New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-17
Weather and Drops.

49,
From present Indications the cotton and corr
crops Of this year, in our county, will exceet
that Of any previous year. tits indeed cheer
ing to look at the fields Of waving corn AMI
prolific cotton in the Brazos bottoms and upol
the upland prairies. The agriculturist vii
reap a rich reward for his labors, and emigrant
coming to the country during this fall and win
ter will be able to obtain corn and other neces
saries in abundance, and at fair prices Waco
(Texns) Era.
The Galveston Journal says
The weather, for few days, has beer
rather extraordinary, considering the season
IS Stormy and rainy are the terms that de
scribe the peculiarities Of this part Of July, bu
the change has been agreeable in many respects
considering the sultry times We had recently.
The Macon (Ala.) Republican Of the 18th, hal
the following:
For some time the weather has been extremely
hot, and in some localities very dry. The rainl
have been very partial. In some places they
have had plenty, and in others none at all II
the dry places the corn has completely withered
up at the top, while below and at the roots it il
doing as well as usual. AS yet there is nothing
like drought, and should there not be, ths
corn crop will be heavy one. The dry weather
has enabled the planters to get their cotton out
of the grass, and although it is fully two
weeks later than usual, the prospect is deei-
dedly good.
We have one of the coolest offices in town, hui
week before last, when the heat was most OPP
pressiye, our thermometer got up to &c.; while
at other sheltered places it went up to 100. Fol
the last ten days the weather has been more
moderate, and the mercury has seldom ranged
higher than so to 90.
N. B. On last Tuesday evening, and since
writing the above, we had tremendous heavy
fall of rain here.
Since our last, we have been visited by excel
lent showers, since which time there Is every
prospect for more. The drouth which was Of
ten days duration had just begun to tell in
juriousy upon the crops in this county, but
since the rains every thing looks up again. As
our farmers have had favorable season, we
have no reason to expect that our farmers will
not make as good crop as they have made for
The Montevallo (Ala.) Herald Of late date
says:
A severe storm passed over the neighborhood
three or four miles east of this places on Sunday
evening last, doing much injury to number Of
corn crops.
We find the following paragraphs in the Austin
Times:
learn that the wheat crops in Williamson
county and the counties above exceed all pre-
vious calculations. They have two excellent
-four mills in Williamson. We shall have do
mestic biscuit this year.
Mr.. Hawpe, Sheriff of Dallas county, reports
the wheat crop in that section as having turned
out good. The greater portion Of the harvest
ing has been completed.
The crops, coming from Houston by way Of
Warren, Brennan and Matson's, look tolerably
well. The cotton is not forward, appearing
generally to be o second planting, only few
inches high.
On the Colorado the corn and cotton crops
are looking remarkably fine.
The late rains have rendered the prospects Of
a large yield Of corn west Of the Trinity almost
certain.
Millet is now being raised by many of our
farmers; the present crop will be good one.
Irish potatoes have done we'll
This will be q good year for farmers, if ap-
pearances can be trusted.
A late number Of the Bienville La) Times
has the following:
1t has new been about three weeks since the
showers ceased and breaking off SO suddenly,
after so much rain, the corn crops are begin
ming to fail very rapidly ON the uplands Dur
ing the last few days, however, refreshing
showers have fallen in some places, and we
trust it will not be long ere they become gene.
raj. A few showers now would insure fair,
though not q full, crop of corn. Cotton is doing
better, but is small and backward generally.
Our peach crop is good, and already some of
the earlier varieties are ripe. No country, per-
haps, in the world can excel North Louisiana
in the production Of peaches, as to size, beauty
and flavor, where the best sorts are properly