Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-08-12
From the ". o. Bee.
THE COTTON CROP.

The accounts from the various Cotton
growing regions all agree in stating the
coming crop will fall far short of the enor-
nous yield of the past season. This was
TO be anticipated from the backwardness
of the spring, which will necessary retard
The picking season, and thus render the
plant more exposed TO the casultles which
are likely to overtake it at a later period
of the year.
We are not among the number who be-
lieve that the next crop will be an average
one, and are Of the opinion that 1t VIII fall
greatly short of that point. The accounts
from the interior are gloomy; all the
country papers are filled with complaints,
and although accustomed to take such
statements at their value, yet IN this IN
stance we do not believe them to be OK.
agcrated. We give below some extracts
from various papers, and shall continue 10
present them from time to time to our rea-
ders, who in possession Of the necessary
data, can form their own conclusions.
The Crop of S43.-From all quarters
the most gloomy accounts reach us OF the
condition of the growing crops. The
spring season opened upon US cold and
drearv, and with an iutermlsslon OF no
more than weeks, theirs have been contnu-
al and heavy rains ever since. The cot
ton crops are very npromlsing-!n many
places the rust has made It's appearance,
and has injured the cotton TO an alarming
extent. In some quarters Of the parish,
the grass has nearly ttken possession OF
the fields, and has forced the planter to
abandon portion of the land IN culllya-
ton. In the rich Bayou region, We are
informed the planter is faring still worse
In addition to all this, it is said that the
caterpillar has commenced It's raVaGeS'
which we fear will consummate what the
untoward season began. From the best
information we have been able to gather,
we are led to believe that not more than a
halfa crop can be made, even though a
favorable fail should succeed.
[Opelousas Gazette.
We conceive The information from the
country respecting the growing CROP to
he vet of too indefinite a character to au-
lhorlze any opinion as to the ultimate re-
suit beyond that Of mcclure. In one
respect, however, there is an entire una.
nimily of opinion, and in which there is no
possibility OF being mistaken, that the crop
must proye a short one under the most ia
vorabIe circumstances. The effects OF
the late spring and consequent Backward
ness of the crop will of course be to throw
back the picking season month later
than either Of the large crop years oil 49,
$50 or ~, an occurrence winch IS ohl'9-
ed to tell heavily in the result. We have
had contradictory reports during The past
week, some complaining OF the continue
iniurions effects of the wet weather, and
others alleging that the crops were GrAdu,
ally overcoming the excessive rains OF
June, and promised well, On the lands
subject to the most injury from the We
weather, the weed has gown too fast to
branch well, and is in consequence dttl
cient IN squares. The weather has been
rather less favorable the last week.
Mobile R tSter.
The Cotton Crop.--The Red River Re.
publican of the 7th instant, says that the
rains have done great injury TO the cot'on
crop of this and the surrounding parishes
and under the most favorable cIrcumstan'
ces, there will not be more than halt
crop made. If the weather continues un'
favorable, there will not be that.