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%\t WM?jm d? Son?hroii W3DNFSDAY, FEB. 20,1895. --a----jui The Cotton Crop. The National Departments Reliable Report. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The state? ments famished the Department of Agriculture by the various railway and water transportation comp?Di"es of the j cotton movement to ports and Northern j and Eastern points from the beginning of the season to January 1, 1895, I together with returns made by the de- j partment's county agents of the amount i of cotton remaining on plantations and ! in interior towns on January 1, and the amounts reported by mills as bought ! from September 1 to January 1, shows | as follows : Railway movement from Nonh Carolina 227,172j Remaining co plantations and in interior towns 105.282 i Bought by mills 109,993 j Total crop 442,447 | Railway movement from South Carolina 488,591 j Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 116,874 Boaght by mills 182,343 Total crop 787,808 Railway movement from Geor? gia 757,020| Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 283.498 Bought by mills 110,942 Total crop 1,151,460 Railway movement from Flor? ida 39,771 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 5,866 Total crop 45,637 Railway movement from Ala? bama 530,571 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 268.158 Bought by mills 27,017 Total crop 825,746 Railway movement from Mis . sissippi 847,228 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 270,376 Bought by mills 9,656 Total crop 1,127,260 Railway movement from Lou? isiana 568,405 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 151,334 Bought by mills 6,119 Total crop 725,858 Railway movement from Tex? as (scale) 2,246,043 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 611,966 Bought by mills 3,644 ? Total crop 2,861,653 Railway movement from Ar? kansas 468,332 i Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 196,249 j Bought by mills 636 Total crop 665,217 Railway movement from Ten? nessee 250,389 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 42,342 Boaght by mills 11,183 Total crop 303,914; Railway movemeot from Indian Territory and Oklahoma 89,591 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns 22,790 ' Total crop 112,381 Railway movement from Mis? souri 20.042 I Remaining on plantations and iu interior towus 5,728 Total crop 25,770 Railway movement from Vir? ginia i(J,S72 Remaiuitig on plantations and in interior towus i!.").'] Total crop 11,120 Railway movement from Ken? tucky 1,057 Total crop 1,057 Railway movement from Kan? sas 44 Remaining on plantations and in interior towns ??o Total crop 67 Total railway movement 6,545,728 Total remaining on plantations and in interior towns 2,080,731? Total bought by mills 401,000 Total crop 9,088,000 j No deduction has been made of cot? ton remaining on plantations and in in iirior towns on September 1, 1894. In addition to the above mill pur ?hase? are to be added 8,388 bales bought by Alabama, Georgia, North ? aud South Carolina mills from Stares io which their mills are nor located, also 14,886bales nought by Virginia and 8.4S5 bales bought by Kentucky mills, all of which are included in rl,e railway movement, making a total of 493,292 baler? reported by the Southern mills as bought from September 1, 1894 to Jauuary 11,895. The figure-, in the above reprrt are subject to revision in the final April report of the Department. The pro? portion of the crop forwarded to market up to February 1, and which is therefore no longer in the hands of oroducers or in the smaller towns, is shown by the consolidated returns ot correspondents to be S? 9 per cent., leaving 10.1 per cent, still in the hands of producers or in those of local mer? chants. The per cent, by States is as follows: North Carolina, 87;South Carolina,91 Georgia, 94; Florida, 87; Alabama, 81; Mississippi, 88; Louisiana 89: Texas, 89; Arkansas, 90; Tennessee, 90; In? dian Territory and Oklahoma, SS; Mis souri, Virginia, Kentucky and Kansas, 87-average, 89.9. Losses from insects have been small, Mississippi, Louisiana anti Texas re? ported loss to some extent. The proportion of lint to seed ranges from 29.0 to 33.9 per ceut; average 32.9. The average date of closing picking was December 4. The quality of the present crop is slightly above ao average. Hugh Wilson's Notion. That form cf idiocy which advocates the cultivation of tobacco has not yet stricken this part of the Lord's vine? yard, ' But for fear some deluded creature may be carried away with some idea that he can spite the cotton mill men by going into the tobacco business we would suggest that any tobacco country with which we are acquainted, bas the looks of the most God forsaken stretches of hills and valleys that we have ever looked upon. The people are the poorest, and their credit is next to nothing. The usual amount of advan? ces oo liens on tobacco crops, in lands notably for tobacco, we have,-been told, ranges from ?10 to $20. The usual amount not exceeding ?15. Cotton is the nicest crop that grows in any field. The youngest child or the oldest worker may help in gather? ing it. It is simple . of culture. Will wait on the seasons. Is not easily spoiled in the field, or after ic is gath? ered. It has a marketable cash value every day in every year. But tobacco culture is a more doubt? ful experiment. In thc first place, it is the dirtiest and filthiest crop that human bauds ever touched, and we do not see how nice people can handle it without ex? periencing in their persons and in their clothing the filthiness and the offensiveness of the contact. In the second place, tobacco is a most sensitive crop to the unfavorable iuSueuces of the weather. It requires more experience, skill and capital to take care of it, even after it has been produced, than any other crop. A frost, heavy dews, foggy weather, or any weather not. exactly suited for i' is exceeding injuiijus In the third place, it requires the building of large and comfortable barns. In fact, it requires better houses than many people occupy. And last, but not least, the mani? pulation and sale of the crop is not satisfactorily or easily controlled, lt may be graded or rated in such a way as to be ruinous io the planter. But it is said that history repeats it? self. A hundred years ago our planters grew tobacco in Abbeville County, but they abaudoued it for the cleaner and better crop-cotiou. Abbeville Press and Banner. The Dundee (Scotland) Courier has j sent two lady correspondents. Miss Ma-j rie Imand and Miss Bessie Maxwell, on j a tour around the world to investigate i indifferent, countries the condition of' .women, They expect to travel 25,000 ! miles in the course of their inquiry. Dr Herman Weber lias presented | ?10.000 t.? the Royal College of Pby- j sicians on condition that it is to be used j as prizes for the discovey o? a cure for '< consumption. The college accepted the : gift with thanks. Robert Buchanan's bankruptcy is as? cribed in part io unwarranted extrava? gance in living. 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