The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
CROP PROSPECTS IN GEORGIa EIoRt
oa, ALABAMA AND LOUISIANA
TIE WEATHER.

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GEonoIA.-The Columbus Sun OF tho 10Th says:
Yesterday Moro is promised, yet tho general
hope is The promise may not be fnIiilled Gen.
tlsmsn ,U1s very graphically described his
on S aS a M ''pStn rot X fe boica and ali three about
TO mcel.
Tho Aillelgeyillo Recorder OF tho l0tll says: For
The past two weeks we have had rain every day or
two. II hns been especially injurious to cotton, by
giving i too rank growth without producing cor
responding fruit, and causing il to shed oil also,
staining and beating ont tllat that open. Some
planters complain of rust, which appeared as carly
ms tho Goth July, and say That their cotton is
mostly open. having done its best. We see somo
in our neighborlIood that was highly mnn,ircd
that has just turned yellow and shed it's leaves.
We tako this occasion 10 repeat that some years
since wo saw M experiment made by Mr.. David
Dickson, which demonstrated to ua that sat, i'll
modernto proportion, applied will, manure, was
sure preventive to rust. Let planters remember
this another year
been inj jurod by excessive rRns. There is likely
howoTor, to bp an abundance Of hay.
The Bainbridge -tlJus Of the slh says:
The CRoPs.-Tho late rains have very materially
damaged The crops III tins section. an Intelligent
gentleman remarked i'll our presence, few days
ago, that the cotton crop would fall short by iiy
per cent Of The yield The prospects indicated forty
OF rain which has fallen within that timc his ia
really distressing, inasmuch as our people will find
themselves but poorly prepared to meet promptly
however, thanks to Providence promises better
yield, and We hope there will bo 10 mnre cause Tor
starvation among any class of our population.
THE CoTroN CnoP.--It cannot be doubted by
servation, that the cotton crop in the counties
above this city. trading to Augusta, has been very
much shortened by tho continual rain. There il
absolutely no top crop and the 'bottom crop"
tho chief reliance in this latitude, is rotting
through cycesa of moisture, and the cxnbcrant
growth. and from rust on light lands. Ten to ff.
Teen grown bos, OF itself full crop, be found
rotten upon one stalk. There are some localities
where the rams have not boon excessive. ami tho
crop pronisrs well. but, general thing Se
may say that tho eanguine expectations OF large
crop lately entertained SO far as We have seen uro
destined to disappointment. Few farmers have
lAuSusta Republican,, 1lM.
\ correspondent writing to the blurnn Telegram ph
from Southwestern Georgia, Hays
VIENNA, DooLy COUNTY, September z, 1867.
Having recently returned from a trip through the
counties Of Southwestern Georgia, suppose ali
account OF the crops, cite, might be of interest to
the readers OF yofr valuable paper. / Wl there
fore, write as iciiows:
except MI occasional field or fnrm which was moi
properly cultivated, the result af which is failure
in greater 81 less degree The wheat ant! nat
crop, 10 tho breadth af land sown, waB ALMOST un
prceedeuted in southwestern Georgia. Tho pca
crop bids fair to bo good. Tho continued rains
since about tho first OF July iund tho prospect is
for it still to continuc) in connection with the cat
crpillar, rust rot, and, III sumo instances, the
boil worm, have cut of at least from one-hird TO
onehalf the cotton crop in the section Of country
occaeioncd from the rainy weather, which is caus:
ing the bols to rot very much indeed. It has shod
a large amount of The fruit end have seen ahole
hsds with senrcey Leaf t on stalk, it being so
The freedmen, usually, have worked we'll,
especially where tho old plantation system Of
working in gangs and under tho immediate diree
tion and management Of white men who under
stand their nature and dispositions, has be1n
adocted. On the oih5r hand, where they have
been under Tic supervision G: a:ine1perienced white
men or worked at ti,oir own discl elton, the result
is universal failure IN nil snch cages.
Three bales of new cotton, from the plantation
OF Mr.. a. Hopkins, wore received yesterday and
shipped by rail to Savannah.
The weather continues wet and disagraeable.
Cotton prospects daily G,GTng worse, as well from
the excessive rnins as from ttia rnvasos OF the
caterpillar. Tallahassee Tioridiqa
ALADAsA--THE COTTON CRoP.- We coa,inIe to
receive disastrous nuws Of Tho present cotton crop
in this acction or AlRbgma. Planters inform us
that the crop within the last month las been cut
short at least onGthird. II ia shedding very rapid
ly and the worms ARC destroying it in many locali-
tho uncertainty of cotton. 4 faw weeks since, tho
prospects in Alabama for large yiold oP cotton
was not only brilliant but unprecedented. Now,
the prospect ia as gloomy ns ii was bright thon.
Heavy md continuous rains and tho worm have
Irnn their work but too well.-Mont9omery Nail
stand atiii partly owing e B%f B%faEIY I al! kinds s at
city. There are few or no peoplo arriving In the
city from abroad, and no departures, except OF
those anxious to avoid the fever. This WI con-
tinuc probably for two or three weeks longer,
when the cpidemic will no doubt begin to abate,
and the return OF citizens and ts influx or Stran8
Gle bring back more lively times.
Tho various accounts from tho incoming cotton
crop in this State are rather discouraging, pos
Bibiy unnecessarily while IL 10 erident that tho
sugar crop will be double that OF Inst year, and tho
corn and rice crops each greatly increased. Ac-
counts from Alabama state positively that the cot
ton crop of that State will exceed that OF any prea
yious year., This will be greatly needed blessing
to the people Of that section, who have suffered re
winter to appeal to the charitable for relief Mis-
sissippi win also have good crop, and the pros
pect of better times is cheerful In that great Stale
I'VE hope the people Of the South are about to acc
the last OF the suferngE that have afflicted them
for the pset fow years. Tho present crop will nc
comparative ease, while prosperous season nexI
year will make them independent. We sncerel,
| hope for this good result.-K. o. Republican.
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