The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-11
UDmmGktClAL IN rEL-l-lCaAGNC10.
The Cotton Crop.

which caused such destructive ravages to the cotton
crop has made it's appearance simultaneously
in several parts Of Mississippi threatening again to de-
sroy the iAbors Of the planter Letters received yer
tsrday mention its appearance In Warren. Adams. JEFF
fsrson Concordia aud Wilkinson counties; and from
the alarming rspdty With which the insect spreads IL
Is spprenended that the visitstion will be general
throughout the country Fortunately the crop is fur
ther than it at this period last year. and
thus LEES d-predstions OF the caterpillar
but stu IL be- disguised that much MISCHIEF may
be accomplished by the second brood of worms fort
night hence, especially If the weather should con-
Our esteemed correspondent, Mr.. Thomas Afisok,
writes ss follows
NArcHEz 2sth August, ls47.
Editors Commercial Ttms -Gentiemen IL wrote
hurredy my way home through Matches, from
two ays trip examinL into the progress OF the cotton
worm They upon US, as have ali along aatioipa
and ths il gone that is they will sweep
OF vii ys you
tsulArs IN day or so Yours truly
Another gentleman writes from
Rooney, Miss August q, ls47.
My crop will to y certainty be short QUE The rains
and boil have nearly destroyed the crops in my
nsshoorhood aud the army worms nave made their
pearancs
article the subject
THE WoRMs fine genuine cotten-eating worm has
ooms last can be no mis- sks-we profess
kno~ the true cotton devouring reptile by sight, and
having somr o. the 'te tAem
without question. the true cotton worm Of "A and 46
They have appeared simultaneously several planta
tions in this vicinity though yet In numbers too
small to do any great damage Ii the ssason as pro
will soon multiply ruinousy. The prevailing impress
sion 10 that the second generation which is The destroy
ing appears ten days alter the FIRST If the first
or second week Of september is ne long
calculate on the escape OF the cotton crop.
The Ya.oo City Wing Of the Oath ultimo speaks dole
fully Of the prospects of the crop in that section IL
says" We 1r-t to announce that the boil worm ha
already commenced its to extent in por
tions Of this aud some OF the adjoining counties. So
much has it injured the cotton that many planters in
whose fields 1t has AIDE its appearance have already
despared gathering as large crop they did last
year"
In addition to the above, subjoin the following
tracts Of letters from very intelligent gentleman in
Woodvine-one fully oonverssnt with the subject
WooDvILLE, Aug. 90 l647.
GESTLEMES-lt is only few days since gave you re-
Their attering account Of the aspects for crop
Since them considerable dam per been thrown upon
the bright anticipations Of those who INDUCING
then in faucied security by the positive appearance
the genuine coton-eatng caterpillar Until now the
stories circulated about their supposed appearance in
have been found several plantations around Wood
ve principally In the western portion OF the county,
year / have before me two Of them which Which came
from Q place adjoining Ash wood In appearance.
habits, TO-, they are precisely similar to the
cotton-eatsr Of last year, and have been pro
nounced genuine by Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Visebus and others
who observed them critically in 1914 aud 1916 They
much later this year than last and have yet
shown themselves ia such small calcu-
latiou be made Of the damage likely result from
their ravages Judging from past the foliage
ofthe cotton is safe from destruction until about the
10th OF September and should the weather continue
good and other circumstances favorable the crop
may YET be twice as large as last year.
For the present. all say is that the genuine cot
ton eater Is at work here When they have further
veloped themselves will write you more explicitly in
regard to the prospective damage likely to result from
their work Of which have before stated
OF September-about three weeks later 1896 and
two weeks earlier than in lsa'.
WooDvILLE, August ~, Isa7.
have since yesterday several Of cater
pillars brought in from the country, In numbers suf
cient to fully confirm the made to you yes
terdsy-thst the worm Is generally making its appear
anoe on the plantations In this vicinity There no
longer doubt but that the fields viii be sript between
the goth and 30th September at farthest Many plan
tsrs think the damage the crop only be slight as
the cotton far advanced and the progress Of the
worm likely to be retarded by the cold nights in Sep
The following letter from very intelligent planter
and close observer Of the state Of the crops will be read
YAzoo CRY, August %, ls47.
Gentlsmen-Whilst ] am writing, will say word or
the 2oh Of June have had by far the rainy
son have in this country and IL continues up to
the present moment: Considerable local damage has
been done In many places by the overflow Of creek bot
toms These rains have done considerable injury to
every agricultural product Even the has suffered
Mucn OF II prostrato upon the ground In
heavy winds and will before dry suc ,enty
to house The cotton has sustained ITSELF under these
continued rains, much better than thought 1t would
though for the last ten days it has suffered severely and
certainly presents more gloomy prospect than 1t
earliest portion cay the hall Of what would ordina
ry be expected will be very light indeed And AZ to
the latter portion II will depend materially upon the
do damage this year than IL did The cotton
IL late beyond all precedent In the bottoms In this re
gon the first cotton basket will ceiy 70 the deid
before the first Of September In the hill country there
Is not one man in fifty that has picked boil up to
sn.s ums pun, there Is perhaps enough OF growing
cotton to make moderate CROP IL have weather
TO mature aud pick IL.
regret TO see 80 much appearance of alarm aud so
may erroneous statements In relation to the cotton
worm am well satisfied that the worm Of last year
mas not yet been seen In this region Of country What
day may sring forth tnau any of us can tell
Am the better able to make the above observations
ms LINE ss have Of late, and up to the present
nAa 'ns opportunity Of seeing good many planta-
nons' anu ot converting with of pls
tns ana Tue sdscsn counties Yours very
The Flour Mnrkets.
DyrRoiT Sept. 6-The news by tn. steamer Caledo-
mia has had but little effect upon our markets The
-four that arrived during the day taken M about the
usual prices Of - 90 ~ 62x mostly at the FORMER
ngure, for home consumption. The GALES from store
in small lots for immediate use at 81 90 nthousb
- o2x In two instances paid
deln ~.