The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
CROP PROSPECTS IN GEORGIA: EIoNi-
DA, ALABAMA AND LOUISIANA
THE WEATHER.

GEORGIA.-Ihe Columbus Sun oI Tue ioeii Day :;
An abundance of rain fell at intervals SUNDAY anu
Yesterday. More is promised, yet the general
hope is the promise may not be Iuililleo - gen
tleman very graphically described MS cottoh yes
terday as having rust all over it, the DOH WORTH
on top the rot at the bottom, and all three ABOUT
to meet.
Tbe Milledgayille Recorder of the 10th says: For
the past two weeks we have had rain every day or
two 1t has been especially injurious 70 co!toh, p
giving it too rank growth without producing cor
responding fruit and causing it to shed on aiso,
staining and beating out that that was open' oo,e
planters complain Of rust, which appeared as early
as the 2Oth july and say that their cotton IS now
mostly open, having done its best we see sonis =
in our neighborhood that was highly m; lured
that has just turned yellow and shed lts leaves.
We take this occasion to repeat that some 8eais
since we saw an experiment made by MI. DaVio
Dickson, which demonstrated TO us tnat sal, III
moderate proportion, applied with manure, was
q sure preventive to rust Let planters remember
this another year.
Inc corn crop is ordinarily good but fodder mas
been injured by excessive rains. Inere Is hheD'
however to be an abundance Of hay.
The cambridge Argus of the 9Th says
The CRoPs.-The late rains have very materially
damaged the crops in this section. An lntellgene
gentleman remarked in our presence, rev Gays
ago thnt the cotton crop would fall snort py nlty
per cent Of the yield the prospects Indicated forty
days ago. in consequence OF The immense quantlty
of rain which has fallen within that time MS Is
really distressing, ,nasmuch as our people Will u
themselves but poorly prepared to meet promptly
their outstanding demands. Ihe provision crop,
however thanks to Providence, promises Detter
Weld and we hope there will be no more cause tor
starvation among any class of our population.
TIE Co1roN CRop.-It cannot be doubted by
those who hare had opportunities for personal op-
servation, that the cotton crop IN the counties
above this city, trading to Augusta, has been very
mnch shortened by the continual rain. There is
absolutely no ''top CROP and the "bottom crop,
the chief reliance in this latitude, Is rotung
through excess OF moisture, and the exuberant
growth, and from rust Oh light lands. len To III,
feen grown bols of itself full crop can be found
rattan nuon one stalk. There are some localities
where the rains have not been excessive, and the
crou promises well but rs general thing, "e
may say that the sangume expectations OF large
crop lately entertained. far as we have seen, are
destined to disappointment. Few farmers nave
(Au9us'a Republican, 1lh
A correspondent writing to the Macon Telegraph
from Southwestern Georgia, says
VIENNA, DooLY COUNTY, September z, 1867
Having recently returned froni trip through the
counties Of Southwestern Georgia, suppose an
account of the crops, ETC.. might be Of interest TO
the readers Of your valuable paper. Will, there
fore, write as follows; ;,,,-a
ercept fin occasional field or farm which was not
properly cultivated the result of which Is failure
crop to the breadth Of land soBn, was almost un-
precedented in Southwestern Georgia. The pea
rrron bids fair to be good. The continued rams
since about the first of July land the prospect Is
for it still to continue) IN connection with the cat
erpillar, rust rot, and, in some instances, the
boIl worm, have cut of at least from one-third to
one-halEthe cotton crop in the section OF countri
aboye alluded to. The weed is unusually large,
occasioned from the rafny weather, which is caus,
ing the bolls to rot very much indeed 1t mas sheo
| ri I. E,,,f opd HOY whole
fields With scarcely Leaf on stalk, 1t Deng SO
completely destroyed by the caterpillar
The freedmen, usually, have worked we'll
especially where the old plantation system OF
working in gangs and under the immediate diIec
ton and management OF white men VINO unoer-
adopted. On the other hand, where they nave nave
been under the supervision of inexperienced While
men or worked at their own discretion, the result
ia universal failure in all such cases.
Three bales of new cotton. from the plantation
of Mr.. A. Hopkins, were tece,'Hd yesterday anu
shipped BY rail to Savannah.
The weather continues wet and disa5reeaDle.
Cotton prospects Galy growing worse. as well IRON
the excessive rains as frcm the ravages oil the
caterpillar. Tallahassee Ftortd'7n.
A.ABAMA-THE CorToN CRop.-We continue to
receive disastrous news OF the present cotton crop
in this section Of Alabama. PAINTERS INFORM us hs
that the crop within the last month has been cut
short at least one-thrd. 1t is shedding very rapid
lv and the worms are destroying it in maiy locall-
ties This melancholy news goes far to Illustrate
the uncertainty of cotton. few weeks since, the
prospects i'll Alabama for large yield OF cottoI
was not only brilliant but unprecedented. NOW
| the prospect is as gloomy az it was bright theh
| Heavy and continuous rains ahd tha worm ha,e
! done their work but too well.-Montgome'y nda
| LoU1sIANA.-Business Of nearly all kinds Is at q
stand still, partly owing to the bad health OF tnc
city. Thcrs are few or no peopls arriving Ill tht
| city from abroad, and no departures. except OF
those anxious to avoid the fever. This VIII con
tinue probably for two or three weeks longer
when the epidemic will no do9bt begin 20 sDate
and the return OF citizens and the !nhuA oi sl"ns
els bring back more lively times.
| The various accounts from the incoming eottor
| crop in this State are rathe. discouraglng, pos
sibly unnecessarily so, while it is evident that tn
sugar crop will be double that of last year, ana th
| corn and rice crops each greatly increased. hc
counts from Alabama state positively that the cot
ton crop Of that STATE will exceed that OF any pre-
vcus year This will be greatly needed blesslnF
| to the people of that section, who have su1eres
yery severely b. the war, and were compelled las
| winter to appeal to the charitable for relief MIS-
| sssippi will alec have good crop, and the pros
pect o better times is cheerful IN that great State
We hope the people Of the South are about to Sc
the last of the sufferings that have afflicted then
for the past few years. The present crop will n
doubt enable them to tide over to next year witt
comparative ease, while prosperous season mex
wear will make them independent. We sincelel
hope for this good result.-N o. Repubtcan.