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SOUTHERN WORLD, JUNE l6, 1863.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 15, 1882.
WEAT1IEB BULLETIN
In the Cotton Belt from May 20 to June 0.
OllMRKVKR*HOPPICK8mNALSKRVICK, U.8. A.,
Kimhall Houhk, Atlanta, Ga.
Ther.
Av. Max, \ Av. Min | JHost Max| Ixnc'U Min
Atlanta
Augunta....
Charleston
(iulveston..
Mobile
Mouftg’ry...
MeniptiiH...
Llttlellock
WllmlnVn Ul
H6 on 28tll
HO on 3d
UO on 4th
IN) on 2tlth
04 on 26th
01 on 2Rth
H8 on 27th
H8 on Oth
01 on 30th
01 on 26 th
01 on 28th
80 on Oth
61 on Oth
62 on 6th
61 on 7th
68 on 4th
6n on 5th
67 on nth
47 on 6th
61 on nth
(S3 on nth
64 on 2<l
5l on 7th
53 on 7th
Average maximum of cotton belt, May 20 to June
Oth, 85°.
Average minimum of cotton belt, May 20 to Juno
tth'Or.
RAINFALL*
Atlanta...... ... 1.G0 greatest
Augusta -.1.81 “
Charleston M 1.W **
Mobile 2.08 “
Montgomery 1.06 •'
Memphis 1.51 “
Little Hock 2.86 •*
New Orleans 3.01 ••
Vicksburg -.1.30 ••
.65 on June 1.
.88 on May 20.
.00 on June 1.
.77 on June 1.
.78 on Jtine 1.
.83 on May 30.
1.00 on May 31.
1.00 on May 20.
1.02 on May 31.
.43 on May 31.
.02 on May 28.
Total raitifall In cotton belt May 20th to June Oth,
22.42 Inches.
Greatest fall one day—May 31st, 5.13 Inches.
Greatest fall one place—New Orleans-3.01.
C1IABACTKR OF WKATIIKR—NUMliKR OF DAYS.
Clear. Cloudy. Fai\
Atlanta 6 0 1
Augusta - - 2 10 3
llalveston 2 7 o
Indlanola 6 6 6
Key West 0 4 6
MobHe 3 11 1
Montgomery 2 10 3
New Orleans - 7 8 0
l*ensacola...., M .................... 6 0 1
Palestine 0 0 3
(Savannah 3 7 6
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Mono fence, are his canteen, coat and spade. Ills
wife has Just come with bis dinner, and the two chil
dren, all looking happy and contented with tire. She
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"The Weather can be foretold" in our noxt
issue.
Saloons In Each Ntofe and Their Pro*
portion to Population.
Every place where liquor is sold must have
a Federal Defense. The United States Inter
nal Revenue Department makes this return
of the retail liquortrade, showing the num
ber of saloons in each Slate, and their pro-
]>ortion to population.
Alabama
Arizona
ArkaiiKUM
California
Colorado
Conncitli'iit.
Dakota
l>p|uwure
Florida..
Georgia
Idaho
IlllllOiH
Indiana
Iowa-
KaiiHUH
Kentucky
b =
i
a
IsoiilHlana.
Maine
Maryland
MoaHachuHclta
Michigan
MlnncHota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire..
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Inland
Mouth Carolina
Tennessee
Tex oh
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total
1,437
8,658
2*634
2,517
415
11,524
5,lift)
4,313
1,132
3,760
4,687
820
4,836
7.27V
4,537
2,510
1,720
0,430
765
MB
055
022
MS
1,238
26,440
1,075
14,330
1,025
10.202
i;w7
14M
17 <
1,001
387
400
170,100 4,021
ISt&M
40,-1 PI
102,535
wri/sii
1D4J27
1122,7110
155,177
Itti.USS
'Jill,tut
J Al'-S.IMU
32,1110
a,n>7,x7i
i,u7*,'au
1,1121,1115
uuo.imi
1,1.1s,lilll)
uni,itiis
tils.llgi
in l,»«
i,man
1,636,107
781),7711
1,151,11)7
2 t !(i.\3N>
»!>,i:u)
455,«tt
lii!,JU
:447,IM1
i,i:ii,iiii
i in,vi-,
5,082,871
1,80(1,708
.'1,108,111 12
174,7118
4,282,801
270,5111
635,577
1,542,353
1,501,740
Mil,OKI
:«2.2su
1,512/815
75.110
018,157
1,315,407
20,780
40,005,730
Tliere arc some curious facts developed in
this table. Thcro is an impression among
some Northern people that a regulation
breakfast in several of the Southern States
consists of four whisky cocktails and a chew
of tobacco, yet the official returns show that
while 37,339 retail saloons supply tho thirsty
Southerners of sixteen States, it takes 132,
701 retail cstablishmentsof thatsort to drown
the cares of the inhabitants of the remain
ing twenty-two States of this bold Republic,
Up North tho requirement appears to be one
saloon to each two hundred and fifty inhab
itants, while in the South one liquor shop to
five hundred people equals the demand for
that industry. It is also curious that tho
prohibition State of Maine reports nearly as
many saloons as exist in South Carolina,
and temperance Iowa more than Kentucky,
whero whisky almost “ grows" sponta
neously.
