The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-17
COTTON CROP PROSPECTS.
NEW ORLEANS. August 10, /

NEW ORLEANS August 10, 1910
The Cotton Exchange Committee on Statistics
and Information submit the following report con-
densed from letters received by them nom July
81 to August 10, in answer to interrogations sent
out during the month Of July
MISSISSIPPI.
Sixty answers received from fortytwo counties.
The weather represented having bssn less favor bic
Of p9rn S ss sHds the Wei o
pa1 only rev sSeaA e Damages
oS, are not PRECISE s
euvat s COMPARED with last season though
ory OF the received e same e 20 Se
% a as hssa
Commencing CONNER ,s about the ION q September
Fifty letters were received from thirty parishes The
majority reports complain OF excessive rains and
en st year Tne plant IS seers
Te Su haze Sey nave aoPPs int,
or no damage The under culture is estimated to be
give sspsSsr lie time i6at pssng WIN bTobaIS9y
Condition Of the crop as being good
Fyone letters were received from forty-two counties
though the season will compare iavoraby with last year
ah nS S s5le maS sw damage
m 3 Saf Gw s g"od though and
picking will not begin until September l. say three weeks
Twenty nine letters were received rom thirty tnree
h sa paH
ss ear Picking will not be general sepe%
Der 70 The condition is tar average one There Is no
TENNESSEE.
Thirty five reports have been received from twenty five
counties The majority OF the reports are favorable in
REGARD to the weather a. compared with last year. and
areas under cultivation show marked increase over
COUNTY The condition Of the CROP is decidedly prons
ing The picking win commence about tire middle OF
o c n s
having been propious and rather more favorable than
rutng rkably Wen By sppearanSe me army worm
9s nInG Pas 6e ee
under cultivation 6 about equal possibly little
STATE BY the 6egihning Of sepfem6er about week
sented as good alsi fin' promising
NORTH CAROLINA.
ties wsatSer has Ssca HropsSs man a;t
port Of The area under culture is larger than
Der L. against September last Year.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Twenty-Five counties send in thrtytwo reports The
sa nse e to o% s a so to
b5ii Well The average shows some Increase over last
ess be
the early part Of September The general condition is
GEORGIA.
Ninetv-seven letters have been received from seventy
eight counties The weather has been generally favor
able for the growth Of the plant and the Improvement
noticed in last report has been continued,
allowing planters. to some extent to regain
the delay experienced In the Spring The
with very few exceptions The plant though small, Is
represented fruitfne remarkably WELL The army
worm has made Its appearance In seventeen Counties
e%s say "a,
The general condition OF the crop is reported as being
hattering. Only OF the letters show complaint
while al the others represent the crop good, very
good and excellent The picking will be general by
September l. against August Is last year.
FLORIDA.
From this State have received but three
inquiries They complain of perpetual rains though
reporting the plant well formed and boiled and the
Gion OF the crop equal last years. Caterpars
their appearance throughout this state without now.
differ from no increase, compared with last season. to
four and Ave per cent more. Picking will commence
time last year, from the 18th to the Goth Au
gust