The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-24
THE COTTON CROP.



First 1ldiaes ~ tAs Gro,ripg Crop, Receiytd
.shresgh the GaIrcston, Nesc Orlea,ss
Y and Nashville Cotton
Erchanges.
The Galveston cotton -exchange crop
report is as follows: Sent out on twenty
third ofMay, two hundred qlestions 70
correspondents in. ninety. counties and re-
ceived only senvcntysnine replies from
sorty-eighe couuties,s dated from twenty
sixth of May to first of Jane.
First-Theisfsf Of hnaspiM1q in cot
ton in this state compares with last
;year'ssas foliows:i Sixteen counties r.
porting a decrease of from Eve to thirty.
three and onethird per cent, seventeen
the same as last year, fifteen an increase
of from. FIVE to three and opesthird per
cent, the 1and planted avesssfns sbout
'the s&me as Kss yeaE ~f Wrote s.
Second and thifdl2No overAows or
dansks 1P&ted yATS5 Ik3a
Fourth zhse ha1estsr Sf TIC weather
for planting this year, compared with
last year, is as follows: Twenty-Five
countiNsnuortSfh s RnSe Aszlast year,
fifteen less favorable, eleven more favora-
BILE. !. : eA q @~~~s&
HitAs Ehissyessss co,nties xrsport
the standsssf cot ton asead, ave- fair, six
not good. -.
Sixth-The cotton crop is reported in
ten counties Ia be early as last year,
four counties two weeks earlier, thirty
four counties about two weeks later.
ssSevsuth-Labor,i in number and eff
cheney, is fully as good as last year.
Eighth-No iertilizers are used in This
state. sss- ~ 49, Ss-s Ssg4.- .~-.
Ninth-The condition of the crop is
but about two weeks late. -. .
Tenth-The rains in the latter part of
May have BEEN beneficial generally, inn
proving the prospects.
NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT.
The New Orleans cotton exchange
crop report for May, is as follows:
= Louisiana reports from thirty-three
parishes eighty replies, average date,
May twenty-sixth. r Average decrease
in area planted nearly ten per
cent. A large proportion of the 'cul-
t;xatabie, lands of the river parishes,
equai-te absnt one per cent. ofthe whole
state, has Been Inundated and the waters
will subside too late to repIant. The
season n three weeks hate. The weather
Is much less favorable than usual. Con
the inclement weather. the
ground is fair, but the condition is not
good, the plants being small and very
grassy. Heavy rains have done consid-5
cradle damage. labor is about the same
n.numbers, but more Efficient No COM.
mefcial feftilizersnsed. - ~i-r-.s -
Mississippi reports from thirty three
One hundred and one replies
averaeszdhtes,sMsy 18th tor june 5th
AeFeaee decrease, one aoetwo per cent;
damage from overflow confined to river
counties. and estimatcd at eight per
cents Of their PRODUCTION; weather gen
orally less favorable; too much rain and
cold nights; plants small and backward !;
crop two to three weeks later than last
year; labor good ne fertilizers used
present condition not encouraging; plant
i'm grass and backward from heavy rains
of inferior seed. T'Asz
Arkansas reports from twenty three
counties ffty-three replies, dates rang
ing from the nineteenth of May to the
second instant; acreage, decrease eight
per cent; damage by overflow confined
to Chieot, sDesha and Drew counties
Chfqg eered 6prtx. per can't, Desha
ut - cent: am Drew tenper cent;
wei lRuI = TT sar; it
seem zsnd u.s6sson.
ably cold stands good in more counties;
~ - dassaa1SS Han Id ySSx; aabor
good, about equal in efficiency and NUM-
bers, bnt somewhat demoralizeds in the
districts; present conditisn Of
the crop, with few exceptions, good; no
iertilisers aseds AS SSsS
rs NASHVILLE DEPARHdENT. -
- The Maypreport ofsthe Nashville de
partment Of the National cotton ex-
change covering eighteen counties of
Middle Tennessee and North Alabama,
shows a decreSe ofscsags &C three per
cent stands Of cotton good Z crop from
ten days TO two weeks later IN The aver
age; labor supply ample, and filnyequal
in efficiency to last year; favorable re-
ports of the .encp largely predominant
only about fourth report mAnfavor-
able condition; some complaintso of grass;
and few OF insects, but not sufficient, to /
be Of material Importance.
u - - $3.50 l4gs s---.x~