The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-04
SEA ISLANDS HURT
cROP IN SEVERAL SECTIONS DAM
AGED BY COLD.
MANY FARMERS REPLANTING.
SOME OF ORIGINAL ACREAGE TO
BE SET IN UPLAND COTTON.

:, Is Not the General Understanding
among Factors, However, That
,be Damage From Cold will Ma
the Next Crop-Reports Received
nv the Morning News From Sew
eraI sections Say Replanting viii
Re Done-Present Crop Estimated
nj From $4,000 to $1,000, Against
rs 900 Last Season.
The best reports obtainable indicate
that the sea island cotton crop escaped
serious damage during the recent cold
weather While losses are reported from
nearly every section of the sea island
beit. the fact that there is time to re-
plant and an abundance of seed will
doubtless enable planters who desire to
restore their cotton. Unless there is fur
Their damage the trade generally do not
consider the losses from cold such as will
materially lessen the new crop yield.
Savannah's prominence as a sea island
cotton market explains the interest felt
in the prospects for the coming CROP
Factors have made pretty general in
ouiries among their customers TO ascer-
tain the damage to the crop, if any, and
in many cases the responses have been
favorable. The severe damage to the up
land crop in many sections gave rise to
the belief that sea islands had suffered
correspondingly, and for this reason eX-
aggerated ideas were formed. One firm
stated yesterday that one of it's patrons
requested just after the cold snap that
sfty bushels of sea island seed be reserved
for him. His intention was to call for
The supply later if he found replanting
necessary but as the seed has not been
called for, the presumption is that the
damage was found to be light.
The Morning News learns through sew
eral of its correspondents that while there
has been considerable damage in some
sections the sea island crop has suffered
much less than at first generally under
stood Advices from Townsville
say there was damage, and that about
l2la per cent. of the damage of Is per
cent of the original acreage will be re-
planted. The correspondent at Quitman
states that the crop suffered in Brooks
county. and that it will be necessary to
repant - per cent. of the original acre
age. About half of this will be replant-
ed, ana the UdldHCS set III SIlOIl COtlOl
aud corn.
The advices from Valdosta, which is
the center of a productive section for this
cotton, are that the crop has not been
greatly damaged. 1t was given back
set but replanting will be unnecessary,
except about in spots to make full
sand Farmers say that a half stand
will be better than to plough up their
lands and replant, hence, only little re-
planting will probably be done. Reds
VILE reports that the plants well up dur
ing the cold were not damaged but that
the younger growth suffered considerably,
making it necessary for about a third
of the farmers to replant same.
The damage in the vicinity of States
boro seems to have been rather heavy,
according to the statements of farmers in
that section. 1t is reported that a great
deal of replanting will be necessary, and
that fully 80 per cent. of the original
acreage has already been ploughed over.
Many farmers are reported to be plant
ing uplands in the place of the sea ISL
ands. Until the effect of the cold is fully
developed it will be impossible to ascer-
tain the exact extent of the damage.
The outlook is for a short crop this
season as compared with last, the esti-
mate for this season being from 5000
to 5000 bags, against 5000 last season,
and 10000 two seasons ago.