The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-20

little cotton was received Dy WuSoii lnVlc
were, however, larger receipts by rail than
usual. Prices have not changed since our
Yesterdays quotations, but the market has
been firm. While there has been no mo-
ticeable change in spots at any of the re-
ceiying .points, the market everywhere
closed firm, and at New Orleans were strong.
We quote: |
Good Ordinary, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Low middling. ..'...''''''''''' '''''''''''''V
Middling. ,.,....,...., '..,,..''..'''. Hys
Strict middling. .....,, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
Gocd middling. Tvs
Mido,ing mir.r,. ''..'''''''''''''''''' iva
EDITOR HERALD--Willyo you please indulge
me while give you what | conceive the
present condition and status of the second
growth cotton crop? Have contemplated
doing this for some time, and very recently
requested to do SO by some of our planters
I see under your commercial in the HER
AID you say that planters are in hopes
that they will be through picking by the end
ofthe although new hollis are forming
and maturing constantly, and unless frost
should come soon picking will continue
late in November. In this
think you are surely mistaken.
Ask any of the old gray-harcd veteran
cotton planters, who have spent life time
in the service, as to the possibility Of the
present maturity of this Sccond-growth,
and you will have but one response from
from all, that it is utterly impossible for il
to mature this late in the season. and how
important that We should know the trnth in
this particular. | have never enter
tained at any time the most distant
idea from the first rain 10th of September,
that it would be of any benefit to the cot
ton, but in my Judgment it was an injury,
as il reduced much of the cotton in olassiti-
cation, from leaf stain and dirt, from five to
seven dollars per bale | was born and
reared in Georgia; been q resident OF this
state over twenty.siX years; being about
equally divided between Smith and Dallas
counties, and in all this.tmo being either
engaged in raising cotton or close OBJ
server of it, and have never seen but two
second crops mature, once i'll Smith county
Uhe date do not now rcmember) and once
IN Dallas county in 1879 the latter OF which
We are all pretty familiar with. One OF our
largest cotton planters in the county said to
me that the top crop was an utter failure,
and offered to sell his entire top crop 5000
acres) for one good dinner at the LeGrand
hotel. | do not wish to mislead or misrep-
resent rs to the true condition OF the crop.
What | mean by second crop is where the
cotton stopped growing from drouth, and
began to grow after the first rains, will not
mature, there are few land but very few
isolated cases. from some popularity in the
soil later planting and cultivation that will
mature some lhtc cotton. This | do not
include in second growth; Now that the
caterpillar q understand have made their
appearance, and will strip il ofall its leaves
making il still more untavorable for il to
mature, MS the leaves of every plant III its
lungs and is indispensable in maturing its
GROWTH. The only utility this growth can
be put to is in wintering cattle, as the
young olls are very nutritious; now forage
is scarce and high, will our planters try IT.
w. w. Ross.
DALLAS, TEXAS, October 18th, 1881,
We hold the opinion of Colonl Ross in re-
gard to crops as high as those of any other
gentemans in the state, but the quotation
he makes does not apply to Dallas county
alone. We have the best newspaper evil
denCe that what we said in regard to new
bolls forming and maturing is correct The
Sherman Courier says the fields of Grayson
county ''arc still green and the plant looks
rs though IL was growing and is blooming.
The top bOlls are not maturing" Tho Lit
tie Rock Republican says "thc late rains in
this state have had splendid effect on the
late cotton. The statement that the cotton
cropis nearly all picked out is untrue, so
far as south Arkansas is concerned. A
large portion oft yet remains in the fields
IN that section, aud the pickers have not
been idle either The fact is the crop will
be much larger than has been estimated"
The Greenyille independent says; "lf we
do not have killing frost before November
lst many farmers will gather pretty fair
crop ofCotton, which will he very acceptable.
Othcrpapcrs over Texas speak in like terms. |
Now there can he no advantage to any one
to underestimate the crop any more than
to augment it. We try to give a plain, |
fair statement without being influenced by
any one mans opinions. y little over a
year ago gentleman of this city, who |
ought to have been better posted, published |
an article in which he said that he had |
gone out himself and examined the cotton |
in the fields and found that there was not
one boil in thirty but had been pierced by |
the worm, and that one planter had sold Il
hundred acres of his growing cotton for
so, and that the crop was ruined beyond |
redemption. We only mention this tn show |
that the opinions of those who know SO
little of the crops should carry no
weight with the public, Still, should
they be passed by unoontradicted they
might mislead our people again and cause
them to lose thousands upon thousands Of
dollars in wild speculation, to be "scooped |
up by the rings in the east, who greatly |
control prices of spots as well us futures, |
So far the HERALp's statements have been |
verified by results, Woabstain from offering |
any opinion, but give facts to our readers as |
they present themselves,
Since writing the above we met one Of
our most observing and intelligent citizens
who has Just returned from Denton county |
He informs us that he mot many planters |
in that section, and all agreed il frost held |
of two weeks later they Will hayea splendid |
top crop of cotton there. He reports the |
corn in fine ilourishing condition in Den.
ton county.
The estimates of the yield Of the cotton
crop for 1881 seems still to puzzle
the brain of statistcians. The New York |
Commercial Advertiser puts thecrop down at
about 100000 over that of 1873, and says
at will thus be seen that the lowest est.
mate OF to-day is larger than any season for
the past ten years, with the exception of
last year, when there was surplus over
the sales, This surplus, visible and invisi.
bic, Is estimated ut about 100000 bales; but |
no one thinks any actually good cotton
of last year has been left over" An En-. |
glish paper estimates that there was an al.
ditional reserve left over from last years |
crop amounting TO 100000 bales. All these
estimates may DO found far from correct |
when the crop IL marketed. The yield |
will probably be less than great many |
now anticipate.
FUTURES.
Futures continne to be irregular, al. |
though they have an upward tendency. In |
New Orleans they advanced over last |
nights quotations about ten points, and in |
NewYork they opened az ii.T3 for January, |
declined To II II and finally closed nj II 10 |