Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-09-13
THE CROPS

Ga, under date of the 14th inst. says: We have
the best corn crops ever in this part of the
country. You may say to our up-country friends,
come to Lowndes, there is plenty of corn. Our
cotton crops are, some of them, very good some
middling and some poor. Health of our coynty very
good"
The Columbus Times says: "The recent rains
have caused cotton to shed its forms in those parts
of the country which had been exposed to long
drought. Early corn will make little less than an
average yield. Late corn will prove failure. We
infer from all that we gather that both the corn
and cotton crop of Georgia, will be short. Even
Cherokee, the granary of Georgia. will have but little
more than enough corn to supply the wants of her
own people"
The Thomasville Watchman says:
we continue to have copious showers of rain in
this immediate section, though there portions of
the county that have suffered The corn crop is now
made, and we hear Of men offering to engage corn
at fifty cents per bushe at the crib, but of no sales
We hear some complaint among our farmers of the
boil worml rust, &c. in the cotton. The weed is
also shedding rapidly on some plantations. AS yet,
we have heard no complaints of the caterpillar"
ALABAMA. The Greensboro Beacon of the 18th,
says that the weather has been very warm there,
and dry. Not enough rain has fallen in the town to
wet the ground two inches deep, since the 9Th of
July. The crops, it says, are burnt almost, ex
cept early corn, which was made before the dry
spell commenced.
The Claiborne Southcrnor of the 10th says:
"Our exchanges from most parts of the State,
bring unfavorable accounts of the crops caused
by drought. In this county there are similar COM
paints and crops have sustained serious injury for
want of rain, especially in the upper portions of it.
Copous showers fell here on Thursday evening, but
fear too late to benefit great deal of the cotton
even if they general"
The Camden ONilcox) Republic of the 10th,
says:
The Spring was an unusually late one, cotton and
corn both being killed by frost the 18th Of April.
that however
weather. with very flattering prospects, until the
middle of July, at which time severe drought set
in that caused the sandy lands to shed off everything
except few grown bolS. The rust has also attacked
every weak spot so that between the two evils the
probable yield has been materially cut off from what
was promised one month ago Even the bottom
lands which generally do best in dry weather, have
suffered from that sudden change and, with but few
exceptions we hear of no one having the prospect
of full crop. We have had some fine rains lately
but they will do no good in old lands; in fact will
be positive injury. In some parts of the county
the yield WILL in any event, fall short of that Of last
year, while in other and fresher lands VIC learn that
the prospect is good for an incecase From present
appearances we think we can safely saw, that the
cotton crop will be barely equal to that of last year,
although it is still uncertain, and in short time
may be compelled to modify opinion. Many
planters are suffering seriously in their low
lands from the effects of the heavy showers which
we now have.
In some sections ofthe country sLpcrabundance
of corn has been made
The same paper says that the editor saw a stalk
of prolific Cotton" from the plantation of Mr. G.
F. Watson which contained a73 bolls and FORMS
Many had fallen off. When it was taken from the
ground it contained more than 400 Mr.. w. says,
'he has growing, in his two of this Cotton
other stalks that have much larger number of
bolls and forms, but that they too magnificent
in their appearance to be destroyed simply for exhi
! bton."
| THE WEATHER, TIE CRoPs, HEALTH, &C. We
hear many and serious complaints, from difiernt
sections of our and ncigh5oring States of he
! protracted drought In localities in Georgia,
where the corn prospect was unusually fine six
| weeks ago, the dry weather has well nigh cut the
crop off entirely. Nevertheless think there will
be suficiency of corn to supply the wants of our
people without sending abroad The hot dry wealth
! er has materially damaged the fodder in places
where the corn crop is more promising We hear
| fatterng accounts of the cotton crop in Texas and
! Louisiana, while in Mississippi Alabama and Geor-
| gia, the reports are less favorable.
| Peas and potatoes in this section are doing very
well, tho suffering some from the dry weather.
| Our country enjoys freedom from sickness truly
remarkable Miledgeville particularly is blessed
with health. Our Savannah friends, who are so un-
| fortunate as to be compelled to leave their homes,
may find in Miledgeville a pleasant residence and
healthy atmosphere. Federal Union, 2SM.