Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-10
The Nashville Department Reports Fa-
TOrabie Weather Since July 1st-
Better Stands than Last Year
An Abundant Yield
Promised.
Galveston Department.


IS the monthly crop report:
Galveston. cotton exchange condensed
report from one hundred and six replies, re-
ceIved from sixty-seven counties: The char
acter Of the weather has been favorable in
forty-four counties, and unTavorable in TWEEN
ty-three. Nine counties report ten per
cent, one county reports fifteen per cent
two counties report twenty per cent, and five
counties report twenty-five per cent. of the
lands abandoned since planting, principally
IN the Lorthern part of the State, in conse-
quence of the extreme wet weather. AS COM
pared with last year the weather up to
this date has been more favorable in seven
counties, the same in ten counties and less
favorable In twenty counties. The stands Of
cotton are good in sixty three counties, poor
in four countless and compared with last year
are better in thirty-eight counties, same in
twenty-five counties, and worse In four coun-
ties. Fifty-four counties report the plant
forming, blooming and boiling well, while in
thirteen counties it does not form well, ana
is shedding. The present condition of the
crop is good in sixty-two counties, and not
good In Ave counties; and compared with last
year sixty-two counties report the condition
better, and five counties worse.
New Orleans Department.
NEW ORLEANS, August 9.-The cotton
exchange crop report for the month of July
is as follows:
Louisiana Returns from this State COM
prise eightyfour replies from thirty-six
parishes, dating from July 9th to August
4th inclusive, the average date being July
3lst. Fifty per cent. represent the weather
since LIST as unfavorable, and the same num-
6ers as favorable, the lowlands generally suf
ferlng from too much rain, causing the plant
to shed: from this condition, also, the plant
at the close of July did not compare favor
ably with that at the same period last year.
The stand averages about the same as last
season. In about half OF the parishes the
plant is forming, blooming and boiling well,
but the other parishes all complain of the
shedding caused by too much ram. Fully
three per cent. of the lands put under cul-
tIvatIon in cotton In this State have been
abandoned. Several parishes report the APP
pearSnce of worms, but no damage has yet
resulted. On the whole, the present condl-
ton and prospects of the crop In Louisiana
are not so favorable as last season.
MissiSsippi.-Our correspondence from
Missississlppi embraces one hundred and
thirty-three replies, from thirty-on9 counties,
average date July 91st. The weather since
July list has been decidedly unfavordbIe,
more especially during the first two weeks.
Owing to continued rains in most Of the
counties, an average of FIVE per cent. of the
lands planted in cotton since the beginning
of the season have been abandoned. Com
pared with last year, from the beginning Of
the season to the close of July, the weather
has not been so favorable. Some injury to
stands has been sustained through freeing the
fields of grass, but on the whole, though not
good, they may be considered as fair. About
one-half of our correspondents report that
the plant Is not blooming and forming well;
the other half state the reverse. As gen.
eral thing, the bottom crops are poor, aud
large percentage of the lands abandoned are
of this description. The crops are partially
grassy, though much has been done to i'm
prove them since the rains ceased in many
sections. Smith, Claiborne, Copiahand and
Covington counties report the appearance of
the worm, but no damage as yet.
arkansas. reports from this State
embrace forty replies, covering twenty one
counties, with average date of July 31st.
The weather since July LIST has been good,
but from the commencement of the season up
to tie close of July has been less favorable
than during the same period last year. OF
lands planted in cotton in this State, an av-
erage of five per cent. have been abandoned
on account of the long-continued rains. The
stands are about a fair average, and the plant
is blooming and boiling well. The present
condition of the crop is hardly as good as last
year.
Nashville Department
NASHVILLE, August 9.-The report of the
Nashville department to the national cotton
cACudISe buOHS twenty replies.
Middle Tennessee.-Sixteen report favora-
bic weather since July 1st. four unfavorable;
only four report ten per cent. of lands abau
boned; nine say the stands are about the
same as last year, three much better and
sight not so good; eighteen say the plants
are forming and boiling well, and two indif
ferent; fifteen say the crop is better than last
year, FIVE not 30 good. The dry weather dur
ing the month was of great advantage in
preventing weeds.
OF twenty-five replies from North Ala
bama, twenty say that the weather is hot
and dry, and five favorable; no lands are
abandoned; seventeen show better stands
than last year; eight not so good all say the
plant is blooming and boiling well; twelve
report the crop better than last year; seven
about same as last year, and SIX not in as
good condition; some complaint of rust, but
not general.
The bureau of agriculture reports forty
four and three-quarters per cent. as the aver
age yield of wheat for the State. The corn
crop was rarely ever better, and the average
for the State is reported at eighty-eight per
cent; the tobacco crop seventy two and five
seventies; the average of the cotton crop at
eighty-one; pea crop, ninety-elght; grasses,
one hundred and two; clover, one hundred;
millet, eightyone; sweet-potatoes, ninety
FIVE; Irish potatoes, one hundred and four;