The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-11-17

" or insidiously. opposed 10 the planting
interests.
II is new clearly aecerlaiHed and admittsd
on all hands, that the crop will be short Of
the last year; and the estimates are, below
the last crop from t.oo--Perhaps from one to
seven hundred thousand bales. We do not
pretend to have carefully selected informa-
ton FROM all parts Of the cotton region, and
therefore do not feel prepared TO speak with
any degree Of dsfiniteness en- the subject
We have no doubt, however, but both the
extremes above alluded to are wide of the
mark. We have notlsarned that in any por
tien OF the cotton region there has been what |
could be called failure Of the crops while
at the same tins we observe, what we do
not recollectever to have noticed before, that
the complaint Of "shorl crops reaches to all
parts Of the Gotten growing region Of this
country with the exception Of scarcely q
single neighborhooG. We think there has
neither been a failure or a good crop in any
part Of the United States. And if We were
to guess on the sabiect "with thelghts now
Before u.s., we should pitch our key little
below an "aperage CROP" if any body knows
wha. that is. That is 'snen-eemmiiaP' to
say the least of it.
Until lately we have looked for pretty
good in this part Of the country. There
was want of rain early in the season that
injured the up lands somewhat. But the
crop woula have been good had it not been
for the rains. The "Yazoe Bottoms, bid
fair for fine crop until about the first o.
4 September, since then ne havehad immense
quantities Of rain. During the month Of
September the effect of this was chiefly 10
keep the cotton growing and prevent it from
lopening. Picking commenced about two
weeks later than usual. But the rains con-
tinued at intervals up to the present time;
50 that now, we think that since the LIST of
September there hasJbeen very nearly if not
: quite double the quantity Of rain, and double
the number of rainey days that has been
: usual heretofore. In addition to the back
: wardnoss of the Gotten in opening, which
: continues up TO the present time, two other
r bad effects have been produced. First, loss
of time, and secondly, the rottihg 0! the
lower bowls (not the cotton) which. makes
il difficult to pick, and sill more diiaicult tC
n keep it clean. The frost, so much complain.
o ed Of ia many parts Of the country, has IN,
e jursd the cotton very little, if any, in tho
|. bottoms. In the hill lands back Of US wC
: are net SO Wen IurorUed, ztuI We PrezufnC
,r net much damage has been done in this
n way.
o Upon the whole, we think the bottom
n lands in our region will turn cut something
" not far from about four.flhs Of the erOr o
D. last year. But it viii bekrecollected, tina
t, last year W as not a very coed season for the
% Yazoe Bottoms. In the uPland6, in the in
lg terror, we should think the proportion ofthC
N present crop to the last, win be less than il
u he valley lands. This, however, might b
&c expected, for last year, it will be recolecled
ty the bill lands in this region yielded mos
I'd extraordinary crop. We look for shor
re crop, but don't bellows the half Of all tn
ne controversial writings on the subject.