The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-08-11
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
Tho Reduction of Acreage Through
out the Cotton Belt
The Floods Have Taken Hand In the
Matter-The Average Condition Of
the Growing Crop is Not Al
together Favorable.

Sr. LOUIS, Aug. THE Globe-Demo.
crat pu blishes extensive reports from
itEeorrespondents thfutfss mt 1sie t.5 ~
ton belt reviewing the condition Of the
crop pf which the following Is sum-
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than l4stt Tho rcdu ction for the entire cot.
ton growing region is at least le per cent Not
all Of this decrease IL due to the planters The
Hoods IN the Mississippi valley aud on the
Tombigbee, Rod and Arkansas rivers had some
thing to do with IT, Many thousands Of acres
were covered with water during the planting
season, and II IA IN these hood -devastsd dis
iIjctas that thu reduction "a acreage is
the Ereatest In Texas, while consider.
alla now. land has bean broken and cotton
planted theron, the decreases. win average ls
per cont In Arkansas ard Mississippi the re-
duction IL fully Is per cont Iu those two statcs
and IN eastern Louisiana the food did the
greatest damage In Chicot and Dosha coun.
tics, In Arkansas, for example, the acreage Is
only lb per cent OF that Of last year. Southern
Alabama also suffered from the high water and
the excessive rains Of Juu6 and In that state
tho reduotionfs IS per cent? per cont greater
than the estimated Reduction Of last spring
The Average DECREASE In Louisiana and FsnussT
see Is per cent ,land in South Carolina rs per
cent.
The present condition Of the crop, Texas and
South Carolina excepted, Is on the vhols not
verJ favorable. There has been too much rain
for cotton IN most sections. Where II was not
entirely ruined by water tho plant has grown
rank and n not fruitlng we'll The most un-
favorable reports come from Mississippi In the
northeaatorn part nf the state the crop Is 70.
ported 10 be n practical failure. and the acre.
age 90 per cent less than last year, all due to
the heavy rains and consequent foods. To a
less extent the same causes have operated
against the plant IN other sections Of the
state, the lowland cotton being, Of course,
damaged much more than the uplands In the
Greenvile district. however, the outlook Is re-.
ported to ba promising in spite of the rain. In
the Pine Blum district OF Arkansas, the most
important cotton section Of that state tho aver.
age shortage.of crop due to decreased acreage
and crops Is placed Al 10 per cent In the
Brinkley, ParRgould and Little Rock districts
the condition OF the plant is very good, but
In all the other parts OF the state, as
as far AZ heard from. the outlook is not
encouraging, and this is particularly the case
ln the mississippi river counties. In
tho vicinity OF Shreveport and Baton Rouge
La, the plant is doing very we'll. the present
weather being propitious. But Alexandria re-
ports the plant running to weed and Monroe a
" per cent. shortage in condition. In most
parts Of the state too much rain has caused
rank growth and shedding. In Texas, as a
general thing the outlook. barring the boil
worms, Is very promising. The cotton in the
south suffered some from drought for several
weeks in July, but splendid rains dur.
l9g.,y thu u past ,..WaslJ sarErh 10 ASe
the plant new lease OF life.
The boil worms have appeared in many
parts Of the state, and In the BraEos valley
they have done considerable damage. The sit
ustion IN Alabama is not encouraging. In the
big cotton belt, OF which Montgomery is the I
center, the condition Of tho plant is % per cent
less favorable than this time last year, the ex-
cessve rains having -bssp followed by hot
weather. causing rust and scald In Tennessee
the conditions arc not favorable, the plant not
fruiting we'll, but in South Carolina the pros
poets are good for an average crop.