New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-05
Ehe Crops AZ ths seuthwest.


Of o ak weeks droutb, and says thai the cotton
crop wll in that county fall short one halt From
PoIA County the acc UNITS are dlscoursglng Inc
army worm had entirely destroyed the crop on
several plantations. srill some cotton you'd Do
made, The corn crop w'al be beloT the average
Yield OF other sraaops
The Richmond Times says that a recent excur
aion through part of the priacipsl tobacco sro"'
inc region OF the State authorizes the opinion shUs
the Virgins crop will be cut short by at least oae-
half and that it will be generally of very bad quality
The corn crop in WiIson, Bedford, ana other
cou1tes Of Middle Tennessee, will oe far shorter
than usual this year. A few ,ounsiss lying about
hundred miles u2 Cumberland River, however,
have done uch better.
IL Green Co Ark. the crops are much Injured BY
drou,h but will ssil do we'll
In the North " esrern Counties of South CArolila
the Corn crop was mach injured by the late sror a.
The Cotton crop WA materially injured
In Montgomery &c Ark ths Wheat crop IL good
and the Corn suffcieui for the wanss OF the people
and emigr ants.
The Central Georgian of the nth inst says
iverss uheddipg Of cotton forms aad bols is "a.
hing place in Washington County, cauhed BY the
dfouth.
The Canon Mis- Creole of the l4!h inst says
a good deal Of Gotten mas been picked. The crop
vas made the topping, in pursuance OF the " Dol!
worm e4terminaiipg" recipe, had cut OIL the crop
The dry weather the boil worm and the worm
bumbug has shortened the crop at least one-haf
One half the Cotton on most of the upland plansa.
sons was open The boil worm was still cutting
off sbe young bolls and blooms The crop in tha
County would be shortened quite one bali
The C0ncordla Intcldgeacer Of the 2lss says
great complains is made OF the bad effects Of the
late cool ard rainy weather. The cotton was she'd
ding its squares and bolls TO an alarming extent,
End heavy injury had already been sustAined
from that
The upland cotton Eas quite small throughout
the parish, Notwithstanding ig promising aspect
several weeks since. Experienced planters say
that there is scarcely q possibility of sn average
hslf crop In the bottoms the cotton is greatly IN
der the usual size and decidedly b&d.looking at
this time from the havoc made by wind and rain.
No caterpilars were heard of, but the boil worm is
making sad depredations.
The Adpocate, published ia Cstahoula parish, says
For the few days past we have had several pioug
showers of rsin; "as she thrsty psnteth for she
cooling brook 30 have the planters painted and
prayed for rain. Ii was the only thing thas would
AID late planted cotton and corn The ground has
been thoroughly wet, and f5w.days vii decide
whether or not this rain came in Tina. Many IN
tbs parish have commenced picking their cotton
sUne hands tther over 200 pounds per day. The
weather is cool and agreeable. The crop OF cotton
in the psrah is estimated at 900 bales
Che adn6etd DE Soto PARISH Advertiser OF the
l4th says From tbs representations Of planters in
this parish we are led to the conclusion that tosra
by fair crops Of corn and cotton will yet be made
The droulh within tue last six weeks cut the cot
crop short nearly fourth of average yield
and conaiderGbly injured late corn. Early corn
produces g fair yield.
The Aeran3ria Democrat of the 18th says The
cotton crops of this parish still suffering from
the ravsges the boil worm and caterpillar. The
damage will DO very great, aud under no olrcum'
Eianccs can there be more than half crop made
The is quite small, generally, and requires
rain very much.
The GRfNDIEG SEAsoN-The P20quemtne Sen
tine{ of tie 2lst ins, says: We believe that &
majority of our planters will commence grinding
shout the middle of nexs month. From what we
earn with gard to several plantations which, it
is sad, will yield much larger crops than laat year
we may predict at lsast good a crop for shla
parish, if not better than that OF Lass season
Rain is much wanted at present
CoTToH PICKING.-We take the folio wing from
the Feltciana (Cnton) Wing OF the 18Th mat: The
work la everywhere progreasipg fnely, and the
weather since the commencement OF the picking
seeson has been very favorable TO obtaining the
largeet yield We have heard, however Of no
heavy day. picking, not Hithstanding the long dry
spell and continued sun must haye caused the
hollis 10 open very rapidly. The reason of this we
preaume, il in the defective stands caused by the
constant complaints from the planters OF the raw.
ages Of the boil worm and shedding. These two
csuaes. combined with the early disasters s1a.
ed by the crops will we fear, ourtail it very
materially in all this region OF country