Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-05-18
y correspondence IF the Della
The q otton Crop
EpwsaNsi v IS. May q. ie.
J, EJjteps 0f Hy Uphs

Msssrs Editors af nv Dehsl
The influence tlnt cotton YIELDS on
nations attd mrn is 20 keenty felt nj
Ithis time, that ] query much II even
the most violent Englishnnp will dis.
sent from the opinion. that II III the
product next in necessity to bread
and DIR entire nation pHgtt 10 know
that upon the success or iailtire,of the
cotton growing region depends the
welfare Of our Whole people. II IL
not only those who are supported by
its manufacture. carriage, sale, Sc
sc. who are benefited, but IL aids the
wheat grover, The pork packer, tbs
aftizan, ayf, and The student. Depo.
pulaie the cotton growing region u
it's operations, aud the wheels Of gov.
ernnent would cease IN n few months.
Therefore will any facts bearing upon
the growing crop be. nj present wor4
thy n consideration, and ] proceed to
give s,,eh ~ nre In my possession.
ana hope others will give what they
have
have as extensive correspondence
In the cotton region az any ether In
dividual IN it-that IL, with cotton
grpwrrs-nnd to this date an In.
clined 10 think hal the prospect of a
cotton crop is even worse than last
year. Cultivation Of corn ard cotton
are again both together. with much
corn planted within The past two
weeks, fpr We have had not only The
cold Of 40. but the wires worm TO con-
tend against. which has destroyed
whole fields that the cold spared. and
thus caused later Printing Of rorn
than usral. With all this. theirs has
been mofe water on The earth thah
even last year. Add 10 ibis. short
crops Of corn. which ever cause poor
teams and bad cultivated crops. |
believe | will he under The mark.
when ! cay inpre corn will be brought
out 10 Edwards Depot. on the rail-
road from V%icksburg, than ever be-
fore. OF Al least only excelled by the
year 40. when ! think IL was 10000
bushels del sesFed there.
III addition to this, the Mississippi
swamp IL fuller Of water than last
year, The river only wanting a few Ii.
ches Of being 1T high water mark.
with n rise coming down.
A late Spring. IL seems. always
gives IN early Fall. Let this Fall be-
even as good az the phst. with n gen
eral scarcity Of eorn,| The crop all now
,ieedihg work. with more grass than
] ever saw Oh May Lat. and what can
VIZ espeetl But suppose our pick,
ing season IL u%nfavornblp. we cannet
gather as muel, as last year. aud had
not the Fall been so good. you would
have seen a greater deficit than there
viii be.
New Orleans must. for The next len
years. ship At least half The crop that
L. nade, md all things proving favor
able, she ought 10 receive this year
even more than half, but high water,
cholera. &c., will cut her receipts
down 10 ahout nine hundred thousand
bales. She has received by lst Of
May. about seven hundred and sixty
five thousand bales, and cannot es-
eeed my figures above-=will all other
porte exceed her BY two hundred thou
sand hales7
take into my calculation improve.
mei,is IN Mississippi especially. ms 10
selection OF seed. and this improve
ment has progressed rapidly In South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. and
Floridh-ahd this Improvement added
10 receipts Of last year.
The object IL. should we base our
estimate Of prices from these pros.
poets think we should, and think
It isthe duty Of commission merchants
to hold up for better prices. Manu-.
taeturers have disbelieved The report
Of short crops. and some Of our own
people have lieut. "aid and comfort
TO this matter. ] placed my figures
In September at Two millions ofbnles.
taking two million two hundred thou.
sand as the ultimate. and one million
eight hundred thousand bales as The
minimum crop--and have never be-
lieved would err, al hongh commits.
sion merchants tried 10 make out two
million four hundred and ten thou.
sand, and planters believed less than
my minimum.
| do not believe there IL as much
cotton planted this year, as was plant.
cd the past, and II there IL reduction
enough, II may alter my opinion
because n full crop, IN matters now
must cause n less crop. No
man can manage u full crop where
corn and cotton are both grassy, and
both need svork at once.
I am, denr Sirs. with respect, &c,
Yofrs, NJ. W, Philips.
Hapees.S-1he best hedge in the
United States, says the Genesee Far.
mer, extends about a mile along the
highway on n plantation 5000 acres,
near, Augusta, Georgia. 1t Is the
Cherokee Rose. which Is now in full
bloom, presenting a magnificent flo
raj spectacle, and filing the atmos-
with delicious perfume. No
n%ninrnl without wings n get over,