New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-03

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changes for tie month of July:
NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT..
| Louisiana-We have received g answers
fto0 81 parishes, and their average date il
to tt fifteenth instant. The character OF
1 the weather is generally reported as favor
1 able, more SO than at the same period last
| year, though cur latest dates bring US com
| plants of drOuth. The stands are general
| " good and better than last year. The
l plant is blooming and boiling we'll, labor
efficient, and present condition of the crop
/ except in certain districts where rain js
4 needed.
Mississippi.-One hundred letters have
been received from 81 counties in this
4 State, nearly all dated on the fifteenth of
1 the month, their uniformity of date being a
great Improvement over the past. The
character of the Neather for the post
moath has been mainly favorable, with,
however, considerable exceptions. Some
letters complain of too much rain, others of
the want of it, these opposite reports CON
| ing often from the same county, showing an
unusually partial distribution of rain, or
local showers. Plantations not five miles
apart have had too much rain on some, and
too little or none at all on others. One
fourth of the letters state the "plant il too
large and growing too fast to fruit we'll, y
and is in very unfavorable condition to
receive either protracted drouth. or wet
spell. 4 very few complain of boil worms
and shedding, but no apprehension is ex-
pressed OF caterpillars, none in noticeable
numbers having appeared. Stands gen
orally good, and laborers working we'll.
Arkansas-FOrty answers from twenty.
one counties The weather has been gener-
ally dry; occasional showers, however, have
prevented any damages and on the whole it
has been more favorable than last year and
almost as good az could be wished. Stands
are reported uniformly good, and the plant
fruiting remarkably we'll. The general con-
dition is undoubtedly the finest known for .
number OF years, and excepting some ap-
prehensiOn of Q possible drouth the tone Of
our correspondence 10 90 cheerful a. could
be desired.
NASHVILLE DEPARTMENT.
Over 200 answers report the weather 81
generally seasonable-a few reporting heavy
rains, which were sectional. The stands are
"goOd to BETTER" with some complaint of
too rapid growth. Laborers working well,
and present condition compares favOrablv
with last season; some sections report plant
smsli. but growing rapidly.
NORFOLK DEPARTMENT.
Weather generally hot and dry. Some
little complaint on that score coming from
North Carolina, though on the whole the
weather was more favorable than last year.
Stands comparing very favorabiy with last
year; plant forming, blooming and boiling
well. Labor very satisfactory. Condition
of the crop very good, but in size it is gen.
orally little smaller. and from five to eight
days later.
CHARLESTON DEPARTMEET.
South Carolina Eighty nine replies have
been received from 20 counties. The weather
has on the whole been seasOnable, and COM
pares favorably with last year; the stands
are as good. if not better. Plant generally
reported as forming, blooming and boiling
we'll; labor efficient, and present condition
is at least equal to last year. Five answers
from 4 counties report injury from hail;
from too much weed; in one county lice
ere reported, and rust in another.
AUGUSTA DEPARTMENT.
The weather has been very favorable and
reasonable, more 40 than last year. The
stand is better than last year; the plant is
forming and blooming we'll, and with the
exception of late cotton Is boiling we'll.
The general condition Of the crop is good
better than last year, and the labor is salts
factory. Z
SAVANNAH DEPARTMENT.
Weather generally dry and more favor
able than last year. Stands good, better
than last season. Plant forming, boiling
and blooming we'll. Labor unanimously
reported as good. General tenor of replies
indicate the condition Of the crop very IA
vorahle. clean, aud we'll fruited, except in
some localities where rain is needed.
MOBILE DEPARTMENT.
Aloboma-One hundred and twenty re-
plies from 4S counties. In 80 counties the
weather is reported az having been season
able, in too dry; and as compared with
last year, In only three (Choctsw, Macon
and Russell) has it been hess favora
stands are universally reported good and
better than last year. The plant is forming,
blooming and boiling we'll. Laborers are
working well and are very forward in farm
work. The present condition is good and
the promise better than last year. There
is nothing unfavorabfe but the need of rain
in few counties in the sandy lands.
Observation-Disclosures replies from 10
counties The weather has been gener.
more favorable than last year. The stands
are excellent, and better than last year.
The plant is forming, blooming and boiling
well in all the counties except Itawamba,
Lowndes and Newton; in these three some
complaint Of weedy growth to the plant,
caused by too mudh rain in the heavy lands.
The labor is as good as can be desired, all
working WELL The present condition of the
crop is good, and moro promising than last
year. The. favorable circumstances are,
better cultivation, more efficient labor, and
farm work more advanced than last year.
The unfavorable are, the weedy growth
noted above, want of rain in some small
sections of sandy lands, and a few boil
worms reported in Jasper county.
GALVESTON DEPARTMENT.
Ieras.-~H ave received 1873 replies frem II
embracing the period between |
June Is and July Is.
Forty replies report the weather dry, So |
very dry ana hot, and 80 favorable;s6 re-
plies report the weather more favorable up |
to this period than during the same time |
last year: As report less favorable, while q |
say ''about the same.''
good stands; 35 better than last year; % not |
as good a. last year, and 46 REPORT 'about
The same.r
One hundred and six replies say that the
plant is forming, blooming and boiling we'll;
xhiIe q report the plant small and back
ward. and not al promising as at this time
asst season.
Our replies indicate that the labor is much
more efficient and reliable than IN any pre-
7ious year.
Sixty three reply that the present coadi-
ion OF the crop lie better than last year; 26
eport it not as good, and "A the same. In
III sections of the State the plant is much
mailer, and is considered from one to three
weeks later than same time last season.
There is general complaint of dry wea.
her, only few localities having been vie