Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-10
COTTON PROSPECTS.
June Report Of the Bureau OF Agricul-
ture-A Three Per Cent. In.
crease in Area.
The Average Condition Three Points Be.
low That Of Last Year, but Con-
stantly Improving.

| WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Department,
OF Agriculture reports an increase in the
cotton area slightly exceeding per cent
! Florida and Tennessee fail by per cent to
maintain their area, and there is a decrease
oil ABOUT III per cent. IN the cotton districts
OF Virginia and Missouri The increase il
| : per cent. in Texa-, 7 in Arkansas, 5 in
LOUISIANA, in Alabama, 2 respectively in
| South Carolina and Mississippi, and / in
| Georgia The department record on area 10
1882 was 16,276,000 acres. The returns in
dictate breadth of 16,780,OO0 acres, an in
crease OF 5O4 900 acres. The area by States
Is as follows: Virginia $4,000, North Caro-
lima, 100000, South Carolina 1915, 600,
Georgia 2 1873 900, Florida 25s,OOO, Alabam :
100000, Mississippi 2,278O00, Louisiana
$4,000, Texas 3035 900, Arkansas LIS 900
Iennesses 8O7 900. Missouri, the Indian Ter
ritory, and other States contributed the
remainder. Planting had been late, and
replaDtlng to fill defective stands was
more general than usuzt.- the cold and
wet April, followed by the cold and very
dry May, with frosts from May Goth to 24th,
extended the attempts to fill the gaps up TO
the date OF the report, and 10 the Gulf State.
debated plants had not appeared on the 1st
OF June. A persistent effort has been made
TO perfect stands throughout the cotton belt
10" temperature and rains in April de-
laJed planting aud retarded the growth
All returns make the season late, the range
being from one TO three weeks More favor
able weather IN the lower latitudes begins
to brighten the outlook There were counties
IN North Carolina in which one.sixlh to one
third OF the cotton was not up. The frost
on the 23d Cf May, which extended nearly
or qdi,e through the area planted, was espe-
ciaIiy Injurious on the northern border. liz
South Carolina cold nights and drying
winds during May greatly reduced the vital
ity, and the weather the first week in June
was scarcely warm enough for cotton. SINH
lar causes produced like effect in Georgia
somewhat modified by milder Temperature,
yet one correspondent claims from personal
record that 1t is the worst season for cotton
IN twenty years. la the remaining
States The temperature has been lower than
usual. There are frequent reports of the
presence Of the aphis wherever the plant is in
moist condition. The caterpillar made its
appearance on the 14th Of May In Butler
county, Ala, 70 days earlier than ever
known before, and Robertson and Victoria.
in Texas, report their presence. II has been
generally too dry, but serious injury is no.
where reported, though Threatened in s,uth-
western Tex2', especially in Guadalupe,
Mendina, Livaca, Somervile and Lano.
notwithstanding these drawbacks, there is a
lair stand, OF medium vitality aud usually
clean culture. The average condition il re-.
ported by SO, against SO in June last year,
which was lower than for several previous
years, though improving constantly after.
ward. Averages OF condition are: Virginia
81, North Carolina 81, South Carolina 85,
Georgia Sc, Florida "a, Alabama 81, Mis,is-
sippi So, Louisiana 81, Texas SO, Arkansas
81 and Tennessee rs.
The condition of winter wheat is regorte j
lower than 10 May throughout the entire
ares, with lew exceptions. The decline
amounts TO points in Connecticut, IA
ia New York, 2 in Ohio, in H.
diana, 10 in Illinois and Z in Mis-
souri,. 1t is slight 10 Michigan aud generally
throughout the South. The general average OF
condition is 70, against SO in May. In June,
1882, ii was SO for winter wheat. 1t is by
States as follows: Connecticut 92, New York
63, New Iersey 101, Pennsylvania 81, DeIa-
ware SO, Maryland 50, Virginia 93, North
Carolina 95. Sou!h Carolina 90, Georgia 96,
Afabama 80, Mississippi So, Texas St, Ar
kansas So Tennessee So, West Virginia So,
Kentucky II, Ohio 60, Michigan so, Indiana
81, Missouri 20, Illinois 81, Kansas SO, Cali.
fornia SO, Oregon 80. These figures indicate
the condition Of the growing wheat without
reference TO the loss of area by blowing up
winter-kil!ed areas. The sp-ing wheat area
has been increased about 100000 acres, or
nearly 5 per cent. Wisconsin reports re-
duction of l per cent, Iowa 9; Minnesota
increase OF per cent, Nebraska, Dakota
40 snd Montana 50. The spring wheat States
have an acreage OF near 100000 acres.
The condition OF spring wheat is everywhere
high, averaging SO per cent, the same as Last
year.
The area of barley is increased per cent.
Total acreage, about 2350,000 acres. The
condition averages 81 per cent.
The increase IN the area of oats is per
cent; area nearly 100000 acres; condition
high, averaging 96 per cent.