New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-07
Crop Report.

The following crop report from the Texas
department Of the National Cotton Ex-
change was posted to-day on the bulletin
board of the Cotton Exchange:
GALVESTON, September &c, 1874.
Mr. Harrison Watts, Chairman Committee on In.
oImation and statistics. New Orleans Cotton
Exchange:
SIR-The committee on information and
statistics Of the Galveston Cotton Ex
change respectfully submit their report on
the condition Of the crop in the district as
signed by the National Cotton Exchange.
We sent out the following questions to our
usual number of correspondents. viz:
| First queatiOn-What has been the char
acter of the weather in your county since
| August 2Us
Second question-What effect has it had
upon the cotton plant!
Third questiOn-What damage, if any,
has been sustained from the caterpillars
! or other causes to cotton in your county!
Fourth QuestiOn-ls there any serious ap-
prehension that they will do any damage
this season!
Fifth auestion-With frost at the usual
time, will the yield be the same, greater or
, less than last year in your county,
Sixth guestiOn-When did picking gener-
! orally commence with yOul
Seventh QuestiOn-State any material
facts in relation to picking, yield, or any
! other points not covered by the foregoing
questions!
We have received ninety nine replies from
forty. nine counties. embracing the period
between the twentieth of August ana the
| twentieth Of September, to wit:
Answer to first question-FOrty-six coun-
| ties report the weather very dry and hot up
| to first to fifth September, about which time
! heavy rains set in, and have continued with
only occasional interMissiOn up to date of
| our latest reports. Three counties in the
| extreme northern portion Of the State re-
! port the weather still! dry, with emily Occa
sional very light showers of rain.
| Answer to second queslion-FOrty-t three
being decidedly injurious to the plant,
beating out much of the lint. and causing
the seeds to sprout in the boil, thereby Sc
, riOusly impairing the quality and condition
, Of the cotton. 1t has also brought out the
worms in full force in most of those coun
ties subject to ite ravages, and in nearly
every instance where q second growth"
has put forth the worms have destroyed it.
To sum up, the continued heavy rains in
September have seriously injured the crop
by beating ont much Of the lint from the
open bOlls, by impairiDg the quality and
condition of the staple, and, in many places,
by putting an entire stop to picking Six
counties report the effect of the weather
beneficial, in that it has started = new
growth, from which some cotton may be
made, if not cut off by worms or early frost.
Answer to third OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
counties report more or less injury from the
caterpillars, while in twenfy-eight counties
they have not made their appearance. All
of the forty. nine counties heard from report
serious and irreparable injury to the plant
from drought up to the first OF September.
Answer to fourth questiOn-In most of
the twenty-five counties where the worm
has made its appearance it has already
done all the injury possible consequently
but little further damage is apprehended
ON this source.
Answer to fifth question-Out of the
fOrty-Dine counties heard from only eight
last year, while forty one report the yield
from one fourth to ee-tourths less than
last year, or an average of about one-half
the yield of 1873. The eight counties re-
porting a larger yield than last year are
making about half bale to the acre. Last
year the crop in these counties vas almost
an entire failure.
Answer to sixth 1uestion-Our reports
show that picking became general this year,
as follows: In fourteen counties between
the first and fifteenth Of August; in eight
cen counties, between the fifteenth of
August and the iirst of September, and in
seventeen counties between the first and
fifteenth of September.
Answer to seventh guestion-During the
past two weeks picking has been very gene
rally suspended. in consequence Of the
continued heavy rains, and much of the
cotton already picked out and piled up in
the fields. has been materially injured in
quality. The general tenor OF our reports
to this interrogatOry indicates a yield in
the counties heard from not exceeding tw D.
thirds that of last year. and. if our cores.
pondents are not grossly deceived in their
judgment of the situation, the aggrega o
crops of Texas for lS74-75 will fall short of
last seasons fully tween y per cent.
j. ID. BRAMAN.
Acting Chairman:
!. $ GRINNAN.