Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-25
THE CROPS. WEATHER, sc,

The alourgou,ery Flag & Advertiser,
18th lust. says s:-Green County-"The
Greensboro Beacon of the 9TH inst. says,
that owing 10 the backwardness of the
spring, the cool and unpropilious weather
during the months of June and July, The
frequent and heavy rains that have fallen
within the last forty ;days-llie stand of
ScoGonis unusually bad, the weed quite too
5iuxuliant. with asde6ciency Of branches,
comparatively few bnlls-aud The general
prospect decidedly uufavorable. 1t also
,dds that The crop is three weeks later and
that nothing short Of the most favorable
weather for some weeks. late frost, and
the absence of the worm can possibly
secure good crop. The worm has only
appeared in few fields, as yet, but The
character Of The weather render it probable
that their number will speedily increase.
The; Eutaw Wing says that The boil worm
has made lis appearance in almost every
farm in that neishborIood, and that on one
stalk it saw II bolIs and forms that had
Abeen destroyed. The Wing also looks for
short crop"
Mississippi.-The Vicksburg Sentinel
statesSon the authority OF a gentleman from
North Mississippi, that in Marshall and
sthe adjoining counties, the worm has done
immense damage 10 the cotton, stripping
Z the very bark from some Of the largest
stalks.
The N. o. Picayune Of the 10Th inst,
says-"We have leIler before us from
Lafayette Co.. Miss, which speaks Of the
appearance there Of the army worm. The
writer is confident it is Of the same family
that laid waste 10 he crops last year; but
il does not confue itself TO the cotton plant
but eats the crab grass, corn blades, &c.,
as we'll as cotton. They are exceedingly
voracious, aud the writer OF The letter says
that you can go toto the fields where they
may be and distinctly hear them at work
! ealing, The sound being no, unlike that Of
a multitude Of workmen engaged upon
building. He frs. observed them about
the Goth of July. lie augurs most unfa.
vorably from present appearances Tor The
coming crop"
A letter from Florida Of lae dale,
speaks in desponding terms of the pros
poets Of the Cotton crop in that section.
The wet has done incalculabe injury.
Short Cotons have shed very badly, and
Long Cottons have appeared 10 be taking
q the rust. Iu fact, the entire Cotton crop
of Florida, cannot fail 10 be. from present
appearances, very short one.
Extract Of Lelter, dated
CoMBAnEE, Aug. q.
We have had thus far an unprecedented
. season. The country isundated, the brid-
ges are all gone and the Rice fields per-
fectly covered, head and ears, with waller.
The provision crop is fair, but the Cotton
crop very inferior. II The rain suddenly
5slops, we shall have a very sicky season
indeed.
CHARLESTON, Miss, July 80,
A fortnight ago the prospect for crops
was very promising indeed, but since then
The worms have made their appearance,
and if,hey continue 10 appear aud eat The
Cotton as they have done for the last week
) Tailahalchie County will not product ten
bales this year. Mr.. Rs overseer says
that forty acres Of one Of his fields will not
yield folly cenls. The result cannot be
told;. they may qui: the Cotton soon
some think they will. Several crops OF
young Corn have been destroyed by the