Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-17
Third Crop Report from the Com
mittee on Statistics of the
New Orleans Cotton
Exchange.
Statements from All the Cotton
States-The Yield Promises
TO be as Large as Last
Year.
A Very Full and Interesting Re
port Showing the Acreage,
Average Yield, and
Present Condition
of the Crop.

Of the Crop.
New ORLEANS, August I6.-The cot
| ton exchange committee on statistics
and information, submit the following
report, condensed from letters received
| by them from July 3lst to Angus;
| 10th, in answer to interrogatiOns Eeni
out during the month of July:
MISSISSIPPI.
Sixty answers received from forty-tWC
counties, the weather is represented as
having been less favorable than last year
excessive rains causing the abandon.
ment of portion of the lands planted
The plant, however, is almost unanim.
ously reported well-formed and holled
and though many of our correspondent
report the appearance of cateTpillars
only few speak of the damages actU
ally sustained. Our reports are not pre-.
else enough to enable us to form 6
definite estimate of the area under cult
vation compared with last season
though the majority of answers IeaC
represent the same to be fully as largt
| if not larger than last year. The condi
ton of the crop in this State, about thc
average pickings, is fully two week:
later than last season, commencing
about the tenth of September.
LOUISIANA.
Fifty letters have been received from
thirty parishes. The majority of our re.
| ports complain of excessive rains, and
| represent the weather as having beer
less favorable than last year. The plant
is generally represented as being vel
formed, though we have some
| complaints of shedding. Worms are
reported, but have done little or no dam.
| age. The area under culture is estimat-
ed to be about equal 10 that of last year
Most Of the correspondents give Sep
| tember 1st as the time that packing vii
probably commence, or say two weeks
later than last year. The general con-
dition of the crop is represented as being
good.
TEXAS.
Fifty-one letters from forty-two coun.
ties. Most of our correspondents com.
plain of too much rain, though the
| season will compare favorably with thai
of last year. The great majority repre-
sent the plant well formed and boiled
But few counties only report damage
from army worms, though their appear
ance is generally spoken of through the
State. The area under cultivation a
| this date shows a marked increase Ovel
| last year. The condition is represented
as good, though backward, and picking
will not begin until the first of Septem.
| Der, say ABOUT three weeks later thar
last year.
ARKANSAS.
FOrty-nine letters from thirty-thret
counties. The weather reported dry
and rather more favorable than las
year. The plant, though small, is vel
| formed and boiled, and the same ares
under cultivation as last year. Picking
will not be general before the twelfth O
| September. The condition is a fail
average one, and no report of worms.
TENNESSEE.
We have thirty-five reports from
| twenty-five counties. Most of then
are favorable in regard to the weather al
compared with last year, and represent
the plant to be well formed and boiled
/ The number of acres under cultivation
shows marked increase over last year
| No worms are reported, except in one
county. The condition of the crop i
| decidedly promising. Picking vii
| commence about the middle of Septem
Der.
| ALABAMA.
We have thirty-two letters from thirty
counties. Most of our correspondent!
represent the weather as having .beeI
propitious, and rather more favorable
| than last season. The plant is unani
mously represented as fruitiDg remark
ably well. The appearance of the worn
| is reported in seventeen counties, bu
no damage has been done thus far ex
cept in one county (Marengo). Tht
number of acres under cultivation i:
about equal, or possibly a little larger
than last year. Picking will be genera
in the State by the beginning of Sep
tember-say about a week later than
| last year. The indications are gener.
ally represented as good and promising
| NORTH CAROLINA.
Sixty-one letters were read from forty.
| five counties. The weather has beer
more propitious than last year; in fact
all that could be desired; and the plant
is represented ssweIl formed and boiled
no report of worms. The area updel
culture is larger than last year. The
condition is unanimously reported a:
promising. Picking will not be genera
before September l4th against Septem
Der 1st last year.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
| Twenty-Five counties send in thirty
| two reports. The weather has been gen
orally seasonable, as much so as las
yesr, causing the plant to grow finely
and to boil well. The acreage show
| some increase over last season. Neithe
boil nor armyworm is reported in any
instance. The picking will probably
commence in the early part of Septem
bsr. The general condition is very
good.
GEORGIA.
| Ninety-seven letters have been re
ceived from seyenty-eightc counties. Th,
weather has been generally favorable TO
the growth of the plant, and the i'm
/ provement noticed in our last report hal
been continued, allowing the planters
to some extent, to regain the delay eX
perienced in the spring. The season
reported as comparing favorably witt
the last, with very few exceptions. Tn
plant, though small, is represented a
| fruiting remarkably well. The army
worm has made its appearance in seven
teen counties, but only in limited force
and no damage has been caused. Th
area under cultivation exceeds that c
last year. The general condition of th
crop is reported as being flattering; ont
seven letters complain, while all th
others represent it as good, very good
and excellent. The picking viii be gen
eral by September 1st, against Au gus
25th of last year.
FLORIDA.
From this State We have received bu
three answers TO our inquiries, com
planning of partial rains, though report
ing the plant well formed and boiled
and the condition of the crop equal I
last year. Caterpillars made their ap
pearance throughout this State, without
] however, causing serious damage. i
regard to the acreage views differ, iron
no increase, compared with last season
to four or five per cent. more. Pickin
i will commence the same as last yeaI
from the fifteenth to the twentieth @
August.
DIR. J. Ray, physician Of Henderson
Kentucky, has brought suit for thirt,
thousand dollars against w. ]. Moss 70
attempting to injure his practice.
Lieutenant Babcock, of the fifth cav
airy. reports to General Sherman iron
(xanaD AnaQha AFiZOna that On tho six