Washington telegraph., 1850-07-31
From The N O. Prayuae.
TIE COTTON CROP.


were bright 10 what they now are. o.
many plantations We have had be
tween three aud four weeks of lneessan
rains the plant has continued to die on
more rapidly than before. leaving stil
wider gaps; whilst the portion that hal
+ healthy growth has run the wecI,n Il
We term H. aud the "middles" are in
more gtassy state than I have ever sect
them. During n drive to Oakland Col
lege. ~ Claiborne county, aud back. tw,
days ago, passing some Of the hes, con
Quoted plantations in the State, sa "
but two or Isfee fair crops OF cotton
Some fields hokod more like corn thar
cotton fields, from the quantity Of tho
former planted inthe missing places. Ia
lacl, many fields eamo up 10 the old plan.
ter's description of his efop-"fine cfop,
Of gfass, somewhat infested with cotton.
Amongst numerous letters Of inquiry
an this important tolic. the writer of one
asks II | verify believe that the growing
crop must ho shorter than the last, no
matter how fine the seaspn henceioHh
may be! None hut cotton factors will
admit that CONCLUSION. People admit
that the growth is as much behIndhand
as II Is generally represented to be; bu,
they viii not admit that /, therefore IN.
eYstably follows thai the crop must be
short. They eile that il Is on record
when late second growth malnred so
much cotton as 10 make a large erop,
when Otherwise it would have been A
small one aud, hence 10 say now That
the crop must be shof, Is an assumption.
Nov, as ! have 10 particular desire TO
advocate the cause oi the speculaior aud
eonsnmef to tue injury OF the grower
] should prefer the impression 10 prevail
that he crop could not possibly 90 under
? 200 200 or 2.3O00OO bales. In that
erenl, buyers will hold back for some time
yet until lie new crop begins to come
IA when an advance Ia price will more
directly heneiit the great majority Of
growers. Whereas, If the truth now
prevails, manufacturers will al once lay
IN such supplies as will enable them 10
hold back On the new crop coming IN.
aud thus dopress prices. Sill you shall
have the facts, let the result be what i
iiinigency. exceed thai OF last year wnlJsg
the prospects are that il cannot possibly
reach il.
You are aware Of the extent Of Injury
from overflow. As the water receded,
/ cotton was planted 10 considerable eI.
tent; but late cotton on rich land rarely
pays for the labor Of planting.
In the hills, everywhere. the stand Is
a very poor one; and in many portions OF
the county there is not Que third OF a
stand II the plants that Sre thrifty were
distributed equally over tie fields. the re.
suit would not be so seriously a0ectedi
hut there are gaps OF from tens TO hun.
dreds Of yarls Without the plants, We
cannot have the cotton.
The plant has run too much to weed
is too suculeu, aud long-ioinled. II this
was the result oil manuring, or Of the
natural richus.s OF the soil. there would
he no groat harm done. But il results
from excessive aud inoessant rains, with
dark, growing weather When the raius
cease, the growth OF tho plant is check
ed; something must suffer; nature has
proyided that as the leaves are absolute.
| ly necessary to the very existence OF the
plsnt, the blossom, the BUDS or squares,
aud young bolls, must go--aud they drop
oil after Two or three days hot, clear
weather following a warm growing rain.
Such v III be the inevitable result very
shortly, as every planter knows. iIom
dear bought experience.
Unless the gtass is subdued before the
lower bowls begin 10 open, the crop
must go. ! do assure You that much
cotton is already abandoned that the rest
Of the crop may be saved. Hands and
teams arc worked down in the effort TO
subduo IL. A solid bank Of grass occu.
nlcs the place Of the open iurrow be-
tween the rows, and cannot be destroyed
without period of dry, hot weather
which as explained above, would be
equally injurious
The present dark weather, and rank
condition of the crop arc most favorable
for the increase Of the cotton worm. We
have the published assurance OF gen
lcmau learned IN such matters in his
own section, that "the cotton plam pro
duces this worm in the same manner a'
it produces any other part Of itself i
this is the case, there is not a shadow o
hope, inasmuch as we have now, anC
have had for some time very "peculia
contingencies Of weather" | am no
! aware of any season in which IA lat,
. second crop malured so much cotton a
to make a large crop when otherwise |
. would have been a small one" Ar
, you! No doubt will exist with the plan
. ter that snch thing might occur-thg
} stunted, backward crop IN growth nigh
make second growth in the fall, Tia
weather being in all things suitable, tha
5 would most materially affect the resul
I Of the crop. But such a state Of thing
5 does not now exist, aud such result i
r extremely improbable. Yet, with thi
c Supreme Director Of all things, nothing
! "a tupNasibla.