The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-16

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II. f. Duiton & Co.'S sea island cotton
report for South Carolina. Georgia and
ftorlda' from May -, 1899 10 July 49, 1899
as 10 acreage, stand. cultivation conIi-
toh or plant, weather. plant being oar
Her or later, bloom. bolls damaged by cat-
arpil'ar shedding rust OF blight. is as fo
lows:
south Carolina-Our last reports SO 20
snow thai the acreage in this state is about
the same as last season. Of the two ., ,riIa
more. Stand from early plauttni,s ro,d.
'dter paintings somewhat broken. will aV-
erase with last years crop. The cultiva-
uon OF the white planters crops were nov
q pc''er. IN some sections che negroes
crops are not as good as usual ON The
Who-e he cultivation is fair Almost tn,
entife state report very favorable weather
Tor the pas thirty days. As 40 bloomin,
ana ool4ing, reports show the early cottons
to be doing finely, the later cotton. il is
nara 10 predict results at this time No
report OF caterpillar Some grass worm
reported. or The two there is less com
pant OF shedding, rust and blight than us
uai at this time. Plant i'm healthy condi-
lloh ana the general outlook good Manor
lty or reports predict crop two weeks late.
"eorSla-The acreage will be fully 10
per cont more than last season Stand
IluI average. Cultivation never better.
condition, fine; has MOI been better for
't''i' A4tdltIlN w cd iltf almost per
feet for forty days For the pass ten
days TOO much rain. In some sections ex-
cesslNe rain. Plant reported in a healthy
condition in most sections of state Bloom
ms ana boiling good. very little report OF
shedding, rusting or blight No report OF
caterpillar but a few reports of boil and
grass worm.
FIorida-fhe acreage viii he fully 10 to
u per cent more than last season. Stand
as rule are good. The replant is, of
course. young and small. Cultivation.
good. Condition of crop up to the present
tllne, me, pant strong and healthy. one
thlrd OF cotton ten to fifteen daVs later
Bloom and boil of the early cotton is fine.
They viii commence picking quite a little
cotton in early August. Several sections
report caterpillar, grass aud boil worm, but
we are of the opinion they have taken the
grass worm for caterpillar
General Remarks-As we said in our last
report knowing the sea island districts
throughout the states of South Carolina
Georgia and Florida, as 10 localities, where
crop is grown, character of soil kind of
seed planted. fertilizer used. and condi-
ton of weather all necessary to aid in
making close estimate, we feel confident
IN estimating the condition of the present
crop to-day in the three states at least Is
to 70 per cent. more than last year
the quantities of fine grade seed planted
this season in the above states, and es-
pecialy so in Georgia and Florida is much
less on account of the small difference i'm
price realized between the high and low
grade cotton. There is no question there
Will be much larger proportion of irrog-
ular staple in the coming crop than for
years, and the same will continue year
after year until greater difference in
price is made between cotton showing
waste and otherwise.
Everything being exceptionally favorable
TO plant from now out and the usually
long gathering season which we have had
for the past four or five years and from
the replies 10 our inquiries as to condi-
ton of the present crop as compared to
the big crop of 1896, which shows a loss of
70 per cent, in acreage aud general cOndi-
tion and the fact that the counties in
Georgia that planted largely In sea island
cotton in 1896 and discontinued same TO a
large extent for the past two years are re-
ported as materially increasing the acre
age again this season we predict that the
sea island cotton crop will be fully 10 to
20 per cent more than last season.
On Inc other hand the crop has not been
for years in so favorable condition for dis
aster to overtake it. One-third Of the crop
is fully fifteen days late, placing il sus-
ceptible 10 grass worm, bon worm and
caterpillar, Continued drought just at this
time win absolutely kin the plant. Too
much rain would cause the plant to rust
aud shed its forms or produce dieback or
blight.
Unfavorable picking season would mate
rally injure the staple Early frosts play
havoc with the crop. Either of the above
causes would materially shorten the crop