New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-17
Crop Reports.

! Crop Reports.
/ We are indebted to Mr.. Kerr, the assist.
ant superintendent of the Cotton Exchange,
for the following report of the committee
on information and statistics, compiled up
to the twelfth instant:
MISSISSIPPI.
Sixty.two reports received from fortv-five
counties The condition Of the crop is not
| as favorable as could be desired, the major.
! ity Of the reports complaining of grass. Ow.
| ing to too much rain. the weather not hav.
ing been as favorable as last year. A Dor.
ton OF the land planted had to be aban.
doned, but how much we can not saw as
only few reports state percentage. The
| labor continuing to be very satisfactory, a
good stand has been secured. The answers
to our inquiries about caterpillars lead us
to believe that but few have been seen.
LOUISIANA.
Fifty reports received from thirtv-eight
parishes. The condition and prospects for
full yield are not fiattering, the majority
OF the reports complaining Of grass. the
weather having been rainy and much less
favorable than last season. though a change
for the better is noticeable in our latest re.
ports. 4 portion Of the lands planted had
to be abandoned, but we cannot saw ex.
actly how much. owing to insufficient data.
Tie labor is generally good. and an average
stand has been secured. No reports Of
WORMS Il any number.
TEXAS.
Thiity.e,ght reports from thirte-four
counties. The weather is reported as hav.
ing been less favorable than last year. ex.
cess:ve rains having promoted the growth
OF weeds and caused :he abandonment of
portion Of the land planted. Our reports
do not furnish us sufficient data to enable
us to state actual percentage, though we
may say i. is not inconsiderabls. Labor
continues 20 give very good satisfaction.
ana the stands are very generally reported
as good, though the condition is only an
average one. owing to grass. Worms re.
ported in only three counties. and in limit.
cd numbers.
ARKANSAS. |
Forty answers received from twenty.
seven counties The condition of the crop
III this State is an average one, nOtwith. |
the prevalence of grass, caused by |
weather. Laborers continue |
to work well and the stands are reported |
as generally good and promising; to secure |
1he balance OF the crop small portion of |
the lands planted had to be abandoned, |
No reports vi worms from this State.
TENNESSEE.
We have thirty-fo reports: twentv.six
counties heard from. Weather generally |
ess favorable. Some lands thrown out:
not stated. Stands nearly unan.
mously represented as good. Laborers
working well. No worms. Prospects and
OF crop unfavOrable.
ALABAMA.
Th.:sy-three letters received from thirty
counties. Weather generally spoken Of as
ess favorable than last year. Some land
las been abandoned tthe exact percentage
II which we can not give,, principal reason
'ented as up to a fair average. owing to the
rood condition of labor. and the plant,
hoUsh no: yet entirely out of the grass, is
eported in our latest cOmmunica ations as
improving. The appearance of the cater.
'iilar IS reported in Barbour. Henry, Perry,
Nwndes and Macon counties.
NORTH CAROLINA.
We have received sixty-ninc answers
rom t.ty,two counties in this State. The
ondltion OF the crop is very generally re-
'orted as good. the stand being up to full
yerage, owing to the prevalence of fair
Weather and to the efficiency of labor Very |
title land has been abandoned, and only in !
few counties less favored by the weather.
!" worms reported in this State.
SOUTH CAROLINA. |,
Twen:y-three counties send in thirty
lree letters. Weather reported as less
avora BILE than last year and some portions
f the lands had to be abandoned. There p
no complaint about labor and the stands
re generally represented as good. The
eneral prospect, however, is not as flatter- I
lg as cotton is late and not yet tree from
'eeas. No worms reported.
GEORGIA.
Eighty eight answers received from sixty
Inc counties. The majority of our cores d
ondents report the weather as much less 9
avorable this than last year. generally ,,
omplaining OF. too much rain. However,
1r reports OF latest dates seem to show an il
Improvement in that respect. The opinion
general that some lands we're abandoned !
account Of wet weather and grass, but
le reports are not precise enough to t;
liable rs to form an estimate of the ouan-
ty abandoned, which, however, does mot i
em to amount to much. The stand ia re. y y
'rted as fully up to an average, the ma
rity of our letters representing it az N
!ood,' and even "very gsod." Laborers, ~
ith very few exceptions, continue to work =, y
well as could be desired. Only four s