New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-18
TUESDAY MORNING, September i, 1915.
The Crops.
Satohez Courier Of the l4th saws;

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The Natchez Courier of the 14th says:
Citizens Of this county, and especially from 10
calities contiguous to the city, inform Us that thu
cotton worm is proving very destructive, and 70
q tne GOTTEN e threatened as an effect Of the
recent rainy spell,
PROGRESS or THE Ce1roN WoRM.-0n Wetines
day morning last, our young friend Jimmy I.eake
brought n from the plantation Of Dir. James p
Bowman stalk of cotton which had on it about
fi5rtF Of the reFitable cotton worms He Informs
usTflat Mr.. BoWman's crop is nearly all covered
with them. The general complaint comes from
eFeEY direction that this misehievous verain has
saRpearedsin many places thought to be safe and
are destroying the crops witt great rapidity
Great dependency is by our planting friends
as they stand over their plants and see them des-
hoyed by these misehievous insects.
We learn that the cotton worm has visited the
plantation of Mr. Joseph Bernard near Baton
Rouge, making clean deal Of his whole unma-
stursa crop. they were also appearing in force
@h the plantation of our esteemed friend Jos. G..
ChaETofte3 who has fine stand ofcotton.
tBayousara Ledger.
The Clinton Democrat, Of the Sth, says that
cotton picking has been actively progressing, sub
jeetto the draw back otithe shoWery weather; and
still haarsi6f the rot II the present rains con,
tinue II must largely increase. The falling otfin
the crop OF that parish, in consequence, will be
quite large. a loss to the planting community at
this particular time, which viii to many be quite
serious. is earnestly hoped that the injury may
notbeias serious as il is anticipated.
The CROPS .-Ag gain a prospect of fair weather.
fields and judges o shis prospeets-not very en-
canraging-4the worm, SO much dreaded, has done
comp aFatively little {ujuly fontrasted with that
caused by the heavy rains. He sees nothing but
q Certainty of q reduced crop. We have made in
auriea Of planters residing ia every section tile
pat Mi, and coltating the information thus gained
the crop Of this parish may be fRirly stated as
follows: s
The largest amount of cotton raised in any one
year was 10000 bales. Had everything proved
favorable, only one half, and in the opiuion Of
some, ole third of this would have been the full
extent of the crop. On the high lands. Ii il ad,
nittet that tile crop is made ia august. This past
month was exceedingly hot and dry up to the 25th,
when heavy rains set II, causing the cotton to
shed, and producing rust. The bole as well as
Vie army worm, made their appearance. True
the latter bad not done much danlage, but now
they afe spreading very fast and doing great in
Jury These causes combined will reduce the
crop one half at least, in this parish where
III years previous TO the war 20 000 to 80 900 bales
were produced, from five to seyen5ttloasand will
be the extent. This is NJ wild speculation on ON
part Our estimate is made up fromthe statements
Of old experienced planters, men of known probity
and Integrity.
Since writing the above. we learn that in the
southwestern portion of the parish, almost the en-
lire crop has been destroyed. Great injury had
beendane by tile continued iaias and now the
worm Aas completed the destruction. Several
planters have hired their force TO the raiload
managers, retaining only enough 70 gather tht
tFeiicsaa DenigcFat
Tile West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter says that
owing ID the untold damage done by the heavy
rains and the worln not one in ten of the planter
II that parish that have planted cotton will pal
expenses. while BY far Che greater number vii
sink money s.
The raising Of cotton on the iowlands Of Louisi
ana would appear to be ipjudicious.
Tie editor Of the Henderson (Texasl Times In
been presented with sample Of growing eotto
from neighherng plantation, which, he says j
unequalled BY anything Of the kind he has see
for years. The field from which It was taken wa
planted on the Sd Of May. It will make d oertai
yield De l204pounds to the acre.
YANKEES RAISING goTToN.-We all know th
Yankees boast that they can beat the Southerner
making cotton and getting work outof the ne
groesl They say they understand the negro
better than We do, and can manage them d grea
deal better shan We can Hundreds OF them have
COME South and gone to growing cotton VIII,
never saw cotton stalk and could not distinguish
one from okra en- hurs. Some of them PROBABLY
had thought that cotton Int grew on an ANNA
like Wool on sheep. But the following eXGac
from letter written in Arkansas shows very vel
how the Yankees get along making eottoRf
Bit one thing came near forgetting A certaiE
gentleman from tile cold climate rented fine cot
1on farm Of some I'VE hundred acres, and wa.
going u show THE Arkansas swampers how te
grow cotton. He furnished the place with bic
Illinois prairie ploRs, weighing about ono hundred
and 1ifty pounds each, OF 50 heavy that they have
to be roiledafound ut the {. head-rows nwheels
Well how think y0u he will turn ont? Simply
this: II there is afayorable season from this on
until December, and no frost, he may make from
ffty1t6 sixty bales, with expenses that must sum
mp twenty-five Thousand dollars by Christmas
His brother was here in the spring, and figured
up, that with free lahor8 cotton could be raised
for five cents per pound. When next he makes
up his figures think he will find that he has raised
cotton to the tune Of dollar and FIVE cents per
pound, II not more.-[ Nayasota (pe&asl Ranger.
Tar CRoPs.-Ws have congersed with intelli.
gent planters from some of the most popnlons
counties of middle PeXas, and have also seen leu
ters from the like sources, from which we gather
prospects of the present crop of cotton. The
devastation Of the worm would have heenno se-
srious injury, as thedeyouring of the leaves would
aud did only cause the bolls to open so much
sooner: bnt unfortunately, just Us the bolls were
opening aud ready for picking. the recent rains
washed great portion of the cotton into the
dirt It Is to be hoped that the weatheriu the.
country, like here, has moderated, as the longer
the rains continue the greater viii be the injury
We notice from our exchanges that the rains have
been general throughout the middle and eastern
portion Of the State, whilst in the west we hear
of complaints made Of exceeding dry weather.
The Mckinney Messenger reports an unusual
large qnant of rain having aiien.for two weeks
prior b 31st uIt., andreports the Trinity river
again oyer its banks. How much this will njure
the crops along the river remains to be seen.
IGRlYeston Bulletin.