The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-09
Cotton and Corn Prospects in the South.

A letter from Huntsville, Ala, published in
the Cincinnati Gazette, says:
Throughout Middle Tennessee and North
Alabama larger breadth of. cotton has been
planted than last year, though the increase in
the number of acres is not so great as could
have been desired. The wet. weather OF the
spring prevented its cultivation to as great an
extent as was desired, but now hot sun and
clear sky gives promise Of an abundant yield,
if their energizing influences were properly
seconded by the husbandnan; and I know that
they are so seconded Every enc, white as well
as black, appears to be at work; in every field
ploughs ore turning under the rank growth of
weeds, and the cotton, green and vigorous; is
given the monopoly of the rich soil.
have conversed with o large number of per-
sons from all the sections named above, and all
say that if no unforeseen accident occurs, the
yield of cotton will be at least twenty per cent
greater to the acre than it was last year; and
that this, added to the slight additional breadth
planted, will yield to the country in the neigh
borhood of 100000 bales; for, after oil the
croaking, it was discovered that 1000, 900 were
sent to market from the crops of last year.
| But the terrible experiences Of 1855 and
1866 compelled the Southern people to attend
more to the raising of breadstuffs than to any
thing else. Something must be done to relieve
the immediate wants; and as the wheat harvest
occurs about the latter part of May, oil who
could sowed several acres of wheat-enough to
furnish bread till their good staple and luxury
+corn-shan be ripe enough to be converted
into meal and hoecakes. The results, that
more wheat was sown in the South last fall
than during any one year before; and so far as
/ have been able to ascertain, the yield will be
approximately large; and as the crop is har-
vested, we still hear Of little suffering, save
among those who were unable to procure seed
last fall, and regret to say that this class is
exceedingly numerous. But those who did
raise wheat are always in need of labor, and
will pay for it in bread; and save in few iso-
lated localities in the mountains, every cry for
relief that will hereafter be heardswill proceed
from those who will not put forth the slightest
eSertion'to to provide for Themselves rh.-- VIC
ialers and vagrants. eyerywhere, .and though
they must not be permitted to die of starvation,
they deserve but little commiseration.
An enormous breadth of corn has been plant
ed in the region named at the outset; at least
twice as many acres as in any year in the days
Of slavery, and though, like the cotton, it suf-
fered from weeds, which grew with such luxu-
rance during the wet weather, III is now in fine
condition, and viii yield, according to the esti-
mates made by intelligent and experienced per-
sons, from tento twenty per cent. TO the acre.,
more thansa usual crop. Gotn, In theS South, lis
subjected to fewer accidents than any other
crop, and think it tmay now be considered
free of all dangers Of whatever nature. pro-
tracted drought might injure it; but as it already
shades the ground, little danger need be sp-
pretended from this source. If the season con-
tinues favorable, very few provisions will be
wanted from the Northto supply the demands of
the South. ~