The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-07-07
THE COTTON CROP

attracted to numerous newspaper para
graph on the subject Of ofthepresent growing
crop Of cotton, the tendency of which s.:
calculatedt to create an impression that g
will be, a large one. The New York Her
aid of the lst.t tinst:. SAYS, IS The growing
crop has in most sectionsgot a good stand
and the quantity planted is, seven times
greater than ever before, exceeding even.
the prodigious crop Of last year. (allnds
ing tothe crop of1s39 of 2, 2,2Oe, 900 bales
And in that excellent sheet, Cook g. Le.
.vy's Prices Current, ofthe past Week, we:
are told that the present crop Of Cotton.
all accounts concur in stating ,oere nepsrS
more promising. / quote this last from
memory, but it is the sense. Without
multiplying quotations from papers, all Of 3
which have partaken more or less in simi-
lar statements, the above are sfhcient for s
the purpose Of calling the attention Of
both planters and merchants to this sub. {
ject. - IA. :4.:ssgts S.
Similar publications to these, made.
throughout the Cotton region In tho
months Of May, June, July, August and
September, of the year 1898, + am per-
suaded cost the planting interest two milli:
onso of dollars. To convince any one sof.S
this, let them peruse the extraVagant and
glowing accounts of the crop with which:
Southern news papers then abounded,
recollecting at the same time tthe crop
ofthe previous year was !, 800, 900 bales
and then let him add the fact, that the
crop of 1923, instead of equalling, fell
426,OO0 short ofthe year before, and think I
they will be satisfied / have not oyer esti-s
mated the actual loss to the planters,
whcnit is also borne in mind that Gotten
advanced as much as thirty three percent &
upon the opening price. before the 1sts off
March, lido not suppose, by any means.
that it was the intention Of the Editors Of
public journals thus to pros rate the plan
ter-far from it. But such will always be Z
the effect of such publications, when
made without proper data to go upon
Whether shall be able to throw any light 4
upon this subject the sequel will info az
any gentleman has better data togonpon,
he owes it to the planting and CONNER
cial interest to make it public. SssSss ss:ss
When Ibecame planter, my enquriest
soon satisfied my mind that, every gentle
man had, sui generis, a waysof gues sing:
peculiar to himself, and no fixed. .Principlos
on which to form his opinion This ms
du ced me to make planting register, IN
which the time Of planting coming up
-grow-blooming opening, DC. Swerc
all carefully noted, with observations pon
the weather. The doing of this has giyen
me the following: results. Ny Cotton
was planted the various years stated,
about the usual time that planters general
ly do their planting, and never varied
more than day or SO generally from the
same time each year. Now the result.
The crop Of Cotton Of 1885 was in
bloom the 4th day of. June, and the crop.
yielded 100000 bales. The crop OF
1887 wasin bloom the 2sth day OF May,
and yielded 100000. The pof 1888
was i in bloom the 18th day Of June. and
yielded .1,35O,O0O bales. The crop OF
1889 was in bloom the 24th day OF May
and Welded 100000 bales. The crop
of 1910 was in bloom on the 9th Eday;ofS
June, and yields supposed about 600 Qoo:s
The crop of Cotton of this year tl84D
was in bloom the 10th day Of june, and
what it may yield time viii tell. But !
think in the face Of these facts, to speak
in extravagant terms; such as quoted
from the Herald, and such as may be
found in many other papers is wholly url-7 &
warranted. If itiscontinued to be done, Z
/ hope it will give a sensible data, and
some more sensible reason than mere
guess-work. Sofarasmy knowledge ex- s
tends, the planters are. turning 1nen al.
tention more to producing Their l avn sup:
plies sand planting g;Iess Cotton than any I.
wear since 1887, with but few ptions;
md therefore do not believe more Got- +, sl
1foniis planted as stated.s
81 IS also a fact that the blooming OF
cotton audthe coming of frost nthe fall Z
bear some relation to each Other. caic',''- !,