Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
SUMMER Walls
FROM COTTON
GROWERS DUE
Crop Advices Scanned Closely for
First Evidences Of Threats
to Cut Yield.

MEMPHIS, July 12-"Summer
walls" will perhaps soon be stylish
in advices concerning the cotton crop.
If they fail to develop there will be a
large yield, exceeding that of the
season just closing by a million or
more bales. Moreover, there will be
no little surprise for the trade il dur
ing the next few weeks there are not
advices from various sections of the
belt telling of the crop losing some of
its promise
At the present time there Is no
serious trouble menacing yield any
where in the belt, though there is no
telling how soon some will develop
and change the almost unanimously
favorable tenor of advices into a mix
ture of good and bad Cultivation is
nearly finished, and the laying by
time finds the belt perhaps cleaner
from weeds and grass than ever be-
fore. Conditions have been well nign
ideal for such and the recent rains
have added to the basis of excellent
promise. There is still the matter of
late start in some sections, but the
plant is generally healthy and. given
proper conditions, this can be over
come.
The fruiting season finds the crop
clean, well worked and with a good
taproot. There will be no trouble keep
ing the plant in good shape by top
soil cultivation during the trying
weeks of July, in case there is not
enough moisture In some sections of
this part of the belt one fear now is
that there will be more rain than
needed. thus making the plant too
rank.
So far temperatures have been nor
NAL and no injury has been done
thereby. The past few days have
brought some talk Of them being a
little too high i'm Texas and Okla
homa, but serious attention has not
been paid that complaint here, as II
will take a number of days of high
temperatures to mar the excellent
prospect for yield. There have also
come some reports to the effect that
the boil weevil was more numerous
than ever before and over a wider
area in Texas, but that is another
menace which may not prove serious.
II the crop suffers from high temper
atures there will be a check to the
weevil, for hot weather is one thing
that will stop their work
The recent Government report on
condition showed fairly large i'm
provement during the month of June,
and 1t is current belief that since
June % there has been further bet
terment. The time is at hand, how
ever for the usual deterioration to
start and on that account there is
very close scrutiny of all reports from
the fields. The speculative market
continues to reflect a belief that the
world will. during the next twelve
month. require a large supply of the
raw material--some people say not
less than 100000 bales-around
current prices, so anything that holds
promise of cutting into the prospect
of such will find ready response The
smallness of the stock in New York
for protecting short commitments OF
July and August contracts and the
slim chance of 1t being increased also
have a tendency to discourage short
selling. The steadiness OF spots in
the belt reflects willingness to pay
ruling prices, although business con
tinues of small volume.
The threatened destruction of flu
ture trading by the Clarke amendment
to the revenue tariff bill has helped
to restrict activity in speculation dur
ing the week and has created much
concern among the spot dealers who
fear they will be left without hedging
facilities this side of Liverpool.