The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-23
Cotton (,r0lp.

Wc una tho following estimate OF the
presen, Cotton Crop in tho Mobile I'ri.
bune. 1t is made by Geo. G. Henry,
esq, Commission Mcrchan, Of Mo ic
very high authority, wo believe, OH
this subject:
"CAuNNANuGGE, Ma, CO., Sept. l, 1861.
Il left Mobile in July, and have since
been travelling in Alabama, Georgia
une Tennessee, and have been carefully
observing and inquiring diligently re-
spccling their cotton and other crops.
Before proceeding to give my views
as TO the extent Of this cotton crop ESQ
far nude up by personal observation u
good deal | will state my estimates for
the crops Of l649 and 1850:
On the 3lst August, 1919, my estimate
- crop of 2,l50, 100
il'nt crop turned out 10 be. 2,U17 ,o0O
On the 3lst August, last year, my esti-
mate WIS Il crupof 200 ,UOO 10 2, 800 900
That Drop, by yesterdays New York
statement, Will make 2,350, 900 to 1875 900
'Euch OF these esllmutcs, you vii!
perceive, is very nearly correct, but the
srca, falling oil in tho weigh, Of The
bules last ycnr o. for the crop Of 1850
received in 1850, 81, would reduce The
number OF bales down towards
2,2Oo,oOU Of cquul weights Of those
OF 1913.
by many it is said nothing can be
told us 10 the extent OF the year,
aud tho above remarks introduced
Tor lhci, satisfaction.
Il return then 10 say that The collol,
crop Ut 1851 Will nol exceed >, lUU,UUU
10 2,2UO,OUU bales. 1t may fall very
muci, below, but II canno, exceed those
may tail very much below, but j. cunuul
exceed those figures.
Before left Mobile, the reports
were fuyoraDic generally for II full crop,
thuugh various complaints were coming
III from some quarters. On my route
found portions Of some plantations
DONG welt, aud other PORTIONS nothing.
So'nc crops promised finely = others
poorly. AS II criterion for Alabama
viii state that plantations which late
IN July promised II heavy crop. have SO
cuuip''lriy sMtd their forms, blooms
and shall tolls, thai they cannot yield
over II lwoih;rd crops. This relates 10
| plantations where all lhc lands are fresh
ana strong. On those OF IL sandy aud
liShl soi The falling oil is still greater
still. On plantations, which, before
left for Georgia, supposed had 500 lbs.
10 the acre made beyond casualty, and
which were covered with forms aud
blooms, iind Oh my rciurn no, only
all those blooms anil forms have been
shed, but many of the boiis that were
then showing finely, and lros, on The
Isl Of October would do no serious
injury to them. There are now 10
forms or blooms on the cotton, nnd il is
TOO late for forms 10 come, for them then
TO bloom, and for the bloom to mature
The bols. You know forms or
squares precede the blooms-and from
the first appearance Of the square or
form, some three weeks mus, elapsc
| before 1t becomes the bloom; ia two
days the ulouln drops and reveals The
boil, and in six or seven weeks this boil
| if il holds on bursts open, and The cotton
can be picked. This is the process.
! We all will see it is now too late !ncv.
itably for the wind to do oil this.
Corn crops in Eastern Alabama are
good, SO Of wheat, oats, &c. In Georgia
the corn crop is very poor generally.
Cotton on their old lands is very light,
and on their fresh and better lands.
much pooocr than they promised 10 be
month ago, &c.
'Hurriedly as have been compelled
to write this, ifit furnishes any inior.
nation which may be desirable TO the
! public. i, is at your service: und believe
me. Truly, your friend,
GEO. G.. IIENRy.'