New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-24
Crops I'm Alabama.
The Shelby county Chronicle of the 18th

The Shelby county Chronicle OF the 18TH says: E
For several weeks past we have had cool nights
partaking more of the character of autumn than
summer. The summer has indeed been very short
and mild one. The corn crop is now maturing, and,
we have heretofore said, will be very good. A con-
siderable quantity of fodder is not yet gathered and
late corn would be benefited by rain The cotton
crop, from present Appearances will be short.
We have never witnessed q year when the gloomy
forebodings of the agricultural community were so
joyfully and repeatedly dissipated as at present
First there the prospect Of entire failure Of
the wheat yet the largest crop ever made was har
vested. It was at one time believed the oat crop
would be very poor this proved not to be the case
Then the corn crop, it was thought would be nearly
ruined by drouth but abundant rains, which fell in
season, gave happy negation to this fear.
In the Chambers County Tribune of the 18th, we
find the following:
The weather, at this writing, is distressingly hot
and dry. Cotton, we fear, is suffering greatly for
want of rain. We hear much complaint from our
farmers about the effects of the late dry and cool
weather which we have had upon the growing cotton
crop. There various opinions existing as to the
incoming cotton crop of the present season. Our
opinion is, that unless we have the right kind of
weather. accompanied by late fall, it will turn out
immensely short However, we have abundant rea-
to be thankful, as the grain crop all over the
country has turned ont much better than we had any
reason to anticipate. In fact, we believe the corn
CROP in this section Of country, is better than it has
been for some time.
The Talladega county Reporter of the 18th says
severe drought is prevailing throughout our
county at this time, and the opinion of our best in.
formed planters to be, that it will seriously
affect the cotton crop All hope of making anything
like full crop is now cut off, let the be
so favorable from this time 1t may appear to be
singular reasoning to say that the dry weather has
injured the cotton CROP but such is certainly the case,
so far as this section Of country is concerned. Our
crops were about month later than usual, but the
fine rains during the months of June and July, had
caused a rapid growth of weed and many had begun
| to hope confidently that with late fall we should
however, has suddenly checked the growth of the
plant and has been long and as to cause the
squares to fall off rapidly and will prevent the young
bolls from maturing The estimate now seems to be
that shall make but little over half crop OF cot
ton in the up country We imagine, however thai
causes which affect injuriously cotton on the rec
uplands, will materially benefit the crop on the prai
a good cotton crop.
The Perry County Commonwealth is informed by
intelligent planters that the boil is making sad
havoc among the cotton, especially in the bottom
lands. If they continue much longer, it says the
crops will all be gathered by the first of November
and not much gathered at that.
The Canebrake (Demopolis) Gazette of the 18th
says:
The universal complaint OF the planters now is thu
ravages of the boil worm. They are doing an i'm
mense deal of injury in this section to the growing
crop. The cotton is opening rapidly and the planter
are now getting the heaviest pckings that they will
probably get during the season. Cotton Is coming ii
rapidly some two hundred bales or thereabout havin
been received yesterday Q4th) at this place.