Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-14

NEW ORLEANS, December IS.-From
this tate - pa shes furnish 80 letters which
report tEe weather -IIns November as much
less favorable Than last year. ABOUT ~ per
cent OF the crop had Aeen gathered and The
Tema nder, wiih f.sIr weather, would be gath
cred by the hrs Of >nuary. The increass in
the yield TO DECEMBER Ist was about per
cent. owing 20 The extremely unfsvoraole
season ior saving tHe crop, The quality OF sot-
tOh Will DC much lower tnRD usual.
MIS- SsISSlPPI,
We have received "a rep les from this Satte.
The ~eHtner a. COmpsr with last year Is
universally sISted ss less favorable, the cause
given is 100 much rain, thus preventing pick
lng. 3l4ty per cent. OF The crop Is aiready
gstaered, AID II Is estimated that ali will be
picAed py the first week In January. The
y1e a. cOM pared with last year viii bs an
Increase 0. u 40 I8 per cent. Greal com plain {
is made OF Iain washing out open boIls, and
much inJu ury Is sa Il 10 nave been done TO the
Quality OF cotton Lhereay.
ARKANSAS.
Thirty reports rom 2S counties 0 report
more favOfaol weather, aUouL the same. Y
less lasoraJIe, oWiug 10 the heavy rains and
c!oady' c "a weather. Proporuon OF the
average dA a. which picking will be COM
pl ,el Is January hi average increase in
yieid1' til at 20 per cent. Labor Is re-
po ted in N ny places deficient; soma HANDS
have abaA0ou,d their crop. Cotton that Will
be save; alter The date OF their repOris viii
oe OF .ow graues trashy and dusty, owing 10
NE aims beating the cotton on the ground.
TENNEsSEE.
TIE planters Of Middle Tennessee, at least
those IN the northern part, app sar to be grs at
ly discouraged by the TeSu Is OF this and last
ALABAMA.
Twenty-four replies from differ
fereut points In the stale. Three corIesPon-
dents report the weather in November for
galherl4 the crop the same as la year; q
report Ear luss favorable, owing 20 continuous
rsInS;S report Iwo thtTds Of the crop licked,
Is report Jnree-i ,uTths, and four report all
Ealhetei tueir respective counties. II Is
generally represented lat the cotton Will al
be picked by tue nfteeuth 10 the twentieth OF
December, and that the middle crop was poor
and tue expectations from the top crop have
not been realized.
ferent POINTS ia Tennessee, OF average date OF
December lst. Six correspondents report
more tsyor2ole weather Tor gathering the
crop than IN Novem Der last year, report
weather the same aud II report less favorable;
ScorT0sp sndenis report tnree-fouiths OF the
crop gathered, aud ID report seyen-eighths
IT'S gneraiIy estimated that the bslsnce OF
th9 crop VIII b. picked by The Jenth OF Decem-
Der. correspOi dents repors that the yield
will be Z ON 10 per cent 10 b per cent. less
than last year, correspondents make
Il 3 per cent, ana regard the deere se in
yield 81 per cent, There is much spec ulHuon
relative 70 the causes OF the failure in the
crop. Tne average Of n replies show that
there will be IS per cent. 4, - made than last
year The reas,lls EtVea for the failure OF the
crop in Tennessee may be generally applied
20 the portion OF Alabama assigned TO this
department.
SEE, IS E, sponses Dne reported more favor2-
ale weather tnau during November, Is 4. One
about the same. % yerS NJ favorable, less IA
vora le than y .vembsr, 1874. tended win
very damaging rain. report heavy winds,
20 pr cent OF the crop piczed out
10 report picking will close IN December, ii In
January. IN February; average date, Jsnu-
Ery 7Ih. Tle yieid Is estimated at 6Z per cent
greater Ia 4n asa. cry great loes has resulted
from early frasts. The hot weather has pre-
ven cd frosted cotton nom opening and
cau-. 10 mostly TO rot on the sta K; very
great loss has resuIte1 l. ON beating rains and
Winds, and arious doubts are expressed Is 20
SAVING any INST II a part OF the pow Outstsnd-
ing crOp, wuig q continuous rains
DistTict - West TeDnsssee-3l responses;
] reports more favorable weather than during
Sov-mb Der. 1874; three 4Oout the same q very
unfsvOrsble, less fav0ra, le Than ls74, attend
ed with very damaging Ia rs; report heavy
wind st 'rnl and % per cent OF the crop gath
cred; i report mat picking wall close
In J .uuary, II IN EeOIuary; aver
age date, twenty fourth Of January; the
yield is s,timat- Il at . per cent greater than
iSI Very great loss Is reported oy beating
rams and b r-vy W4nd-stornls Much anxiety
IS expire sed IN ega7d 10 saving the Dalsnce
OF ne crop, o ing 10 the continued rains,
disrouragemsTt o. Iaborers by low prices, and
the neral md ference sro demoTAll Halon
OF iGsor.