Lew Cotton bat More Food.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent date, in
an article showing tho condition of the crops
lias this to report: “The falling off in the
acreage of this season’s cotton crop may
fairly be regarded as a surprise. As report
ed by BradstrccCt Journal on Saturday, tho
decrease compared witli 1881, is 0 per cent.
Yet we are told that this falling off of some
970,000 acres is not due to the heavy overflows
from the Mississippi and ita tributaries last
spring, os other reports from that region had
previously intimated.
“In the report published on Saturday, it
was shown that the decrease in cotton acre
age was heaviest in Georgia, being 232,853
acres. In Alabama the falling off was large
also, 181,807 acres; and in Mississippi, the
loss in cotton acreage was giveu at 102,387
acres. These States, then, are credited witli
the heaviest losses. Florida and Virginia
are said to have tho same acreage this os lost
year, and ih Missouri the loss is o( little
moment. In the other cotton States the de
creases vary from 53,000 to 70,000 acres.
Tliere can be hut one explanation to tills
conspicuous contraction of the cotton area,
and that may bo briefly expressed as the ne
cessity for ‘hog and hominy.’ The acreago
to wheat, corn and oats, lias very largely in
creased in the South this year, and the indi
cations are that the farmers ore moro than
ever determined to raiso diversified crops.
This is the most welcome intelligence from
that region received since the development
of an ‘industrial South.’ If steadily pur
sued, it must root out the pernicious sys
tem of mortgaging crops, generally all one
crop. This will emancipate the Southom
farmer financially."
Tbe wisdom of this new departure will be
more apparent next winter, in both making
and saving money for the South. Tho out
look for a large yield of com in the AVest is
not promising.
Th* Penny Local, of Savannah, is offering
a bolt of homespun for sixty cents and hopes
by this means to surround the people of the
South. Who will write the editor's Otto-biog'
raphy 7 Ills decease is imminent.
Tiik first paper by Miss Helen Harcourt on
“Tiie Orange Groves of Florida,” presents
the subject in an admirable manner. The
article is mnrkcd by a strict adherence to, as
it is a full delineation of, the facts relative
to orange culture. The second pnjier on this
subject will he, if possible, more interesting.
Tiik veteran editor of that sterling paper,
the 7/owe and Farm, of Louisville, Ky., rises
to explain the mixed paragraph noticed in
our last issue, thus: "The World got mixed
up with a washing machine through a mis
take of tiie printer. We have made an ex
amination of the World maebineand recom
mend it."
Presenting the Extremes.
In this issue of The .Southern World wc
give our renders two extremes “The Orange
Groves of Florida," and “The Polar Bear,"
affording one a graphic portraiture of the
warm climate of the land of flowers nnd of
tiie chilling atmosphere of Alaska.
Ohio Crops,
The June report of the Ohio Board of Ag
riculture shows tho condition of the wheat
crop, taking lost year's crop as the standard
of comparison to be 09 per cent., with a
probable total of 37,320,000 bushels os against
37,580,000 last year. Tiie com ground is
wet and heavy, and the planting later than
any spring for at least twenty years; only 2
percent was reported planted on June 1st.
We heard, not long since, of the energy
and vim of a young lady, who, compelled by
circumstances, to battle for a support not
only tor herself but her parents, lias won
distinction os a writer and standing as a
merchant. In the latter, however, she is
recognized as a man of promptness and in
tegrity. That is clever man-agement on her
part, but we would warn her (she is a little
over twenty,) against trying to pass herself
off upon some susceptible maiden as a young
man.
Ntate Fair Association of Arkansas.
This Association was organized one year
ago. They hove one hundred acres of land,
well fenced; a splendid mile track; floral,
agricultural and machinery halls of ample
dimensions; stalls for cattle, sheep, horses,
etc.; $30,000 1ms been invested in improve
ments. Tiie next State Fair will be held at
the Fair Grounds in Little Rock, October
10th to 21st. The Cotton Planters’ Conven
tion will meet there at tiie same time. The
energetic President, John D. Adams, and
live Secretary, R. V. Yeacle, are stirring up
much enthusiasm on the subject, and we
feel confident that the Fair will be a magnif
icent success in every particular. Let the
whole country meet there.
Bctnrnlng Thunks.
The people of Putnam county. Georgia,
have inaugurated a good movement, deserv
ing general commendation and emulation.
Tiie bountiful harvests inspired their hearts
with gratitude to God and they assembled
in Eatonton to return thanks. One of the
speakers on tiie occasion said: we have been
blessed this year with bountiful harvests of
small groin, with a bright prospect of good
crops, witli a most gracious revival of relig
ion, and witli the discontinuance in our
midst of tiie liquor traffic. In view of all
these things it was but meet and proper that
tiie entire county should join in a thanks
giving service. Several appropriate speech
es were made and hymns of praise and
thanksgiving sung.
North Carolina Fruit Fair.
A fruit fair, under the auspices of tiie
Stato Fruit Grower’s Association of North
Carolina, will be held in Greensboro, Nortli
Carolina, August8th and 9th. It will doubt
less be one of the best ever held in the State.
