Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-04

been very favorable end sCasOnable,
more 90 than last year. The stand is
better than last year. Plant y forming
and blooming wei, and, with the ex-
cepiion Q! late cotton, is boiling well.
Tue general condition Of the crop is
good, better than last year, and labor is
satisfactory.
Savannah department.,
covering northern, middle and south
western Georgia and the State Of FlOri-
dR. Weather generally dry and more
favorable than last year. Stands good
and better than last season. The plant
is forming, boiling and blooming well.
Labor universally reported IS good.
The general tenor of the replies indi-
cate the condition of the crops as very
favorable, clean aud well-fruited, ex-
cept in some localities, whege rain is
needed.
HObiIe Department.
ALABAMA.-Oneh hundred and twenty
replies from fOrty-eight counties. In
thiTty-niue counties the weather is re-
ported as having been seRsOnahe, in
nine too dry, and as compared with last
year, il only thTee-ChOctRW, Macon
and RusseIl-hRs it been less favorable.
Stands are universally reported good
and better than last year. Plant form
ing, blooming and boiling well. Labor
ers are working well, ana are very for
ward in farm work, The present con-
ditiOn is good, and promises better than
last year There is nothing unfsyCrable,
but need Of rain in q few counties in
sanay lands.
MIssIssIPPI.-Fifty-si replies from
nineteen counties. Weather has
been generally sessonable, end uni
ver5slly reported more favorable
than last year. The plant is form
ing, blooming and boiling well in
ali counties except Itawan -, Lowndes
and Newton. In these three some com
plants Of weedy growth to the plant,
caused by too much Tainin heavy lands.
Labor is as good as can be desired, all
working well. The present condition Of
the crop is good, and more promising
than last year. The favorable circum-
stances are better cultivation, more eff
ficient labor, and farm work more adj
van eed than last yesr. The unfavora-
bic are weedy growth (nOted above),
want Of rain in some small sections of
sandy lands, and few boll-worms re-
ported in Jasper county.
Galveston Department.
iEAAS.--AdN6I 6CClNSu ODC uuuuIcu
and thirty-tnreo replies from seventy
one counties, embracing q period be-
tween the fifteenth of June and fifteenth
of July. Forty replies report the wealth
eT as dry ifty-five very hot, and thirty
eight favorable. SiXty-one replies report
the weather more favorable up to this
period than during the same time last
year; seventy five letters reported less
favorable, while twenty seven say about
the same. Twenty-seven Of our responses
report good stands; thirty-fve better
than last year; twenty-five not IS good
as last year, anu fOrty-siX report about
the same. One hundred and six replies
say that the plant is forming, blooming
and boiling well, while twenty-seven
report the plant small and backward,
and not a promising as ST this time last
season. Our replies indicate that labor
is much more efficient and reliable than
in any previous ye@T; siXty-three replies
that the present condition OF the crC2 is
better than last year; twenty-siX report
not as good, and iOrty-four he same. In
ali sections of the State the plant is much
smaller and considered from one to three
weeks later than the same time last sea-
son. There is a general complaint Of dry
weather. only few localities having
been visited with sufficient rain.