New-York tribune., 1867-09-07
The CROPS.
ALABAMA AND GEORGh-PROspECTS FOR THE
COTTON CROP.

ALABAMA AND GEOitGlA-fkOoIIOAo iO's t''A@
COTTON CROP.
From Our Special Correspondent
MACON, Georgia Aug. 80, 1861
Alabama advices represent the corn crop as
uuprecedeuted Very generally the arrangements be-
tween farmers and freedmen has been TO give the latter
a certain portion of the crop 1t is estimated that the
norton of corn produced in Alabama this year. and fan
Inc to the freedmen their portion VIII amount 70
Greater number of bushels than the entire corn cron of
Alabama OF any previous The crop Of fodder Is n-
II Is selling in Wetumpka at 81 per hundred Montgomery
and Salem az 81 25 Tuscaloosa at 81 IN HuntsvIe AT e.
IN Mobile Il and in the country districts az c 0c
and even down TO Soc and 40c Let our people save
their hay also" says an Aabama tHlior. anu pV l%1nc %
pcudpn Of tie North and West just think OF IL, last
spring hay was eco and so a tun!"
81 - IGreafter we r,rcdrt II will Doe many wears
before another bale of Ohio grass Is used by farmer IN
Alabama with plenty of hor corn fodder peas, beans
potatoes both Irish and sweet, dcOuptHgh pumpkins
Alabama ~ be found in the world"
The President Of the Muscogce Ca Railroad IN his
late official report states the crop OF the present year VIII
increased business recommends the purchase OF new ra
Imcntoned in my last the growing skepucioh concern
ing first sales Of the season" The Charleston papers Of
last week had much to say concerning five bales OF new
sea Island IL now turns out that thcY were Od cotto
not sen 10 market earerOwng the death OF the owner
| have seen q letter from planter In Thomas County
(5a tie Florida ne dated 2jd inst, IN when ne says
Cotton has commenced TO open fast have all hands
picking and il the weather continues clear will send
some cotton 10 Savannah Tuesday 27th. Cotton Is s
doing we'll and there is sign OF the caterpillar yet
Even II does come. it is too late for il 10 do much
harm. I am satisfied will make a ful crop"
Monroe Comfy which Joins this (BibD County, on the
NORTH has SOCtO planted IN cotton. Every four
acres, thought wllnake one bale OF cotton weighing
$50 pounds NEVERTHELESS am OF opinion thdt my neigh
bor NAV be well satisfied with CO bales OF that size Tor
the year 1867. Reports from Macon County two counties
south OF this point for Macon Is not In Macon COuntyJ
are equally favorable and Of the cotton II no dam
age overtake it, will yield 900 per acre in the seed Thus
far the prospect in Georgia is favorable; but we know
not what night may bring forth
Accounts from Louisiana, are bad. The Sparta Ga)
Messenger says: eve better prepared TO speak with
certainty OF the army worm than last issue.
Since then have seen many plantations that en-
urely destitute OF leaf forms, or bud nothing left but
few bOsnd many instances they being perforated
by the We have IL from planters Of experience in
this and the adjacent parishes that the crop IS failure
many are willing to comp on the seed they planted If
this calamity be general in the South the price the staple
must 10 to Iii CHER figures"
THE COTTON CROP IN GEORGIA.
From Orr Special Correspondent
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. %, 1867
Cotton receipts last week, 143 bales sales, 90
bales SO far the crop in Middle and Northern Georgia
promises well, particularly in sections at
Newman Coweta County, the other day. from the farm of
Messrs Smith Baly stalks OF cotton than six
feet HIGH each, and bearing Gao bols and forms BY
sOme the custom Of packing first bales to market, and
first bos TO the printer is seriously condemned 1t pro-
duces wrong Impressions TO the maturity Of the crop
Because the crop is an early one many think IT must
necessarily be large. This years crop Will be good
average crop, considering the amount planted IL Is,
however well known that IL is three weeks later than
usual notwithstanding the first bales in market Pros
poets are not good in Southern and southwestern
Georgia la several Of the upper southern counties rains
have been heavy and the crop must necessarily be cut
short From Butler County the news unfavorabe, and
in County the cateTpars have eaten out several
large cotton fields the ChattahOOchee River and are
reported OH the increase Estimates Of s. 100000 for the
coming crop must now be reduced.
The ravages Of the armyw appear to be worst In
Louisiana, where the early and the cotton
late Continued showery weather, under these crcum
stances viii be fatal TO the crop The injury from worms
(grass-wOrm, poll-woTm, cut-wOrm, and army -w0rm)
appears not 10 be great as up through Ala
bama toward Georgia. although there Is much cause in
Alabama for serious alarm From Henry County, Ala.
in particular the is very bad. Plantations that
few weeks promised heavy YIELD have been entirely
stripped Complaints come. also, from Barbour and
LoWndes In many the alarm concerning the
pO-wOrm Is unfounded The dropping OF the squares
from the stalks caused by dryDess Of the earth that de-
priyes the stalk OF sufficient sap TO support all the polls
is frequently ascribed to the powOrm when, exani
nation OF the fallen squares not single pOll-woTm could
be found one good shower usually remedies that Gov.
Patton OF Alabama made "a speech few days ago In
which he estimated the cotton crop Of his State for 1867
at 10000 bales. Too high!