Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-09-20
THE osoPs

TIE CRoF6.
Fron the tone Of letters 10 our merchants
and from the statements Of planters who have
visited the city during tie past week, we learn
tast TIE rassess OF The boil worm arc much
complained Of, persons estimating their crops
al fourth and-s HIrdnnder what thcy-did-
three weeks ago. The complaints are very
strong in North Mississippi In Western Ten
nessee there is not so mach except In Faystte
county. With a continuanee Of such fine, dry
weather as we have had during the past week,
we shall probably do very well In this section.
MrssIsssFFI-The crop Of cotton within the
last month from Gainesville 20 Aberdsen-six-
" or seEenW mixes in sxteat-csnnOt average
more than three OF four hundred pounds per
acre MesSre, - and-(we omit the
nanes1 are selling for one HUNDRED pounds per
acre The causes Of this disaster are the rust
and Doll worms It viii make halfa crop
Eastern Clarion September II. Tue newsfrom
All parts Of the cotton. growing region seem to
indicate 4 very short crop. We have seen gen
tiensa recently who have Travelled through the
prairie region Of Mississippi-the best cotton
producing portion of the State-End they rep
resent the prospect ss depiorabie. On many
Of the finest farms not bali a crop can possibly
he made. What with worm, rust, the over
flow Of the Mississippi and it's tributaries, too
much rain in ons place and protrsetsd drought
in another-With all these causes combined,
The aggregste crop premises to be a short one.
The Eastern Clarion, Columbus Den0oraf
aud cur exchanges from every directions bring
us very alarming accounts Of The ravases OF
the boil worm.
SoUTH CARoLmA-Sunpter Watohmaa /:
Only about one-half Of an average crop Of
Gotten viii be realized the present year. Sew
ersl causes have produced this result, promi-
nent among which may be mentioned the pro-
uacted drought Of August. accompanied BY an
unusual burning and searching Of the sun IL
e now opening rapidly, and tall picking may
be done, in many places
ALABAMA Montgomery Confederation /:
Cotton crops in this region are very short I
shall not make more than $50 bales. slthough
10 Jolly | expected to gather 800 bales. Red
rust has ruined sandy lands, while the boil
worm has dauaged the rich swamp black
lands Eufsiia Spirit, September IL;
Nothing IL more certsin than that the cotton
crop og this county has been very greatly in
jBred BY the rust, aud that ali the bright pros
pecp Of The spring have vanished. We see
many persons who say that, bad rs Il was last
year, II win be worse with them this, aod that
there have been no bolis made for the last SIX
weeks In the great msj0rity~rf Tie fields,
here Is 10 such thing to be seen ss a growing
I AltA VI &Dalcol4 al AAN ANAAn 80 aAAAN
and most of them open-SOurhern Recorder 2
1 We have come TO the conclusion that the pros
! pect is for the crop TO be cut of, from a fun
ons expected a month ago, az least oBe-fourth
Of more. Sandy and gray lands suffer the
most-wbole fields being more or less injured
Red and stiff lands have not been 90 affected.
The plant has generally stopped bearing. but
from its having been forced By the rains, Is
more forward than usual and full Of bolls.
They are DOW opening rapidly, and the whole
crop will be gathered 10 much earlier than
usual Mobile Register; Throughout the
entire lime region OF Alabama and Mississippi,
the crop has been cut of at least one half by
rust and the bell worm. These ravages have
been made within forty days The amount Of
new cotton up to dale has been increased b.
the effects Of rust, which has stripped the
leaves from he stalk and exposed the bolls to
the action Of the sun directly, thus maturing
them sooner than Otherwise would have &C.
CURED.
TExAs-FoT sometime pastths cotton plants
are suffering much for the want Of rain Plan
ters eight weeks ago expected 20 make the
largest crops ever known they are now begin
ming to think they will not average over half a
crop.
NORTHUMBERLAND clip the following eX-
tract from the Courier and EnguireT, a paper
as well posted in statistics as any in this conn
Il IL 0AL VI ~ EAnAAAM A4s 49, - -
commercial world Is the renewed and STEADY
| demand for cottoR-a demand that Increases In
a much greater ratio than the increase Of pop
1 u~lation. The European demand and prices are
such as to furnish an ample guaranty Of re-
Enumeration to our Southern planters for a few
| wears TO come. With all the available sources
Of supply from Egypt, Asia, Australia aud
South America, the cotton of the United States
IS not enough to meet the growing demand In
Europe."-Nem Borthsr's Circular ssys,
Of the new crop: Our advices BY mail this
week are much Of the same nature as we have
been receiving for some time past, aud We can
not report anF cessation Of complaints looming
from a gooJ many sections Of the cotton grow
ing country) Of damage By WORMS and rust
GEoRerA-Correspondsnt in Savannah Re-
pablican, September 10: The crop in this
county viii be larger han the last, and about
as large as that Of the year before. Such is
TIE judgment Ct experienced planters. The
drought in Jgly aud August and the rust which
followed soon after, have cut down the yield at
least one fourth-sOme say a third Of what it
AZ one time promised to be. The shedding Of
The leaves, occssiOneu By the rust, viii cause
The cotton to open earlier, and thus enable the
planter to pick and send it to market sooner
than usual. If the receipts, therefore, for Sep
tem5sr and October, are larger THANH s common
for the corresponding months in former years,
YOU should not conclude that the crop will BE-
proportionsily heavier, or even 50 heavy
The same psner remarks: We refer our read
eTs to the crop correspondence published this
How different from the encouraging
prospect o. one month agOi These letters are
from sections widely apart, showing that the
injury is widespread and general. Il seems
as If we were never 70 have abOthsr good crop.
We had hoped that Georgia would be favored
this year With an abundance Of all kinds OF ag-
ricuitural products, AID such anticipatiOns
never had a better foundation but misfOrtunes
are coming too thick AM fast to Indulge in any
such hopes, at least as regards the great staple.
FLoRTDA-Marion county, September 10:
The weather in place Of being favorable to cot
ton has been most uufavorable for the last
month-in place Of rapid progress IN picking,
scarcely any picking at all. The general crop
will be a month behind It's usual time 10 get
ting to market