, 1875-10-15


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THE COTTON CROP.
OFFICIAL MONTHLY REPORT.
New 0RLEAss, La, Oct. A.-The Committee
on Information aud Statistics Of the Now Or
leans Cotton Exchange, 10 whom haso been In
trusted tho duty Of compiling national cotton
crop report, mado MP from tho returua Of tho
rasious Exchanges appointed by tho National
Cotton ExchDngo Of Amorlca beg leave to aub-
nit tho following for September:
NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT..
Now Orleans Cotton Exchange. covering that
part OF Tho State Of s1iseisaippi not apportioned
to tho alemphls and Mobile Cotton Exchanges,
the ontire Hluto OF Louisiana, and Ht&ta at
ArkanHaa south Of tho Askansan River
nna moa'''nna ss1t,wo foGes from G,
rcpol tile character Of til" woatLer an tlniver-
sa1ly uufayorAb1c. lfeayy storms OF WIND and
rain hhve materially datnagod the p1ospeota-aav
81 per cnnt~by beating out tho open cotton and
comncnccd Throughout TIC State Sort. i. Not
withBtandlng the Serious damage already duno
causing considerable Encouragement, aud an uu~
precrtentod amount Of sickness among labotors.
mith favorable weather hcnccforth tho ylcld will
DO hut little less than IaHt season.
A'hanads-~We hare received thirts.one an.
swesA from twonkr-two counties. Tic woathcr
ls reported BY so1no as windy and rainy, rhi.t
others state that It has bcen quite dry: On ti'c
riafnss reach TN OF damage by rot &nd rust
principally the latter. lie uxtent Of which tt il
drtllcns to correctly estimate but which aegro-
cato dcos not oxccod or 10pnr cont. About tho
BIZ. wns not progressing az rapidly IS icsirod,
owing to sickness tn certain counties. and heary
ra.ps In others. Nearly al! our corrospon1ents
unto In narlng that, with front 1t the sanna tte
az laas year, The yield will he much groater.
:, Observation-Disclosures replies from this
statc average date the lst inst. Tho weather is
almost universally reported as cold. wet, ard
stormy. ca1hing sorions damage to tho crop,
estunatod at 90 PER cent. Tho damage Ia mostly
by rot and rust, htorma having injured tho qualf-
ty ulallo not loaHenipg the quantity. Picking
waa gonc1ai In the tlrnt vook in September, but
is progreaalng slowly, owing to tho wet Hoather
and Unusual presence Of sickness among labor
ets. Tho yic1d, as compared wit last year. With
respondents, Will barely roach that Of last eeason.
NAnnvfbtE pErA nrHEHT.
Tho Nashville Cotton Exchange, covering
Middle Iennessee, east OF the Tennes4eo River.
dale, Franklin. Colbert, Lawrence, Morgan,
Limestone, Madison, Marshall, jackson, Ds.
katb and Chorokte. Ia Middle Tounessen Eon.
orally tile weather hha not boon favorable. rather
too cool and ton much rain. In Alabama. too
much ram. but not very tlamaaing until tho
great atorn OF Sept. 1G when the country was
drowned by tremendous fall Of rain, subtnerR~
ing low grounds and boating out opontd cotton.
much cool weather. Ia Tcunessee the darnsae
has bcen slight. In a few cuses danagea by ram
A1s reported, atainlnY and dirtring cotton. In
Alabama much damage has been done by storms
aud b. rust. Our coEreapouaents do not give
Us nany figures on tho subject, but We ea,imase
from what NO have that tie crops haye beeu
Damaged nt lcatt 10 per cont by weathor since
the Goth Of August. and particularly BY tho great
storm. Tue damage vAB greatest on low lands,
which wore. srhmesgod by tho raiu-fal. III
beptcmhcr. It ia progreas3ng slowly avery
who're, owing manly to wet weather.
With frost et the san1e tttna AZ last
year, the yield In Ionncssce Mil 10 about the
satnc. The acreage ID somewhat reduced. but
tho yiotd par aero ID tucraaaei thae yaar In Ala
bama about 10 per cent. The crop In both Btatos
In this dopartmcut III graAty dependent On the
weather Tor the po1t vo or ak weeks. II taere
sbovo tic ayoraso. With a. e.rly killing frost
Il will tall % per cont below. Tho otop ID about
two weeks later than us!al. and picking has
progressed very slowly up to this date owing ta
river counties Of Alabama has been ourtailsd bv
tho gkoat amount OF s!ckness prevailing 1t this
timc.
CHARLESTON pxrABTAEST.
!, The chsrleatoa Cotton Eschango, covering
Aus"sr. from tmantv-stx conntson. generally
dated on or about Oct, !. Tho weather Ia re-
ported by naarly half OF our correspondents aa
bong dry and favorable whilo the remainder
ropolt dry. followed by wet Weather, hoa.y
ttoat. Thirteen report no damage to the crop
from rust or storms, whIle tho rest report In
jury chiefly from blight or rust. amounting in
many cahos to from ons-four!h to ono-third Of
asa M 'G0. q Angst t L 't Ea ,5ih oi sopsabe s
and IL commonly reported a. progressing
very rapidly. oTen moro No than Last
yoar. MAny. report the crop % being already
And beng freely sent to market. With fross At
tlie usual time. She prospective ye1d Indicates =
falling on IN comparison viii last year OF 19H
nor cent; faT corrosPondents slate shss Tue
amount Of seedcolton. which 10 attributed to the
aayore drought In July.
sAyANNAH BEREAVEMENT.
At the Savannah Cottou Exchange, covering
no5taiera, tnaa's, snd southwestern oeorg!a
A statement covering that portion OF Georgia
uot included tn ths Savannah Department says
10 usorRls the woathor IL generally reported
~ having been very dry aud hot up 10 about
seudy a0d'ss.' an v.s on'' s.osssss saS
rainfall IN Tow loca'tties, With tho o1csps.ou
Of the eoast counties, aud Ia many localities
serious aamaEs - reported BY rust very little
prevalent shs III fsw dss. Il ssptsmber 70 re.
pottcd to hsve impaired the quality Of tia crop,
both In grade aud staple. Picking conlt,euce&l
In few countles ~ e4riy "a Aug, 10, but did NOT
become general Until about bept. 8, thu hot
woatlIor OF tile preceding tlissa weeks having
soreod open Mncii cotton. 3sp,d progress was
made until tho middle OF September, sitco vhcu
the rainy weather has tnterfsred materially. Ti.e
tenor Of \ 8teat nla3ortty ot our eo1zesponaeutu
indicssa that killing froat at the sauo time n
last year cannot materially tnjure tia yisI unu
In WOW, aua which ~ ALMOST unanimously
eslnaed ~ losB than ,ast year. It may possibly
b. Ecduc4l BY about b por ceus. 'rhe maior1ty
Of our correspondents express tho convictioi,
that tho yied of tls tertttoEy viii not rsaoh that
Of last ys4r BY from 16 to 10 por cans wh,a
many speak ot fsona 10 to 80 per oeat. The