The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-11
THE COTTON CROP.
A BETTER YIELD THAN LAST YEAR EXPECTED
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA

A BETTER YIELD THAN LAST YEAR EXPECTED
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
SAVANNAH. Ga, August 10, 1876.
The following from the crop report OF tho Cotton
Exchange Tor July:
GroRcrA-Onc hundred and thrce replies from
fity-scvcn counties. under dates ranging IRON
July IS TO August 3. Tho weather has bc,n
very and dry during the past month, which
for cotton may lie construed rs favorable. In
some localities there complaints OF too much rain
The season far has been favorable than last.
Stands have generally been good, better than
las, year. The plant forming blooming and boiling
well, with some complaints OF too much weed. The
condition Of crop good II is from week TO tcn
davs last year, but ccircr OF grass and
orally satisfactory condition. In Southern
aud Southwest Georgia there arc complaints o! rus:
aud caterpillar, and wo may expect some damage there
from these From Upper Georgia the reports
the grasshoppcrs general So lar these pests.
except few instances. have not attacked the cotton
uclds. Still dread tina. they viii turn In
aud destroy the crop at any moment
FLOsipA--iwcDty uinc replies from nNccn counties,
unccr dates ranging from July IS to August The
weather until the 2oh OF July was too dry ana hot.
Scasouabc showers then set in, which improved the
condition OF tho plant. On the WHOLE the season has
been moro favorable than last year. The stands vi
row iormns. blooming and boiling weX. though had
a back from spell o, extremely dry weather.
The present condition OF the crop Is favorable ihoagn
II Is critical yield OF from ten 10 twenty per cent
over last year is expected There are complaints of
rust the light pine lands and caterpillar from
the rich bottom lands The amount OF damage there
depends upon tho character OF tho weather during
his month.
A FAVORABLE REPORT PROM NORTH CAROLINA
AND vrn0rNyA--AN IMPROVED CROP EXPECTED.
NORFOLK, Va, August 10, 1915
The Cotton Exchange makes the following report OF
the condition OF the cotton crop for July
From sixty replies received from twenty eight coun
ties In North Carolina and four Virginia this report
Is complied. Ten report the weather very favorablc
the weather has been exceedingly hot and dry; 30 the
weather hot and dry until about tho 2lh OF July,
since which time they have had frequent rains, aud
complain that the weather turned cold; % report
the weather favorable than last year, Ia about
equal and - less favorabc 10 report the stands much
better than last year, 10 equally good and not so
good. though o! fair average; O report the plant as
forming blooming and boiling better than Tor years
past IS equal to las, year. report shedding and not
forming blooming well; - report the general condi
of the crop good aud las, year. II con-
dion not good weak, being very small, and tho ap-
pcarancc OF rust caused by excessive rains. All
report with few exceptions, the crop being laid by IN
good healthy condition. clear OF grass and weeds
| though rather smaller IN growth than last year One
county reports The appearance OF lice and one county,
having suffered so much from the drought they do not
| expect 10 make more than hall crop