Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-11
CROPS AND THEIR AREA.
Representations from Memphis ane
Washington

ing are the replies received bv Messrs
Hill, FOntaine S Co., of this city. in re-.
sponse to letters of inquiry sent to plan.
ters and merchants in the cotton belt
tributary to Memphis. which embraces
west tennessee, North Mississippi, North
Arkansas and North Alabama, One bun.
dred and sixty reports increased the acre
/ age planted IN cotton as compared with
last years; l24 showed about the same
acreage, 66 showed a decrease, making an
/ average increase of l-l6 per cent.
! one hundred and eighty of the re-
| plies report the weather as having
/ been more favorable than last wear,
! excepting the frost and cool weather of
May 21st, 22d, 23d and 24th. One hum
/ dred and fourteen letters report less favor
/ able weather and 56 about the same. Two
| hundred and four of the letters report the
| stands as good, 10 as moderately good.
and 70 as poor. AS to the present c0ndi-
tlon oil the crop, l54 report it good, IS fair
and l2S backward. All reported
more or less injury from frost and
too cool weather, which has checked
the growth of the plant. but
with favorable season the damage it is
thought, will be regained. The plant is
also reported as being smaller than usual
| for this season.
On corn l0S report an increased acreage
OF planted corn, l12 report decrease and
l30 about the same, making an average
decrease OF IL per cent. Two hundred
and seventy-eight letters report the corn
crop i'll good condition. and u i'm fair con-
ditiOn. Favorable reports come from
Mississippi and Tennessee that increased
attention is being paid to the raising of
hogs, potatoes, small fruits, peas and sOr-
ghum.
WAsHINGToN, June 9.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture reports an Increase
of the cotton area slightly exceeding
per cent. Florida and Tennessee fail by
point to maintain this area, and there is
Il decrease of about 10 per cent. in the
cotton districts of Virginia and Missouri.
The increase is ) per cent. in Texas ! in
Arkansas, D in Louisiana, in Alabama,
, respectively in South Carolina and
Mississippi, and one in Georgia.
The department record of the area in 1882
was 16,216,0O0 acres. sThe returns
now indicate a breadth of 16, $50, 600 acres,
an increase of 504,000 acres. The per-
centaec of the area by States is as fol-
lows: Virginia 90, North Carolina 1850.
South Carolina 1919, Georgia 2S.73, FlOri-
da 2.5S, Alabama 26.10, Mississippi -. rs.
Louisiana 9.32, Texas 30.35, Arkansas
11.SS, Tennessee S.07, Missouri, Indian
Territory and other States contribute the
and replanting to fill defective stands has
been more general than usual. The cold
and wet April followed by cold and very
dry May, with frOsts from MAY 20th to
24th-the gaps up to the date of the report
and in the Gulf States&e belated plants
had not appeared on the 1st of June
Persistent effort has been made to per-
feet the stands throughout the cotton
belt, but the low temperature and rains of
A boy dol q r,Io nd
growth. All the returns make the season
late, the range being from one to three
weeks. More favorable weather in the
lower latitudes begins already to brighten
the outlook. There were counties in
North Carolina in which fpOm one-siXth
to One-third of the cotton was not up.
The frost of the 23d of May, which eX-
tended nearly or quite through the area
planted, was especially injurious on the
northern border. In South Carolina cold
nights and high winds during May
greatly reduced the vitality, and
the weather of the first week of
June was scarcely warm enough
for cotton. Similar causes produced like
effects in Georgia, somewhat modified by
milder temperature, yet one correspond
ent claims from personal record the worst
season for cotton in twenty-seven years.
In the remaining States the temperature
l.
There are frequent reports of the
presence of aphis wherever the plant is
in the worst condition. The caterpillar
made its appearance on the 14th of May
in Butler county, Ala, being 20 DAYS
earlier than was ever know before, and
Robertson and Victoria, in Texas, also
report their presence. 1t has been
generally too dry, but serious
injury is nowhere reported, though
fhr0ofnnnH in n
especially in GuadalOupe, Medina,
Lavaca, Somerville and LlamO. Not
withstanding these drawbacks there is a
fair stand, medium vitality and usually
clean culture. The average of condition
is represented by Sc against 80 in June of
last year, which was lower than for sev-
eral previous years, though improving
constantly afterwards: The averages Of
conditions are Virginia 81, North Caro-
lima 81, South Carolina 50, Georgia Sc,
Florida 81, Alabama 81, Mississippi S6,
Louisiana 81, Texas 50, Arkansas 81 and
Tennessee 7S.
The condition of winter wheat is re-
ported lower than in May, throughout the
entire area, with few exceptions. The
decline will amount to points in COnn6c-
ticut, IA in New York, in Ohio, in In
diana, 10 in Illinois and in Missouri. 1t
is slight in Michigan and generally
throughout the South. The general av-
erage of condition is 70 against SO in May.
In June, 1882, it was 80 for winter wheat
1t is by States as follows: Connecticut,
90; New York, 60; New Jersey, 101; Penn
sylvania, 81; Delaware, SO; Maryland, 9S:
Virginia, 80; North Carolina, %; South
Carolina, 95; Georgia, SO; Alabama, 90;
Mississippi, SO; Texas, Sc; Arkansas, 80;
Tennessee, So; West Virginia, SO; Ken
tucky, II; Ohio, 80; Michigan, 80; Indiana,
81; Missouri, 20; Illinois, II; Kansas, 50;
California, SO; and Oregon, 80. These
figures indicate the condition of growing
wheat without reference to the loss of
area by the plowing up of winter killed
areas.
The spring wheat area has been in
creased about half a million acres, or
nearly per cent. Wisconsin reports a
reduction of l per cent, and Iowa of
per cent. Minnesota makes an increase of
per cent, Nebraska of Z, Dakota of 40,
and Montana of 30. The spring wheat
States have an acreage of nearly 10000
600 acres. The condition Of spring wheat
is everywhere high. The average is 80
per cent, the same as last year.
The area of barley increased per cent.
The total acreage is about 2, 250, 900 acres.
The condition averages 81 per cent. The
increase i'll areas of oats is per cent,
and the area is nearly 19,200, 600 acres.
The condition is high and the average is
Qf nor.