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The G-rowing Crop.
AN IMPORTANT AND TRUSTWORTHY
STATEMENT.
New Orleans, July 6, 1872.
To the President and Hoard of Di¬
rectors of the New Orleans Colton
Exchange:
Gentlemen— We beg leave to sub¬
mit, without comment, the following
report of the growing crop of cotton,
made up by us from replies to our in¬
terrogatories during the month of J uue:
MISSISSIPPI.
We have numerous letters from
this State. In a few counties planters
complain of unfavorable weather since
the 15th of May, and some imperfect
stands, but nearly all our correspond¬
ents report the former as much more
favorable than last year and the lat¬
ter as being very fine. Taking the
average of estimates, we find that
about forty-five per cent, of the crop,
owing to long continued dry weather,
did not come up uutil alter the 20th
of May; The present condition of
crops is generally excellent, and with
a favorable and late Fall the yield is
expected to be a “full uverago.’ ,
LOUISIANA.
The weather, according to all our
correspondents, has been, since the
15th of May, very favorable, and
much more so when compared with
last year. Fully one-third of the
crop is reported not to have come up
until after the 20th of May. Stands
are said to be generally good, though
in some of the parishes on the Mis¬
sissippi River, where a considerable
portion came up late, this is said to be
not in a very good condition. With
good seasons and late Fall, an average
yield is looked for. Worms have ap¬
peared in small numbers in the Parish
of Natchitoches, and is as usual on
their first appearance, have done no
damage.
TEXAS.
Replies to our interrogatories from
this State date from 15th to 28th of
June. Weather lias been, since 15th
of May, very favorable to the growth
of the crop, and much more favorable
in comparison with same period last
year. The percentage of late plant¬
ing in this State is very small, say five
per cent., and cotton was generally,
up in time. Stands and present con¬
dition are said be very fine, and the
prospect is, with an average fall, that
a full average crop will be gathered.
While, with a lato Fall and favorable
season, appearances indicate that a
very large crop will be made.
Worms are reported to us in the coun¬
ties of Upshur, Liberty and Jefferson,
but no injury to the crop has as yet
been done by them.
ARKANSAS.
hi this State the weather has been,
since I5lh May. very wet and unfa¬
vorable, heavy washing rains having
fallen nearly throughout the entire
State, making the season this year
much less favorable for the growth of
the young plant than last year. The
stands and condition are represented
as ‘not very promising, the plant
being small, backward and in the
grass,” the wet weather having pre¬
vented the proper working of the
same. We have reported as planted
lato 35 per cout., and about 40 per
cent, as not having come to a stand
before 10th May. Our correspond¬
ents say that even with an average
Fall less than an average crop must be
made, while with favorable seasons
and Fall no more than an average can
be obtained.
TENNESSEE.
From this State our correspondence
dates from 8th to 21st, and the large
majority report the weather since 15th
May as favorable, and as more favora¬
ble to the growing crop than same
period last year, with very good
stands, and generally in good condi¬
tion. About 15 per cent, of the cot¬
ton was planted late, and about 20 per
cent, was lato in coming to a stand,
which is reported to have been per¬
fected by 15th May, Prospects are
promising in this State for a full yield
with an average Fall and seasons, aud
for a large yield with favorable Fall
and good seasons.
ALABAMA.
In this State, according to average
of estimates sent us by over forty
correspondents, there was about fifty
per cent, of the crop planted which
did not conic up until after the 20th
of May. In twelve counties the late
planting is reported not to have conic
to a stand before 1st June, although
the weather since the 15th is very
generally reported to us as having
been very favorable and seasonable,
aud as much more favorable when
compared with same date last year.
With an average Fall, our eoirespon¬
dents looked for a full crop, while
they say, should the seasons bo favora¬
ble and the Fall late, a large crop may
be expected.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Our reports from this State date
from 17th to 20th June ; the weather
since 15th May is represented as hav¬
ing been generally favorable, though
less favorable when compared with
same date last year. Stands and con¬
dition arc generally reported as State good,
though in many parts of the as
small and backward ; about one-third
of the crop was planted late, aud a
small increase over this, say forty per
cent., was late in coming up, which on
an average came to a stand on or
about 16th May. With a favorable
Fall, a lull yield is expected.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Our letters from this State arc not
very numerous, and date from 17th
to 28th of June. The weather has
been dry, but on the whole more fa
Aorable t!»an last year since 15th
of May. One half of the crop
in this State was planted late, and did
not come up until the 15th of May.
Stands and conditions are said to be,
on the whole, good, though in some
places small but clean and healthy,
and uur correspondents are led to be¬
lieve that with an average Fall an
average crop will be made, aud that a
late Fall with good seasons will give
State a full yield.
GEORGIA.
By the letters of our numerous cor- (
respondents in this State, the weather
since 15th of May is represented as
being generally dry and favorable hot, and
to have been much more to
the crop than at same period last
year. They report as plauted late in
this State one-fourth of the crop, and
one-third as having come up late, say
from 20th to the 25th of May, and in
some tew counties stands from the laic
plauting were not secured until after
the 1st of June. The reports as to
stands and the present condition of.
the crops vary, but on the whole are
considered good, and with an average
Fall aud good seasons a full yield is
anticipated, while with full favorable sea¬
sons and late Fall a crop may be
expected.
