The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-18
STORM IN THE COTTON BELT
Very Little Damage to the Crops by
Wind and Rain.

The Storm was Largely Local and Did
Most Of It's Damage in Georgia and
Florida-Sea Island Cotton Damaged
Worse Than the Upland-No Advices
That Warrant a Change in the
Former Estimates of the Crop.
Advices received here from the cotton
region do not indicate that the recent
heavy rains have materially affected the
crop throughout the cotton belt, though
very few reports have as yet been re-
ceived in regard to the damage done by
the storm and heavy blow of Thursday
night last
That storm is believed to have been
largely local and it did not strike the cot
ton belt, except in one or two points in
Georgia and Florida, which have already
been mentioned and the extent of the
damage noted.
The heavy rains have had little effect
on the crop, for if it had been damaged to
any material extent the fact would have
been noted at once in the rise in the
market in New York. New York cotton
men are generally the best posted, as
they receive advices there from every
portion Of the cotton belt, but so far they
have published nothing which would in
dictate that any portion of the crop to
speak of had been damaged.
Cool nights which have been prevailing
for the past few weeks have interfered to
a great extent with the stands, and they
are by no means as large as they were
last year. or as they would have been this
wear under other circumstances The
nights of late have grown much warmer,
and no further interference from this
source, which has operated as check
more than anything else, is expected.
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
The sea island cotton has suffered much
more than the upland variety on account
of the fact that its belt was situated al
most in the exact path of the recent storm,
and received the full benefit of it. Advices
as to the effect of the most recent storm
have not been received from all parts Of
the sea island section, but the damage is
thought by the cotton men here to have
been very great.
The excessive rains have prevented the
producers from giving it the proper care
and attention, and have also made great
deal of grass grow amongst the cotton.
which is necessarily a great drawback.
The stands, like those of upland cotton,
are not so good this year as they We're
last the cool nights having affected it
probably as much as it did the other va
riety In Florida the plant is
found TO be in healthy
condition, but the acreage there
is small and the farmers seem to have
given more attention there to corn than
to cotton.
IN NEARBY COUNTIES.
The farmers of Bulloch and Tattnall
counties report that the leaves of the cot
ton there are turning yellow. 1t is not
properly a rust but diseased state of the
plant which they do not very well know
how to account for The other disad-
vantages may be overcome but such dam
age as the above is liable to prove fatal.
The plant everywhere is a great deal
smaller than last year, but favorable
season from now on might improve it
materially. The most critical period, and
the most critical month of all, August,
are yet to be passed through, however and
there is no telling as yet what misfortune
or what good fortune the cotton crop may
meet with.
So far all advices have told only of
slight damage to small local crops, the
cotton belt as a whole not having been
materially affected, From all that can
be learned, the cotton men here say there
is as yet no reason to change the esti-
mates in regard TO the crop which were
made month or two ago.