Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-20
THE tsRoWING CROPS.

tions with reference to the growing cotton cop.
We append the following extracts from our OK.
changes: .......... .,.........,.. ,-..
The Tarboro', North Carolina, So,ataner says !:
Mournful accounts reach us from the country, in
regard to the great damage done to the cotton crop
by the late cold weather. A large proportion Of
he cotton already up has been killed. and it isse-
riousy feared that the seed inthe ground has been
so injured as to- be utterly worthless Though not
too late to repapt yet most Of our farmers are un
provided with seed. Asaduous efforts are being
made to obtain q supply from other sections, but,
we learn, with indifferent success as most of the
seed has been used in planting and for composing.
"A number of farmers are already engaged in plow-'
ing up. cotton and planting corn. y .,,,,
>. The Ocals, Florida, Banner Of the Sth instant,
alluding the appearance Of thecaterplar in that
State, says; .4... -, ~.,,.4 = p, ...
We gave but little credenoe to- the report at first,
thinking it merely ruse to raise the price of COT
ton, which had fallen from eighty cents to forty
Ecents per pound. But the statements Of reliable
gentlemen who had seen the animal himself, aud
the injury he is inaioting, place the truth Of the
natter beyond doubt. The plague. is really upon
US, and in such power and force as to leave but
little prospect ahead for good crop of the staple.
It seems that we have taken lease of this insect
and that he Is disposed to bide BY the terms nomi
nated.in the bond and Will notabate-a jot or little
Of bis power . .....,~.: a.. .e
The Bainbridge, Georgia, Argw says: q
The growing crops IN this section, thus far, have
Ahet with no serious injury from any source, If we
except too great haste in putting the cotton seed
into the ground, in apprehension of the caterpillar,
which last season destroyed all the hte cotton.
On account6 the cold spells Of weather last month";
some complain that their cetton has failed 10 come
up regularly, causing poor stand. But, all things
considered, cotton is deing well, especially IN the
uplands. d. ~. .....s.. -....-..
A letter to the Macon Journal and Messenger,
from Sumter County, Georgia, says:
The impression that our people are planting al
cotton and but little corn, is mistake. have
never before seen the crops more equally divided.
Half corn and half cotton is nearly every man 8
motto Should the season be favorable, corn vil
be lower than it has been for ten years. Il s gen.
erally manured, and the stand never better. It is
yet too early to say much about cotton. Planting
not be any more land in cotton in Southwestern
Georgia this year than there was last year.
We gather the following items from our Ala
bama exchanges: '.i '--.''t. .'''
The Wilcox Fadieatm says: ..
Cotton cannot be. replanted now with assurance
of successful crop, for if late, the worm and the
cold will cut it short Many Of our planters haye
hundreds Of acres under water, and by the time
the water recedes and their lands are ID condition
to replant it will be too late for cotton The late
spring, this unexpected freshet, the difficulty Of
labor, all combine and conspire to make our plan
ters gloomy. .-... ..,..,... -
The Chester Herald says, :.......
T. -, -. nn.>,1.:,k Il
planters that their cotton is dying out as fast as it
comes up. Several Who few days ago had good
stand of cotton, now soy that they have not one
fourth of stand. ' ".-
The Haynesvile E1anaar says:
Thecrop Hrospectsin Lowndes are as bsdas they
could be-. The rains of last week delugedus for
Eve days, washing the newly plowed ground ina
shocking way wherever the land Is at all rolling.
Much Of the lowlands will not be in condition for
work for several days yet, and even the highest
is thoroughly soaked. It has caused week Of
idleness at q very critical time. 1t will givethe
grass start along with the cotton. -
The Monroe Eagle says: --..
Some of our farmers have abandoned the low
lands and taken to the uplands. We fear the
scarcity of cotton seed will prevent much land from
being replanted in cotton.
The Monroe, Louisiana, lnteligencer of the 5th,
says:
From what we hear Of planters, the crops of
corn and cotton have severely suffered from the
continued rains, The stands of corn and cotton
are but poor, and the rains have caused the grass
to spring up very fast, and now many of our plan
ters, being short Of hands, are experiencing con.
siderable difficulty in chopping out the grass
A letter from Bolivar County, Miss, to the
Memphis Appeal says: ri
We are nearly overaowed. Cotton prospects
gloomy. The rains have been unparalleled.
AIR LINE RAIL RoAD.-A public meeting of
the citizeps of Greenville was held in the Court
House, Oh Tuesday last, to consider the question
Of the Air Line Railroad enterprise. j. A. Coed