Greensboro is a beautiful and thriving town
and is a splendid location for such an exhi
bition. Wc trust that fruitgrowersthrough-
out the South will attend thisfuir.
The following gentlemen have been ap
pointed a committee to make tho necessary
arrangements for holding the fair; J. Van
Ltndley, D. W. C. Benbow, J. M. Ward, G.
L. Anthony, J. 8. Ragsdale, J. 8. Armlield
and J. A. Lineback. From the Interest these
gentlemen take in fruit culture and their
ability to prepare for the fair, there need be
no apprehension but that the arrangements
will be perfect.
The Grain Crop.
The June crop reports of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington represents an
entire area of 1,501 of the principal counties
of the United States, and includes all but a
small fraction of tiie prominent crops. The
area in cotton is two nnd seven-tenths per
cent less than in 1881. Texas makes an in
crease and also tiie small cotton districts of
southeast Virginia. All tiie other states re
turn some loss of area. Tiie largest deficien
cy is in the states bordering on the Missis
sippi river, where planting in the overflowed
districts was not entirely finished on the first
of June. Tiie comparison with last year’s
average is: Virginia 107 per cent; North
Carolina, 99; South Carolina, 98; Georgia,
05; Florida, 99; Alabama, 90; Mississippi,
95; Louisiana, 91; Texas, 105; Arkansas, 91;
Tennessee, 97. The average condition ol tiie
entire cotton area indicates a depreciation of
11 per cent. From the effect of its health-
fulness its average growth is represented by
89. The June condition of the previous crop
was 93. It was 99 of tho fine crop of 1880.
It is better than last year only in South Car
olina and Texas. The causes of the depreci
ated condition is mainly temperature too low
for thrift. In every state there was a destruc
tion of plants by frost. Tliere was also too
much rain for healthful growth. Both cau
ses made necessary tiie replanting in some
counties of one fourth of tiie acreage. Instan
ces are reported of two or three successive rc-
pluntings, and tiie replacement was still in
progression. Tiie condition is best in Flori
da, and worst in Virginia. In Tennessee,
Nortli Carolinaand Arkansas it is much low
er than in the gulf coast states. Thoaverage
of condition arc as follows; Virginia, 70;
North Carolina, 83; South Carolina, 02; Geor
gia, 89; Florida, 97; Alabama, 95; Missis
sippi, 88; Louisiana, 90; Texas, 93; Arkan
sas, 85; Tennessee, 80. The standard is not
so good os usual, and is an element of tiie re
ported depreciation. Tiie cool weather caus
es a slow growth and unthrifty appearance,
favoring tiie attacks of lice and rust, and the
prevalence of sore shin. A large number of
returns say that witli tiie recent fine weather
cotton is improving, and gives some assu
rance of a better reDort in July.
The area sown in spring wheat has decreas
ed apparently about 12 per cent. Tiie south
ern counties of Wisconsin and the southern
and southwestern districts of Minnesota rc-
port.nlmost without without exception, a
decline in acreage. Tiie northeastern sec
tion of Iowa, in nearly every county, reports
large reductions. In Dakota tliere is a largo
increase in Cass county and a decrease in
Yankton, Turner, Bonhomme and other
counties. There is apparently a small in
crease of acreage in the territory. The com
parative average of the northwest is as fol
lows: Wisconsin 85, Minnesota 83, Iowa 82,
Nebraska 90, Dakota 102. Tiie condition of
winter wheat is still very high, averaging 100.
Last year, in June, it was 70, having fallen
from 94 in Muy. Tiie April freeze did very
little damage where it was most apprehend
ed. In Pennsylvania the average is a sin
gle point below 100, New Jersey 3, New York
10, Texas 7, Ohio 1, Illinois 20. All the
other winter wheat states east of the Rocky
Mountains return the above standard. On
the Pacific coast, Oregon returns the ave
rage of 98 and California 77. Taking the
winter and spring areas together, and as
suming a continuance of the present con
dition, a yield exceeding 13 bushels per acre
would be tho result, and an aggregate ex
ceeded only by the product ol 1880. The
southern harvest is safe. Northern winter
wheat has few risks to encounter, but the
spring is still an uncertain quantity. Tiie
corn acreage cannot be given till July. A
large increase in area is reported in the south
and in the northwest, but in liulf the states
planting was not finished on the first of June,
und in largo districts tiie plant had made no
show above ground. In parts of the south the
early planted is in tassel. Plaining is every
where late. The plant is small and not of
average vigor or color in consequence of tiie
cold and wet weather. The increase in the
area of oats is nearly universal, and amounts
to an average of 7 per cent. The average of
the condition is 101. The harvest promises
to be very larger There is an increase of 1
per cent, in tho area of barley—average con
dition 00. The condition of clover and
Bpring pasture lias improved, and ranges very
high in tiie south, and fair to good in other
sections.
Sknsirle.—John Fitzgerald, of Doboy, Ga.,
in sending his subscription for the Southern
World, remarks: "If convenient please
send the microscope. I think the paper well
worth the money without any premium.”