The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-07-10
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otsl. $685. 900 average in'se Z 90


Where there u q marked difference
IN the reported increase OF very fer.
tile and p0pul0us counties, and the
poorer and sparsely settled, l have
tried % give On average OF the pro.
duCtive capacity Of the entire acreage
81 each grade. Noxubee county.
a4iss., produces over q. 600 bales. and
report . decrease Of per cent, while
I. the nine upland and sandy hill conn
~. reporting 8 per cent. increase,
speoduco but little, II any more. In
: Alabama there are counties whose
production does not exceed 1000
bales, reporting 5000 per cent tn.
crease, while others, whose annual
. Yield exceeds 2OO6 bales, report but
suttlo increase-nOne above Z per cent.
II Aove adopted per cent 10 Alabama
and 8 per cent In Mississippi the
letSee being sustained by reports to
NOW Orleans. Mobile and Vicksburg.
a. The fact 10, the productive capacity
Of the acreage 10 Alabama is not 6
peg oont, nor IN Mississippi q per
cat moro than last year. The other
repogsD aro % given by the exchange.
J. VIA th0 same yield per acre, as the
alaet, the crop OF 1850 would be 6o7O
to)oo; bat the conditions operative
upoo lne present crop 20 far are much
, )6oe favorable, and Il is altogether
improbable that subsequent condi-
tlooo Will even approximate the ex.
eept3ooelly favorable summer and
tn, which gsve ~ the phenomenal
o1D q 1919.
.1I11e year stands we're good and
, eNS& lpeSpsced; we're tree from grass
I'D weeds In Nay, June and July.
during which time the plant, though
ldNDoll, 1cquted . hardy growth and
!OoUo6ot 1tultaee.
,shi 1Aooe 'Wos excellent; cultivation
I uoooo6p1)0aable: weather dry In
1iGloelppi, Alabama, Georgia and
fough CAROLINA up to August, and in
the 9iesissjppl bottoms, Tennessee,
aand Louisisns and Arkansas, very
i 6I4Ablo hom April to December.
0tAo latter States the utmost limit
a,ok associative capacity on the area
olod WaS reached.
- ,1lo6ona suffered from caterpillar
aid boil worms, Texas from drOuth,
bot thA Augu1t aud early September
i110oia thu lest State, followed by
late 0pOo1Qn, 70 q great extent re.
paiye9 ~ .loss. The fall for matur
neooo GleAering q crop was never
D9leoes and, - In 1863, 1870 and 1875,
Ad0od fully 10 per cent to tho yield
hspeo0AGdd ID September. Now, i: il
Impossible II cultivate this crop as
= Vol(Oftoo. last recent rains hhvt
1n1jClod much damage-nO work d
q Oo0oo0oenCo Vas done from May %
yooJa0o q, hence the entire crop q
sDog0 ed cotton now need work bud
sslEsshut with the increased acreage
ss6poWoh d. sraos and weeds, and the
.6lnR1s h1Goloucy Of labor during O
1o0ted political campaign, good cul
d 4Notlo9 4 lmpossible, and without a
y d61o04@ average conditions affect
4" CUlliSatlon and gathering Of thu
Ooh tAeee u very little probability
2 ~ ~ yeArS Yield Will be exceed
s,WJ0 much rain, caterpillar raw
&Q ~ average early frOst, thu
9Dqeoat)e0 aIo against "a crop q
~ AZ present tho weather 4
e11Sl09sble. There are report,
~ Mt1o IN 1oWndes county, Ala
ut whether caterpillar d
- worms b not stated. Cater
~ 3. y South Texas a
1SolSle authority has made th
8D34. eo04ate, based upon tn
n8uYOg aOf the National Ey