New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-03

ton-three times as much as was ever plant-d be
fore in that county. Hundreds of Northern men
and small (uative) farmers are raising cotton ~ /
this State. think 100000 large bat safe est
mate =,
Had nothing happened in Alabama, it would !
net have been unsafe to have estimated us crop T.
$4,000 bales, OF nearly as much as was iu0Ie ~
lSbO. which was 9Sq.q55 bales. I1ousaIius VI
acres OF the best cotton land in middle Alaean5'
and especially in Autauga, Montgomery anu pot,
las counties, the richest IN the otale, n@Se oSe'
overfowed by the Alabama qiiu Losnois ~ ~ 49,
ana tha nanf which. was looking timely, mas oeen
ut+nrIv DESTROYED, In northern Alabama, as Wen
as in portions Of middle and southern Alabalna'
lorqe amount Of defective seed had been planted,
ytbfcb was not discovered until toe late to be rem
| e5;ed / put down Alabama safe for 100000 bales,
| and believe it to be an under estimate,
! In 1860 Louisiana raised f7672S bales of cotton,
| which, according to my estimate, Is more than
twice as much as it will prepare for market this
wear. There are very few large plantations run
ming in this State, although most everybody along
the banks of the Mississippi are making cotton in
a small way. The Red River districts are making
about half crop, nearly all OF those engaged
being Northern men In this State, as well as in
Texas and Arkansas, the freedmen are working on
shares, and the crop may be larger than l estl-
mate. put it at S25 600, yet 1t may reach AGO.
900 bales. Everything has been favorable in this
State.
Mississippi is the great cotton State in the Union,
and raised POP 507 bales in 1860, and will raise
100000 this year. very large portion Of the cot
| Northern men, All the plantations on the Missis
sippi are under cultivation, and are most of the
| lands on the Yazoo and Big Black, while very few
| of the plantations in the interior are doing any
| thing, Some cotton has been destroyed by the
overflow of some of the small rivers, and the cot
ton worm has made its appearance in different por-
tons of the State. Otherwise the season has
been favorable.
need not count on more than $50 0O0 this year.
/ The larger proportion of the rich bottom lands
lie in an uncultiyatcd state, while the cotton worm
and overflow have done considerable, damage.
| There is also a great lack of labor in Arkansas
Tennessee will make in all probability, some
where in the neighbOrhood Of l25 coo bales of cot
ton this year, against 256 ,464 in 1860 This falling
of is almost wholly caused by the lack Of labor.
The weather has been favorable and the seed
good, but labor scarce. For nearly five years the
| eOlOred people of Tennessee have been gradually
thinning out-thousands have gone North, thou
sands have gone into the large cities South thou
sands have gone into the army and thousands
have gone into their graves. There are some line
stands of cotton in middle and west Tennessee,
and good deal Of it, and my estimate may be too
small but it is safe one.
Texas, the Lone Star State, Ike the tloWef
State will make more cotton this year than 10 ana
in 1860 when it prepared for market 45l 453 bales
Inmany portions of the;State the weather has been
lunfayorable the Trinity river lands have been
overaowed, and the plant, which was looking eH-
ceedingly well, was completely destroyed; much
defective seed was planted, and insects (of new
species( have made some ravages Had 1t moi
been for these serious drawbacks Texas wOulC
have made this year 100000 bales. AS it is tbs
crop will amount to about 100000. Free labor il
a great success in this State. More eolored mer
than ever before are engaged in making cottol
here None get less than $50 month iii specie
and found-while many are working on shares
half and two-thirds. passed through the German
settlements, and through the Brazos river country
all of which has been put to cotton.
There win be, as viii be seen by the above, ex
ceeding $500 600 bales of cotton made this yeai
IN the nine States mentioned above, if nothing
happen now, except violent storms or dronth, to
/, damage the plant. The idea that the freedmen
would not work this hot weather has entirely
passed away. They must work like everybody
| else; their bread and butter depends upon it.
consider, too that the crop this year will be bet
ter picked, better cleaned and better packed one
than ever before. In conclusion, | will prepare
years crop by States, and the number of bales
made in 1860