, 1866-07-31
THE NEW COTTON CROP.
Estimates for the Different South
Vs -. r.Ls
GFU SL4GGS. <Af,

concerning the forthcoming cotton crop
There Is no great plant n. cultivation that
plsnt. Bes!des, ths seed must be new and
uuhurt, and tho weather favorable, and labor
plenty, and insects scarce, to Insure auc-
cessfuf crop. This has not been tho case
this season. But, on tho contrary, consider;
able amount Of the seed planted wAs worth.
Districts, tie weather has been extremely
uniAyorab1e worms and other Insects hare
made their dreaded appearance In many sec-
tiops, and although there arc ~ many hands
engaged in mnk}ng cotton this year ~ In
1sto, Do,oo moro might have found employ.
Notwithstanding the above well.known dc.
fects, there will 10 a 1nrge crop Of cotton
raltcd ths scaaon-in my judgment much
larger than most people have estimated
4astg es u se Ssab Tiy #
uncultivatcd slate. Rnt this Is more than
trebly madc up BY tho thousands OF acres
which have been put 10 cotton by what ara
called small farmers. T.;
Tho cotton crcp, for 1860 vas 6,aA, 1c9
eotson so essl'. Il no furthss iaiares q sIi nis.
hAps occur than Ht,kt arc slreAdy known and
rpportcd, there will bc Ut least 1000, 600
bales, or. 1,17O,o 600 Of glnned cotton
ready for market next winter. In 1860, VT.
seas saae as st know p's nsiaas d on Il ho opsr
tions Of thcsc States thls ycat Ii this llno of
agriculture, and can only glyo my imprcs-
s!on concerning ihc rsops In the cotton
etatcr, can,tncncllig win bouth Carolina.
will 10 sais 10 say that G .wsti make 90
Till year, and that L ii, ,OU balos undor, M
real cHtatlpic. 4 largo portlVn Of slIu lutd.
rtor of eunltl carolIiia ID nncullffntol, Willis
Tho cunkt lnndR aud sea lslan1a nro In tbu
most flonfi:h!nE ssas9 nf cultivation. There
i,!es making cotton who nuycr made Il ID.
fUsc, oNll Win, 10 fur, have boon quito suc.
ccsssn't. pcsidcs, nsat1y Pill the largo plan.
tntldns nrc tntlcr cultivation. yla!tcd tho
Hilton Head cotton ianda few days aE0,
talked WIN tlo proprietor. to- -. and ott;sf., .nd
thu plant 10 far q success. II anything. tho
freedmen are doing more work than WA fur
lncrly done by The nlavcsi nn0, In addaelon,
npitl!er uufxYoralla wcseacr. poor soua, o.
plant. Visited C0l. scabroGk's plantation
bloom. lie ioat ,Oo0 atarcs by tho war, hut
inld NC that isco labor WAS aucccas, and
that tpo!ntlng to the acld) 'tlat was ono
Of the i'nest s!and. Of cotton" lle i,ad oyr
or the lasgcst plantation In tho State, sayB
tho crop will be = very fulr ono. Many think
that South Carolina WILL make 90Qs0 s0W bnlcs,
With tho exception Of Alabama,. Georgia
has been tho most unfortunate OF all tho cot
ssa tsa 6a States There xlll aot b. 1aofe ; than
against 70l, $40 In 1850. Thts Is In part owing
10 the delclcncy Of good seed. Hundreds Of
acsts Of land were. planted with worthless
seed. This was not discovered In time, from
thIng, presenting heautiiSl ps appds b hsrifhy up.
wlthcrcd and died. This wna owing 10 the
tact that the email end Of tho seed, which
contained the germ, or root, owing to Its age,
had lost its Vital energy. Thus. notwith-
came fofth, having no root 10 sustain il, It
withcred and died after brief existence. To
a great extent tlIs 1las been tho case alt over
Georgia. Beside, owing to tho small wages
paid 10 the lahorers. many of them ran
away and went Weat. AZ along the coast
lants, Columbus, md all nlong the banks Of
the rivers, the plant Ia doing we'll
The most cotton ever made in Florida WAS
6a, ,15S bales, which vas IN 16G0. Thia State
will mike this year 100, 600 bales certain. A
foTG has been put to cotton, and nothing m
favorable has happened II, except here and
there little bad seed. saw thousands of
ncres in full bloom, and gentlemen from all
portions Of the State agree. that the freedmen
bad weather nor insects, hare intcr1zcd.
Nearly all Of Madison County has been put to
cotton, threa times as much as was ever
planted before In that county. Hundreds Of
Northern men and small (natiyel farmers arc
raising cotton In this State. I think 100, 600
bales large but safc estimate. -
Had nothing Unopened to Alabama, 1t
would not have been unsate to hare eatima-
ted Its crop at 6o0,O0 bn1es, or nearly as
much a. wns made In 1880, which WIS 4S9, ,a55
bales. Thousands Of acres OF tho best cot
ton lands In Middle Alabama, and especially
In Autauga, Montgomery and Dallas coun-
ties, the Hchcst In the State, have been over
flowed By the Alabama and Tomblgbee rly-
ers, and the plant, which was looking finely,
has been utterly destroyed. In Northern Al
Southern Alabama, large amount Of defect
I've seed had been planted, vI!ch waa not
put down Alabama safe for 4so, 600 bales, and
believe Il to be IN under estimate.
In 1850 Loulsinna raised 77G, 7Ss bales Of
more than twice as muc6 as It will preparefor
market this ycar: There arc very few large
plantations running In this State, slthough
most everybody along the banks Of the Mis-
slsslppl AZ making cotton In small way:
half crop, nearly al Of those engaged
being Northern men. In this State, as we'll
as Id Tc1as and Arkansas, the freedmen are
working On shares, aud the Drop may be
larger than estimate; e, put 1t st ass, s,o0,
Mississippi Is the great cotton State In The
Union, and raised l, ,f0e 507 bales In 1870, and
will ralse 600 COO this year. A very larQe
portion Of the cotton to bc made here Is nS--
ae! tho. supervision Of Northern men.
al A..s.ppi tae ara P'n'a'iS4es anSe1 ce.v.en u.
and 80 are most Of the lands on tho Yaxoo
md Big Black, while very few Of the planta-
tions In the Interior orc doing anything.
Some cotton has been destroyed BY The over