The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-10
THE COTTON CROP.

CONDITION OF THE STAPLE IN NORTH CARoLINA,
VIRGINIA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI AND TEN
NEssEE.
NORFOLK, Va. Dec Q, 1873
The Cotton Exchange makes the following report
of the condition of the cotton crop. compiled from
twenty-five replies from sixteen counties in North
Carolina and Virginia. Six report the weather for
gathering the crop during the month Of Novem-
Der favorable, while sixteen say the weather
was more favorable than last year. About eighty to
ninety per cent Of the crop has been picked, and
picking will be finished about the 10th Of December
Five replies report the yield about the same; four
about per cent more and thirteen say the yield is
from twenty five to thirty per, cent less than last
year on an average about three-quarters Of the
crop has been marketed.
ALABAMA.
MOBILE, Ala Dec. Q, 1873.
The following report of the Alabama cotton crop
for November is compiled from 81 replies from "a
counties The weather has been generally more
favorable for gathering the crop than during Nove
Der OF last and picking about completed The
yield as compared with last year, is estimated to be
IL per cent less in II counties and IL per cent more in
II counties. About So per cent of the crop
erage is reported as having been marketed.
JACKSON, Miss, Dec o. 1873
Replies have been received from II counties by 20
letters. The weather has been more favorable than
last year during November for gathering the crop.
and picking is about completed. Three counties
port average increase in yield of per cent last
year Three report the same and IL an average de-
crease Of 26 per cent About per of the crop
is reported as having been marketed.
TENNESSEE:
NASHVILLE Dec Q, 1873
The committee report to the Nashville Cotton Ex-
change for November shows fifteen replies from Ten
nessce all but two Of which report the weather
favorable for gathering the crop than last Eleven
report the crop all gathered and six
nearly al gathered na yis an less snaH
less and two thirds of the crop are marketed. Twenty
three replies from Alabama generally report the
weather favorable for gathering than last year.
twelve report the crop nearly all gathered and nine
all gathered. The average yield is twenty per cent
less than last year and Of the crop marketed
NEW ORLEANS. Dec 0, 1878.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange report for No
vembcr is as follows:-
LouIsIANA-Our report is compiled from thirty
eight replies received from twenty-four parishes,
bearing dates from November 90 to December 4. The
weather has been more favorable than for the same
period last year. Picking has progressed finely and
about seven-eghths Of the crop is gathered. 1t is
estimated that picking will be completed by Decem-
Der Is. The yield in river parishes is estimated at
about twenty-five per cent less than last year while
in other portions OF the State there has been
average increase of about eighty per cent. About
sixty per cent of the crop has been marketed There
have been universal complaints that seed cotton this
season yields much less lint than usual.
MIssIssPPI.-We have fifty-eight replies, covering
twenty-five counties of average date of November 3d.
The weather for November much more favorable
than during the same month last year. Picking has
progressed quite rapidly, and will be completed by
December 20. The yield as compared with last year
is reported onethird less About half of the crop
has been marketed. Our correspondents in this
State generally agree that the comparative yield Of
lint to seed cotton is much less than the average Of
any previous year
Acknowledgement answers have been received
from eighteen countes-average date. December !.
The weather during the month has been universally
favorable for gathering the crop, more 30 than last
year. seventy-fve per cent OF the crop has been
gathered and is estimated that the remainder will
son. Nevada Ouachita Pulaski and Howard the yield
is reported about the last year, while in
the rest Of the State there has been average de-
crease of about twenty per cent About one-half
of the crop has been marketed. ~
The complaints mentioned in reports from Missis
spp and Louisiana relative to small yield Of lint
compared with cotton seed reiterated by most Of
our Arkansas correspondents. -
[NorE-The estimates from all States are based
upon the same average as last year,
The Cotton Exchange crop report for November
shows favorable weather for picking, consequently
yield is reported as forty per cent larger in forty
countless the same in four and twenty-five per
cent less than last year in eleven counties seven.
cent marketed.
SAVANNAH Ga. Dec. 9. 1885,
The Cotton Exchange reports for November fol-
GEonaA.-The weather for gathering the crop
during the past month and IN fact during the whole
house it quicker and in much better condition than
last year Many have finished picking. and but
December Fully seven-eghths Of the crop
had been picked by the lat inst. and
nearly three-quarters marketed. In Western and
Southern Georgia the best crop in many years IL
ported. In most OF Middle Georgia the crop is about
the last year. while in Northern Georgia II is
short of last season. On the whole however, the
yield of the State Is from ten to twelve per cent
greater than last year. Reports Of the product the
top second growth differ widely In some sections
yields from II have been large while in others
pectations were not realized.
FLoRIDA.-The weather for gathering staple was for
the last month more favorable than last year. The
crop was nearly all gathered and more than half
marketed The yield of the State will exceed that OF
last year by about ten per cent The seasonable
weather during the past caused the bolls to grow
larger and mature better, and the result has been
heavier and stronger cotton but in sea island Sec
tons they have had during the whole year nothing
but series of disasters, commencing with cold,
wet spring. remarkably hot weather in June and July
and rains and caterpars in August and September.
The yield of long cotton will be fully fifteen per cent
less than last year.
CHARLESTON. Dec. 8, 1873
The report of the Charleston Exchange is based on
fifty three reports from twenty-six counties. The
weather for the month of November il reported by
all but two correspondents favorable than
last Several counties report the entire crop
picked but no county being really backward the
average for the State IL ninety per cent Picking will
DO generally finished by the 10Th inst. The yield is
reported larger in eleven counties smaller in eight
and about the same in eight. compared with last
year making the average increase in the State about
two per cent. The proportion of crop sent to market
up to December was from fifty to ninety per cent.
The average for the State is per cent.
The crop Is remarkably free of frost stained cotton