The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-10
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nEronrs or TIE CONDITION. OF THE CROP II

nEponTs oP TIE CONDITION OF THE CROP II
THE SOUTHERN MATES.
NORFOLK. VA, July -,The Cotton Tx.
change reports OF the condition OF the crop
show fiat forty-fiYe replies from thirty-one
counties in North Carolina and Virginia.
with an average date june 80, have been
received 80 Five report weather more favor
able than last year; about same = SO less
favorable, Two report an Increase on lands
planted is about same; 25 deeYeaseY10 to
20 ner cent. Is say the stands are good and
forming very. well, but with few blooms
40 not very good, not forming WELL, and no
blooms. The condition OF crop reported
by II is good, but about ten days to two
wrecks Litter than. last year; % not so good,
and about two weeks later. The damage
done by lice and grass Is very general.
SAVANNAH: July 9.-The report to- the Elk
change of crops of cotton in Georgia has
ninety.seven replies. IN 2fitg-nine coun-
ties the weather has been generally favor
able, Since the report of last month there
was dry spell in May, succeeded BY album
,dant rains. The stands are good and the
plants forming well, but the blooming to
any great extent being universally reported
two weeks later than last year this time.
The condition Of the crop isigood, though
backward. It is well cultivated and pro-
missing. Some few but unimportant COM
plants OF clIt-worms and lice arc received.
The least favorable reports are from South
western Georgia, but we, consider these as
counterbalanced BY those from the upper
and middle sections OF the State. z't
FLORIDA replies from ff-
teen. counties show that the weather
has been generally dry but favorable.
The stands are somewhat Irregular and
about. two weeks later, but the gem
eral condition compares favorably with last
wear this time. Some few reports OF the ap-
pearance of caterpillars are sent in, but as
yet no damage has been sustained. /, lIl..
Z NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-The Cotton tx-
change crop report for June shows that in
Louisiana fifty-nine answers were received
from twenty-seyen parishes to average date
OF June Goth, all reporting the weather
during the month as good and much more
favorable to the plant than ct the same time
last year. Since last report there has been
no Increase or decrease in the quantity; OF
lands planted in cotton. The stands are
as good and the plant gene
rally forming and blooming we'll in its
present condition, and much better than
last year. In some sections OF Rapids and
st. Landrey parishes the caterpillars have
put in an appearance. but no damage Is re-
ported. a.lr4z
Observation-Disclosures reports from
counties, dated from June 9th
to July 5th, are received. The character OF
tue weather has been generally more favora-
BILE than last years. There has been no mate
rial change in acreage. The stands are gene
rally good, and plants are forming well, but
few blooms as yet. The condition is good,
though the plants are from eight to ten days
backward compared with last years. rea -.
. ARKANSAS orty-siX replies from TWEEN
ty-seyen counties have been received. The
weather has been less favorable than the
same time last year. There is much COM
plant OF too much rain, causing light de-
crease Of say one per cent. in the acreage as
last reported. The stands are, however,
as good; but the present con-
dition does not compare favorably with the
last plant, being small and backward by ten
days, and fields grassy.
NASHVILLE, July 9.-The June report OF
the Nashville Department OF the National
Cotton Exchange has thirty-one answers
from Middle Tennessee. Twenty-one. re-
port too much rain the first part OF the
month, but dry during the last oil. the
month; ten report too much rain; twelve
report the weather more favorable than last
year; fifteen less, and four the same as last
year; sixteen report decrease Of twenty
per cent. OF lands planted; fourteen the
same as last year; and one an increase OF
ten cent. twenty-sevcn report the stands
good, and four the stands poor; seventeen
report the crop OF the section in good con-
dition, and thirteen in fair condition.
Thirty-one answers have been received
from eleven counties in Alabama. Five re-
port too much rain !; nine dry; nine faYora.
able; eight the first OF the month rains. and
the second part dry; ten report the plant
inc OF over one eighth the amount as last
year., six, decrease; seven an increase;
twenty:six report the stands goods, five
poor; twelve report the present condition
good and free Of grass; rine report grass;
and fifteen report the crop backward. La
Dor is more easily controlled than last year,
and laborers are more industrious.
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