The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-18
SOUTHERN CROPS.
army worm Is in Kinds county, Missis.

The army worm ID in Kinds county, Mssis.
sippL ~ 40 =
on the sth the cotton prospects In Northern
Mississippi were not Hsttering.
The Donaldsonville Drapeau Of Saturday says
" The wet season 10 over, and from all parts OF
the parish We receive cheering reports of the
crops. The cane is universally tine. 90 is corn,
vi it'll the exception OF the upper part Of our
parish, on the right bank OF the river. There,
strange 10 say, corn has suffered from drought.
still, enough has been made even there to save
the necessity of buying from the Vest" f.r
The Brandon Mics Republican of Thursday
has the following T" The ineessant heavy rains
that have fallen during the last six or seven weeks
have well nigh ruined our prospects for cotton.
The weed has grown to an enormous size, aud has
so shaded the bottom bolls, which were formed
before the rain set In, that q large number Of
them have already rotted, and the balance are
sunshine"
The Amite City Times Of the 18th says: "The
neat Ia too intense to allow the csterpiller any
chance; nothing remains for the planter to do to
make mp" but TO gather his crop when the
time arrives. From Washington, Livingston aud
St. Tsmmsny We have good news. Where the
crops OF corn wsre not too forward. the yield will
be immense. With q continuance Of this weather,
everybody Ia certain to see better times."
The Sugar Planter, Of the 18Th. ssys: Fodder
pulling goes on with great rspidty, and corn, as
fast as II dries, is csred OF TO barns and grsna-
ries, thus giving our fields an appearance OF life
and gayety. We hear no more of the caterpillar
or army worm which seemed to spread terror
among some OF our farmers week or two ago.
Grass worms abound In greater numbers than
ever known before, their mischief not being con-
hned TO cutting down grass bat other vegeta-
ton, usually untouched BY them. has suffered
this season. .fr.I an. ... I'M.
The Shreveport Southwestern Of the l2th saws:
" Although the showers during the past week
were not so heavy or frequent 90 they were the
week previous, still too much water fell for the
good OF the cotton crop. The worms are still
about here and there over the parish, but are not
doing as yet much, II any. damage. The bright
prospect spoken of last week still holds good AS
far as developed. To be sure another week has
been added 20 the age OF the worm. but the evil ef
fleets ere notyetsppsrent, and will not be until they
have taken longer lease OF life, and have reached
their full growth. On some plantations this will
not happen until the last of this month, aud on
Others still later. We still of the opinion that
most of the planters viii make as much they
can pick ont with anything like good weather,
from this time forward rrr.l-.s
The Monroe Telegraph, of the 18th, says: Du-
ring the past week the weather has been more
favorable for cotton than 1t was the week pre-
vious, as there have been fewer showers and more
warm, clear days. 1t Is probable that the crop
bas passed through all the calsmities usually at
tending its growth, except the overshado wing one
of being destroyed by caterpisrs, and their sp-
Question with ali 4 how long viii the worms be- IN
increasing TO the grand armyf for IL is conceded
on all hands they are In the country. So many
conflicting rpmors reach Us that we cannot give an
answer TO this question satisfactorily even to our.
self. Here we are in the middle Of August aud
some planters affirm they cannot ind sny worms,
while others, our friend Joe Mitchell, in particu-
lar, say they can find them by scores, and we
doubt not both accounts are correct. And thus il
was last year, and the year before and every year
since the war, and We calculate, as being the
most logical conclusion, that the result will be the
same, to-vit: that the crop will be attacked by
the army about the 10th Of September. all through
the country, with the chances in favor of an earlier
attack, and will be swept away As it has been for
three years past and at about the same time.
Even then, however, the farmers will have made
better crops than at any previous year and at a
great deal less expense. That Is where we may
safely count upon gain this year. which. with
the bankrupt law, viii nearly put the country on
q living footing again."