The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-23

Weld on 10000 10 7, 10000 bales, now says
That "undcr the most favorable circum.
stances, we believe the crop cannot exceed
9 400, 900, and y may possibly only be o.
2O.OU bales On the whole,
therefore, whether regard be had to the
production Of cotton per acre, or TO the
movements of the crop 10 the end Of DEE
Cember, II seems 10 us that the yield Is not
likely 10 be less than 100000 bales, while
It may be more than 6,OOOOOO.
In conclusion, Mr. Ellison says: Even
with small American crop there VIII be
plenty of cotton TO supply the wants Of
consumers for the remainder OF the
season. 1t is true that, owing to
the large stocks held In America
against sales Of futures, and to the
t"nncrty with which the bulls hold on to
their contracts, considerable amount OF
cotton is in the wrong place, 50 to speak
but European spinners need not trouble
themselves on that account they may de-
pend upon II that sufficient quantity Will
Ooze out TO add continually to the stocks IN
Liverpool and the leading continental
ports, and to afford to consumers an ever
increasing and improving selection"
The National Cotton Exchange statement
for the five months ending January ~
shows a total overland movement 10 the
mills droc; OF 335, Al, an excess over last
year Of l,Ol0. The total amount OF TINS
years crop that has appeared ut ports ana
points of crossing overland IS 4,O10Ol3,
against 4, 372 ,352 last year; the total foreign
exports, l, 1874, 703, deficit, rs compared
with last year, of 5GS,OOG; shipments over
land to Canada, 2l ,23S, against l5,OSO last
year. The northern spinuefs took during
the five months l,l17N2, an excess over
last year of 70,65l bales.
The following was issued by the depart
ment of agriculture: Supplementary cot
ton returns made after the close of the har-
vest with an effort for unusual complete
ness, has resulted in obtaining county esti-
mates covering seven-tenths of the entire
field OF production, or 50G counties. The
December return represented but 43 per
cent. of the cotton area. Inquiry calling
for a comparison with last years product
WAS divided.
/. TO show the result on basis of equal
areas.
.. Modification by increase or decrease OF
acreage.
Tie result makes the state per centage Of
last wears product as follows: North Caro-
lima 81, South Carolina so, Georgia So Flor
ida 80 Alabama 49, Mississippi 80, LouiSi-
ana Sc, Texas IS, Arkansas 50, Tennessee 60;
This increases somewhat the indicated
yield OF DeCembers returns, but stlll lai!s
short of the indications of The condition IN
october, when the average WAS co, against
50 in October of 1850. That average of con-
dition pointed to about $500 bales.
In October, 1879, the average was 80. on
this basis the comparison by October condi-
ton would point to a result fully as large
II is probable that panic and depression
naturally caused by reduced productions
has had a slight conservative tendency up
on these final returns; yet the discrepancy
between these and previous returns OF con-
dltion are not wide, showing inevitably Il
large reduction in yield. Returns OF area
make re iurl' ase of acreage in 1851 about
" r cent. and the total acreage about 49,
$4,000 acres. 90
Returns of losses by cotton caterpillar
indicate an aggregate loss of about 10000
bales The heaviest losses are i'll Florida, II
per cent, Louisiana II, Alabama 10, Missis-
sippi 90, Arkansas 3 40, Georsia 5I0;
Texas 4, South Carolina 5-10; very small
losses occurred in North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and none in Missouri and Virginia.
THE New York Chronicle says: We ave
received by cable to-day Mr.. Ellison cot
ton figures brought down to February l.
The revised totals for last year have also
been received, and we give them for. COM
parison. The takings by spinners in ac-
tual bales and pounds have been as follows:
From Oct. Is ------~-- -