Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-30
THE WEATHER AND THEsCROPS.
We received, yesterday, the subjoined letter, da

ed
"PEERY County, Ala, June 10, 1866
MEssRs. EDIToRs In response to your inquiries
will state that in this section ofAlabama the lands
planted in cotton do not exceed those planted last
year.
The crop in this neighborhood. and South of this
for prot ably twenty miles, is some two weeks earlier
than the crop of last year. Last we we had to
plant over late, and were chopping out cotton the
first week in June. The first bloom heard of last
year was June 4th this year 2Sth May and saw
number the first week of June. At this time bolis
half grown and larger may be seen in the Walker
prairie region of this country.
North and West of this the crop is two weeks
later than usual owing to the late planting and the
drought that followed
There is little cotton remaining in the coun-
try. What is unsold is either at Mobile or some
landing on the river
The Greenvie, S. c., Mountaineer of the 21st
inst, says:
"rhe rains still continue to fall at intervals of a
few days. sustaining the hopes of the country for
bountiful crop year.
The wheat CT op is better average from all &C
counts, than ever before known, when its qualities
are judged of not by single districts, but by States
Rather might say by the whole United States
Bad crops this year not the rule, but the excep
ton in every State. Oats, except in the lower part
of the Southern States, will also be good every
where.
The effect of abundant crops will be to reduce the
prices of grain, but there is doubt that the farm
will still realize high prices. Fifty per cent. off
the present high rates, with good crops would afford
remunerating prices"
The Savannah Republican says:
During the week just closing, the planters of
Georgia have been favored with copious showers
and scasonabe weather. Thesprospect of the cot
ton, corn and rice crops continues good and every
thing promises abundant. yield. The is
small in portions of the State, and having al
ready commenced to put forth tassels and silks"
it is thought the stalks will not attain to large size,
and consequently that the yield of fodder if of
corn will be somewhat diminished.
There were refreshing rains i'll this vicinity yes
terday and the day before, and our correspondents
and exchanges inform US that other portions of the
State rejoicing in similar favors. A friend wri
ting us from Bryan county, says: We have at this
time fine growing seasons, and and cotton gen.
orally look Well :"
"The last mail from the South brought us the fol-
lowing letter from old subscriber:
MCINTosH COUNTY, June 81.
"Messrs. Editors: have just returned from
ride of eighty miles, and it affords me much pleas
ure TO say that the Corn crops good as the
most avarcious planter desire them to be.
The Rice l saw looks thin and yellow. 1 am how
judge of the plant Cotton is rather late
and small, but is ruiting well and growing finely 1t
is too soon to form an opinion of its probable pro-
duct, however. met grea: many persons from
ali quarters, and they give the most encouraging
count of the promising crops.
Yours truly, H."
The Savannah Georgian of the 23d instant, says
We learn from gentleman who has just return
ed from a short trip to Appling that the crops of
the whole region through which he passed. presented
most Hattering appearance. The corn in paIticu-
lar, of which much more has been planted than in
previous years, is coming forward rapidly, nd
promised an abundant yield. The farmers all looked
smiling and happy"
The Montgomery Gla) Advertiser of the 2lst
instant says
We were visited by most abundant rain on
Wednesday night. More water fell then at any time
for year and half, and it puts the crops beyond
danger.
By-the-by, we learn that the crops in this county
probably never promising as they now are.
Our section will be favored by the benignity of Hea
tress and famine have already vanished, and every
heart beats high with the assurance of reinvgorated
activity and prosperity