Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-29
THE CROPS.
The June Report Of the Memphis Cotton
Exehange-MOst Encouraging An
sWers from ALI Quarters.
Wheat HarVested-COttOB and Corn Do
Ing Well-Planters In Good Spirits
and HOpefHl-LabOr Doing Well.
MEMPHIS CoTToN EXCBA NGE,
MEnInrrra -rr-.-n- lima % IL


| To the President and Board of Directors Of
the Memphis Cotton Exchange:
GENTLEMEN-We respectfully submit
our crop report for the month Of June,
! in response to heterogeneous mailed
seventeenth instant, under date OF June
| 18th We would state, that we with
! held these interrogatories to as late a
date as we dared, in order that our re-
! spOnses should approximate as late and
/ uniform date as possible, to be closed
| with the twenty-fifth instant. In pur-
! suing this course, we will doubtless fail
| in as full response as il issued later, but
we are well satisfied, that for utility, we
| have gained an important end. Our re-
! port is derived from las responses, to
! wit: West Tennessee, AZ; North Missis-
| sippi, So; Arkansas, AZ; North Alabama,
/ IS. Average date, June 22d. We can
| but express our qualification in noting
| the increasing interest taken by our cor
! respondents in this work. The report
we conceive to be replete with infOrma-
| ton that must inspire bright hopes for
| our long Frustrated and Impoverished
| section Of country.
We would make mention of the facts
| that the season has been peculiarly free
| of grasses and weeds in the cultivation
of both cotton and corn, thus meeting,
| in fOrtuitous manner, and encouraging
| the pTe-disposition to a better morale Of
labor, and that the very favorable crops
of small grain (all Of which have been
freely Use6) has gone far to give
strength to the work stock in the cult
walton of crops. You will note that we
continue our heterogeneous in regard
to all general crops Of cereals and grass
es, considering them, as we do, closely
german to the production and disposal
of cotton crops.
Question What has been the char
setter of the weather since May 18th,
and in what respect has it been favorable
or unfavorable to the cotton plant?
Answer-West Tennessee, "a answer
very favorably, IS moderately favora-
BILE; North Mississippi, 19 very, and II
moderately favorable; Arkansas, SO
very, and Is moderately favorable;
North Alabama, 8 very, and moder-
ately favorable.
Question 2-Has there been any cot
ton planted, beyond replanting, in your
neighborhood since May 18th?
AnsWer-West Tennessee answers no
planting since May 18th; North Missis.
sippi, none; Arkansas, A none, an.
swer have planted, averaging per cent.
more; North Alabama, none planted.
Question 3-Are the cotton stands in
your neighborhoOd satisfactory; if not,
what per cent. do they lack Of good
average?
Answer-West Tennessee and North
Mississippi, stands fully satisfactory;
Arkansas, A answer fully satisfactory, 5
report (average) lacking 5 per cent;
North Alabama, IS satisfactory, lack
ing (sverage) per cent.
hot &c ~
ton Of the cotton crop my your neighbor- |
hood, in cultivation, freedom from grass
and weeds? Are squares forming freely |
or not? You will make mention if |
blooms have appeared.
Answer-West Tennessee, q very |
good, II good, 8 moderately good con-
dition, 80 free from grass and weeds, |
well cultivated, partially unclean, not |
thoroughly cultivated, 36 squares form
ing freely, 4 not, l report of bloom twen-
ty-first instant. North Mississippi, 10 |
very good, II good condition, all save
one report free from grass and weeds,
well cultivated, squaring freely, report
blooms seventeenth and twentieth. Ar
kansas, 80 report very good, Is good, and
3 in moderate condition; all save re-
port free from grass and weeds and we'll
cultivated; all report squaring freely,
report blooms from eighteenth to TWEEN
ty-seeond instant. North Alabama,
report very good, IL good, 2 moderate
condition, all report free from grass and
weeds, well cultivated; Is report squar-
ing freely; not; no blooms.
Question 5-Under this heading you
will make mention Of any favorable or
unfavOrsble circumstances relative to
the growth or condition OF the cotton
crop in your neighbOrhOod, not covered
by above questions.
Answer-See aggregate.
Question 6-What is the present con-
ditiOn Of corn crops in your neighbor-
hood; are they receiving good cultiva-
ton?
AnsWer-West Tennessee, 20 report
very good, 20 good, , moderate condi-
ton, II report small but healthy, all
well cultivated. North Mississippi, q
report very good, IA gooG, and / moder-
ate condition, all well cultivated. Ar
kansas, SO report very good, IA good,
and moderate condition, all well Guilt
waited. North Alabama, report very
good, 10 good, 2 moderate condition, IL
report backward but healthy; all well
Question HAS wheat been harvest
ed, has it been protected from weather,
and in what condition are other small
grains and grasses?
AnsWer-West Tennessee, 80 report
wheat harvested, 10 harvesting; 10 re-
port crop protected, % exposed in shock;
IS report other small grains good, 4 not
good; 35 grasses very good, 5 moderately |
good, 2 not good. North Mississippi, 81
report wheat harvested, 5 none raised;
IL report protection from weather, 20
i'm CHI o%l,
trains good, 10 not good, none raised; )
report grasses very good, % moderate
y good, 2 not good. Arkansas, 81 re
port wheat harvested, 5 harvesting, IS
none raised; 19 protected from weather,
Il exposed in shock; 90 report other
small grains good, not good, 8 none
'aised. North Alabama, Is wheat bar ,,
vested, 5 harvesting; s protected, IL ex-
posed in shock; Is report other small
grains good. not; 10 report grasses
rood, not, none raised.
Question 8-Are laborers in your
giving that application to
he crops indicated in your last report? 7
Please note any material difference.
Answer-West Tennessee, North Mis-
issippi, Arkansas and North Alabama
ii report lsborers working well, accom-
,anied with many such qualifications as I
better than ever before, "better than 6
ince the war" t
AGGREGATE-145 RESPONSES. s
l. IS very favorable, 81 moderately IA l.
,orable, balance answered in question 5.
2. l40 answer no planting Of cotton
ince May 18th some replanting),
ave planted per cent. as to them. C
3. 1873 answer cotton-stands fully sat-
,factOry, II answer Sper cent. (average)
S to them.
4. 81 answer very good, 80 good, a
Moderate. Condition: 138 free of grass
nd weeds, and well cultivated; par
lslly unclean and not thoroughly culti-
ated; 1877 that squares are forming free
Y, s not yet forming well; there are II
eports OF blooms dating from eighteenth
D tHenty-second instant.
5. Under this head we have only to
spOFt a limited COMPLAINT of too cool |