Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-09-20
THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c

A correspondent OF the Savannah Rcprbli-
can. says, ,ha; The prospeet in Hancock conn.
y, (Ga.) for an abundant crop ten days aso
was favorable, but nj present the fate is decid-
ed. The worms are in j, by thousands, al
,acking many Of the grown bulls. and in macy
places every form and halt grown boil is ruin.
cd entirely The complain, is getting TO be
general through this section Of country. at
least where the cotton is ofany SIZE. On poor
land, where the cotton is small and would mo-,
yield much. the worms pass them By"
The same paper says. thu, letter has been
received in tha, city, from Dooly county. Gu
which sta,es that "with regard 10 the growing
crop. 10 now the general opinion. .ha, there
canno, be more than two-,hirds as much made
ms last year, and some say not mole fnuu one
half The long continued rains has eaused
nearly all the forms TO fai Of. and now the ca
,erpiiiar is making sweep Of the baauce; my
own crop is covered with them. and should
they increase as I have known them. there will
not be leafon my coaon in Zen days.
II have convcrsed with gentleman from
Thomas county. who says they are equally de-
s:ruc,ive there, and that one entre crop was
destroyed By them in Florida. some ten day.
ago Two days since fsaw a man from Airbn.
ma. vino stated that they were cqually Ges,ruc-
tive along the Cha,tnhooche. With these facts.
I shall be much disappointed il the CROP. over
half an average one. for should the cater pillar
destroy aii the young forms in ten DAYS aud
then disappcar. and the fall prove favorable it
will, under any circumstances, he too late FOR
q second grow,l, to mature"
The Southern Cul,iea,sr says: " TIE pros
pee, Of the corn crop Is indeed mos! laiiering
from every section Of the Union from which
we have any intellige see, snd leads to The con-
cluson. ,ha, the c,op will be very abundant.
Ofour own great staple, however the prospec,
IS not 80 cheering to the hear. Of the husband
man. Although it may be justly regarded too
early TO speculate with any degree of certainty
rs 10 the growing crop Of cotton. ye,all concur
in the opinion, that the late spring, and The
continued rains Of July and August. which were
general tliroughon. the cotton growing legion,
have operated so prcjudcially, that the mos!
favorable fall ever know 4 could no, produce rs
large crop as tha, Of Iastycar. Nor is tnis in
ou opinion desirable, ye, We should be pleased
to PEE fair average crop. which we think viii
be produced. ifthe fros, keeps of ill The 18th,
Of October-provlded the weather continues
favorable for the maturing Of the staple till ,ha,
period.
The New Orleans Bulletin o: the 5,h ms,
states that at Point Coupee, Clinton, Baton
Rouge, and Concordia. La, there will no, be
moro than half cotton crops. in consequr nee
Of the continued rains in the early par. OF the
season.
The Planters in Southwestern Louisiana rre
beginning to tnru their attention to the culture
Of Indigo, which is believed to be more pro.
fitable crop than sugar. cotton, or rice.
u The Hamburg Joarnal OF the 18th ins,
in speaking of the siatr Of the weather, &C.. in
quarter. says: Hot, hotter. hottest has been
the weather guage for the last zen days, up to
Monday evening, when we bad an excelisn