FLORIDA.
Ou['reports from this State are mea¬
gre, dating fronwthc 15th to 24th of
June. Weather has been very dry
aud hot since 15th May, and compares
favorably with seasons same time last
year. Ten per cent, of the crop
planted late, which came up about
25th May. Stands and present con¬
dition reported as generally good, and
with an average Fall and seasons a
full yield is anticipated, while with
favorable season and late Fall a large
crop may be expected.
Perry Nugent, Cotton Factor,
It. Df.Gas, Cotton Buyer,
Harrison Watts, Cotton Broker,
Richard Fowler, Cotton Factor,
Committee on Information and
Statistics.
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Sheep Raising. — Mr. Editor —1
am much pleased by the efforts you
arc making in your excellent maga¬
zine, to turn the attention of the
Southern planters and farmers to sheep
raising as a profitable industry. I
have read witli attention the pieces
contained in your May and June num¬
bers, but I think that your corres¬
pondents seem inclined to give too
great a preference to the Merino over
the mutton breeds, the Southdown,
the Cotswold and the Leicester. I
1 admit that the Merinoescan be kept
at less cost thau the Cotswolds aud
Southdowus, but I maintain that
though one may feed one hundred
Mentions for what it would cost to
keep fifty Cotswolds, the latter will pay
the largest interest on the invest¬
ments, because the fifty Cotswolds
will yield more wool than the hun¬
dred Merinoes; will mature earlier,
and will yield more thau double the
amount of meat. It costs less, in
actual outlay, to carry on a farm in
the old way than on an improved
plan, and it costs less to breed scrubs
than Ayrshircs or Alderncys. But
it pays best to be a good farmer aud
to raise fine rather than poor stock.
So, 1 say, that, the net returns from
fifty Cotswolds or Southdown, will
exceed those of double the numbers of
Merinoes.
The Merino crossed with the Cots¬
wold produces a good breed; but,
were I the owner to day of a flock of
Merinoes, I would cross them with the
finest Cotswold buck I could buy, aud
keep on until I crossed out the
Merino streak entirely.— T. M T. in
Ex- Liberty Co., Va. j
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Contentment is great wealth.
Large vs. Small Cows.
It is a very important and by no
means a settled question, whether
(other things being equal) large or
small cows arc the most profitable. It
is not a question between different
breeds, but between large and small
animals of the same breed.
The following experiment, made in
Germany, has a direct bearing on the
question, so far as the production of
milk is concerned. It dues not ne¬
cessarily apply with reference to the
production of butter. Four Dutch
cows were selected, two heavy (weigh¬
ing together 2,112 lbs ) and two
light (weighing together 1,537). The
two pairs wore kept separately, but
they were fed exactly alike, each re¬
ceiving as much green lucerne as they
would eat. The actual consumption recorded
of food, by weight, was
every day. At the cud appeared: of sixteen
days the following results
1. The weight of the animals was
unchanged.
2. The heavy pair had consumed
5,921 lbs. of lucerne, bciDg 14 G-10
lbs. per day for each 100 lbs. of their
live weight; while the light pair con¬
sumed 8,859 lbs., or 16 lbs. per day
for each 100 lbs of their live weight.
2. The heavy pair produced 272
quarts of milk, or quarts per day
cow, only 192 while the light pair produced day
quarts, or 6 quarts per
for each.
4. The heavy pair produced 0 qts.
of milk for each 100 lbs. of lucerne
consumed, and the light pair ouly 5
quarts.
It is to bo remarked that these ani¬
mals seem to have been enormous
feeders, and very poor milkers. We
would like to see a report of a similar
experiment with Ayrshircs in the
same condition, as to pregnancy, etc.
— Amer. A<j.
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How to Save Your Shoe Soles —It
consists merely in melting together
tallow and rosin, in the proportion of
two parts of the former to one part of
the latter, and applying the prepara¬
tion (hot, to the soles of the boots or
shoes) as much of it as the leather
will absorb. Ono farmer declares
that this little recipe has been worth
more than five years subscription to
the newspaper publishing it.
A substance called “napthalioc,’’ *
occurs in large quantities in the waste
of gas works, and has always been
rejected as worthless. Professor Asa
Gray has discovered that it is an ad¬
mirable substitute for camphor, as a
insects. protection against moths aud other
To Clean Black Ilih/jons —Take
an old kid gLvo, no matter how old,
and boil it in a pint of vvaU*r for a
short time; then let it cool until the
leather can be taken in the hand with
out burning; use the glove wet with
the water to sponge off the ribbon If
the ribbon is very dirty, dip it into
the water and draw it through the
fingers a few times before sponging.
After cleaning, lay a piece ot paper
over the ribbon and irou; paper is
better thau cloth. The ribbon will
look like new.