Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-10

NEoAANA IA W HNA ~ ~
cotton made than last year. Rain badly
needed, and unless it comes soon crops will
be injured.
CoAHoMA.
Prospects for corn and cotton good, and
with a contiuuation Of favorable seasons the
yield will exceed last year.
CoPIAH.
Cotton-worms reported from all sections OF
the county; o her wise the crop prospects are
good.
Corn not as good SO Last year, but owing TO
increased acreage the yield will be az large.
Cotton not SO good by twenty-five per cent.
Weather wet 10 three weeks ago, SINCE then
too dry. Some signs Of cotton Worms. Par
tial rains the last few d avs.
DEsoTo.
Cyrn suffering badly for want of rain and
seriously damaged. Cotton is two weeks
late. Prospect for good crops if rain falls
soon, otherwise 1t is dlsc1utsging.
FRANKLIN.
Prospects for cotton better than last year.
Weather favorable.
Corn seriously injured by droulh in some
paris of the county. Cotton has also suffered
some. Prospect not SO favorable IS on the
LIST of July.
HOLMES.
Cotton prospect more promising in this
section thai. last year. Cora has been cut off
by drouih at least twenty-five per cent, but
increased acreage will probably insure an
average yield. Weather has been favorable
on all cotton worked early. No cotton
worms and but few moths.
IssAQUENA.
The corn and cotton prospect fully forty
per cent. better than last year. The acreage
IN corn largely increased this year, and a
yield largely in excess of any previous year
is now assured. Cotton well fruiled, not
very rank, fifteen days in advance Of last
year. The acreage is twenty per cent. lees
than last year, but the yield promises TO be
as great. Cottor-~erms aud moths in coz
siderable numbers reported in the lower end
OF the county.
1TAwAMBA.
Yield of cotton promises to equal, if it
does not exceed, last year. Weather hiss
been somewhat urfavorable The latter part OF
the month.
JASPER.
Good corn crop already assured. Owirg
to extreme wet weather in June, and extreme
drouth in July, cotton injured at least ten
per cent. Weather very dry in some places
nov.
Corn crop seriously injured by drou,b.
Cotton prospect fair.
LAFAYETTE.
Cotton later than last year; small but
frui'ing well. Corn crop injured twenty. five
per cent. by droulh.
LAWRENCE,
Cotton and corn crops compare favorebly
with last year; cotton somewhat in sdvante.
Worms reported in some place.. Enough
corn will be made for local demands.
LEE.
Cotton prospect equal 10 lsst year. Con-
prospect not quite 60 good. Both crops neec-
log rain. Large supplies of old corn en-
hand, selling for thirtJ cents per busheL
LowNDEs.
Com crop damage fifty per cent. by Sc
we're sni protraoIed droulh. Cotton small
and blooming at top, showing that growth
has stopped. Prospect for cotton not so good
as this time last year by fifteen per cent.
MADISON.
Corn crop damaged about twenty-five per
cent. by droulh. Cotton two weeks later
than last yesr-small and poor stands from
being 10 grass badly. Cotton prospect not SO
good as last lear by tweoty per cent.
MARSHALL,
Cotton prospect will average shout as this
time list year. Corn not near 30 good az
last year. Crops inbred by drouth.
MONTGOMERY.
Cotton in good condition and promising.
Corn injured by dry weather in some placer.
NEWTON.
Cotton two or three weeks late and injured
by dfouth. acreage about the same ss last
year. Slight increase in corn scresge, and
pro pect about the came as last yesr.
NoxUREE.
One-balf OF the county has had good see
sons, and corn and cotton promising; the
other hall, dry for six weeks, and corn and
cotton "sorry"-cut off beyond redemption.
Average crop prospect not as good as last
year. Cotton-worms appeared on black
lands the 10Th of July, but have done no
damage as yet.
OKTIBBEHA,
Corn badly burned, and yield will be much
less han last year. Cotton very small
blooming 10 the top, and the growth seems
to have ceased.
10 northern part of the county the corn is
burning badly, and the cotton failing for
want OF rain. In the southern part Of the
county the corn is needing rain, but the pros
pecis are better than In the northern part.
Cotton doing well in this part OF the counIy.
On the whole, the prospect is not as good az
last year by twenty per cent.
Crops of corr and cotton good in some Dor.
tions OF the county; fair In others; worms
have appeared Indifferent parts Of the county,
PoNToToC.
Prospects, for corn and cotton good. Ii
rain falls soon the yield of both crops will
probably exceed last year. Lsrge quantities
of old corn on hand and no sale at forty
cents per bushel. Weather generally favor
able during July.
PRENTIss. .
Corn prospect good; cotton looking we'll
and season favorable 10 both crops.
SCOTT.
Cotton and corn prospects better than last
year. Weather favorable to cotton growth.
TALLAHATcHIE.
The crops Of corn and cotton have suffered
from a fve-weeks droulh, in many places
cutting of the yield Of corn. The cotton
plant Is sn ali, out fruiting we'll and in good.
clean condition. The cotton prospect is not
quite as favorable as last year; stands as
good.
TATE.
The drouth has seriously injured the corn
crop, and there will not be more than half a
cIop. Cotton fifteen to twenty days late and
not very promising.
TISH0MINGO.
Acreage in corn and cotton about same 90
last yesr. Cotton prospect not 30 90 d by
twenty five per cent, and corn prospect short
thirIy-three per Cent. Dry weather has ssri-
ously Injured both crops.
WASHINGTON.
Cotton respects equal 70 average of "best
crop seasons"-very much better than at thi