Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-18
COTTON.
Report from the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange for the Month
of August.
A Generally Favorable Report
from All the Cotton States
A Good Crop.
The Agricultural Bureaus Report
Thorough Endorsement Of
the Cotton Exchange.

NEW ORLEANS, September 1.-THE
cotton exchange committee on forma-
tiOn and statistics, under date Of the If
teenth, make the following report, con-
densed from letters received from August
3lst TO September 18th, in answer to our
interrogatories sent out during the month
Of August:
MISSISSIPPI.
Fifty-four answers from thirty-nine
counties. Reports are very conflicting in
regard to the weather, some complaining
of too much and some Of too little rain.
Caterpillars and boilworms have nearly
everywhere appeared, and while they
have done little damage on some plaHta-
tions, have on others cut short the pros
poets very considerably. Great fear is
expressed that the tOp-crop will be en-
tirely lost, especially where the plant is
backward. Complaints Of rot and rust
are likewise serious, and viii materially
decrease results in many counties, while
in Others no damage from these sources
is reported. Picking commenced Sep
tember LIST, but will not be general before
the middle Of the month. Our answers
lead US to believe that under the most
favorable circumstances, late frost, ETC.,
the yield would hardly compare with
last year, and that with unreasonable
weather and further depredations from
worms, the result will be materially cur
tailed 40
LOUISIANA.
From twenty-five parishes we re-
ceived thirty answers. Thirteen report
too much rain and nine dry and more
favorable weather. The caterpillar
which are reported in great numbers
throughout the State have already done
considerable damage and still continue
their devastations. Rot and rust have
also injured the crops to some extent,
especially those parishes reporting rainy
weather. Picking has generally COM
menced. Only one parish, that of
Union, reports greater yield than last
year while the balance shorter crop.
TEXAS.
Fifty letters were received from forty
eight counties. The general character
of the weather is favorable since last re-
port, most complaints coming from
counties bordering the gulf. We have
much complaint Of damage by the army
and boil worms. But little damage
from rot or rust. Picking is reported
fully three weeks later than last year,
and is not expected to begin generally
before September 18th. With frost at
usual time, the yield will probably be
as great or greater than last season.
ARKANSAS
From nineteen counties twenty-nine
answers. The weather has been dry
and warm, and caused the crop to ma
ture rapidly, though some few COM
plants are made in the uplands that dry
weather caused shedding. Very little
or no damage done by worms, rust or
rot. Picking generally commenced be-
tween the fifteenth and twentieth in
stant. Six counties report an average
increase over last years crop Of eleven
per cent; five counties report the same
yield, and eight counties report an aver
age decrease of ten per cent, making
the general average about the same as
last year.
TENNESSEE.
Thirty-one letters received; favorable
effect on the plant, though local rains,
cold and cloudy days also increased the
number of caterpillars and bollworms in
a majority Of counties, and many re-
ports complain Of great damage from
these sources now. Complaints of rot
from this State, and but little damage
from rust reported. Picking was already
progressing rapidly in q number of
counties, but viii not be general before
the fifteenth instant, and in some cases
before the first of October. In compari-
son with the bad prospects at this time
last season, the majority Of our corre-
spon1ents seem inclined to think favOra-
bly, of the yield, although our reports
are rather conflicting.
NORTH CAROLINA.
We have fifty-tWO letters from forty
counties. All hut three complain Of
excessive rains causing the plant TO shed.
The weather in this State is generally
warm and dry, and its effects are
represented as rather favorable. Meth
er worms nor rot nor rust are complained
Of the only cause OF dissatisfaction be-
ing the shedding of young bolls and
forms, reducing the prospects for a top
crop. Picking has commenced and
will be general about the twentieth in
slant. The yield will be about equal to
last yearl with frost at the usual time.
ALABAMA.
We received twenty-eight answers
from tWenty-six counties. The weather
since August fifteenth, with few excep-
tions, seems to have been bsd. There
is no complainto of worms, but consider
able complaint of damage from rot and
rust. Picking will be general about
September 25th. With frost at the usual
time the yield will be somewhat less
than last year.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Seventeen counties send in twenty
one letters. The weather since our last
report has been exceedingly wet, and
complaints are universal that shedding
and rusts have materially injured the
plant. Worms are also reported in most
of the counties heard from, but without
doing much serious injury so far. Pick
ing has generally begun, and will soon
be under full headway. At the date we
write, the probable yield per acre, COM
pared with that of last season, with frost
occurring at the usual time, is variously
estimated, but the majority Of opinions
indicate q material reduction on last
years figures.
GEORGIA.
Eighty letters from sixty-one counties
have been received. The weather has
been peculiar in this State. Some sec
tions complain Of drouth, which stopped
the growth of the plant, and caused 8
4 premature opening Of the hollis, while in
other districts excessive rains, promot-
/ ing the growth of weeds, and causing
the young bolls to fall off, favoring Al
! the same time the increase and ravages
| the worm. The rust seems also to have
been quite general, but no alarming re-
suits have followed Picking has com.
menced everywhere, and must be pro
j crossing rapidly now. The prospects
| for full yield are net as fiattering as
they were a month ago, and with frosi
at an unusual time, the product per aers
must fall somewhat below last season.
FLORIDA.
| Reports from only three counties have
been received. The army and boil
worm, as well as rHst and rot, have done
some damage. Picking has generally
commenced, and with favorable wealth
e. the yield is likely to exceed that o
/ last season..
TIE pEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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