North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-03
THE CROPS AND WEATHER.

| In speaking of the early receipt of cotton the
Greensborough (Ala.) Beacon of the 10th instant
marks
:" We here take occasion 10 remark that it will not
be safe to judge of the extent of this years crop by
the date which the first bale was sent to market
for, owing to the excessive drought which has been
experienced for months past of the cotton
growing region, not only has the weed grown but
little for several weeks, but the boz, especially
the thin lands commenced opening prematurely. On
these lands the cotton will be nearly all open by the
middle of September; and that it will prove to be a
very short crop, there can, it to u.s. be di-
versty of opinion among those who correctly in
formed as to the present appearance of the weed
Much of this cotton is not that IL or Is inches
high, with but few branches and they badly boiled
and the leaves Of yellowish. sckly east. Two to
four hundred pounds Per is very liberal est-
mate for the thin and sandy lands generally"
The Selma Enterprise of Aug. IA says:
1t is very difficult matter to arrive at any cor
rect conclusion regarding the coming crop. While
in section the crop is good-exceIlent-in others
it is almost worthless. The rain has been Very par.
al, and the consequence is some planters will make
fine crop, while their ghbors will make nothing
The Camden Phenix of August 10Th says:
IS For the past week the weather mas been very in
tolerabIy hot and dry. The thermometer, on Wed
nesday stood as high los in the shade; on Thurs
day, in the sun, it stood as high 40.
We have heard much complaint by the planters in
regard to their crops. The drought has done much
damage in this county the crops of corn and cotton
will be cut short very materially. The few rains
that have fallen have been partial and in scarcely
neghborhood can anything like full crops be looked
for.''
The Eutaw Democrat of the 9Th inst. says:
We are informed by a gentleman just arrived
from the neighboring farms that the cotton CROP in
stead of being benefited by the ran has been
seriously injured. 1t has taken the rust-is she'd
ding its leaves and bolls very rapidly-and it is
doubtful if more than 300 pounds will be made to
the In many places the corn crop is very light.
and not enough will be made for subsistence. The
rains appear to have been more detrimental than the
drought, for nothing but miracle save the
cotton crop from total ruin
The Marengo Free Press Of August 10Th says:
1.-The prospects for a bread crop in some counties
Of this State are exceedingly gloomy. In Pickens
county this crop is failure. In Tuscaloosa the
crop is literally destroyed large fields in many in
not affording single shoot and it is
said is already selling there at 81, 25 per bushe
The cotton crop is also off at least one-half"
The Waterman of the 18th inst. says that the cot
crop of Carroll parish will be average one, if
the boil worm should not appear The crop is
very short, attributable to the dry season.
The Brandon (Miss.) Republican says:
1.-THE weather continues uniformly dry with
very few exceptions of partial showers. The crops
of have been reduced far below the usual yield,
and many, we fear very many, have been cut short
of fair supply Cotton, likewise, has suffered to
that extent that the most favorable hereafter
fail to bring it up to the anticipated yield of
very large crop. This however, is general
lamity, according to philosophy, for short crops
bring the most money. and that is the end aimed at
and DESIRED We are almost prepared to say that we
wish Providence would limit the crop two two
and half millions bales, and induce Southern peo
pie their surplus labor to useful account
The Galveston News says of the cotton crop:
ssFhe weather of late has been highly favorable for
cotton picking. We hear of plantations
which full and even large days pckings made.
Although partial failures have taken place in
neighborhoods, the prospect is still good for full
crop in the State at large"