Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-09-04
THE CROPS

The crops in this State, so far as we have been
able to learn have been better than they are
in other States:
Texas The weather could not possibly be more
favorable ior our crops than it has been here for the
past two or three weeks. We have heard of no oTm
In the cotton, and indeed, there has not been any ex-
cess OF ran that usually generates this insect Our
planters have many of them commenced picking.
G1LUeston Nous.
ALABAMA. The Eufaula Spirit of the South
says:
The late moderate and seasonable rains have been
particularly favorable to the cotton crop, and their et
fects are plainly in the abundance of forms and
boils, with which the plant is loaded. Within the
last ten days, however, the boil worm has made its
appearance and Shout the late cool weather continue,
will do material injury. The crop, too is about
weeks more backward than last year, and the yield
must therefore greatly depend upon the character
OF the fall An early frost would certainly shorten
II very much Should the season continue favorable,
and the fall prove late one, the crop will undoub
eddy be large, but any ofthe innumerable casual
ties to which it is subject, might yet disappoint all
the expectations entertained in relation it. The
crops Of peas and potatoes generally good
The WEATHER, CRoPs, &c. Tie weather still
continues very wet Scarcely day passes over
without several showers of rain, and some of them
very coPlous ones. The rains, however, believe,
are quite partial, as We hear of much CRY weher in
the adjoining districts and all of rivers low.
The rice crop of this district is regarded fair
average one by most persons though many think it
more than average. The harvest, we understand,
will begin some plantations in about ten feen
days. The N. and N. E. winds OF last week brought
with it the rice-birds, and presume the next E..
wind we have will bring full supply of these
little harvesters. Georgetown IS. CO. Observer.
The Savannah News is indebted to a friend for the
following interesting extract from private letter in
reference to the crops, dated St. Lukes Parish, Is.
c. August I6.
"My crop of Cotton and provisions are almost as
good as could wish and those of my neghbors are
toleraby fair; if you could be brought here without
your knowledge and put down in my field you would
think that You were in the Western country, where
crops grow without manure ineessant labor. My
Corn is good for 20 bushels per acre, which is excel
lent for this low country; Potatoes, never better
Cotton large and well fruited, and without some ac-
cident promises large yield. am sorry to inform
you that the Caterpiars have made their appearance
on neig hborng island, and it remains to be seen
t %ss he , they i viii i'll my Cotton field vis
The Montgomery (Ala.) Register learns that in
several parts of that county, and Macon county, the
army worm is 60 now making sad ravages upon the
cotton crops" The planters, it says, are greatly
alarmed.
CEoPs, &c. The Aberdeen (Miss.) Independent
of the 7th inst. says that immense crop of corn
will be raised in that section, and if the balance of
the cotton season proves to be as favorable as the
preceding part, an abundant crop will be raised.
Prospects of plenty were never so promising.
The Clayton (Ala.) Banner says that in some Pla-
ces no great distance above that town, the boil
worm has made considerable havoc with the cotton
crop, but Immediately in that neghborhood they had
done damage yet.
The Carroll ( La. Waterman, of the 9th inst,
says The prospect of the planters of our parish for
having bountiu crops, both of cotton and corn
better at this season of the year, than they are
at present. The Bayou places were nearly exempt
from overflow this year, and the unsurpassed lands or
Joe's Bayou and Bayou Mason, will yield man.
moth return for the husbandman's labor.