The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-26
TIE FLEECY STAPLE.
Condition and Outlook Of the New Cot
ten Crop.

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| Reports from North Carolina and
Virginia point to an increased acreage
Of Z per cent. The new crop was
planted ten to fifteen days later than
last year, but owing to favorable
weather for the last three weeks part
of the time lost has been regained. A
large increase in the use of fertilizers
is noted, and labor is as good as it was
last year.
South Carolina reports an increased
acreage of fully 8 per cent, a large
increase in the use of fertilizers, and
that the crop in some regions is earlier
than it was last year. The crop pros
poets are said to be quite equal to
those of last year.
Georgia advices are to the effect that
the same acreage as that Of last year
has been planted, with large increase
in the use of fertilizers, fully thirty
per cent. The crop is reported as
very promising, though perhaps fifteen
days late.
Florida reports a slightly increased
area planted, and, though late in plant
ing, the fine weather for the past two
weeks has placed the crop in good
condition.
Alabama advices state that slight
decrease is noted in the acreage plant
ed, and that planting was fully fifteen
days later than last year. Our tele-
graphic reports state, however, that,
owing to the favorable weather for
the past two weeks, the crops are as
early as usual, and that the prospect is
good
Mississippi has about the same acre
age as last year. On the uplands the
use of fertilizers viii be largely IN
creased. Planting was from eight to
twenty days later than it was last year,
but a part of this delay has been
recovered, and the crop prospect Is
good.s
Louisiana has about the same acre
age as last year, though planting is
fully fifteen days later than last year.
Late advIces by wire state that the
outlook for the crop Is good, and that
it is from ten to fourteen days later
than last year. Several of the most
productive cotton counties in the State
are, however suffering from an over
flow of the Mississippi, and at present
writing it is impossible to estimate the
damage done.
Texas advices announce an increased !
acreage Of five per cent. The COM
paratiyely small increase in this State
is explained by the large number of
railroads building, which has absorbed |
a large proportion of available labor.
The crop was three weeks later than
last year, but for the past three weeks
the weather has been very favorable |
Our latest reports say that the stands
are good, and part of the delay in
planting has been recovered.
Arkansas reports an increased acre
age of about six per cent, and, though
the crop in most localities was later
than last year, the soil is reported to
be in fine condition, and the prospects
for the crop are good.
Tennessee reports about the same
acreage as last year, with the planting
twelve to thirty days later than last
year, but the crop only ten to twenty
days later. The overflow of the His
sissippi river has intertered with plant
ing in some instances.
These reports, which are based on
the observation and experience Of
cotton growers, cotton factors and
others throughout the States in which
the great staple is raised, point, there
fore, to largely augmented use Of
fertilizers, an increased acreage Of
cotton, with the crop thus far in good
The drawbacks occasioned
by the delayed spring has, in part at
least, been offset by an unusually IA
vorable season since planting. Special
telegraphic advices from Memphis and
New Orleans speak Of serious damage
done in large cotton growing counties
in Louisiana. Arkansas river coun-
ties have also suffered by overflow. At
this writing we are unable to give an
intelligent estimate of the loss in this
direction due to the overflow of the
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