The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-27
Condition of she Cotton Crop

Condition OF the Cotton Crop
The appended letter, written by the
Committee on Information and Stats
tics, to the Board of Directors of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, is full
of valuable information:
Genuen,en:-W beg leave to submit
the following report of information, con-
densed from letters received by us, dat
ing from May the 23rd to June 18th, in
answer to our heterogeneous sent out
during the month of May.
MISSISSIPPI.
Eighty-fiVe answers received from fif-
ty-two counties; thirty-six counties res
port increased acreage, ranging from
to % per cent. Thirteen counties report
| increase in area planted, without stating
percentage, oyer last year, five counties
report same acreage, and from only one
do we have report of decrease.
General average acreage for the State
| is eight per cent. increase.
LOUISIANA.
! Fifty-one reports received from thirty
! four Parishes; same acreage as last year
! reported in seventeen. An increrse in
fourteen varying from to 20 per cent.
| while from three we haYe reports of de-
creased acreage. the general average of
| increase in the State is two and one-hdlt
| per cent. Little or no fertilizers used;
| labor very good. The weather rhports
vary-twenty letters speak favorably,
while thirty one complain of rain and
| cold. Stands of cotton are represented
as full average, though many com
| plain of the grass. Crop said to be two
weeks later than last year.
| TEXAS.
Fifty letters. Forty counties heard
| from. Seven counties report same acre
age. In thirty--one the increase is vari-
ously estimated from 8 to 500 per cent.
| The average increase in the State is fully
25 per cent. The labor has increased in
number and efficiency. Stand of cotton
\ almost universally represented as good,
while the general tone ofour correspon-
| dence indicates a fair condition of the
crop, though there are many complaints
of grass. No Fertilizers used in this
State. Crop 25 days later.
| ARKANSAS.
Fifty-three reports form thirty-fiYe
| Counties eighteen of which report
| same area in Cotton from the remain
| ing seventeen the increase is vari-
ously estimated at from to 100 per
| cent, (the latter from Searcy County
| only) the general average of the increase
in the State being 5 per cent. Labor is
more plentiful and no complaint is
made of its inefficiency. The weather
has been less favorable than last year,
rain and cold spring, causing the crop
to be late by Is days, though an average
stand seems to have been obtained.
Twenty-siX reports complain of the
grass and weeds" the balance repre-
sent the condition as being promising.
No fertilizers used in this State.
TENNESSEE.
Thirty-five answers received from %
| counties. Seven counties say same area
in cotton. From eighteen the increase
ranges from to As per cent. General
average of increased acreage for the
State 10 per cent. Little or no fertilizers
used. Labor represented as good,
rather more numerous and efficient.
Weather nearly uniformly stated as I'M
favorable, heavy and too frequent rains.
An average stand has, however, been
obtained. One-third OF the reports rep
resent the condition as bad, the other
twO-thirds, as good. The complaints
arc principally of the grass.