The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-18
COTTON.

New York. June 1.-THE irst
bale Of cotton Of m,.., THIS sea- sea-
l rsssei Is iod at Gaeeenyle Mss The
earliest date at which the first bale
had been previously reported from the
mississippi Valley. was July a. A,,sa las,
is. 1t commenced to look as II this
crop was from six weeks to two
months earlier than last. year. largely
as the result of the use of early matur-
ing seed. 1t Is now only eight days
under June IS. when the government
report will be made up. and I shall not
be surprised IL the indicated condition
on June rs is the highest on record.
Some of my correspondents, in the
South estimate August receipts of new
COTTON at 10000 bales II the yield OF
10 the average of the past ten years.
the crop win be l2,57s.oo bales.
The smallest production per acre We
over 100000 bales. Under these
conditions there is no possible reason
for buying cotton apparent to me. /
quote the following crop advices reach
East Prairie, Mo. June 1.-THE
weather has warmed up and cotton Is
growing finely ely tn think INV will Tba aaY is
earliest for this part of the country.
Scott County, Missouri, about forty
miles north of US. has 1000 acres OF
raised any before in fifteen years. My
native home Is Southern Kentucky. and
my advice from there is that they have
planted large crop of cotton this year
where they have not raised any for
twenty years. F. NJ. Wilkinson.
Landon, S. c., June 15.-Your re-
marks in yesterdays Charlotte IN. c.
Observer, regarding the probable early
movement of cotton in Texas this sea-
son have been noted. As bearing up
on this question your attention Is called
to the fact that during November. De-
cember and January of the present
season hundreds of carloads of cot
ton seed were shipped from this State
aud North Carolina to Texas for plant
ing purposes. The earliest varieties
were selected, it being desired to Sc
cure such seed as would mature early
became so pronounced. 1t is the writ
er's opinion that this fact, together
with the favorable conditions so far re-
ported would indicate a large and mnu-
as. The conditions OF the crop in this
immediate vicinity are ideal and with
an increase of from 10 per cent to IL
per cent in acreage and a continuance
of favorable conditions large crop is
assured. H. .B. Heath.
canvass of the situation in the
cotton belt has been made for Dun
review by branch offices of R. G.. Dun
apd Company. Dun's review says: LAS
the season advances the prospects for
a large yield of cotton become brighter
and there has appeared less than the
customary amount of Injury from the
elementk and insects. while the reports
as to the acreage are practically unan-
imous in showing a material increase
1t is especially gratifying to note such
unanimity of sanguine indications
from Texas because of the, large pro-
portion of the total crop secured In
that State. The crop there is decided
ly earlier than last year and weather
conditions are all that can be desired
An increase of more than per cent in
large amount
of cotton, provided the condition is
maintained. The only drawback Is found
in the prevalence, of boil weevil and as
to this there is hope of some improve
menf over last year.
Hallville. Tex. June 1.-THE cotton
crop is about three weeks ahead of
last years crop, this section having
very good stands. Stalks strong and
healthy. lots of squares, most too much
rain lately. but with week or ten
days of such weather as we have had
this week crop will soon be clean
Acreage increased about per cent ia
10 per cent; more fertilizers used than
Yield should be good No weevils In
these parts that we know of.
H. J. Jones.
GresPvllle c. N J%Fe l5 Gardf5a cr9T
acreage is about 20 per cent greater
than last year. The condition at pres
ent is as good as could be asked for
from grass. Plant good size and al
present / see nothing to prevent
bumper crop for 1904.
Ed. H. Shelburn
T. A. Mcintyre &. Co. have the fol-
lowing from Temple. Tex: Tn ter
mile drive yesterday afternoon, visit
ed a great many fields of cotton. Yor
would have to see this cotton to be-
Iieve ii is so fine. Can say 1t is almos
perfect. Blooms and small hollis plen
tiful Clean and healthy. Farmers
say weevil is doing little or no dam
age as yet.