The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1876-07-19
IT'S not necessary to make any de
/, ~, From the ahove table

Itls not necessary TO make any de-
1fion from the above table.
Tennessee. The improved crop Of
IA year has somewhat encouraged the
rbDters in this state. Consequently,
\ frh disposition to enlarge the
eton acreage on the best lands in
,sIsm Tennessee, notwithstanding
Aa low prices ruling, In the middle
,ftie state some light decrease is indi-
aisd, Taking, however, all the
aantes together, we think the aver
10 cannot vary materially from last
sat, and we therefore leave it un-
changed. Stand and condition: The
spp has made good progress this year,
did the condition at the pre- ent time
Hillyu to, and probably little bet
hi than last years condition.
Arkansas has made magnificent pro-
gias the past year. Acreage in 1876
Vi very considerably enlarged, not
aIy ID cotton, but in grain, and the
an we're excellent. The planters,
sfever, are by no means, as d gener-
athing, as thrifty as in Texas. This
sar there would probably have been
sfurther small increase in cotton acre
gs, had it not been for the food as
sresnlt of that, however, the acreage
now about the same as year ago,
0f, say, one per cent. decrease. Stand
and condition No state has had more
satisfactory weather this season, up to
The FIRST ofJune, than Arkansas; since
then there has been more rain than de-
sitable, but the general condition at
our latest mail dates was fully as good
as Inst year, when it was unsurpassed.
Aississippi.-A good crop and re-
lief from the fearful incubus Of a vi
sigus and ignorant government are the
events Of the year in this state. Acre
ago; Naturally, as the result of such
lacts, there is an improved feeling pre-,
wiling in the state, and none of our
returns show any decreased planting,
but from the Yazoo river down they
aoW some increase. 1t is quite diff.
cult to reach a satisfactory conclusion
Ior'this state, but we put it at one per
cent over last year, intending to un.
dsr estimate rather than over estimate
4 Stand The planting was not
tgmPleted this year until from one to
diree weeks later than last year, and
Ae crop was, up to the second week
hJnne, in a very irregular condition
q progress some of it very good and
i0rward, and some very backward.
The latest information is bes report
ing good stands and good condition,
hough much of it still backward.
Alabama. This state has had bet,
ter crop this year than for either of the
two previous years, and raised more
food last year than probably ever be.
fore, Consequently, though prices Of
NttCn have been very low, the people
Aaye kept in pretty good spirits. Acre.
e There has been considerable
change in the planting in the different
counties, the poorer counties showing .
hling ef, but the more productive
counties showing an increase. For in
sance, the important counties Of
areeu, Perry, Marengo, Hale, Wilcox,
Dallas and Lowndes are returned to US
s having enlarged their planting from
seven to ten per cent, while other
good sections also give an increase,
laough generally Of less extent. To
p saie, however, we place the average
increase at for the state at only two per
cent over last year. Fertilizers
commercial manures are used in this
sale to a very limited extent, 0i
curse, on the black, canebreake lands
lsFhlizers are little needed, but on the
lan nsandy and clay soils increasing at,
lention is being given to homemade
maaues. Stand: The condition and
sald are now very good, though per,
aan not quite equal to last year, when
tley were unsurpassed. The spring
way late, but after planting, the sea,
~ was generally dry, warm and
asoFable, except In some sections
eaere, for the ten days or more sue
oessiing May 25, there was too much
! 5alI N ior the free progress of farm work
laooF Is working we'll. There is an
increase n labor reported to rs in
sale ot the more productive counties,
,'9,ght from west Georgia and east
Alabama this spring.