The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17
COTTON ON THE MOVE.
SAVANNAa's RECEIPTS YEsTER-
DAY ISL BALES.


The Bay Putting on Its Busy Season
Dress-The Coming Week Expected
to be q Lively One-Bradstreet's Re-
ceiving Reports Every Day OF the
Cotton Crop What Yesterdays
Reports Show.
The Bay is getting ready for the busy
seasons rush. The cotton crop is beginning
TO move actively. Yesterdays receipts in
Savannah were 161 bales, against forty-tive
bales received on the corresponding day a
year ago
The first bale of "cart" cotton wal
brought in yesterday morning by G. H
Lanier Of Bryan county and was bought by
II. Traub. 1t was classed as good middling
and sold for 1871 cents.
The total receipts this year and the stock
on hand yesterday were 72S bales. This
week the shipments will be more rapid, and
by next week Bay street will be on the
rush.
REPORTS OF THE CROP.
The Bradstreet's agency is receiving
daily reports of the cotton crop
IN Georgia and Florida. In addi-
tion to The reports already pub
lished in the MORNING News, additional
reports were received yesterday owing
the condition Of the crop, particularly
along the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway and Central railroad and in adjoin-
ing territory, and in Lower Georgia and IN
Florida.
With few exceptions, as shown yester-
day, the crop is shown to be generally
earlier, from a week to ten days on an aver
age.
The reports from Upper Florida show the
crop there to be in fine condition, with very
slight drainage from excessive rains and
rust.
Supplementing yesterdays reports with
to-day's the Georgia crop is shown to be for
the greater part a few days earlier, while
about one-third Of the crop is few days
later.
DAMAGED BY THE RAINS
The continued rains in the lower part OF
the state have been naturally followed with
rust, which has damaged the crop from 10
TO % per cent. in places.
The general opinion IL that as the rains
have ceased the greater portion Of the crop
viii not be materially damaged. The Brad
streets inquiry as to drought was
next to useless, as only one point
failed to answer it in the
negative. The condition Of the crop now is
about on an average with last years crop.
Supt. Logan OF Bradstreet's, who fur
nishes the reports, has covered the ground
thoroughly, and the reports published in
yesterday and to-day's papers may be relied
upon as giving the actual status Of the crop
in this section.
THE CROP IN GEORGIA.
Sumner-Crop two weeks later than last
year; no drought; excessive rains followed
by rust have damaged the crop one-third /;
no caterpillars; general condition Of crop
not as good as last year.
Hinesville-Crop two or three weeks
earlier; no damage from drought, rains,
rust or caterpillars: condition of crop better
than last year.
Walthourv ille-Crop two weeks late; no
damage from drought, rains, rust or cater
pillars; crops 10 per cent. better than last
year.
Owens Ferry-About the same as last
year; no damage from drought, rains, rust
or oaterpillars; average crop.
Willacoochee-Crop fifteen days later; 5
per cent. loss from rain; condition of crop
good.
Bickley-Crop earlier; some appearance
year.
Lake Park-Crop three weeks earlier
very slight damage from rain and rust;
crop not 80 good as last year.
Metcalfe-About the same as last year
rust has injured crop about 25 per cent. in
last two weeks; caterpillars have appeared,
but have done no damage; crop will be
about two-thirds Of last years.
McRae-Crops two weeks late; very little
damage from rain and rust; condition of
crop 10 per cent. above last years.
Stuckey-About same as last year; season
good; some complaint Of rust and caterpil-
lars
Cochran-About two weeks earlier: too
much rain; cotton rusting on the sandy
lands; prospects just as good as last years..
Dublin-About eight days earlier; three
bales received to date; a very small area
suffered from drought; rains excessive. but
not very damaging; rust general, as i;
usual at this season; crop will be one-tenth
short Of last years.
Guyton-About the same as last year
Some rust; condition Of crop good.
Pembroke-Two weeks earlier; CroL
damaged % per cent. from excessive rainl
and rust; condition of crop good.
THE FLORIDA CROP.
Lake City Two weeks earlier; som.
| damage from rains and rust; condition Of
crop about same as last year.
Orange Spring-Crop earlier; no suffer.
ing from drought, rains rust or caterpil-
lars; crop better than last year.
Madison-About three weeks earlier slight
damage from rains, which have now ceased
crop not so good as last year.
Live Oak-Same as last year. Rains not
| excessive during last two weeks. Farmers
| on low lands suffered much from excessive
rains during May and June, which severely
| injured the young cotton. General condi-
tion about same as last year.
Fort White-About same as last year.
Rust making its appearance and spreading
rapidly. Excessive rains doing great dea
of damage. Rust has injured the promising
outlook OF the crop.
High Springs-Two weeks earlier; slight
damage from rain and rust; condition OF
crop good.
Starke--About two weeks earlier; little
rust and too much rain in sections; condi-
ton a little better than last year.
Cypress-A little earlier; little toe
much rain and some rust; condition of crop
Is per cent. better than last year.
Summerfield-About a week earlier
some rust; crop better than last wear