The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-20
THE COTTON CROP OF isss.so.
Tho Estimate Put by Bradstreet at
o,6OO,OOO Bales.

Tho Estimate Put by Bradstreet at
100000 Bales.
From Bradsireots
The cotton crop Of IsSS-S9 may fall snort
Of 100000 bales. II it comes within
200, 900 bales OF this amount II will do so
in the face OF the general impression at
the South, as shown by the replies to
Brddarofs inquiries As usual at this
time OF the year we have endeavored TO
obtain facts regarding the probable yield
Of this staple crop. The report contains
the substance Of the replies Of 2,2G6 corre-
spondents in 6ji out OF 657 cotton produc.
ing counties OF the United States. As re-
CARDS area covered and replies received, il
is tho most comprehensive cotton report
ever made by Brdddrod'S. p
The total yield by States Is based upon
the csli mates Of production made by our
correspondents, no provisions or allow
anCrs being made for error or under-esti-
mate on the part OF correspondents.
Readers OF Brdddrod's will understand,
therefore, that the figures given are those
OF the 2, 2GG correspondents OF this journal.
Unlike the 1857 crop, that OF lSSS-S9 is
late, and unlike the preceding crop the
present crop has suffered from too much
mris urc Tho plant did not get such
good start this year rs II did in 1887, and
the picking season has not been nearly so
long or favorable rs that OF 1887. These
aud other conditions must be recognized in
considering the present cotton crop, rs
must also the increase in acreage this year,
which amounted to 400, 600 acres, or 2 per
cent.
The returns by States show the wide
spread prevalence OF uniayorable weather
conditions throughout the picking season.
Damp, stormy weather arrested the growth
and intericred with the picking. This is
in sharp contrast with last fall, when prac-
ucally the whole crop was saved in excel
lent condition. Nearly half the replies to
the question ~ 10 weather report II bad,
Whcrca. Ia 1887 81 per cent. OF the replies
received reported good weather. The alb
scnce Of good reports Is especially noticea-
hIc in the Atlantic aud Eastern Gulf
States and the Mississippi Valley.
In Arkansas aud Tennessee weather CON
ditions have not reached fair, and Texas
and possibly western Louisiana alone note
the prevalence OF fair TO good weather.
The effects OF this and some damage from
irpst have influenced the replies TO the top
crop question. Fully one-half Of the top
crop replies note either very small out
turn or none at ell. Nearly two.ihirds OF
the replies 10 the question rs To the inllu-
cncc OF November weather were TO the effect
that the crop had been reduced
by H. In 1887, - per cent. OF
the replies IA 10 the top crop re-
ported good crop gathered, whereas
tina year only II per cent ot the total
number OF replies (morc than double last
years ioial) report good top crop. A
year ago the uniavOrtbic replies cOnsii.
tutcd onc.thirl OF tho whole. This year
they are, rs above stated, about onc-half
Killing irosts the Grrt week in November
are reported 90 have been general in many
4, ctions. They became general in Texas
by November TO- Tho progress OF har-
vcHiug. inieriercd with by bad weather,
was slower than IN 1857. with the result
that the proportion unpickcd ON Novcm.
Der 30 average date Of eplicsl was 10 or
II per cent. throughout the belt.
The quality Of the crop has suffered.
Fortyiivo per cent of the rtpli cs 10 qnes-
tons as 10 quality report II lower than last
year, and - per cent. II the replies report
the quality equal 10 last year The favor
able replies come chiefly from the States
where good weather was reported. About
90 per cent. Of the replies received report
the crop movement this year 10 be- asrapid,
II not more 20, than in 1887. The financial
condition oi the planter seems hardly so
favorable as last year. Thirty per cent. OF
the replies report IL less favorable than last
year, while IN 1887 the like percentage was
hut 20
As 10 the yield Of the crop ~ whole,
Las out oi 2, 2l2 cplics lover ~ per cent }
report q probable decline In yield. In 1857
only a. per cent. Of the total number u r.
pile reported decline. Our correspond
en- place the yiold OF oo,ton by States as
.ollOWE