The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-22

seasons where notable causes have pro-
duced abandonment Of large areas as in
me case OF Northern Texas and Indian
IefTitory by the failure Of tho cotton piunt.
Cd on abandoned wheat stubbe, and also
from drouth IN that section. aud Arkansas
anu IN the. Carolinas from the wet late
spring which ruled during the current year,
The date OF Killing frost also an Important
factor, needs to be calculated. aud in com.
pal1ng the prospective Ultimate Yield this
year with that Of the past short crop years
u VIII be necessary that some addition lie
made to the lowest Indicated yield by rea
son or THIS fact, particularly as compared
with 1870 when a killing frost occurr d
as early as October 8, over the Memphis
district. There is no precise method of
calculating the proportion OF added Yield
TO crop by the advent Of late killing
frost; It so largely depends upon the con
dition OF the plant at the time Of its oc-
currence In so far however as Il has
anected this years Yield. II may be said
TO have been more affective than usual BY
OF the Atlantic aud Middle Gulf states
while over the drouth afflicted areas 81
Texas there was comparatively little Of
the growing crop left 10 iniure on ncco MT
10 determine with the record Of the pre-
vious ten years before US is, can the Yield
per acre this season equal that of any of
the crop failure years during that period
except 1898 and 1882 IL conditions are
10 he taken into consideration VIZ believe.
taking Into account the possible mac
cNFAcleS IN Inc lint weld record. tuat
while this may be possible, II Is by no
means probable, and that even should the
outcome east Of the Mississippi river pro-
vide an average result per acre Of 2C0
pounds. the falling of from the western
portion Of the belt will far more than on
set this, 10 securing an average sufficiently
low to produce crop as moderate as last
year This would require a yield per acr,
| Of about 100 pounds Of lint cotton for the
entire belt. setting aside the question Of
abandonment and basing the calculation on
/ the figures given by the government early
! in the year on the acreage.
while willing TO admit the Importance
/ Of the delayed date Of frost in adding to
! the Yield and the good weather conditions
which ruled for nearly a month previous
/ to its advent, We must be guided and In
( auenced more largely by the fact Tint the
! government reported conditions for this
crop are the worst since 1891, and we
therefore can not Concede the yield per
/ acre to he over 1l0 pounds of lint cotton
for the entire crop, and 10 Is likely 20 be
/ less when final returns from the gin houses
] are made This would indicate crop Of
approximately 10.5O0O00 bales of the aver
age weight Of 500 pounds each which, hy
/ comparison with the commercial crop or
! previous years. We claim 10 he more than
( the limit Of possibilities for this year 8
! outcome"
The volume AZ the movement was elastic
enough. Receipts at all ports for the day
were I1,I13 bales, compared with 45,2iq for
] inc corresponding any OF lAct year. NlE''
| Friday they have beer 1884, 36 bales, com
( pared with 277, &c for the same time Of last
week and 236. Gao for the correspondent 9
time Of last year. Thus far in the season
| they have been 2,9S9. $50 bales compared
With 2.93S ~ for the same time of last
season. Since Friday exports have been
! 17O1aO bales, compared with 1851 fol
The same time OF last week and i43,SO1 for
tho corresponding time Of last year. STOCK
mt United States ports for the day was
S4S63u bales. compared with T69 sos for the
| same DAY Of last week and 1926 for The
corresponding day Of last year
New York wired: Generally thought
profitable 10 bring low grade here for de
livery in consequence Of differences an
ncunced by revision committee today"
Liverpool cabled; Market has better
ubdertore and there is better demand
for spot cotton
Houston's estimated receipts for today
are 5000 TO 10000. against 13.417 last year
New Orleans expects 1000 TO 1000
against 1O,61A last year.
Cotton Futures Tend Higher.
New York, November 81 The cotton mai
|; ket opened arm with prices 4 to poui,