New-York tribune., 1867-09-23
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The CROPS.
MAINE.
MAINE
Frols Our Special Correspondent.

Fros Our Special Correspondent
AUGUSTA, Sept 1s. 1867.
Although the crops in Maine are not all
secured, still, from such data I have received,
/ enabled TO make up a general statement
The Hay crop may be set down fully one-thrd
than il last In Pscaaqus County IL il
hayng considerable portion pat up In "a
damaged condition i'm conse0ueuce of FREQUENT rain
In Lincoln County the second crop and Fall feed
abundant Potatoes form the next valuable crop. A
large yield was promised, bat wet suy season ,e H.
ara with the and rot the crop has been seriously
affected. In Lincoln County Is failure. Generally 10
may be set down as Ieht. Athongh wheat Is not UNI mn
year Early wheat did weIl. Late Wheat is badly dam
Average crop Barley, oats Rye, and Buckwheaf,
average yield. In Kennebec County, the oats are fail
In Piscataqus there Will be full crop OF Barley.
Fruit which looked 80 promising IN the Spring VIII Do
seareer than Tor many years Apples are failure Inc
TENNESSEE.
From Orr Special Correspondent
Crops in general throughout East Tennessee
are good The ory season has somewhat affected the ar
much the influence Of tho lack OF rain Corn, the
oo WHEAT f also S eo5d though R3 hardly eqa to the
corn The oat crop IS rather light one Potatoes and
what, but the crop is considered good one Fruit has
not succeeded as vel this year as usual The peach crop
being especially poor The effect Of the harvest tins year
will be 10 much Improve the condition of the people, and
in great measure repair the losses OF the idle time In
husbandry during tile war
THE RAMIE.
We have been shown "a specimen of this new
Southern staple which Is said to be superior IN pr0dnc-
tvess cotton, and to both cotton aud laX textile.
IL introduced into America from the island of Java
by Don Beni;O ROezl, the AustrOBelan bOtaEisi, and
brought by him TO Havana and New Orleans IN 1867. The
ber Of the plant is purely white and OF silky appear
ance-1ner than cotton or fax linen, and stronger IN
warm latitude the plant is hardy and vigorous The
crops taken like those of by cutting it at tho
ground From the rattOOns springs new growth more
Vigorous, 1t is said than the former In Louisiana, Md
Florida, and South Carolina, three or four cuttings may
be obtained during the year. lt best adapted 10 rch
sey "a ggw aer se T pPen we'll rooted H. & Weld about
pounds Of the fiber to the acre. aud has been Sold III
England at 65 cents pound Experiments Of French
botanists have evolved the following advantageous
points: ,-, -,
1t Ii llty per cent stronger than the pest beigan
s. The fiber may spun fine that OF flax and will
IL is vigorous grower and will produce the greatest
amount of textile lber OF any plant known.
1t will produce, within The beltln which It nouIisLes
from three 10 five annual crops each equal to the best
me machinery invented by NJ. Roezl for cleansing it
may obtained moderate cost and is simple IN con-
Strlction and light In lie 80 erces, 5000
spanish pounds to England where sold at double
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THE CROPS IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
MACON, Sept. Is, 1867.
From all of Southern Georgia come complaints
of too much rain and more worms than are desirable
An acquaintance in Columbus the other day described
his cotton as having rust all IT, the bolworm top
r at the bottom and all three about TO meet Onehird
of the crop Southern ana Middle Georgia l. already
lost but good dry weather may possibly save tnc naming
twu-tds most Of the northeastern counties there
i absolutely top CROP ana the " bottom crop-the
chief gcant there's rOttng through excess of moist
urr eNuberau growth and rust light lands The crop
viii not be large Few farmers have eOnneLecd regular
picking. ,- "a -. -. .,....,
1900 bales; tie estimate for the present year 1900
number Of our planters have this year eApernented,
with good with the variety OF cotton AnoYn as
Ioyd's Prolific" IL superiority Is neither ia nnclcss
nor length Of staple bat merely i'll increased prOduc-
tiVcucSS.
REPORTS OF the corn crop in Alabama are extremely
favorable
The crops Of in the canebrake region never were
better This crop will supply the people Of the whole
state for years. Contracts are beng made Tor corn
at tOc per BUSH in the Held
OF the crop, the prospects are not as eicOurasing
rs they three weeks since. In the neshbOihoOd OF
MONTGOMERY il is hcduing rapidly, ana tie farmers
are destroying il in many localities. just 4 mouth ago
lie prosuects in Alabama for large yield Of cotton was
not only iubant, bat Unprecedented Now the prospect
il s gloomy as ii bright then. In Barbour and Bul-
oc Touutics the feeling is not depressed. amt some
coed Judges clam that the falling of ~ the cotton crop
m some sections Will he balanced by the Unprecedented
large yield in others