The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-21
i - THE CROPS.
WHEAT, CORN, AND COTTON.
FROM OUR so ouTHEBN EXCHANGES

S0AsSt IhNo NoAAoNs d.
FROM OUR SOUTHERN EXCHANGES.
We propose, during tho present summer and
coming autumn, to givo eyory week or two o sur
7oy Of tho crop prospects Of the South, mado up
from our exchanges. We doubt not that to many
OF our readers this will bo more interesting, as
seeming to thom moro useful, than our weekly ab-
stract Of tho political opinions Of tho Southern
people; but both havo thoIr uaes, and wo therefore
furnish both.
Wo regret not boing ablo to give more complete
surrey Of tho crops, many Of our OF x,hsnges not
yet having turned their attention to this subject:
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CnoPs.-The wheat crop In this District promi-
ses largo yield. Our farmars Say that thoy mover
had botter prospect at this season Of tho year
We hayo heard some complaints OF rust appear
ing IN few folds, but tho danger probably mag
nff1ed. ~ ~.
Cotton ia up in good atands but docs not look
healthy. The frost on tho 7'h and 9th inetant did
SICILY appcaranco. Tho Spring has been Zoo cool
!. Tho fruit crop promises abund.n.ly Peaches
frc ste but large quantity is left notwithstand-
ing. Apples. plums, blaokberriea, and tho small
h9lts generally: are in abun's snee.
long gauntlet to run yet hors i saio &c, osionaons 5 a
ca1 be made unon Il.
On tho whole our fsraiSre arc IN good choer Ia
1as hs sostenq ss
grain looks remarkably vol. The prospect for
wheat was never better. Wc have not much to
hopes that tho wheat crop win bo as good as. anS
Tor tho last Ton years. 4 good crop will como In
opport1nely for tho suffering poor, Of the coun-
TIE CRoP PnosPsCrs.-Wo hive oonversed with
nm Intelligent gentleman, In whom wo have i'm
plicit eontidence, who hns recently. made tour
r7rf Ntf.oI - ~
Chester, Marion and Sumtcr Dis.ricta, South
Carolina, and portion OF Anson County, North
Carolina, aud nom the information he Givos us,
for good crop Of cotton are very favorable. The
plnnt was in many instances up. aud doing well,
snd whoGo It was not already up, WAS coming up
tho hte heavy rain, but that seems 10 have been
diBpelled in great measure. Tho rain does not
sppear 70 havo boen 30 destructive as was frat
From present appearances and from all our In
iormant could loarn, land he took paIns In posting
himself wo may at least hope for o good crop
never known to bo better, and il no fatality TO this
latter ,rop should happon before harvest wo shall
with tho prospect before us, reap the best harvest
heavy outlay mado by tho farmers in the way or
fertlizers. Tho only fault to be found with our
fsrmers particularly in tho cotton regions Of South
tho Importance OF: rniBing grain and other provi-
sions Thisds to be regretted, but OF course eyerY
farmer farm knows what appears to be beat for himself,
wise otherwise. We are highly pleased to hoar
the favorable prospects before us.
tWltn,inqon Journal,
District wo hsvo fattering prospects Of q good
wheat crop. Yet we hear Of rust already affecting
portion Of large field near our town. no arc
ont; but with favorable seasons tits hoped, that
this vegetable disease will not become epidem,c.
Without somo disnster the yield will bo larger than
good stand Of corn, and Tho cotton is generally up,
but the lato cold wenther has much retarded it's
growth. Our people, however, ire hard at work,
lively small number, of our farmer hionds who
Wero hefe on last salesdaY. Gardens, though a
little late, givo promise OF abundant and heelthful
veg0ssbles. We observe thn. many ot our teSn
tion Of farms, and most OF them give promise Of
remuneration. rem Even in our .PSrerished condi-
calism; We might yet live and achieve a glorious
futuro.-Cdro'.na Spartan. y =" '..'f
-. 49,. GEORGIA. 80, -
! The Atlanta Intelligencer learns that tho wheat
crop along the l1ne OF railway In Yrginia Tennes-
soc soc aud dSorsis ioeks rnIspslly a.e. and IL no
nnt9Nnrd unto strrumstanosa retards Its growth the
Cnop PRospEors m dEono1A.-wo arc indebted
to correspondence in the Macon Telegraph, Of the
loth, for information In reference to the crop
: From Pike and Upson counties We learn thai the
wheat crop is looking WELL and bids fair for good
Generally tho stands OF cotton arc good, and The
planters are ploughing and choppinR ont. Corn
looks well, though there ia but liltle Gown. Tho
Of the former to two-thirds Of the stter Oats and
rust In the rye. 49,
( The negroes are working well and arc Satisfied,
tween the whites and blacks the whites having al
most universally shown dlspositon to treat the
an
hard run to oct through, nnlesa somo unforeseen
Aid comes to hand. Tho amount of.land planted
this year in comparison with Last, Ia larger by at
least one-third- AE.'il -, = -
In Houston county the crops arc not very
promising, except wheat, which looks vol gone
some places. Corn is late and email with good
stand! The oat crop is looking well but it iB an
uncertain crop In this section. The complaints
about cotton are general. The stands are DOOR,
and that which has come up Is dying very fast.
There are serious apprehonsions OF failure.
samc amount Of land in cultivation as last yoar
but there is not 30 much in cotton Farmers are
nIoro deeply Impressed with the necessity OF rais
is cotton. Wheat looks we'll in some plaoes While
In othefs II has tho rot. Every effort is being made
to make largely Of peas and Potatoes.I 6 Ss4 .E
bGs 50 last
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feeling moro dependence and to employers giving
them moro strict ttonton. - - N' :
There Is ono great drawbao1r-wsnt OF food for
both man and boast. As TO politics. all clssaes are
indifferent, but both white aud black are inclined
TO sustain Governor Jenline. The people are will
ling 70 have the negro, educated, to vote when he
can read and wrtte and to declare tho Union I'M
dissoublo but they arc not willing to accede TO
tho demands Of the Radicals, who seem bent ON
Keeping our people IN stats. OF tvassalage. Il Is
only In towns and ,cities, where,the influence OF
pad men is gre t, TINT the negro Is msdo to be-
eye that his interest is antagoniatcal 10 that OF
tho white man. IN.
In Randolph County It appears that majority
OF the planters have gone In for making large
cotton crop. ]hroe-foufths OF tho land In oulti-
| yation is IN cotton; but many planters have be-
packed and washed the land 40 that there will not
he an average Of half, "a stand. There is o great
demand Tor cotton Beod, and Bome arc plouRhing
mp and replAntng, Mhilo othors ars plougfirig uE
and planting in corn: Those who planted all cot
ton ton hss year expecting to bIy corn et enc doa,
Now cotton Is down: They are without oorn, and
arc pressed with debts. Corn Is backward, being
ANAL and yellow. a he freedmen are working well
being almost invariably working ior. part of thu
| crop. Although hands are scarce, there iB a,
much, Y not move, land In enltiyldon than las
IN puitmin the crops art anything aelso l l bla 4
promising, owing to the heavy rsins. The stant
Of oorn iB bad o. great doal has bsen cover cd III
and washed awny. Cotton is also bad, soma haf.
ing to plant over. The crops Of wheat are onlJ
looking tolaraDly we'll '.s.? L!at.' a.'.a -
| wHKAr.-wo hear Of some little complaint O
rust or red mould on what, bnt ss sgen6tsl thips
the prospect for o good yield is very profnising
NO make the following extract from Q NOTE from
one Of cur farmers ip tho lower .of the o9hnf5