Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-16
THIS YEARS COTTON CROP.

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THIS YEARS COTTON CROP.
Under date of June 9th, the following
Cotton Exchanges have made The first report
this season of the condition of the cotton
crop in their. respective States.
CHARLESTON, S. C.-From sfty.four replies
four report decrease of about per cent.
each, while thirty. eight find increase of 8 per
cent, and ten same as last year as to acreage
Weather less favorable from twenty.seven,
and fourteen same as last year same number
more favorable. Thirty-6ve report stands
good, fourteen not so good, and FIVE worse
than last year. Forty.eight replies make
crop from four to twenty-five days later,
averaging ten days backward two replies
make crop ten days earlier, and four same as
last year. From forty replies, condition re.
ported as good and fourteen bad Labor,
from seven replies reported good, twelve re.
plies not good twenty eight replies same as
last year, and scarce and high from seven.
Use of fertilizers, forty.seven replies indicate
increase from 5-10O per cent, seven report not
as much used, giving total average increase
20 per cent From several reports com.
plants of late planted cotton not coming up
from effect of drought, and that some labor
had gone West.
GALVESTON, TExAs.-The Cotton Ex.
change of this city has received one hundred
and twenty.six replies from ninety counties,
which show an increase in the acreage plant.
ed estimated at 3 per cent. as compared with
last year. One hundred of these replies re-
port the weather more favorable than last
year, sixteen report similar weather to last
year, and ninety.6ve report the weather as less
favorable. Ninetytwo report stands good,
FIVE fair and twenty.nine not good. The crop
as reported will average sixteen days later
than last year. Fifty.two replies give the
condition of the crop as good and seventy.four
as not good, owing to too much rain, the crops
being grassy and weedy. There is general
complaint of scarcity and inef6ciency of labor
caused by the hands going to the different
railroads now in the course of construction in
the State. No fertilizers are used. A few
replies report the appearance Of the. cotton
worm, but not in a sufficient number to do
any damage.
MOBILE, ALA.-Seventyfour letters from
forty.four counties report the acreage compar:
ed with last year as follows Twenty-six of the
most productive counties an average decrease
of ct per cent. In eighteen less productive
counties, there is an average increase of st
per cent Weather is reported equal to more
favorable in thirty-six counties and less ia
vorable in eight Stands are reported from
fair to good in thirty seven counties and not
good in seven. In eighteen counties the crop
is reported from ten to twenty days later, in
nineteen about the same, IN seven from ten to
fifteen days earlier. The condition is from
fair to good throughout the department. La
Dor is reported about the same except in :
eleven productive counties in which it is re.
The use of fertilizers has generally increased.
In some counties Gu. worms and defective
seed is complained of, the latter having made
replanting necessary in many cases.
V1cKsBURG, MIss-One hundred and thir.
ty.fve replies from 35 counties under the av.
erage date of May 3lst, aggregate the acreage
in said counties remain nominally unchanged.
The weather was favorable to. the crop until
the latter portion Of the month, when there
was general complaint of too much rain,
causing some injury from grass and insects.
Stands and conditions are generally good but
grassy. There were some few complaints of
cut worms injuring stands in bottom lands.
The crop averages ten days later than last
year. There is slight decrease in labor, but
it is more efficient. There has been slight
increase in the use of fertilizers, chiefly by
way of experiment, in the upland counties.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.-One hundred and
twenty nine replies from AZ parishes of the
average date of May 31st, report an aver.
age decrease in acreage of seven.tenths of
per cent compared with last year. The char.
acter of the weather is reported as less favor
able compared with last year, owing to COM
plants Of too much rain. The average date
of the crop is about two weeks later. 78 cor
respondents report stands as good and 81 as
bad. The condition Of the crop is good,
though grassy, owing to continued rains.
Labor is as efficient as last year. No fertili.
zers of any consequence have been used.
NORFOLK, VA.-The following report ofthe
condition of the cotton crop has been made
by the Exchange, compiled from seventy
nine replies from thirty.four counties in
North Carolina and Virginia of an average
date of May 81. Twenty.four show the same
acreage as last year, fifty-6ve show an aver
age of last year. Thirty-seven show less
favorable weather and eleven show same
weather as last year. Thirty eight report
fair to good stands, twenty-one poor to bad,
and ten same as last year. Sixty show the
crop to be eleven days later than last year,
thirteen report it nine days earlier, and
twenty-five about same time as last year.
Forty-three report the condition Of the crop
good, nineteen fair and seventeen poor. The
general tenor of the replies shows that labor
has decreased slightly in number, and is not
so efficient as of late years. Strenuous efforts
are being made in some sections to induce
immigration and thus Offset the depreciation
in labor. An average of twenty-four replies
show an increase of 18 per cent in fertilizers
over last year, thirty-three an increase and
only eleven same amount used as last year.
Nine report decrease in the amount used.
The cold, dry weather, in the latter part of
May, retarded the growth Of the plant some
what. Chopping out is delayed by scarcity
and ineffciency of labor. Reports Of worms
come from two counties and hail storms are
reported by two counties.
AUGUSTA, GA.-The Augusta Exchanges
report of the condition of the cotton crop for
May is based on twenty-five replies from thir.'
teen counties. There is an average increase
Of about "a per cent. The weather was very
dry everywhere from April 20 to May 2S.
Fifteen reports state it as less favorable, FIVE
as the same and only two as more favorable.
Since May .2S rains have been general.
Stands are good wherever cotton came up