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THE CROPS IN OTHER STATES,
What the Mobile Exchange Says
About the Crop II Alabama and Mis-
c:cciNrs


sissippi.
MOBILE, July a.-The cotton crop report oil
Alabama shows that from forty-seven cOun.
ties cighty-three letters have been received
The weather since June lst Is reported dry
and generally favorable in all counties except
two, Clchurnc and FOrsythe, and, as compar.
cd with last year. more favorable in twenty
six counties, equally so In clovcn, and less So
in ten. No change in acreage. Stands are
fair to good and plant forming and blooming
well. The present condition Of the crop Is
good, and as compared to last year good to
better, with the exception of being a week to
ten days late.
For Mississippi, from eighteen counties,
thirty-one letters have been received. Tho
weather since June l has been favorable for
the growth Of the plant, and as compared
with last year more favorable in all the coun-
ties except Monroe. There is no change In
acreage stands are fair to good, and plants
forming and blooming well The present con-
dition Of the crop Is good. and compares favor
ably will last year, with the exception of be-
ing Il week to ten days later.
The New Orleans Exchange Report
for Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-The cotton En-
change crop report for June is complied from
one hundred and four answers received from
thirty-eigl,t parishes. The weather during
the month has been very dry compared with
last year. 1t has been more favorable for cul.
tiratinS and for planter, to get the crop wen
worked. There has been q slight decrease In
acreage since the last report on account OF
drought and scarcity of labor. Stands rrc re-
ported good except in bottom lands. The
plant Is small but forming and blooming well.
Its present condition Is good and clean, and
compared with last year favorable. Many
complain of lice and locusts and there Is igen-
eral complaint Of drought, many parishes re-
porting no rainfall for SIX or eight weeks.
The crop is backward in growth, blooming
and forming prematurely, although about two
weeks later than last gear.
From Mississippi one hundred replies were
received from thirty-three counties or an
average date Of June 80. The character Of
the weather has been dry and favorable for
cultivation, more so than during the same
period last year. There has been no material
change in acreage. The stands are generally
reported good. Plants are blooming and
forming well. The condition of the crop Is
good, on the whole better than last year, but
the plant is immature and ten TO fourteen
LAYS later. A number of complaints have
been made of cold nights In the early portion
Of June, impeding the growth OF the plant.
the weather is complained of as too dry.
From Arkansas, our report Is made up from
sixty-ninc replies from twenty-Sevcn coun-
ties OF an average date June 30. The weather
during June has been with few exceptions,
very dry, n in comparison with the same
time last year decidedly more favorable for
the cultivation of the crop, owing tOeXcCsSiVe
rains at the same time last year. There has
been q slight decrease in acreage since the
last report in some localities, owing TO excess
sivc drought. Stands are reported good. The
plant Is small, but blooming and forming
well. The condition OF the crop Is clean and
free from grass and weeds, and more laV0rn-
Bile than at this period last year. Rain is
very much needed throughout the state,
manly reporting no rains for from six to eight
weeks. The crop Is rom ten to fourteen days
later.
The Norfolk Exchange.
NORFOLK, July 0.-Thc Cotton Exchange
crop report is condensed from tweilty-ciSht
replies from twenty counties in Virginia and
North Carolina. Twelve report the weather
in June very dry and cold. Sixteen say ftV-
OrNbic. Twcnty-iOur more iaroraDlc nan
last wear, and four not 50 favorable. There Is
no increase or decrease in land planted since
last report. The stands are generally good