Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-07-14

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THE COTTON CROP.
JULY REPORTS OF ITS CONDITION.
MEMPHIS, July 9.-The regular monthly
crop report Of the Memphis Cotton Exchange
for the month of June, embracing the dis.
tricts of West Tennessee, North Mississippi
and North Arkansas, aggregates S5 responses.
Sixty.6ve report the weather for the month
of June as having been favorable and 20 as
unfavorable as compared with $780, AZ re.
port the weather more favorable IL about
the same, and 26 less favorable. Sixty.six,
report none Of the land planted abandoned !;
10 report from to 20 per cent. abandoned
on account of wet weather. There was great
scarcity of laborers, averaging 24 per cent
Fifty report the stands good; % moderately
good, and IL poor. Eighty.one report form.
ing and blooming as we'll 20 as not we'll.
Eighty.nine report the crops in good condi-
ton; Is moderately good, and 16 poor; 36
report them in better condition than last
year, "a about the same, and % not so good.
Eight report the crops in need of rain. Five
in Arkansas report the appearance of cater.
pillar, but no damage has been done by them.
SAVANNAH, July 9.-Eighty.nine replies
from 81 counties report the weather, during
June, as hot and dry 48 report the weather
as more favorable than last year 26, that it
has been less favorable and 13 that it has
been about the same. The dry weather ena'
bled farmers to clean out grass easily. Little
or no land has been abandoned. Stands are
reported as good. First planting, and where
plants are large enough, are forming and
blooming we'll. The present condition of the
crop is good, but ten days behind that of last
year. The plant is unusually small for this
season of the year, for want of rain, but is
thrifty and clean, showing a high state Of cul.
tivation.
Nineteen replies from 13 counties in Flori.
da report the weather dry and favorable for
the plant during June. Stands, generally,
are very good and no abandoned lands is re.
ported The plant is forming and blooming
we'll, though small and backward. Caterpil-
lars are reported in the middle of the State.
In sea island sections the plant is reported as
doing we'll, though the forms are small and
the blooms were forced forward earlier than
usual by the dry weather. The crop at this
date is more promising than at the same date
last year.
MOBILE, July 9-The Mobile Cotton Ex.
change has issued the following reports for
June: The report for Alabama is based
upon 68 replies from Al counties, and that Of
Mississippi on 13 replies from 10 counties.
The weather since June l, has been generally
dry and hot and, as compared with last year,
it is reported less favorable in ten upland
counties, and for the same to more favorable
in the other counties. There have been no
lands abandoned in this State. Hands are
fair to good, very few reporting otherwise.
The plant is generally forming and blooming
we'll. The present condition Of the crop is
good, and as compared with last year, is as
good to better. The only uDfavorable condi-
tions is the want of rain on some of the sandy
land. ..: ...
The weather, in Mississippi, since June 1st,
is reported generally favorable and, as com.
pared with last year, less favorable in six
counties and from the same to more favorable
in the other counties. Scarcely any land has
been abandoned Stands are good in four
counties and fair to good in the others. The
plant is blooming and forming well. The
present condition of the plant is good and
from the same better than last year.
NORFOLK, July 9.-The Cotton Exchange
crop report has the following, compiled from
73 replies from 33 counties of Virginia and
North Carolina, of an average date Of June
30: Twelve replies show the weather very
dry; Al dry and warm, and 20 very unfavor'
able. Twenty seven replies report the wealth
er more favorable than last year II the
same, and 35 less favorable. Sixty-two show
no lands abandoned owing to the hailstorms,
and show an average of less than 2 per
cent abandoned. Thirty six report good
19 fair, and 1S Indifferent stands. Thirty
seven report the plant as blooming and flow
ering we'll; 81 not blooming, but forming
we'll, and not doing so we'll as last year.
Forty.six show, generally, q good condition
IA fair, and 13 Indifferent, small and grassy.
Twenty. four show the condition of the crop
the same as last year :. ID better, and 80 not
so good as last year. The general tenor of
the replies show that the dry weather which
prevailed to the 23d and 25th of June retard.
ed somewhat the growth of the plant; also,
that heavy rains during the last week OF
June have caused reports of grass. Labor
is not satisfactory. Lice are reported in 8
counties damage by the hailstorm in a
counties. Blooms are reported as early as
the 10th Of June.
CHARLESTON, July 9.-The Charleston Ex.
change makes the following report of the
cotton crop in South Carolina, based on 50
replies from from 81 counties The weather
is reported dry and hot by 27 dry by 80, and
by 2. The weather is reported
less favorable by SO; more favorable by 9;
the same as last year by l, and II fail to
answer this question Reports of no land
abandoned come from 45. Seven report the
same area cultivated as last year; 4 varying
from l to 25 per cent. The stands are re.
ported good from 80; fair from II. Lice are
reported bad from /. The plant is reported
blooming and forming well by A not well
BY 12, and just commenced blooming by 30.
The present condition Of the crop is favorable
N 81 less favorable in 10; clean and well
worked in 81 clean and small by a, and
,lean and backward. 3. The crop, as com,
pared with last year, is reported not as good
~ 20; late, varying from 5 to % days, by 8;
ame as last year, 6; better by 8. The plant
S reported small, but we'll fruited, by 25 ;
lean but backward by 4. The following
variable and unfavorable circumstances are
lot covered by the above questions The
,lants are reported small, owing to the wealth
- h., e ,ro,ptb rata rded bv drought IL