The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-02
Following are the fluctuations OF the active
months in New York and New Orleans.
upened High LOW. ClnRch.
NEILL's CIRCULAR.
1t liz IA Decidedly BuIIish Crop Docu-


Nell Bros, In their circular issued on July
Il. say among other things:
The English spinners havn during the past
four weeks taken from Liverpool and Man
chester 10000 bales or probably $1,000 bales
less than q full average weekly consumption
would require With only ZOO bales in
stock or directed to Great Britain. against
the said l,l43,O0O last year. and with sup
plv in the United States already reduced TO
$4,000 bales. against 673 900 last year we
confess that the question as to supplying the
consumption OF Great Britain Tor the next
three months is TO us as insolubie as ever
New Crop-Ihe poor reports TO July 5
have been fully confirmed by a mass OF pri-
waite advices received since the issue OF our
last circular the whole presenting the worst
series of reports which II has ever been our
lot to receive al this time of year from our
usually non alarmist friends. so far back as
our memory serves Even Mr.. Henry NELL
who IS usually SO inclined to discount pretty
literally all complaints from the Interior now,
T. e.. In bis cable received yesterday. admits
that serious and irreparable damage has been
done. much land being abandoned to the grass
with which an enormous area has been over
run. MANY OF his and our correspondents
consider that the loss thus susta ned Is fully
equal 10 the increase previously estimated in
the acreage planted but his cable dispatch
Gees not venture upon any estimate but only
the statement that much land has been aban-
doned, prior to which he considered our June
estimate OF 10 per cent increase to be fairly
correct.
The LIST OF July report OF the Washington
agricultural bureau. giving an average con-
diuon OF 1915 against So last month, and
SIS last year, was ty far the worst on rec
ord. but as bad report had been expected.
and as It has been followed bv fortnight
of improving weather II has had no effect on
the market; but We need hardly remind our
friends that much more than fortnight o.
good weather will be needed before one can
feel that the crop has recovered 10 even
an average condition not to speak Of the
very high condition n9eessary 10 produce sucn
crops as those OF 1897 and 1898. We consider
that much rain In Nav and June la a serious
danger to the crop, as 1t prevents n good tan
root being formed. In confederation or this
II NAV be noted that the average Nav aud
June rainfall in the three largest crop years
was IN 1889, 5S2 inches IN 1928 60.
inches: In lssi-a5, 5,S2 inches: the average
OF the three years being 5,si inches. Against
this We ind that tho average May and Iuut
rainfall OF the three smallest crop years OF
recent times were in 1856. 9,s inches: II
1925. 1155 inches. and in 1929, 1855 In,
ches: the average Of the whole three belng
9.e5 inches. The fact thus comes out thai
the smallest crop years had yearly doubt,
the May and June rainfall OF the largest cror
years. But this wear, since tue middl, o
Aprii the average rainfall has been SIT,
ereater saw 1881 inches which so far as /
goes locks bad for crop.