Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-16
THE LATE FROST.


We have taken some pains 10 colla,e the
several items Of intelligence contained IN
the country papers relating TO the extent
and degree OF the late very severe weather,
and lis effects upou the growing crops.
The papers of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana rep
resent The iros. 10 have been very severe,
and TO have done great injury 10 vegetation
generally. In Soulh Carolina and Geor:
gia The early ,wheat is totally destroyed.
In the Cherokee conntry of Georgia,
where the wheat crop is a source OF great
profit. The wheat generally had turned
black, the effect of frost; and while 1t was
admitted that the early wheat was entirely
ruined, II was as generally believed that
the lale wheat would make little more than
seed. In the Southern Slates,he corn crops
have suffered severely; but the injury 10
this crop is not irreparable; for it may be
replanled, and there is full time for il TO
mature, and yield an abundant harvest.
In the upland cotton region Ct South
Carolina, the cotton was generally up,
and i, is represented TO have been. com
pletely killed, with scarcity Of seed 10
replant. From Georgia we have, similar
accounts. From the central part OF that
State these accounts are very gloomy.
Some of The papers state that The crops ln
The arg ger portion. of the State are thought
10 be ruined, others qualify the extent oil
The destruction by stating that the crops
are very ma,eriallyinjured While others
are still more specific, and designate one.
half as tho quantum Of mischief. 10 South
western Georgia, as 6ne cotton country
as there is in the world. the paper pub
lished in that section of the State, repre-
senls the cotton on many Of tho plauia.
lions to be so greatly damaged. that the
owners were having the fields ploughe
up Tor replanlng, while others were de-
MED even that forlorn hope of crop, by
The want of seed. In The lower part Of
The State, the cotton which was up was
universally killed.
In Alabama, at one extreme Of the State.
il was eslima.ed that three-lourths of the
Cotton will have to be planted over, while
the other fourth was hardly reliable. In
South Alabama the planters for The mos,
part were ploughing up their fields for the
purpose of replanling. A severe drought
Of some weeks duration was also operating
very seriously TO The injury Of agriculture
generally.
Mississippi has also suffered extensively;
severe storm Of seei and rain, with three
or four successive nights of hard frost, des.
,roying in some places all, and in others,
nearly all of the Cotton above gIound; the
Average estimate Of what is to he re- plant
ed, is from a half 10 lhree-!our,hs. There
also we notice a scarcity of seed, which is
worth one dollar per bushel, with pros
.pect of going upio FIVE dpllars.
In Louisiana, The destruction, although
very considerable, is no, as greal. as wo
infer from the various notices of the inle-
rior press, as in the States further North.
The terms used in describing The .ravages
sQflhe frost are more moderate and quail
fled. The injury is represented 10 be con-
Siderable, and we are told that in some
Instances whole fields have been nearly
-dasirazed- while anns6er naneEIeli,~shhv.l
the entire Cotton crop, but upon inspec.
lion it was found that there had not been
! as much damage done as was apprehended.
But very little Cotton OH the front and
high lands was injured, while all on the
low lands was killed. This can be planted
over by all who have seed, which appears
TO be very scarce article.
These accounts are bad enough. yet
they must be taken with grain of allow
ance. That the frost has been very des-
ructive, and that the greater portion OF
the cotton that was up, has been destroyed,
there can be no doubt. But planters are
remarkably disposed 10 anticipate short
crops; and their fears and solicilude are
very apt to bave the effect Of making
things a liule worse than they generally
turn out 10 be. Under no circumstances
can we calculate upon full crop 10 The
Atlantic cotton States. In most, if not all
Of the fields there must be replanling,
and, with the usual improvidenc Of plant
ers, they are mostly destitute of seed. But
there must be very many who have an
extra supply on hand, enough. for lhem-
selves and neighbors, and if the drought,
which has generally prevailed in Georgia
and Alabama be not too continuous, and
they be favored with timely and moderate
rains. two.,hirds of crop may be anlici'
pn,ed. The seas"n will be put back from
four 10 six weeks. and an early frost in the
fall would be seriously prejudicial, so that
after all, there are so many contingencies
10 be encountered, no safe calculation can
be made.-N. 0. Bulletin.
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