be
brought to market on this principle the
object Of the people OF the North and
West will be attained. They want cheap
cotton. aud can obtain 1t only BE- peo-
pie allowing themselves to be deceived
and to act contrary TO their true interests.
The planters think becsuse the prioe Of
cotton hss ruled high during the past
winter It will probably do so again next
season. In this they may be greatly mis-
taken, for they must bear in mind the
fact that the same high scsle Of prices
thRt influences them 70 increase the acre
sce in cotton this spring will have the
same effect in all the other cottou-prO-
ducing sections OF the world, and there
fore We may have q very large supply OF
the staple next season, which may re-
duce the sversge range of prices below
the cost of cultivation. In addition TO this
loss, the planters may have to buy their
provisions as very high rates. The pros
pect Of large crops for 1872 will depend
not upon the areas planted. but upon the
character of the season. If the season
should be q bad one, and both the cotton
sud grain crops be much injured, the
planters will be in s very unenvtsble po-
Hition. We have now every prospect OF q
most uufsvorsble season for all sgricul-
tural operations. Thus far the spring has
been the most back ward thai we have had
since 1857. Now, on the 10Th Of March, Is
continues cold and wet, and the proba-
bilty is that we viii have much more OF
the same class Of weather before the
steady, natural warmth of spring arrives.
We well recollect that the spring of 1857
was of the same character, III there was
then g heavy fall of snow In the city of
Charleston on the 18th OF March. The
effect was q reduction in the yield Of cot
ton hat year Of about $50, 600 bales below
that Of the preceding year. The lsteness
OF a spring Will not prove dtsadVantegeous
to the crops if it is succeeded by q hot
summer and late fail, but In this instance
it Will probably prove very disastrous, as
the summer will probably be a cool one, |
followed by an early frost. The seeds will
germinate badly on account of the cold
ness Of the ground, and ~replsnting viii be
necessary to q great extent; and sfssr the
plants are out OF the ground they Will
probably be injured and blscksned by the
late csld, and the heat of the coming sum-
mer viii probably not be sufficient to
cOunteract the damaging effects Of the
cold. Many persons will think It impos-
Eibls to calculate upon the general condi.
ton Of the weather several months in ad-
vsnce; but they will be mistaken, for It is
70 a great extent only q calculation Of at
mospkerio forces, founded upon past ex-
perisnce, The summer Of 1872 viii pro-
baby be q cool one, by reason Of the vast
accumulation of les at the North, and
prevslsnce Of northerly winds, and par
ticulsrly by the intensely electrical state
of the atmosphere, ss will be sOOn openly
- -
and tornadOes. The esrly frost,
that we viii probably have next fall, will
probably result from the same electric
condition of q atmosphere, for electric
ity causes cold. TIE late frost Of 1871
(S3d Novembsr) YVES caused by the great
deficiency Of electricity in the atmos-
phere during the fve preceding months.
This deficiency was shown by the fact
that not one single clap Of thunder was
hssrd in this section from the end ofJune
until the middle of November; and also
BY the great prevalence of endemic fevers
over the entire South. Last year the
winds prevailed from the ocean and were
devoid Of electricity; this year they pre-
vail from the North and interior of the
continent, and are fully charged with cleo
In addition to the unfsvorsble
character Of the season upon which our
planters are now entered, those cultiva-
ing lands upon the banks of the Missis.
sippi and other rivers subject to overflow
will soOn have to contend with heavy
and foods. As soon IS the
Of spring has melted the vast
Of snow snd ice that have &C.
,Umulgted In the interior Of the country,
.hese rivers will overflow their banks ard
larry destruction TO all Plantations within
heir reach. We bslieVe, therefore, that
nstnrAl causes beyond their control,
he planters viii labor under great dissd-
7sntsges this year, and it behOovss them
sot with @ more than usual pru.
lence. T. i,