The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-13
Flse COTTON OUTLOOK.

ne Rs2hslaun Of Acreage rhrourhous
fAe cceep4 Belt d Not Duo tn tho
Pfanters-sTAs Floods Have Taken .
|ss Hand In Is Aatser-rhe Average Com
ditto. q, fhs Craving Crop ID Not Al
toeeehnJvsrshle.
ST. Lpta Aug. THE Globc-Demo-
cfat pu 6es extensive reports from
its correa{9pdents throughout the cot
ton beltreSSswing the condition of the
crop. of ~xieh the following is sum-
mary: .SSS;
The acreage this season Is considerably less
than last Ths redu ction for the entire cot
ton growing region is at least 1e per cent. Not
an Of this decrease il dus to the planters Tho
Hoods In the Mississippi valley and on the
Tombigboe. Red and Arkansas rivers had some-
thing to do with It Many thousands Of acres
were covered with water during the planting
season, and 1t Is In these food -devasted dis
tricts that the reduction In acreage ID
the greatest. In Texas. while consider
able new land has bs,n broken and cotton
planted therein. the decrease will average ID
per cent. In Arkansas and Mississippi th, re-
duction Is fully q per cent. In these two states
and In eastern Louisiana ths Hood did the
greatest damage. In Chicot and Desha couu.
ties, In Arkansas, for example, the screags Is
only Is per cent. of that Of last year. Southern
Alabama also suffered from the high water and
the excessive rains Of June and In that stats
the reduction Is Is per cent. 8 per cent greater
than the estimated reduction OF last spring.
The average decrease in Louisiana and Tennes-
see Is per cent. and in South Carolina Is per
cent.
The present condition OF the crop, Texas and
South Carolina excepted, is on the whole not
very favorable. There has been too much rain
for cotton In most sections Where 1t was not
entirely ruined by water the plant has grown
rank and Ia not fruitinz well The most un-
favorable reports come from Mississippi In the
northeastern part Of the state the crop Is re-
ported to be practical failure. and the acre
age 40 per cent. less than last year. all due TO
the heavy rains and consequent floods. To .
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
Greenville district, however. the outlook Is re-
ported to be promising In spite Of the rain. In
the Pine Blun district Of Arkansas, the most
important cotton section Of that state. the aver
age shortage Of crop due to decreased acreage
and crops is placed at 20 per cent In tho
Brinkley, Paragould and Little Rock districts
the condition OF the plant Is very good, but
in all the other rarts Of the state. as
and this is particularly the cass
In the Mississippi river counties. In
the vicinity Of Shreveport and Baton Rouge,
La. the plant Is doing very wen. the present
weather being propitious. But Alexandria re-
ports the plant running to weed, and Monroe
Il per cent. shortage in condition. In most
parts Of the state too much rain has caused
rank growth and shedding In Texas, rs .
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
ing the past week served to coun-
teract this damage and TO give
the plant new lease Of life.
The boil worms have appeared In many
parts Of the state, and In the Brazos valley
they have done considerable damage. The SIT
nation In Alabama Is not encouraging. In the
big cotton belt, OF which Montgomery Is the
renter. the condition Of the plant Is 20 per cent
less favorable than this time last year. the ex-
,essive rains having been followed by hot
weather. causing rust and scald. In Tennessee
he conditions are not favorable, the plant nos
ruiting well, but in South Carolina the pros.
,ects are good for an average crop.