The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-15

there is no doubt but those States where il is
now grown, and those on the Mississippi were
the soil is adapted TO its cultivation. willyield
more than sutficiency for the necessary con.
sumption oflhe country. Otthe lo.ier, but little
care has as yet been manifested in its produc'
ton, though no soil in the world is better adapt.
ed to its growth than the newly broken lands
of the western country. 10 insure successful
crops is necessary that the soil should be OF the
greatest possible richness, and a light loam.-
Both these desirable qualities are found in the
new lands ofthe west, and the fax produced is
long and of fibre almost equal 10 silk in deli
cacy and beauty Of texture.
In the Eastern and Middle states where wheat
and corn are the chief products, the harvest OF
the former grain has been an abundant one,
and the husbandman will receive the labor OF
his own hands. In no single State from Maine
to North Carolina and westward to the Missls.
sippi, save those above referred to, has the
wheat crops proved failure. The accounts
from the corn crop are cheering. though the pro.
tracted drought July has undoubtedly tendedto
iniure them. The anlicipatons Of the farmer
are yet buoyant Vermont Massachusetts and
New Hampshire. have suffered more than any
other States for rain, and the consequence is
an almost total failure Of the hay crop, not the
least important in that region. =
In Virginia the prospects are most favorable.
A more than average wheat crop has been har-
vest, and The corn and tobacco crops promise
well. There is. at the present day, much more
grain cultivated in Virginia than formerly,
which may BE attributed to the exhaustion of
the land from frequent crops of tobacco, a pro.
duct that requires a greater strength OF soil than
almost any other, The western portion OF the
State j. sterile and unproductve, and it is only
in the valleys of the AlIeghanies that any exten.
five planting operations are carried on. On the
years ago, nothing hu, tobacco was grown, are
now largh fields of wheat and corn, which have
become more sure Of a profitable return. North
and South Carolina are, from the nature OF their
soil, better adapted To the growth Of rice and
cotton than anything else, the western part OF
both States are lands which this year have pro.
duced fine crops Of wheat. The middle and
eastern sections of North Carolina are gener.
ally grown in potatoes or rice. the former ol
which is the staple product; and our adviccs are
! favorable TO an abundant yield. Already have
| they appeared in market, Of fine flavor, and good
size. Georgia having turned her attention
more to manufacturing, these is very little said
about the crops except cotton, which suffered
considerably by the fiosts Of April, from which
/, cannot recover. The crop will fall far short
of an average one. Alabama and Mississippi
| the principal cottongro~ing States oiihe Union
present poor prospects Of a crop. Besides the
frosis Of spring which destroyed the young plants
the fields have been Inundated by The overflow
| ing of the riveis, until so much damage has been
done that not halfa crop will be made. The
plants are represented as small and unProduc.
tive.
We have but little news from the cane fields
Of ofLeuisiana aud Texas, though the crop muet
he necessarily short, from the backward spring.
Much ofthe cane when planted, proved TO be
decayed in the piih, and the result was, that
there was an insufhciency to stand out for tull
crop, had none ofthe overhows or (rosls OF
spring occurred. In Louisiana, par iculally,
the crop will fall far short Of an average one,
though in Texas, whnre it has been cultivated
hut few years, the prospects are more ia"ora'
BILE. The cultivation Of The sugar cane has for
several years been successfully carried on in
Florida, aud this year the accnnets from that
State are most favorable although The tropical
fruits grown there suffered severely from the
laleness ofihe spring.
The crops throughout the country may be
considered as average crops, except in cotton
and sugar canc, fr in those States where the
the wheat has escaped the A., rust, and army
worm, the yirll will more than supply the de.
6ciency ofthose States where the crop has fail
ed; and should the corn escape drought, for
two weeks longer, there is every probability that
the crop will be very large. .....-...