New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-18
WEATHER, CROPS, ETC.
The Camden (Ala.) Republic of the 18th inst

The Camden (Ala.) Republic of the 18th inst.
says;
THE WEATHER AND CRops-Until last even
ing there had been no rain in this portion of
the county for several weeks. 1t was, indeed,
o welcome shower, but we fear has come too
late to do the planters any good. The crops,
both corn and cotton, have been seriously in
jured by the long drouth. Young corn was
literally burnt up. and cotton had ceased to
grow and was rapidly shedding its leaves.
The Bienville (La) Times of the 18th says:
'sCotton is now suffering very much. Weare
told it is dropping its leaves and forms now, and
we know it will when showers come on and in
duce new growth. The prospect was favor
able three or four weeks ago. aas
potatoes, very important crop in this
country, must he short The ground has been
dry so long they can have done but little yet,
| and the season is too much advanced for them
| to make good yield from a future growth.
sour river and bottom lands have good crops,
| though even there the cotton is beginning to
| fail rapidly, we are told"
The Caddo Gazette of the 18th inst says:
CRoPs.-The upland cotton crop is bound
| this parish, but in those adjoining, and in many
| Of the counties in Texas from which we have
| heard. This is mainly owing to the drouth,
though the boil worm will aid materially in
| shortening the crops
| DRouTH.-The Charlottesville (Va.) Jeffer-
sonian says that the excessive heat and drouth
of the present season will prove destructive to
| the corn crops in Albemarle county, especially
in the immediate vicinity of Charlottesville
| The crops in many parts Of Maine are suffer-
ing from drouth
| The following is from the. Helena Dark J
Shield Of the 18th inst
"THE CRoPs-No RAIN Yeti is now five
| weeks since we have had rain, which is proving
dreadfully destructive to the crops--in fact, the
late corn is almost past redemption In some
| places it is literally ruined In some portions
Of the county there will not be enough raised
for bread, unless rain falls within the next few
| days. On Monday last we noticed field of per-
haps one hundred acres, about twelve miles
from town, which will not produce five hundred
| bushels!
The cotton is also damaging seriously-being
affected by the rust.
4 We have reports similar to the above from
Tunica and Coahoma counties, Miss corn crops
burning up, and cotton damaging with the
rust
Crops in this section are literally burned up.
Four weeks ago finer prospect for corn crop
was perhaps never seen; now we have no hope
of raising even half crop. Some farmers have
informed us that much Of their upland corn is
entirely ruined ATLANTA (Ga.) Intelligencer
THE CRops.--In place of rain, SO generally
desired, we have been visited by two days of un-
usually cool weather for the present season.
While we hear the most fattering accounts Of
the growing crops from many parts of the State.
we regret to say that they are any thing but
promising in our immediate county. Indeed
the drouth has been fatal to large portion Of
the corn crop; while cotton, in many places
especially in the neighborhood of town, look,
parched and unpromising. Our gardens are a
total wreck, wilkes (Ga. Republican, 18th
u DRoUTH.-A letter in the Cumberland Tele.
graph states that the pastures in Fayette
county, Pa, are literally parched up, and the
cattle are suffering for want Of green food and
water. Many of the farmers in the vicinity Of
Uniontown are driving the cattle from the clo-
yer fields into the range upon the mountains tt
shift for themselves. The corn crop will be a
failure. ...... ..
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