The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-10
Average for the cotton belt.

Average for the cotton belt. 80. 8
IF the average of all the other states is as
erroneous as that made of Texas there can
be but one opinion. and that is, Bradstreets
is working in the interests of the cotton
rings of the north. Further on it says that
the percentage of each states crop is re-
ported still fruiting and liable to make a
top crop: North Carolina, 30 per cent;
South Carolina, 20 per cent; Georgia, %
sippi, 20 per cent; Louisiana, IS per cent;
Texas, As per cent; Arkansas, 25 per cent,
and Tennessee 81 per cent, the average tor
the entire country being 20 per cent. of the
entire crop. Here again that pa
per is just as much in error
as it is in the estimated per centage of crops,
but it affords loophole in the event the
crop should turn out larger than its esti-
mates. Again it says the reports in many
instances mention that the yield OF lint cot
ton from seed cotton is very light and that
the result of ginning shows it to be smaller
than reported last MONTH 1t is also noted
that the bales are very light, the cotton be-
ing dry and fluffy. 1t is impossible to get
full weight of cotton into the bales, as was
the case last year. On the above showing q
fair estimate of the cotton crop of 1881
would be about 4 100000 bales.
We only give the above that our readers
made by that paper. Still it admits that
there is wide difference between the high
est estimate which Is 6,505,000 bales, and
the lowest 5,175, 900 bales. Some of the pa
pers of the south have headed this estimate
Of Bradstreet's, Ring" cotton report
Professor Kelley delivered his address az
Atlanta on the cotton worm. He confined
his remarks TO the cotton belt of the south,
and stated that since the war the ravages OF
the cotton worm have been far greater than
before. He said that between 1870 and 1880
the cotton worm had destroyed $l5,0OOUOO
worth of cotton in the south. In 1872 he
discovered that paris green was good rem
edy, but it was not until 1878 that he was
enabled to investigate the Peterborough
ly In that year, aided by Senator Morgan,
Of Alabama, and other southern senators,
he secured an appropriation Of 5000 from
congress, and since that time has devoted
himself to careful investigation through
ont the SOUTH. The cotton worm
first appeared in the form of blush
green eggs on the under side of the leaves
of the plant. The worm is Matched out in
from two to four days, and remains for the
first few DAYS on the under side of the plant.
making tiny, yellowish blotches on the
leaves. This is the proper time for the APP
plication Of the poison. The worm should
be destroyed before it attains full growth,
when il crawls to the top of the leyres.
One grown female worm could generafe Do
OO0, 700 insects in a short time Paris
green was, one remedy used, out the
safest remedy for men and stock u London
purple. Half pound Of London purple
dissolved in forty gallons OF water and
sprinkled on the bottom OF
leaves during the infgncy Of the
worms would effectually destroy them, the
cost Of this remedy, including application,
being about cents per acre. He expressed
regret at finding a cotton field Of four or
five acres on the exposition grounds con-
tanned cotton plants from various parts OF
the world entirely defoliated by the cotton
worm, and said that If he could have
known Of the presence Of the worms earlier
he could have destroyed them in two hours.
He exhibited various machines for spraying
poison upon the worms. This theory was
supported by the experience Of cytton
planters who spoke at the conclusion OF the
address.
The New York Times says the foreign ex-
change market il firm on the small amount
ofcOtton going forward, and although these
shipments are simply delayed by specula-
ton. they must come sooner or latter in the
GRAIN.
The receipts in this city to-day were
about an average Of tie season The sup
ply was fully equal to the demand. There
we're few orders Tor car lots west q here
m Addition 70 the usual amount shipped 70
the United States military ports, but the
orders were not enough % affect pTlees-
Farmers find e ready sale Tor al the corn
md oats they bring e. ouf city
In Chicago. NUTeruber wheat WIS no1nl-
nal Al ~. On TIE exchange December
wheat opened 81 Ia. and gradually d
rnnre1 and cIosed At -. cent and I'VE
eirifls higher than Re evening bciers-
C1rn ~ November ras worth 81. De
rrrrf,er corn Opened nt So and cl0scd -
1l4 4 cent ard fre-eirfIfts ~ en- ndr1nct
c-rr he dosing Of the d1T before
Cticnro has nov over 1z00l010 bus1els
cf rrntn in tie elerntCls, ard TIE
stIrImenfs are lighter fh1r :, The SINE
line II sererrl re1rz- Tir IL ~ rcl1
s1 hand q Bos.Jn is rsI'orlsff Be y. -