, 1875-12-14

Han,s M last ynar. Picking niIt DO finished
nb"l Tho mtle Of Drssntor. l'nsil it |, do.
s 70 e.ts.'s s .'p ,s sFsP yo H Il 'S vros.s
will fall hcfow that OF taht rear ah,nt i
| per cent. The understandable vc..her ni tho
| raat st'rso "enss delayed tho maturing IT Tho
E'aen soe Of tle tSr cto hsnv
wll DO rsalizoa from this Iats cop Complaint
Ia quite general that ti,oro Is les. lint this year
4. compared With last year to A elran quantity
! Ok AGcdsc0tt0n.
Frum lilo Nashville Department, Tennessee,
No hare tWontv.two replies, from different
roints,-ei1 report mora favurablo woatsaor for
gathering tha croi, than ia November last yenr,
tisa report tue wostaor the ssrno, and Q even ro-
] pois css favorable. Eight correspondents ro-
! rort thtee'fonrtha of tho crop gathered. fifteen
report sovon.ctREttn, II il eouortllv oski-
mated that Tho balance OF tho crop VII!
picked BY tho l0tl, of December. nino corre-
Hnondonss fop"ft that tho yiod will DO from to
rcr cont to IS pcr cent less than tast yesr, flre
correspondents mako 1t 80 pee cent leee, aud r7
regard thu decrease ia tho yield az 10 per cent.
There is much speculation ielat,vo TO tbo caueea
Of tho faillIo ~ 41e orop. Tho fitness Of tIlo
summer CAUSED tlo plast to grow too lusuriant-
Is, tho frost catching it in n,nsurel stats, a1i
chilly Weather preventing tho bolas from open.
lug, and heavy rains iu November preyunt-t it
from ireuin8. but muall Of it from tho stslks
and tethrtod plcSog. TWoor tlree correspond
ents suggest that Tho faiuro il oniuk ip no
s1nall lnarec to tho lablt Of planters puatponing
{ theif planting in many iurtancea q month later
| than IN snto-bollum timeH. The planters ot
Middle Tonuunsse-at least those in tho nnrth.
| crn lArt-appusr TO ho greatly discouraged by
| tue results Of thin and last ypar'a sanevp,
From, Alabama NO have received twsnty-fonr
Icpllos from different points III Tho ftato. Thrao
correspondents report the Weather In November
ior gathering tho crops tho sa,l>e Rs last year.
Trcnty-one report 1t far loss favorable, owing to
continuous rainA. Three correspondents rapust
two.th!fds OF tue cfop Is r!ckod. EiYllteon TO-
| thrnas In rioL NJ F,.,,r
gathered IN their rospoosiye Gonnt %. It III gen.
orally represented that the cotton will all ba
nickFd BY tho 18th to the Goth Of Docsmber.
Tho average Of twehty-four roI orts shown that
year., 1bo reasona asvon fur lilo failure IT tho
crop III TcnheHaee mty 70 generally npplted to
tho portion Of Alabama assigned " thlB depart
mont.
From tho Memphis Department Of West Ton-
ncssco wo havo twenty-five respunses. Ono re.
| ro'tB luure favorable weathor than during tho
month OF Novon1er, 1874, or about tho satuo,
and twonty.tAfao report very unfnvorablc, c,-loss
favorable than IN NovsmbeF 1871 attended viii.
Seventy ter cont Of Tho crop has Doen n.ckotl.
Ten report tho lIiokluR vii dIoso III December,
ofeven tn January anil four In February.
Average daso ID Jan. Z. Tho yield Ia ostlmatod
ss6ef rar cent greater than 1H7l. ydrs great
lons has rosutod from early froeta. Tho hot
Westher has rovontol frosted cotton from ooen-
lng anu caused 1t moss1V to rot Oil tho stalk.
Very gscst loss has rosutol from tho beating
ranB md wlnJa, and Eoriois doubts aro OK
pressed "a to tho aaving Of airy material part OF
tis no~ outstanding crop. owing to continuous
rains.
The District OF North Tennessee sends ttirty-
QUO RESPONSES. One reports mara favorable
weather than during Noveubor. t57I, t!lrre about
| tho samo' aud twentS-sevon verv unfayorable, -
Ieas favorable than in 1a74.-attnu1ch with worry
dtma9ing raias Nino report heavy wind.ntorms
20 per cent Of tho crop gathered. Seventeon rs-
fHt tfi3n air r4n
iu FabEuary. Tho average daro Ia Jan. Il. Tho
y4e'd il estimated At ~ per oeut greater than
1874. Very great loss Is reported by hosting
rana and heavy Fnin-storms. Much anxiety Ia
crop, owing to tho continued rans, the dEscour-
agemont of .aborers by tho lon trico, and tho
general indifference and domotalIzAtlon al tabor
From tho District Of EoEthorn Arkansas no
favorable woather, tiso more favorable than taat
year, and eight very unfayorablo. Ihe weather
hh8 boen attended with vcry damaging rains.
Fiyo report damaging Winds mil two heavy
hsi!'stortna, s,xty.iiya PR M cent of the crop
will hnlsh In Docefnbat, aud thirteen In jail
| uary. Average date, Jan. 81. Tho yitld Ia
estimated to 10 40 per cent greater than in 1871.
| but, as in other districts, both the y{o1d and
picking Ia qualified BY the results Of tho wosthor
bctcafter: Very great damaso by confined rains
anl ~ind,storms ia toarrtl. Considerable con-
plhsnt IL reported OF tho encouragement OF
!anotarh ny THO low prices and the great indit-
tarencce on tho part OF Inaiy who have con-
snmed thclr shsres Of tbs crop anil now aro
ialng.
Fzom the Mobile Department. Alabama,
ecvonty.ono lettcra from tlrty.seysn counties
hare been rc2oivad. In elssen countios, tho
weather. s!nco Nov ]. IL reported as having boon
as favorable a. last year for plcklng, aud. in
twensy'11. lesa favorable 90 account ~ tho
rains. Plek1ne has EonosallY boon completed IN
sho uplanda nn1 about 90 pcr cent Of tho Drop
mas been gathered on ths pr4trio aud bottom land
Counties All will bo harvested BY, Christmas.
sxtnon counties, conpoHed cl!eay Of pral-
re snd bottom iands. report that the yield Ia os:
t1mated at about "a per cont creator than 1Ast
year. Nino, COMPRISING fair. average lands. 70.
po1t 'iat tue yeid MI! 30 about t!ie samo, Two
dat about l8 por cent less.
From M!sa.ss'ppi forty.onc letters from seven-
tson coanlioa al report tue wos:bes for Gathering
tho cotton crop a. lesa favorable than LAST yaat
since Nov. !. on account Of o1cossivo rams.
Three oouhtica report that less than two-thirs3a
Of . crop haTa been ptcked and ono that fo,,r-
hfths have beso pcked. all is o1poctsd to bo
gathered BY iho lat OF January. Flftson o,au-
| ticH fcNGft krRrlrn trrrA hHOi rt.II 1f