The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-09
OUR GROWING CROPS.
THE AREA PLANTED IN COTTON AND
CEREALS, AND 7HE PROSPECT.


THE AREA PLANTED IN COTTON AND
CEREALS, AND TIE PROSPECE
HOW THE FREEDMEN ARE WORKING.
Reports from Barnwell, Edgofiela, Ches-
ter. Chesterfield, Orangchurg
and AbbcvaAle. az
The following crop accounts, for which we
are indebted to the attentive courtesy Of friends
OF The News IN the interior, have been obtain
ed from competent and trustworthy sources.
and cannot TAI: 20 5e cs interest TO the mass OF
our readers:
The following letter from our correspond
ent J., dated Midway, June 7, shows the con-
dition and prospects Of the crops in the east
ern section Of Barnwell County: fsr....,,.
The planters in this district are just fairly
beginning to recover from their dlsasters and
despondency. Very few IN this section have
been exertlng themselves to realize more from
their lands than the necessarles OF hfe and
'oonsequer tly they are in general not severely
II ,s getting to be not a very easy thing to
find out from planter the exact proportionate
amo unit Of his cotton and provision crops. The
report that a large cotton crop has been plant
ed viii affect the market soon enough. not
withstanding it has long and trying gauntlet
to ,run. As far as have been able to ascer-
tain, the proportionate amount of provision
crops planted to cotton ls very nearly equal,
with the advantage d lttlS in favor of cotton.
The agreeable area planted compared with last
year ls larger in both corn and cotton, I be-
lieve, to the extent OF at least one, eighth. But
from bad stands through the dying out oi the
cotton plant doubt If there will be two thirds
OF the intended crop made. The crop was gen.
orally replanted, but m many instances the
replant died. Again by many 1t was replanted
late. and where the repiant stands. dwarted
throughout the season in many places by the
older stocks, and not having the benefit Of the
early workings. it yields but comparatively
do not feplant at all, or, If the stand ls too
bad. they plough up and plant de nooo. Cot
ton is Ciean however, unusually so. but small
for this time Of the year. ,-t
With rare exceptions every planter has put
in enough OF provision crops for home CON
sumption, The stand Of corn is generally
pretty good. buL it has been very much re-
tarded IN it's growth by the unfavorable sea-
sons. t.t3 fS
can observe no change FOR the bstter in the
working Of the colored people. as compared
with last year. They are doing about as we'll
as every planter now expects them to do.
They will not hurt themselves by work. m
1t is too ION to give anything but mere con-
jeciure OF the yield of the crops. The caterpll-
lal fly, il is said, has already been discovered
IN this neiGhborhood, and the mere mention
casts gloom over the hopes o. the planter.
But think that they are scared most too soon.
have heard 1t remarked by planter of ex-
perience and close observation, that 1t greatly
depends upon the state OF the weather, whether
the caterpillar will appear in suca force as to
serlousy injure the cotton crop; that cool
June and July, with frequent rainy SPELLS, will
inevitably produce them IN such numbers as to
cause immense destruction.
The FLOWING letter, dated June 8, from q
correspondent at B.ackviile, shows the condi-
tion OF the crops in that vicinity
Crops in this vicinity and throughout the
DISTRICT are more backward than they have
been at this season for many years. In CON
tor are small, and the last named appears to
be extremely unhealthy. There has been
about as much land planted this year as was
planted last. 1t is supposed by we'll Informed
erpilIar there will be as much cotton made IN
this district as was made last year, though
some people. judging by the qnantisy Of
commercial manure seen in the spring
there will be more produced I do not agree
with these last, for the reason that, whereas
the land on which this manure is put will GER
tainly yield more. Still. to connterbalance
freedmen than ever before. and, Of course, all
such ground will TALL fur short of the average
when planted under the supervision OF white
men. SS4
Having NO bureau. DO elections Or rnmors OF
elections IN this distr1 IT this year, the freed
men are attending more closely to the plough
and hoe than they have heretofore sinoe the
Union came
Orangeturg.
Our correspondent Paysan, writing from
Orangebura on the 4th instant, gives the fol-
lowing account of the condition of affairs in
Orangeburg: 1-'1f i ~ .ai4A
The long spell Of cool dry weather which we
have had, caused the inexperienced cotton
planters many tears as to the fate Of that plant.
The cool weather caused q great deal Of it TO
as good asst might have BEEN. This deficiency,
though, will bo more than couuterbalancedi in
the general yield for It 10 fact, noted by old
experienced pllnters. when cotton receives q
ter. and consequently yields more. The
high price of the staple this spring, or
rather the fair price, did not, as m 68. deludes
planters INTO the foolish idea OF planting this
On the contrary. we bslieve less cotton has
been planted this season, than any year since
the war. Farmers are beginning to feaiIzs
tsst :: Pays better e plant less IL area and
view ofttiis fact fertilizers are every ye If more
extepsvely bought. and the purchases of these
this spring echpsed those OF any previdus
year. ~
AMOC6 WueAU was pihut00 tulb year Lnan NJ
any tlme SINCE the war. The cool weather 1n-
jured thus drop more than any other Either
the soil or latltude, or both. Of this portion OF
South Carolina do not suit this cereal, as very
few years pass in which it escapes the rust.
Corn looks well Everywhere, and as far as our
observation extends there seems to be sufa-
clency OF 1t planted. 81 49, - !:
Tue crops OF the oulored farmers are better
than We nave ever seen them SINCE they l.! aGss.!.e
been ''nektng y FAM" The fsot OF this being
the case is attributable to the assistance rem
dered them BY the whites in the way Of horse
power. advances Of provisions, DO. g., g 1e}s.S
stock raising TO any extent HIS become find.
pract,cable. and many lfarzners have abandoned
the idea Of making any attempt bey,nd q few.
which they can keep under their immediate
surveillance. In che days dnts be!iuss, cattle
and hogs copld roam Ger the woods with inn
pun,ty, b9t M these days the negroes not hav-
ang the tear Of the Lord nof of the ''oat with
nine talls" before their eyes, the art OF appro.
priation has incrO Ased many, foids7 thereby
rendering 1t pnsafe for cattle and hogs TO RAM
BILE away from nome. a. Nt y
Field han .s nSE: days have BECOME comps.
rstively unavailable, ~apibo, with his 'Sap, =
dog and gun, eau manage TO- liys on his own
hool by hooking little from his white neigh