The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-21

freedmen are working better than they did lssi
overy rcason to beiovo that q good cfop will viii be m
mnde.-1d0ahdssee Ftor1d,dn.
MISSISSIPPI.
BAD CRoP PR0SPECrS.-In tho prcsent sDjferinp
condition Of the Southern poo ,le wo regret Tint
wo cannot speak encoursginRly OF thoir prospects
for making crops tho present yoar. Owing to tho
| late trosts tho oarly plsn,tnR OF corn woro COM
pletelY cut down as to render another beninning
| necessary. In acme instances entire folds woro
81 In 2h9r thst places woro
late or worry IRREGULAR. Wo also hear complrints OF
an insect which Is dostroying the young plant.
aS eGson prospect nn is no liz, S' promising
lato fross and heavy rairs retarded planting, aud
consequently this crap is backward also.
70 TSo rvnr aSs GC 4
.nown, have been submerged, and their prospects
for the most part ontirolv b'ighted.
cotton crop OF tho present yesr at moro than ono
jackson Clarion
VIRGINIA.
IHE WHEAT CRoP.THs RICHMOND MrLLs.---
From oyery direction tho uews OF tho Ia n,oa
and curtail It's Weld thoro will be tho Anost crop
OF wheat IN Virginia which We have had for ton
ycars. The surface seeded IL comparatively small;
but tho aggregate Weld will be largo, aud will no
don't exceed that Of somo yoars before the var.
In view ~ gool crop, IL will no vol now th,t
there shall be Homo inyeatigat on Of the rceula-
wheat. The great mills in this CITY can grind tho
surplus crop ot two vrGinias. Il possible, tho
Increased, In orter to bring new districts within
tho sphere Of this city and thus increase tho sup-
ply 70 our mills. Tho aouth xest and the Pied
cost as much 70 bring wheat twonty miles on tho
Orange and Alexandria Railroad to GordonByille,
and transfer it thoro TO- the Richmond freight
House TO Alexandria. Unless something be done
70 diminish tho freights OIL whoat, aud "facilitato"
it's transfer from one railroad to another, tho
ehongh to occupy them. This lisa Is an ss aair Which, @
interests the whole city, and L cannot receive too
much s'tontion.-Rtcfmond Dispatch,
TEXAS.
Tho Ban AntoniR Herald is informed by Colonel
hlder, ono OF tho great null contractors whose
peots tof crops on his different lines Of stago
travel The 'coplo everywhere ,re oIerting them
sclyes to provide sufficient surplus for the large
emigration coming into tho State, as we'll ns to put
stop to tho ruinous policy of importing articles
which can be moro choatly produced at home.
The Houston telegraph recently contained a
long editorinl article on "whoat Growing in tho
Const Districts OF ToIas." It oombata tho prova-
ent dca that cotton, and nothing olse but cotton,
can lie grown TO advanta 20 in tho rich salt wster
belt OF Te1as. After speaking at como length Of
the future uncertainty of tho cotton market, nas-
hucu as We lost inc monopoly OF thfs stnplo du-
ring tho war. IL goos on TO provo tho perfect
adaptability OF lower TsIas t. the profitable glow
ing Of cereals: 80, y, :;
A short tmo previous to the lato war, Mr.. Dance,
In Brazora county. ON the lower Brazos, sowed q
small fold In whoat from which he gathered 223
measured bushels por aero, besides nm estimated
loss OF four to fye bushels to tho aero from care
loss harvesting. We saw several ycnrs sinco on
tho east sde Of San Jaeinto Bay, patch Of oxccl-
lent wheat maturod aud roady for tho reaper. Wo
have soon numerous small fields Of excellent bar
ley. We hayo never seen f1nor, larger, heavier rye
than wo saw grow In Harris county. Oats were
formerly an important and very common crop in
this district OF country. Not to 20 to tho Drszos
and Old Carey, wo have mover soon q heavier oat
crop in America than on tho black land adjnconL
TO Bims Dnyou, seven miles from houston on
Governor Lubbock's farm, several years SINCE
Some ycars ogo, however, q sever, rust DESTROYED
the oata OF Texas but not Of exas only hut Of all
the then Western districts Of the United States
extending north far enough, TO include part at
least OF Kentucky and tho rust was as severe
there aa with us. We aro nVt inf :rmed how much
farther to the northHeat aud north the rust ex-
tnudaa. Rinna ihat Gras oats-L~~o.a~>e
bly, abandoned-our planters easily did without
them. finding an ample substitute in little moro
corn. The fact, however, iB that wheat and other
small grains have. never been cultivated in these
districts ss regular crop on large SCALE aud
lor q SUGGESTION OF years !; but the numerous oo-
casional trails that have been mndo, and the OBJ
soryatlon Of wheat culture elsewhere throughout
the world, justify the proposition we laid down at
tho commencement OF this article. {