The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-07-19
COTTON.
Monthly Report Of the Memphis Cotton
EXchaBge-Grass, Wheat, Corn
and Oats in the Ascendant.
The Outlook for Cotton Anything but
PrOmiSing-G Grass and Weeds Over
run the Field and the Plant is
Very Weak.

The following is the report of the
cotton prospect for June, compiled by
the Memphis cotton exchange, for
copies Of which we are indebted to Mr.
John :. TOof, superintendent and sec
rotary Of the exchange:
MEMPHIS, July 10, 1877.
To the President and Boafd of Directors
Of the Hempbjs Cotton Exchange:
GENTLEMEN-We respectfully sub
NIT the following report, in response to
intorrogatories dated and mailed June
25th. The report is derived from 165
responses, Of average date July 1st,
to-wit: A from West Tennesse, %
from North Mississippi, 81 from Ar
kansas (nOrth Of the Arkansas river
and Il from North of Alabama The
latter is not included in our aggregate
report, not being embraced in the ter
ritory allotted to US by the National
Cotton Exchange. The leading points
to which we would call your attention
are, first, the decreased acreage from
our May report Of 6 per cent, caused
by the destruction of stands by the
great rain storms Of June Sth and 9th,
when duaing SO hours 135 inches Of
rain fell. Our report Of June 9th in
Dictated that there would be y per
cent. of corn planted in June By
this report you will note that the plant
ing Of corn has been increased to 9 per
cent, which would seem to evidence
that per cent. acreage Of cotton
stands destroyed has been included in
corn planting, less that which has been
entirely abandoned. The general tenor
Of our correspondence indicates that
corn, wheat and oat crops have had
precedence in care this season. The
cotton crop at the close of June was
excessively ovcrrun with grass and
weeds, but our correspondents intimate
that with or 10 days favorable
weather the crop will be cleaned, but
at the same time, they in many cases
call attention to the spinning growth
/ Of the plant, and lack of forms for
fruit 1t is worthy of note that the
| per cent. Of yield from the harvested
wheat crop has been raised from %
per cent. in May to 81 per cent. The
Oat crop Is a good one, and has been
mostly harvested. Millet and grasses,
as also the pork crop, are promising;
and not least, Iaborers are showing an
efficiency beyond any season since the
war. Very respectfully,
| SAM NJ. GATES, Chairman,
j. T. FARGAsON,
BENZ. BABE,
CHAs q. FISHER,
j. NJ. FOwLKEs,
DAVID p. MADDEN,
! 4. q. HARRIS,
Committee on statistics and informa-
ton.
WEST TENNEssEE-(47 RESPONSES
Weather: 80 report first week in
June warm and very dry, balance of
month attended with excessive and
frequent rains; s report very favor
able Compared with 1876: 35repOrt
much less favorable, Z about same, )
more favorable. June planting: there
/ has been no June planting Of cotton
save to rcplenish damaged stands.
Cotton stands: ) report superior stands.
30 good, 8 small and thin: Of the good,
+ report very small but plentiful; %
report forming well, 10 but few forms,
II but few blooms, and 30 none.
Condition of crop: the crop is re-
ported 9 days later in fOrWardneSs than
1876; report well cultivated, free of
grass and weeds, SO not well cultivated
and very grassy; 81 to wet to cultivate;
average damage done by storms; per
cent; ? report better condition than
1876, s report about the same, 81 not
so good. For miscellaneous: see ag-
gregate. Corn crops: % report corn
in good condition, Is not well cult
waited and grassy, 4 say uplands well
cultivated but bottom lands very grassy,
8 per cent. additional has been planted
in June Wheat crop: all harvested;
% report protected from weather, a
shocked in field, 6 report considerable
damage from rains; increased yield
over last year, 81 per cent. Grass,
oats and miIlett: % report very fine
crops, 19 good, 6 not good; oats most
/ " harvested. Hogs: 36 repyrt good
condition, II only moderate condition,
from lack Of corn; y report material
loss, mostly by cholera. Labor NOR
ale: report laborers working better
than ever, 36 working well, 3 only
moderately, owing to discouraging con-
dillon of crops. Vegetable crop:
about the same has been planted as
last wear, but inb etter condition; the
planting of sweet potatoes is much
short, for want Of seed, but the crop
of Irish has been correspondingly in