Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-09-11
THE CROPS.

! ALABAMA. The Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon of the
Goth ins says it receives farther complaint of the
region, where the crops, in many cases are repre-
sented as being cut of. From the sandy lands the
complaints are not SO numerous.
I The Livingston (Aa.) Democrat regrets to learn
that many OF the planters in that neghborhood COM
plain of the destructive rage of the boil worm, and
express alarm for their crops. The good prospect
some short time since of course but renders the inu
| ry the more observable.
9th ut. says: We learn that in this and all the
adjoining counties, the boil worm is playing sad
havoc with the crops of Cotton and besides the in
jury which it sustans from this cause, in many plan
tations, the plant is unusually large, and there is
great scarcity of booms.''
| The Union Beacon, Noxubee, Missy says:
That the grain crops of every description have been
secured, and both in quality and quantity, they
be looked back to in after times making this the
great grain year."
The cotton crop is afflicted with the worm, and is
In very unpromising condition. The Beacon is
! sured that there will not be than half crop
made within the county.
LOUISIANA The Jackson (La.) Mirror of the 18th
inst, says that cotton picking in that vicinity has
now fairly commenced, and the prospect is good for
a large crop. May nothing blight that prospect.
The Concordia 1nteilgencer of the 2lst says that
few days since Mr.. Henry P. Daniels, an enterprs
ing planter of that parish, brought in four or five
bales of new cotton all the way from the Tensas, and
shipped them from Vindalia tor New Orleans. The
same paper learns from planters residing in Adams
county, MISS, That the cotton crop Is opening very
rapidly the hills. Picking is said to he as good
now as it is usually month later in the This
is the also, in great measure, with the river
plantations in the lowlands. Farther back in the
swamp the crops are not quite so forward.
The Catahoula Advocate of the 18th inst says that
everybody in that section seems to be busy in pick
ing cotton. good deal had already been packed,
and the probability that the first steamboat down
Black River would find at least 100 bales the bank
waiting for shipment.
The Plaquemine Sentinel says that the crops gene
rally in that parish in more favorable condition
than they have been known for years. The season
has been very propitious-nether dry wet spells
for any length of time.
The Padding (Miss.) Clarion of the 18th inst,
says the plentiful rains the past week have been
great relief 10 the crops, which beg inning to
suffer severely from the drought. better crop
will be made in Mississippi than has been done for
years, and that article will be excessively abundant
The cotton crop will be more than an average one.
The Selma (Ala.) Reporter of the 26th inst. says:
I" The boil worm is making destructive ravages among
the cotton crop in this section Of country. The
present cool weather, almost cool enough for October
will enable the worms to do their work speedily and
effectually.''
The WEATHER AND THE Crops. friend who
writes from Marietta, but who has been travelling in
the Cherokee country. informs that it has rained
almost necessarily in that section of the State during
the past week. The same letter says: 1.-The crops
throug the country far have and heard
are very fine. but the cotton planters fearful that
their crops will be injured by the unprecedented fall
of rain. The crop will, without doubt, be the
largest ever made in Georgia and Tennessee.
SaU0nnah Ne,Us.