New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-26

b Southern people meant 20 raise Irce crop OF cot
ton They were stimulated by high prices and by their
necessities few little bitter they did not care
about paying the blacks for work st they needed cotton
~ much that fit nobody eses king, It was theirs
prom multitude Of sources wo gather that generally
they wanted to deal fairly with the negro, aud that the
Uegro willing work if he could get bis pay Some
asny both statements but they are true only as ex-
esptous.
Great difficulties oppose when any new crop OF business
l. introduced Success arise except through inte
iigent and vigorous industry Failures are natural This
Boring cotton culture very many was partly OF entirely
nsw Capitalists from the North opened on large scale
Western farmers went down with heavy plows and two
horse outvators They powed deep aud brought up soil
nsVer seen before. Their success IN growing corn was so
eat that they got 30 bushels the acre. while shallow
powibg brought from five TO ten. But they did not I'M
aefstand cotton. They gotan immense growth Cotton
will not make squares I'll the main roots touch sod
ground. The plant Will blossom and mature Dolls iu
frost But II large part of the is spent before
squares formed precious days and weeks are oSt
Moderately deep blowing is important The plant grows
e1ooky and can withstand GroDthi than oil, the
soil is not likely to wash away. You can see how these
men missed IT, The blacks arl everybody told them bet
GER But they knew-Oh yes.
On many Of the plantations there were no fences, no
gins, stables, often no houses. Teams, ploUs, ana
many days in going tho station or landing; there were
tong delays the arrival OF things ordered and affairs at
home neglected. work dd not get on fast but the
Teams and men ate as fast as ever Mulutudc OF planters
lwh0 IN other years had everything ready or had credit
st loss which way 70 turn such, often ex-
planned 10 themselves 3" ., for thousand dollars lhey
did need 10.
Finally, they plovcd and planted. But how about
this seedl IL had been the Clubhouse or lo two,
three and some four years II had been wet heated
Dt hogs had wOloWcd IL. As they suspected u proved
sery poor Fully onC-haf OF the seed this year not tt
10 plant, and immense brcaitbs had to be replanted
Beside this there were heavy sprug rams INC goulu
became hard and TO repaat new furIoWs had TO be
made This made double labor.
2 Thus whatever the stand the wet weather soon
made the cotton fields green with quick grass whle t1e
rOttOn family along the rows Of ckiy purple
color and the wet gave the sOreshln disease which
makes il dToop This grass had 20 be cot out speedily
IS as obstinate Sin IN the human heart To do this WORK
pn wet spungy ground when II IS nke mass OF iAula
rubber the hardest task the culyatOr undertakes
Often there were showers.
labor the crop cleaned when for SIX weeks u grew rs
cotton hardly grew before and hopes were hlgh.
Nut through these six weeks wide extent there was
no rain On poor and shallow plowed ground the plant
Aeoame insignificant, and almost dried away IL could
scarcely could there be two pckisT On bottoms, on
fresh uplands and on fair well powed ground It suffered
little Cotton likes hot sun No other crop, except the
The hollis began 10 open about the middle OF August
fRd picking was commencing when heaYy rams came.
nor three weeks from Texas TO Georgia, around me G
aud 70 Tennessee 1t ralned almost every daE surely ohe
would think all these caamities sufficient No. IN the
midst Of this the cotton or army worm, species OF
Bmsh caterpillar in countless numbers FROM inc no
Grande the Mexican lue 10 shreveport thence Gown
Red River and across MISSISSIPPI 10 ule Aaoama hyeI
these worms made their way oil Of once appeared and
on some plantations did not leave green leai not except
bng tho corn and vegetables. They appeared also IN
GeOrgia and Tennessee. Still they did not cover Tie
whole country and the term spotted has been applied TO
khor rsvages On the Texas they did not appear
and there the crop fully is an average one.
Through Tera early cotton is estimated az third Of
crop. IL the part there were no heavy Eau rains
nor did the worms do much damage. In other sections
bAe rains beat whole fields 70 the ground Some OF the
bestiniOrmod with whom We have communicated are san
Rune that there will be full half crop II Is pretty GER
TAIN the average will be greater than IN any other
state except in North Carolina for the two good reasons
That it planted earlier aud that the SOL N the lar
In LoSisiana below Grand Bayou the worm made a
bean sweep and fields will not pay expenses. In
addition TO all these troubles the leyees rebuilt by the
State gave and inundated many plantations, p2rtcu
tscy those devoted TO sugar Now the State is able
ayan TO perform this work Most propose IT shond be
None by the General Government, for II Of national I'M
portance In other sections and not only III TINS STATE
but IN Others also the constant that the seed
started 70 grow in the rpened bulbs. This Is surprising
but we the statement from several parties. How
ever there number Of parishes exempt from most OF
these evils and they Will have all they pick out.
In Mssspp the crops 10 the splendid cotton region Of
sbs soil s 40 fertile that the aggregate must be large On
bho uplsnds the did great damage, and where the
BOIL Is thin not much can be expected
In ALa5qfla the complaints of wet Spring dry
sammer heavy Fail rains and worms. One party bought
bsgRng and rope for 4OO bales, and offers TO
lake co bales for his crop Another, with Lao acres,
Northern man does not look for more than 200 bales
Some of the reaters think the damage equal 70 oil the
Radicals evor did them Many willing 10 rent
ther lands which last Spring they not nor viii they
pbect to contracting with negroes Ihey say 70 the1 Us
the preacher said 10 his congregation when he broke down
they laughed, IL tnlnK IL so easy
d. you try It." They do not expect more than half
Ge5rSta reports three weeks rain, great damage by
previous droUth, with rOtting Of the bo which
Appear as they had been packed hard. Corn IL likely 70
be very From the southern section, near Florida
ihere favorable accounts In alage part Georgia
much Of the soil has thin with long cropping audit
The only Cotton State where they have much resoed TO
manure
From Florida VIC have no definite accounts, but the
general understanding is, they Will have fair crop We
have estimate of the whole Of the variety called Sea
ha oEo hal Of
A In South Carolina and portion In Georgia
South Carolina complains loudly Of poor seed, OF
severe dTouth in june them that the negroes will not
work and that they fat Gpd mostly live roasted
pigs and chickens In making up these statements we
rely upon letters from all important points, and on the
So1tbon press, and among the whole, only from one
pther place and that Mobile do hear complaint that
the negroes win not work. In both these cases there are
Spiteiul kicks against Congress.
North Car0lHd sends fsYOabe accounts. We have state
menls from high and trustworthy that they Will
produce thrceOurths much cotton in 1860 that the
ps8ceaby aud do what night ard that the whole crop OF
he State will be about l2j, 900 bales.
Tepnssss suffered much from the drouth a. any other
STATE then came the long, heavy rains, and the worm
Eist the staple badly dwared when the floods came
10 tear down the stalks and wash away the soil, Ia
Weston Tennessee the crop viii DO best Planters will
bell early, Cor the negroes require Embellishments.
Artqnsas-On the thin uplands the drouth terri
BILE and there were OyeT1oWs the bottoms In this
Btste larger plantations than in any other. These
have been divided and worked with varying success par
tcOisry by Northern men, who have learned than
HEY expected ever TO know.
ESTIMATES
Tires months ago many were ee with their estimates
but everybody is shy Having presented all the facts
former years and the reader make his estimate
small section has nearly full crop, largo half
prOp IN perhaps quarter Of the country the drouth
worms aud Gains made dreadful hayoeI