Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-30
THE CROPS OF GEoRGIA.

( Our reports Of the condition OF the
crops in Georgia have been very numer-
Gus the past week, and We are under
particular obligations TO our faithful and
intelligent correspondents, who keep us
so well advised. As we are now entering
the great crisis months of the cotton
crep, we hope the planters of the eiitire
State will see their interest in keeping US
well advised of all the vicissitudes which
affect the plsnt, and its condition, at in~
tervals of not more than week. Mean
while, we avail ourselves carefully of
everything reported on these subjects by
the local newspapers, and compare their
reports and conclusions with those OBJ
tanned from private sources. .s5.G-T
The crop tidings of the past week
have been about as favorable as could be
desired. To this remark the exceptions
are so very few and unimportant as scars
eely to merit attention in general re-
view. In some one or two localities the
rain has been excessive--in one or two
others, the stands are reported poor. In
Dougherty, the crops on two or three
plantations have been seriously damaged
or destroyed by hail-but these condi-
tions and casualties cover but small
space, and we may say, from the whole
broad cotton region of Georgia comes
the most cheering intelligence. 1t is q
better report in short, I've mean as to
the area actually in cultiyation) than we
ever heard before.
The Gotten is growing rapidly with the
aid Of rain and sultry weather. The
grass, under the operation Of the same
causes, is also springing up with equal
vigor, but the crop is in q condition to
meet the foe. 1t is all thinned to q
stand-it is of good size-it has only
young growth to combat and the rains
have not been SO continuous as very se>
riously to interfere with field labor. ....
Consequently we do not anticipate any
Of those disastrous blocks in plantation
labor, in which, under a pressing aecu-
mutation of work in very warm weather,
the hands get discouraged, or get sick,
or tagged and uDambitious-and which
frequently force planters to abandon q
part of their crop in order to save the
remainde
Two conditions lend additional cheer
fulness to. the picture. The freedmen are
universally reported quiet, friendly and
industrious, and the health Of all agri-
cultural Georgia is gOod--fAr better then
last year or any year since the war. ..
The highest cotton we have heard of,
is shout three feet six inches, but the
average of the crop even in Southwestern
Georgia, is probably less than two feet.
1t is universally healthy and the more
forward part of it is blooming freely.
The use of fertilizers has made diff
ference Of more than fifty per cent, and
we believe will, under favorable circum-
stances, make difference Of more than
hundred per cent. in the product. We
believe it will bring cotton to market
probably from fifteen to twenty days
earlier than usual, (Snd probably more,)
if the favorable conditions we speak Of
continue. All the trouble to the cotton
crop, in short, is yet to come, and the
time for its appearance, If it comes at all,
is at hand. July will pretty much de>
termine the question. ...
The corn crop is unusually promising,
and three weeks mere offavorable wealth
er will put US out Of danger. The wheat
crop Of Georgia has been very fine. In
deed the products of particular acres
have been marvellous, and show what
we assert and believe to be true, that
Georgia is better wheat country than
Ohio or Illinois. With the same labor
we can produce more and better wheat.
Macon ( Ga.) Telegraph, June q.