The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-28
DALLAS RxcuArsE AND SILVER
COTTON.


$Si bales, 800 of which came by rail as follows.
Nicely " Bro. 30, Caller & llill GO, Sanger Bros
- himOrough 10, schneider y Davis 7, Donncll
Co. 3, City compress 10, J Newman 2, George
JACKSON ., I X SeagO, 81, and 100 for Write u
20 from Mineola The receipts in st. Louis to-
1ay were Bin bales, the shipments 2i2 aud the
STOCK on hand there $1,000 bales Prices for
Spol cotton in Liverpool and at AZ the markets
IN lhlS country were steady and unchanged.
Ihete Is no change IN the market In this city.
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Low mddling ....,,..".. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" 81
Hu,u ordinary Observation-Disclosures, 81
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correspondent. over the signature NJ \iitO,
Bulletin
About this time last year there was S'ong
tendency to underestimate the size Of the incou.
ing crop OF cotton, particularly on the part Of
ue people In the south This year the tcudeIcy
seems to be IN the opposite direction, vi1 TO
oNgTe'timatc the crop, particularly In the south,
and there Is good reason for It. ON November
l. last year, the cotton plant was MS brown and
NSad as II II had been killed by frost even
WINE the weathc, was NEST favorable LOT the
growth vt anything IN had vitality enough TO
grow. There was grea. disappointment IN
lhe south. The planters having largely IN
creased their acreage NJ cotton and greatly
neglected the food crops, the failure OF
me cotton crop cntail,d great suffering upon
mem, Very many were unable To nay
thelr bills alrCHiy accumulated for supplies
anu fertilizers, aud were Obliged tn Incur still
observation-disclosures for the coming year, Now,
M situation this year Is decided contrast
The planters have secured Nounuml crops of
vuri oats aud other food crops, To which the eN'
p'ricncc of last year leads them TO give moro
VaiheSt attention, and the cotton plant has de-
.enn ID large aud luXur,ant growth. with his
thh' full of corn anu his "smOkc-house' well
sucked with provisions, the planter Contcm.
plates his fields OF cotton with complncency and
sau.hcllou. The world looks entirely different
10 MIN from whit II did a year AGO and lC the
vxhuIc cotton c'op had proved Us bad q failur as
tthe last one, with the means at hand To keep
,iuli stomach, he could still be happy, As tits
NO Is inclined to cSaggcfato his good fortune
, Sdd say to himself Thou hast much goods
fought not to be forgotten that the cotton
lAnt had an exceedingly hard time MP t0JulN
.u9ggliug through the late, cold aud wctSrrlnE
ma lhon came unusually fine, forcing woH'h,r,
sne tendency which, II not the actual result
was To produce weed at the Cxp'ls ut the
power IN produce fruit and II would b. NJ spr.
pllslng thing II the very luNuilAnt pant w1ich
nov NV gladdeps the planters lid no' ntr AL
would seem ~ promise Nor should 1t Nc pvci.
looked that there was a laIcl dc.tcls IN the
useo OF artificial furtllise's Oh he present 'oe
ana decrease Of acressr psnigi N elton
Nalously estimated from -. tos ,e, cent. Two
aud half per cent IL, roth ,ps, small est
mate, considering the tuoNu TACT hat ls'gr
amounts OF tlulo aud space were given ~ 10
other crops. aud, perhaps, on "a" other baud, !
percent. decrease IL an extreme estimate. but
however this may be, The fact RENAME that
thefe was decrease IN both f'ruliEats ard
crengc, and II hasa very important beating on
NV question Of yield.
Now, as to the movement OF the crop There
ste many things which iudItAe u very rpld
harvesting aud MARI cudg OF this cop. II IL
uuc II late crop, but the unusually favors'
pc weather throughout September aud October
mas largely made M for THIS. The south Is far
better equipped for handling q large crop than
she was even two years ago,thers Are many more
Elhs more railroads, mote rolling stnck, and tho
farmer does not have 30 far to haul his cotton
,,lhet TO piu or 10 market u Again, there nnoba
ny never was before No much pressure upon
.ne planter Ia get ont his cotton aud bring II IL
msttet. There are isbs Tor fertilizers and pt,-
VISIONS two years old. be met out Of this ernt
and universal belief among southern pef-
wants and money lenders that the crop Is I'm.