Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-10
OUR GREAT STAPLE.
COTTON REPORTS FOR AUGUST.
The Weather-The stand and Pros
poets of the PIant-PickiDg-Th
DrOught-WOrms- Average EslI-
mates of Losses.

NORFOLK, VA, September 9.-The Cot
ton Exchanges crop report is based on sew
enty-nine reports from six counties in North
Carolina and Virginia of the average date of
August 31st. Twenty replies give the
weather as unfavorable, eight favorable
and one very favorable. Sixty-eight re-
plies show weather less favorable, and
eleven more favorable, than for the same
time last year. FiftY-fve replies state that
the cotton is retained in squares and bolls,
and SIX report the same as last year.
Forty-one replies show poor condition,
averaging SO 17-1O0 per cent. less than
last year. TwentY-three show the
condition poor to bad, eight not so bad as
last year, ten the same as last year and six
better than last year. twenty-five replies
state that picking has not and fifty-four
that picking has begun. The tenor of the
replies shows that picking viii be general
by September. Fifteen out OF seventV-two
replies show that no worms have appeared.
One reports worms, but only slight damage.
Six report lice and considerable damage.
Fortysix replies show that the crop has
been il jured by the drought. Thirty-four
out of sixty seven show little or no damage.
damaged by drought, shedding and rust to
a greater or less extent. The general tenor
Of the replies indicates that the weather in
August was exceedingly dry and most IN
favorable for the crop.
MOBILE, September 9.-The following is
the Mobile Cotton Exchanges report for
August:
ALkBAMA.-Forty-fo -four counties, seventy
letters. The weather during August is re-
FPnnrfnh hQuInn hnnn O ua founFQ--
Bile, to more favorable in bottom and cane
brake land, and less SO In the uplands on
account Of drought. AS compared with last
year In only ten counties is the plant re-
ported as fruiting well. All the others
report it not fruiting well and shedding.
In fifteen of the most productive counties the
present condition of the crops is reported
as being from as good to better than last
year. In other counties its condition is va
riously reported as being from less favora-
BILE to 90 per cent. worse, an average % per
cent. worse. Picking has commenced and
is pretty general all over the State. Worms
have appeared IL limited numbers and have
done very little damage. The damage from
drought, shedding and rust has been con-
siderable in the uplands. The approximate
per centage of loss is not given.
MISSISSIPPI. Eighteen counties and
thirty-two letters. The weather during
August, as compared with last year, is re-
ported as unfavorable, with the exception
of Lauderdale and Monroe counties All
report the plant as not fruited well. As
compared with last year, the present pros
pect is IA per cent less. Picking is gen
eral. Worms have appeared In fourteen
counties, with notable damage in three of
them. The damage from all causes is given
at 26 per cent.
CHARLESTON, September 9.-The Charles
ton Exchange report is based on sixty re-
plies from tWentV-eight counties of an
average date of August 31st. The charac-
ter of the weather during August is reported
as favorable by SIX and unfavOrable by
fifty four. As compared with last year it is
said by four to be equally as good,
by two to be more favorable and by
fitty-four less favorable. Nine report
the crop fruiting well and retaining its
squares and bOlls, while fifty-one report the
contrary. The present condition of the
crop is stated to compare unfavorably with
last year by all. Thirty-ive estimate that
only half of last years crops will be made.
All the replies show that picking
is now general, while the re-
mainder expect it to be general
between the 5th aud 18th of September.
There are no complaints of worms. All
replies without exception complain or In
jury by drought, shedding or rust, and the
damage from these causes is estimated by
twenty five at so per cent, by fifteen at 80
per cent, and by five at 25 per cent.
Damage from the recent wind storms is re-
ported from some of the lower counties.
NEW ORLEANS, September 9.-FollOWing 9.
is the report of the Cotton Exchange Of this
city for August:
LoUIsIANA.-One hundred and eighteen
replies from thirty eight parishes of the av.
erage dates of August 31st record that the
weather during the month has been entirely
too dry and compared with last year less
favorable. The plant has neither fruited
well nor retained its squares and bolls. Its
condition is not good and is much worse than
last year. Picking is now general. Worms
have appeared in few parishes, doing slight
damage. Drought has caused serious injury
to the crop. The damage from this source,
shedding and rust averages for the State 40
per cent, the heaviest loss being sustained
in the uplands.
IssIssIPPI.-One hundred and thirty
four replies from thirtY-four counties, of
the average date of August 81, have been
received. Tie weather is universally re-
ported as very dry, and more unfavorable
than lat year. The plant has not retained
its fruit. Shedding and rust are reported
generally in the uplands. The present con-
dttion is not good, and compares unfa-
vorably with last year, owing to the exces
sive drought and shedding. Picking has
commenced, and is general throughout
the above counties. Worms have appeared
in several counties, but the damsge re-
ported is trifllng. The damage from
drought, rust and shedding averages "a per
cent. The drought is reported as unpre-
cedented, causing the plant to stop grow
ing, and forcing open immature bolls.
ARKANSAS. One hundred and thirty-six
replies have been received from thirty-two
counties south of the Arkansas river, of the
average date of August 81. The weather
bas been unfavorable during the month.
Compared with last year, 1t has been de
cidedlY less unfavorable. The cotton is
neither fruiting well nor retaining its
squares and bolls. The present
condition OF the crop is very
bad, and compared with last year
So per cent. worse, this being caused by
the excessive heat and the long continued
drought Picking began about August 25th,
and was general on September LIST, though
it has been somewhat retarded by excessive
heat. Worms have appeared in some
counties, but have done no damage. The