Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-29
THE CROPS.
Report Of the Cotton Exchange upon
the Growing Crops in Tennessee,
Arkansas, Alabama, and
Mississippi.
Condition OF Labor-IncreRse and De
hcienciea-A Document for the
Merchant md Ghe Planter.

report OF Information, condensed from
letters received by US from the eight
ee8th to the twenty-siXth instant, il
answer % interrOgatOries sent out, dated
sixth instant, from correspondent
throughout 25 counties in Tennessee, q
counties in Mississippi, q counties il
Arkansas, II counties in Alabama, and
. counties in Missouri.
Our information is derived from las
letters, Of average date May 10th land
in which the abOve-named 92 counties
are all representedj-4S from Tennessee,
-46 from Mississippi, 81 from Arkansas,
Is from Alabama, and from southeast
Missouri. The answers We have most
carefully condensed by States, in which
form We give them:
Question How does the acreage OF
cotton, planted iE your county, compare
with planting same date 1873?
Answer-Tennessee % per cent. less; !;
Mississippi, 8 per cent. less; Arkansas,
5 per cent less; Alabama, Is per cent.
less; and Missouri 10 per cent. less.
Question 2-How does the acreage OF
cotton, planted in your county, compare
with 1872?
Auswer-Tennessee, , per cent. less;
Mississippi, 81 per cent. less; Arkansas,
/ Der cent. less; Alabama, q per cent.
less; and Missouri, S per cent. less.
Question 3-Has the Gotten planting
season closed in your county? II not,
what proportion more do you estimate
will be planted?
Answer-Tennessee, per cent; Mis-
sissippi, = per cent; Arkansas, 4 per
cent; Alabsma, y per cent. more.
Question How does the acreage of
corn, wheat, oats and hay, planted in
your county, compare with planting Of
1873?
Answer-Tennessee, III per cent.
more; Mississippi, Is per cent. more;
Alabama, iOS per cent. more; Missouri,
10 per cent. more; Arkansas, 10 per
cent. more.
Question Slow does the acreage Of
con q, wheat, oats and hsy, planted in
you.- county, compare with planting Of
1872?
Ans swer-Tennessee, 7 per cent. more;
Mississippi, II per cent. more; Arkan-
sas. I3I per cent. more; Alabama, 80
par cent. more; Missouri, 25 per cent.
less.
Question 6-Has corn planting been
completed? If not, what proportion ad-
ditiGnal DO You estimate Will still be
planted?
Auswer-Tennessee, s per cent. more;
Mississippi, 10 per cent. more; Arkan-
sas. u usr cent. more; Alabama, per
cent. more; Missouri, TO per cent. more.
Question Has the labor force in your
county increased or decreased? State
which, aud your estimated proportion
81 uce planting IN 1873?
.Answer-Ieuuess see, decreased per
cent; Mississippi, increased I per cent;
Arkansas, increased 3 per cent; Ala
hanna, decreased per cent; Missouri,
same.
Question Slow does the labor force
in yCur county compare with that OF
1872 Numerically, at planting season?
Ans1yer-TeDnessee, no change; Mis-
sissippi, Il per cent. increase; Arkansas,
"a bsr cent. increase; Alabama, ] per
e,,ut. decrease; Missouri, no change.
Question 9-Do field laborers in your
county improve in industry and thrift
ness. or do they retrograde? How do
they compare with past two seasons?
Answer-Tennessee improved l! per
can't; Mississippi improved : per cent;
ArL-ansas improved p per cent; Ala
hama retrograded ! per cent; Missouri
INN roved 8 per cent. We deem 1t due
~ st,,te that nearly all these ansSer are
qualified with the explanation, that,
owing 40 the large withdrawal OF credits
heretofore given, is due any improve
ment in Industry, or in other words tits
work or stlNrve. We have but three re-
sponses that bear evidence 10 thriftiness.
Question lO-HOw does the condition
% working stock, in your county, com
par with that Of 1873, in numbers and
A1syrpr-Teppess,, same number,
10
aippi. per cent. Increased numbers, 10
nor Is falr to well conditioned; Ar
kansss. Is Der cent. increased numbers,
Il moor. Is fair, 8 5 good conditioned;
Alabama, ! per cent. increased num-
bers. $40 poor, 6-1O good conditioned;
Missouri, same number, generally poor
QUESTION ll-Are planting operations,
Ia applied to cotton, as far advanced this
YEA T, to date, as at the average of past
Wo wears? State difference, as near as
possit1le, in days.
AusEer-Tennessee II days later; 1
Mississippi, Is days later; Arkansas, IA 1
days later; Alabama, l6 days later; I
Missouri, Is day later.
Question l2-What proportion Of the |
4 ton crop planted is up? And what
bt condition Of stand?
a uswer-Tennessee, 81 per cent. up,
.bou { Z good, I fair, Z bad stands; Mis-
issip Di, So per cent. up, about ! good,
air bad stands; Arkansas, 81 per
ent ~, about z good, / fair, bad
tan9s. Alabama, So per cent. up, 4
God, .sAir, bad stands.
Question l3-M hat is the condition Of
orn and Otter cereals planted in your
ounty. ~.
orn. about 9lO reported bad, lilo good;
f wheat, about } reported bad, fair,
GOD. of oats. about the same as that of
yheat. Mississippi, condition OF corn,
with hut five exceptions, Is reported
,ad. wheat and oats, aSOut each, are
exported bad, fair, good. Arkansas,
,orn Is reported about I baC, Ialr, Z
suoi: wheat and oats are reported about
fair. g coed. Alabama, corn reported
about l-5 had, 2-5 fair, 2-5 good; wheat
aud oats, about similarly reported.
AGGREGATE.
First-Defciency in acreage cotton
planted, as compared with planting OF
1873, Is reported to be s 1-lO per cent.
Secoud-Deficiency in acreage cotton
ss compared with planting of
ls72. Is reported to be 3 I-I0 per cent.
Third-There was estim ated yet to be
PLANTED Of cotton, after twentieth in
slant, 40 Of the seasons planting.
FouTth-TheTe is sn estimated in
ar ease of corn, planted or to be planted,
1f u $40 per cent, as compared with
1873. i
Fihh-There is an estimated increased
Of 10 4-lO per cent, as
comparet with planting OF 1872.
sixth 1t is estimated that 10 per cent.
,f the complaining would be to con-
.umuste after twentieth instant.
Seventh-Ilabor force has increased
numerically 40 per cent. the past
year.
Fighth-Lsbor force has increased
numerically) l 7-I0 per cent. during .
the past tgo years.
Niuth-I9 comparison with past two .
years Iaborers show improvement in in-
dustry / per cent, bat nothing in thrift
mess.
Te ath-There is a numerical increase 4
In work. qg-stock Of but Clio per cent. 4
Condition On work stock is reported BIO /
poor. 3-IO fair, is good.
leventh-Pianting operations are re-
ported averaging i51 days later than for
past two years. ~