Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-08-11
COTTON AND CORN CROPS

In SoUTn CARoLINA-The Marion Star of the
18th ult. says:-On recent visit to the city we
had opportunity of seeing the crops the road.
We never recollect to have poor, and with
the exception of those of our district, and one
plantation adjoining III Darlington, scarcely saw
field which could call decent Perhaps we
should qualify this, however, and say that if had
not seen those in our neghborhood we might have
considered the crops very good. But where we have
seen whole fields OF healthy cotton twoand-a- half
and three feet in height, well lmbed and covered with
blooms, and then suddenly change to where it would
scarcely average ten inches high, and but few bios
SONS, might well say there is very poor cotton.
In corn we also very far ahead, whole fields
are of that dark, healthy looking green which is
generally found good land, and shows that our
planters attend to their land without suffering it to
become impoverished for want of attention in replace
ing through some means what had been taken from
it. Another advantage, we think, is to be found in
the fact that planters generally carry ex-
tensive system of drainage, which has always proved
a benefit Many of the fields in other districts
through which passed We're completely inundat-
ed, and where this is the the planters must suf
fer, and in cotton particularly.
IN MISsISSPPI.-The following communication,
dated Goth July, to the editors of the Missssippan,
published at jackson, Miss, gives the best contnu-
account of the cotton crop to that region, from
the beginning of the season, we have seen:
During long residence in the cotton region, |
have never known SO disastrous year as the pre-
sent. The season opened favorably, cotton was
planted early, good STANDS obtained, ana growing
finely until the great and long be remembered
frost of the night of the 18th of April The plan
tiers were overwhelmed at the reality, upon arising
the morning of the 10th April, and beholdng the
ground entirely covered and whtened with as large
frost usually falls in this country in md-winter
Every one knew, without examining, that his cot
ton killed; great CONSERVATION prevailed, fear
ing that seed could not be obtained to plant over
again. The few who had not sold their cotton were
seen vending their way through the white frost to
tho fol- NH otbp 10 DIV fact
not to sell, whilst the great mass were travelling
from place to place in search of seed, with mean-
choly look Contrary to expectation, seed was
found sufficient to give every one some, and many
had plenty 1t pleasing to witness the iberali-
ty of neighbor dividing with neighbor, with the
ception of few slin-ints" who, thinking to take
advantage of their neighbors' necessities, fixed a
high price their Seed but they fortunately did not
get chance to sell any. The saddest part of this
history is not vet told the re-planted cotton
up well, and prospects seemed to be encouraging
til about the middle Of June. There had been too
much rain up to this time; the crops were grassy,
and the stands not very good the general impression
was, that the crop about a month too late, and
as it had been wet weather long might look
for dry moon which would enable the planters to
clear their crops: but instead of dry weather, the
rains have continued for a whole month-the cotton
crop very grassy, the stands greatly injured; much
of it turned yellow in the field, and scalded and lost
in the low places, and great deal entirely abandon
ed. 1t thought that the April frost disas-
trous it is now thought the late and long continued
heavy rains will prove far destructive The
crop is ruined sunshine nor condition of season
can redeem it. The oldest citizen has never known
the prospect of the cotton crop unmprovng; it
seems confined to no neighborhood, but extends
throughout the State.
The best informed to think that the crop
on the alluvial land is even worse than the up
land
In EASTERN MssIssIPPI.-Ou information in
ference to the condition of the crops in this section,