The New York herald., 1850-04-30
The Cotton Crop.


We take the liberty OF enclosing a d-pstch recsiyed
by NJ. X. coekreil Esq. from jackson. Mics dated
lfh inst from which you will that the cotton crop
Of that region has sustained considerable damage from
the frost dispatch from orcrsecr advising great de-
strueton by frost an sound seed scarce urging ship
ments of seed Sc) Mr.. Cockrell has been planting
very extensively In Madison county Miss f., four.
teen years and he = decid,dly Of the opinion, tha IN,
crop OF the whole southern portion Of his state.
tractnr the heavy cotton growing counties OF Al.ms
Washington, yazoo. Madison. and wiislnson was
generally up aad must have susai lcd greAt damage
at least II II was not wholly down by that fro.t
lie states that the seed In that section n.ray nut
In by the 10th March and these frs;- occurred be-
tween The 18th aud 2ls nss the portion % the seed
which had grrminated must have been gcn-r.liy up;
and thtre can b. question but all that ga up was
Killed and that not through the cru-t T. probably 80
damsFcd by the cold snap as TO require Instant re-
planting TO save the You are probably aware
that the young cotton plant Is tender even than
This region (Ssshviue) l. what is ter,r.d w..,ern
District and our cotton ranks With North Aiabama
only Winter continues up 20 thi. time and fires are
essential for comfort. Planters tell that IN, are e
month behind last season We have had Too much
cold rain. and castsriy winds. aud the tendency At
present. ". among us To shorten the cotton culture
aud extend that 81 tobacco. Tor which ve will h.yc
greater advantages should the season be short one
AZ there s nov every Indication Last ycsr our crop
Of cotton very good but requirs. an uuco,p
and open fall tn crop az all in our l,ti
tude there will be less induccmcnt to plant th. Sea-
son. yet had t-o nne autuinns ia surcss.
sion. and despair of having fair chance 10 cotn
pete with Mississppi friends We think the nro-
duet of North Alabsms aud Ten.osser viii be yrrv
mueh ourtsiso V~ihs 10 the baekrerdness of our
spring. SEA A 60
Momtr April n 1850
have not written 20 you for nearly a month a.
was anxious TO zee the result % the cold wssibar
which sct In NJ thst date Intending TO solicit vour a.
tcnton. also 90 my prophecies q sept - 1870 rsf.rd
Ing the probable amount of this cfop and which ,os
transferred to- ycur circ ular oct ID with the tl
luwine rsmark-and ~ I noticed that you carefully
avoided endorsing ~ ss- persuaded you thought
In error--you stated II annex n copv ~ a I.t
ter have just received from the correspondent AZ No
bile whose observations aud cstimars Ia .,
ELECTED go much attention the two last seasons" and
then you extract the folioving
The accounts from the interior have increasrA 4,
their glocmiAnse during the past fortnight That we
must r,sise short crop IL certain and the d,;e
of the ftot can alone drtcrmne thu extent In all
Louisiana aud Texas the bore or boil worm has brrn
follow ed by the cstsry ar ~hich has coupletey an
ishcd the destruction commenced ~ the ar.t No
tmatcs are made higher than i0 eO bll fr ths port
while the general currcut runs in favor Of aso 90
talcs The opiBicn that seems generally ad,oed az
o. the crop ~ the T. l. 2OoO coo hut soma Of m,
lcst informed place u below 10000 bales Tbsre
lm mebts that can favor the eron sro,a ti.
time until the frost except favorable reathrr for ms,
turing the advance bolls and fr picking II is no,
possible fer any blooms which NAV row ,pps,r 10
mais cotton The period rvquir, fag the par lion
Of The NUT s b.yond any probability of the date OF
irost'
Nov what - the probable result, The ,rap oe 1910
10 J. vkGt the French would cau ~ Ctf as-,,rl
Put down. upCtr two millions II prices 90 TO i
teen e'n'- for niddiins >. rs port may possibly
vtre hcrs ulsns at that p,tioi although lab,rrd
hsiG ~ convince you frl 70 necessar, 20 so~a
Jour ctdcrrt mtnt n my statement 10 MAKE !, p.ss
,ufrcri eercsd hs you nov see. have given you
~ tlrr, sea-cHs; aud are entering ON enc
~heh may tcst the sctssbry uf of the hee ,isst
rsru,aetuFcre % Iancsshr vbs appear 10 b. setipr
In tcEcat unds The direction cf clique VI Ll.Vt.