Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-20


To the President and Directors of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange:
GENTLEAlEN-We beg to submit the
following report of information, con-
densed from letters received by us, dating
from May 23d to June 7th, in answer to
our interrogatories sent out during the
month of May:
MISSISSIPPI
| Eighty-five answers received from
fifty-twO counties; thirty-six counties
report increased acreage, ranging from
five TO twenty-five per cent. Thirteen
counties report increase in area planted,
without stating percentage over last
year, five counties report same acreage,
and from only one, Wayne county, dc
we have report of decrease. Gener-
al average acreage for the State is eight
per cent. increase. The use of fertilizers
Is reported as very limited. Labor gen.
orally stated to be the same, and is con-
sidered efficient. The weather is 500
to have been less favorable than same
period last year. Too frequent and too
heavy rains, with cold spring, have re-
tarded planting, and most of our CORE
spondents report the crop as later than
last year, though they do not state how
much so. Others vary from a few
/ days" in the southern, and to one
month"; in the northern portion of the
State-averaging about fifteen days
later for the whole State. The condition
and stands of the crop are pretty gen.
orally represented as good, though the
/ plant is small and " in the grass
LOUISIANA.
Fitty-One reports received from thirty
| four parishes; same acreage as last year
reported in seventeen parishes. An in
crease in fourteen, varying from five to
| twenty per cent, while from three we
| have reports of decreased acreage. The
general average of increase in the State
is two and one-hslf per cent. Little or
no fertilizers used; labor very good. The
weather reports vary-twenty letters re-
porting favorably, while thirty-one COM
plain of rain and cold. Stands of cotton
| are represented as full average, though
many complain Of the grass. Crop said
to be later by about two weeks than that
of last year.
TEXAS.
Fifty letters. Forty counties heard
| from. Seven counties report same acre
/ age. In thirty-one the Increase is va
riously estimated from three to three
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increase in the State is fully twenty-five
per cent. The labor has increased in
numbers and efficiency. The character
/ of the weather has been unfavorable,
/ heavy rains with cold spring. Stands
| of cotton almost uniformly represented
as good, while the general tone of our
| correspondence indicates fair condition
of the crop, though there are many COM
/ plants Of grass. No fertilizers used in
this State. Crop twenty-five days later.
ARKANSAS.
Fifty-three reports from thirty-five
counties, eighteen of which report same
area Of cotton; from the remaining sew
enteen the increase is variously estimat-
| ed at from five to one hundred per cent.
| (the latter from Searcy county only,
the general average of the increase in
the State being five per cent. Labor is
| more plentiful, and no complaint is
made of its inefficiency. The weather
has been less favorable than last wear,
rain and cold spring causing the crop
to be late by fifteen DAYS, though the
average stand seems to have been OBJ
/ tanned. Twenty-six reports complain OF
the "grass and weeds;" the balance rep
resent the condition as being promising.
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TENNESSEE.
Thirty-five answers received from
| twenty-six counties. Seven counties say
same area in cotton. From eighteen
the increase ranges from five to forty
| five per cent. General average of in
creased acreage for the State, ten pei
cent. Little or no fertilizers used. La
Dor represented as good, rather more nu-
merous and efficient. Weather nearly
uniformly stated as unfavorable, heavy
and too frequent rains. An average
stand has, however, been obtained.
| One-third of the reports represent the
condition as bad, the other tWo-thirds as
good. The complaints are principally
of the grass.
ALABAMA.
Thirty-three answers received from
| thirty-one counties. OF these only one
county report a decrease in acreage, and
thirteen report the acreage as same as
last year. Seventeen report an increase
varying from five to thirty-three per
| cent. The general average ofthe thirty
| one counties heard from shows an in-
crease of seven per cent. The use OF
fertilizers is largely increased, and the
| labor is reported as quite sufficient. The
weather reports are less favorable, oW-
| ing to excessive rains. Nineteen coun-
ties represent the stand as generally
good, whilst we have complaints of poor
stands from twelve counties. The crop
is reported as fifteen days later than last
season, and the condition as an average
only eighteen counties reporting favor
ably and thirteen unfavOrably.)
NORTH CAROLINA.
Seventy-nine letters received from
fifty-fve counties. OF these thirty-five
report an increase in acreage varying
from five to ten per cent. Seven report
increase without stating percentage, and
ten report same area planted as last year,
while from three counties we have to re-
port a decrease ranging from ten to
thirty-three per cent. The average OF
increase Of the fifty-five counties heard
from is fully twenty-five per cent. over
last year. The use of fertilizers has
largely increased in this State, but labor
is not reported as being quite as plenty
as last year. The weather has been less
favorable than last year. The crop is
represented as being from fifteen to
twenty days later; an average stand has
been secured. Condition represented as
unfavOrabble, the plant being very much
in the grass. Cause: ''Too wet and too
cold"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Twenty-Five counties send in thirty
four letters. Only one county Chester
reports decrease in area planted in cot
ton. From six counties we have reports
of same acreage, and from seventeen in
crease estimated variously at from five
to fifty per cent. Average increase in
the State is ten per cent. The use of
fertilizers is largely increased. An av-
erage stand mas been obtained. The
weather has been quite unfavorable.
Bitter complaints made of too much
rain. Only two reports state the condi-
ton as favorable, All the rest state that
the crops are badly in the grass, and that
unless fair weather sets in soon, grave
results will follow. Labor in this State
is much discouraged on account of the
condition of the crop and wet weather.
Crops generally represented as three
weeks later than last season.
GEORGIA.
One hundred communications reOeiv-
ed FROM yenty-nine counties. OF them
only three report a decrease Of ACREAGE,