The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-09


The food of 1862 reached its maximum in
March and April; that OF 1874 about May l.
The latter was moi as high as In 1858 and 1859,
It's highest crest having been drawn OF In the
lower valley below Helena by numerous ere
vases on both sides but the damage TO the cot
ton lands of Mississippi and Louisiana was
equally severe 1t IL O remarkable fact that late
and damaging frosts have so often been coinci-
dent with destructive overaows. The food of
April, lS4e. was most disastrous in the Yazoo
valley and south of Rcd river. on the morning
of April Is slight freeze aud killing frost pre-
vailed throughout the cotton districts, killing
corn cotton. oats and wheat. On the mornings
Of April Ia and 49, 1850, killing frost visited
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and slight frost
In the sta,es east OF the Mississippi. During the
last week of April, 1874, killing frost
lell in Georgia, South Carolina and North Caro-
lima with ons OF less severity In Alabama and
Mississippi. The recent overflow at Helena and
above Is the highest on record and has no doubt
inflicted more damage In the St Francis and
Ysgoo valleys than ever before experienced,
causing a heavier loss of stock and supplies
which planters have not the credit 10 replace,
as they could easily do In 1858 and 1859, and In
this respect will have greater influence on the
crops OF those districts. Unjust be remembered
however that the present food is one month
earlies than that Of 1874 and six weeks earlier
than those of 1855 and 1859. Much of the St
Francis and Yazoo lands will be ready for the
pillow in few days, and with ali average fall and
exemption from caterpillsrs. a fair crop
/
thousand acres Of cane lands having had the
osne destroyed will be planted In cotton. which.
no doubt, will bring the yield Of that state NJ to
a maximum. Present conditions nrc not as ad-
verse 10 "A good cotton crop rs generally believed.
Tho average will probably be per cent less,
and the Atlantic states may reduce the applica-
ton OF fertilizers 70 per cent, which, with nor
nal atu ospherlc conditions would involve Il
decrease of $50 900 to 400 0J bales from an aver
age crop. II, however, the area Is reduced s 10
| s per cent, and tho labor which made the last
crop, wi h liz neutral increase Is judici0usy di-
reClcd 10 the cultivation OF the crop under con-
| slderstion. n full average yield per acre should
result, MS the greatest evil In cotton culture since
! the advent of free labor has been excessive
plsnting and defective cultivation. Labor
promises TO he as efficient and tractabc MS in
| 1871 when hunger and necessity were the
strong incentives TO effort when plantation dis
| ciplne was easily enforced, and u large yield
the result, In this state and east Mississippi
corn has been planted and fair progress made
with cotton. The weather has been favorable
since March 40 light rains having fallen In the
last FIVE days. which were needed. As before
noticed, the lood Of 1859 was very late and II Sc
we're frost prevailed over u large portion of the
cotton states late in April Yet The largest crop
To that date was gathered. Coincident with
the Mississippi flood of April and May, 1874
all the rivers Of Mississippi and AlabamJ
were ut extreme high.wuter mark last of April
concurrlng with which killing frost was cxpe
ricnccd Ia the Atlantic states and one of much
severity In Alabama and Mississippi Drouth
with Intense hent, was general IN August Cat.
! rrpillar raVayes severn Ia Alabama and Texas
Many authorities claim that the average wa,
from TO per cent. less than 1873 yet the croT
| was only 100000 bales less, With ,uch result,
fresh in our experience any opinion rs to the re
| suit OF the crop Of 1882 IL rash and worthless.
! Truly, W III. GARDSEr.