Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-02
Tie Whole Cotton Belt Sending the
Most Cheering Accounts Of Labor
and the Crops, ard Planters
SaUgulne of the Result
of their LRbOTs.


putting the national cotton crop report
made up from the returns of the various
exchanges appointed therefor by the
national exchange, submit the following
for the month of June:
New Orleans department (LOuisi.
ana We have So letters from 81 par
isbes, which unite in reporting geueT-
ally favorable weather. There has been
no additional acreage putin cotton since
the fifteenth of May, but there has been
some replsnting where the lands were
overtlOwed, and to perfect the stands.
The plant has been better cultivated
than for many years, and is growing and
forming well. Many blooms are report
ed. The stands are represented as being
very good y to excellent, " and the
present condition of the crop is most
tiattering and much better, and about
one week earlier when compared with
last year,
Mississippi-103 replies received, aver.
age date about June 18th. The weather
is nearly universally represented as very
favorable, stands fine, and the plant
forming well, though too early for many
blooms. TIE present condition is stated
as very good, and much better, when
compared with last year. No additional
acreage has been put in cotton. Re-
planting has been done where the stands
were imperfect. Labor continues plenty
and efficient.
ArkRnsas-50 correspondents send in
answers from p counties. Since June
lst the weather has been hot and moist
enough to promote rapid growth and
cause the plant TO form and square well.
Tho GEhnEg mod anH ~
planting has been needed except in q
few exceptional cases. Bradley county
reports the first bloom on June Sth, but
it is only exceptional, and, as 8 rule,
blooming had not begun at the date of
our answers. Our correspondents are
unanimous in representing the cOndi-
tiOn as exceedingly promising and far
superior to that OF last year. Planters
are encouraged by the prospect Of one of
the fines crops ever known. Consider
able attention and care have been de-
voted to the cultivation of cereals, and,
owing to the excellent harvest, a feeling
CT independence is very noticeable in
our correspondence.
Charleston department (South Caro-.
lina)-97 answers received from q cOun-
ties, reporting the weather since May
18th as generally favOrable; some COM
plants OF cool nights; very little addi.
tiOnal planting; stands very generally
represented ss good. Thirty-foUr answers
say forming well; 80, few forms,
and 8, no forms; al agree in stating no
blooms up to 3ate of their answers.
The present condition is good, the plant,
though small, being clean Of grass, and
some parts compare favOTabiy with last
LIouNyxy Of ND oFnA hni
are reported in TX counties since June
7th, doing much damage. Lice are re-
ported in four counties.
Savannah depa-tment-The Savan-
nah cotton exchange, covering northern
middle and southwestern Georgia, and
the States Of Florida: Weather dry and
planting of any consequence; stands
good; plant vigorous generally; fOfming
well, but no blooms, except in the south
ern portion OF the State; condition good
crop clean and well worked; plant some
what smaller and few days later, but
rather better than at the same time last
year,
The Augusta department, covering
that portion of the State of Georgia not
included in the Savannah department,
ACpO4 - ILC W CdSAlEl lANOAGDlCg uO Auul-
tiOBal planting; some little Teplanting
stands invariably good; forming well,
but no blooms; general condition good,
end about IS forward as ct the same
date last year; crops generally very
clean; labor plentiful and good.
FlOrida-Dry and favorable weather
clearing the fields of grass; stands
good; the plant forming well, and com.
mencing TO bloom; condition good, and
compares favOrably with last year. The
plant, though small from the dry
weather and somewhat later than last
year, promises to be well fruited at the
bottom, which is the principal part o.
the crop.
Mobile department (Alabama)-5.
counties; 126 replies; the weather hai
been generally favorable, rather too dry
in some places, but not enough so to in
jure Se plant; there has been very lit
tie repIanting, or additional planting
the stands are good and the plant i
| forming well; very few blooms; thc
| condition to be compared with last yea
! is reported from as good to much better
| there are scarcely any unfaVOrable cir
! cumstances relative to the growth o
condition Of the crop; only few re
| ports Of lice and grasshOppers, and com
| plants OF cold nights and drOuth; tn
crop is clean, in good condition, ant
better cultivated than it was last year
Mississippi-l9 counties, 56 replies
| The weather has been generally faVora
| BILE, needing rain in some counties anC
some complaints of cold nights, produc
! ing lice. There has been very little re
| planting, Or additional planting. Tn
stands are good and the plant tOrmiDj
we'll; only few blooms. The pTesen
condition OF the crop is better than las
! year at the same period. The only un
| favorable circumstances are those nOtet
above. The favorable circumstance
are, the crop is cleaner, better cultivate
and more advanced than last year a
! the same time.
Norfolk and Portsmouth department
-55 replies from % counties in Nortl
Carolina, replies frOHs2 counties il
| Virginia; As replies report the weathe
dry and cold; II say it is favorable, an
only two represent the weather as We
and cold; "a answers report the stand a
coed; some few complaints on stit
lands; some forms, no blooms
Z replies from counties i
eastern North Carolina represen
the stand as below an average; con
ditiOE very generally stated as good
crops well cultivated and free from gras
and weeds; plant smaller than at sam
time last year and from eight to fiftee
days later. Five answers from fiv
counties in eastern Carolina report tn
condition bad. Correspondents stat
that the weather since the fifteenth {
May has been too cool for rapid growth
bnt with warm and seasODable Weathe
a great improvement is looked for in th
plant.
Memphis derartment-I45 answer
received; weather generally represente
as favorable; no additional acreage pu
in cotton since tine fifteenth OF May
stands good and satisfactory; plant ger
orally squaIing and forming freely; !
reports of blooms, dating from th
eighteenth to the twentieth; cOnditio
good; fields tIee Of grass, and well Gu
tivated. There are some complaint
OF too cool nights, lice, etc, datin
from the fifteenth Of May to about tt
fifth of June, mostly reLQedied, hOWeve
by subsequent favorable weather.
Galveston department (Texas)-W
have received 10 replies from 50 cOuI
ties, mbrscing the period between tt
fifteenth OF May and the twentieth
|, June. The weather was very general
represented as good, and in the Goa
range Of counties the plant is reported
be forming and blooming well. A laTj
, majority of ouf reports agree IN ii
| statement that the season Is rom Oh