The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-23


In view Of the general anxiety to procure estimates o.
the probable cotton crop Of ls6s Of the principal
Southern journals have collected statistics Of The es
pectsd yield which give In the foilovins The Co
iumbus tGa Sun estimates that the crop will yield from
D. 200 900 TO 800 900 bales. The New Orleans Ts,'
thinks will be 800 900 bales. ~, BUs Rsr,e,c the
editor OF which has recently made extensive tour
throngh ths United States also calculates the crop ~
500 600 bales The ohief cotton factor IN New Or
leans estimate II at from 500 900 500 600 bses.
on the other hand letters received by the Sec
Rotary Of tho Treasury from the southern planter. an
nounce that crop will barely reafh 90 90 baics
Tho way that De bow nd others arrive at their con-
cIuson w nrsi they calculate that al least fourth
o. ,ne hs'p n', 10, ba :. s,., :. S,narIv tss
that quarter les land Is beng planted than usual
fourth, that great deal Of toe fencing, machinery,
stock etc. has been destroyed or deisnorated and,
adding all these tens together, deduct proPor onae
amount from an average crop But % these Dtate gen
remep no, know that N three foarths % the help fYF
merry had remained only three-fOurtbs A. much
chnsry ETC. would b. needed a. only three f0urths A.
much land can be euliivaied--bu, that ssch insn r
raise much formerly aud tho result viii be three
Vow what arc the facts, We have talked ulh grsa,
many men especially planter from every portion u The
There may De one-thrd less oolored people on Tho
pAnstons than before the war bat there are enonsh
more white people working and ~ much les Land pro
portonayl planted In corn sugar, rec 81 that there
are In the ooon-neIds certainly not isas than three
quarters the force there wN IN lso0
2 That While there IL certainly much les Anf planted
than formerly. " - mostly sugsf cotton roe woAoco
that while In some few cases NE freedmen %,
doing we'll they generally doing and better
work than when they SER held A. slaves
We canno, tell how much stocs, hc hN teen DE-
stroyed but every planter have seen satisfied That
be bAe enough I'll b. able 70 procure a. " cultivate
and save he ON
The land has had a re-, from cotion for several
Year, and consequently every axrcuturf knosa hat
II must be Ia condition 70 prvdncr al ncreAAed crop VT
acre.
q We have known many planters ~ give dismal o.
ooun from states and disrcta phch hey had
not bat have Jet ~ one rho does not ~.
port matters progressing much more fAFofaby h his
oWn rsigbbortoOd than he had BELIEVED p'l@s.ba
Having teen raised In geOrgs, Se are A. well ~
quAinisd Nth the negro n hs tfadncers and
We feet coufacnt Oyr knoweige Of biz cbara1isf
ard from 40 testimony asd srrer@ncs - 0tefs. tha'
the freedmen Oil sofs faithfully " the snd q tbs
sou disappointing the crpaksr- A. much hsfety A. hfg
have srcsdy done ~ g0ins - ren fsiiT - sors
The cos,0u raisns caraciv - M ropth had befn
ru.uary Increasing before ne until The crop calf
- efossf oo0.0Do bales and. Nth ia,rg s'ock AL
machinery sn0aRb, wUnld strssd thNi srno1nt nos
FROM The foreEoins pfsnisfa 80 cannos go b.
vii - pss.be Ne f0filc0inng crop " fal 49, e
800 90 bats ssd shosid not b ssryrissd sl9st
reach 900 600
We have cone n these conei1siyus 9Th fsgtt ~
he eve tia, greater csiAaity cnd bsfan ne -ott
than 90 90 baes eryy - cOit1a, caryins ~ gfr'
dosn A. pnbs s1re 20 o. beio~ ths actgsi 80 q
present high rsic.s q faisins "a