The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-09
THE GROWING COTTON CROP.
Dismal Accounts from Georgia and
Florida.

The Gainesville (Fla.) Independent of the
4th instant SAYS: 1--WE are sorry to chronicle
that great many of our farmers complain
that the rust is lnjuring their cotton crop very
much, and the bottom crop or bolls is drop.
ping of to a large extent, which It Is feared
will reduce the coming crop one,half.n
The Quincy (Fla.) Journal of the 9TH instant
SAYS: i'SInce our last notice OF the crops, cot.
ton has greatly improved. If the splendid
growing weather we have had for the last
three weeks continues, the cotton Weld ofthis
county, after all, will be tolerably good. Corn
is not turning OUT as well as expected, but
still we hope enough will be gathered to do
the county,"
The Rome, Georgia, Commercial says: ''We
conversed with several farmers yesterday
from different parts of the county, who report
the crop prospects as very dlscouraging. With
goods rains the yield would not exceed a third
Of crop. Everything Is completely burned
up, except cotton, and a much longer contin-
ued drought would almost destroy that"
The Columbus Sun, speaking of the crops in
that section, says: 'If We have the very best
of seasons, we do not believe we can raise
two-thirds of an average cotton crop. Nor
Between here and Opelika they are wretched.
Corn is so burnt up that little fodder can be
saved. On the Majority Of the lands 1t will re-
quire twenty acres Of cotton to make bale
mingled with o light sprlnkllng OF rocks"
A correspondent writes from Morgan Coun.
ty, Ca: "My estimate will be based partly on
personal observation, aud partyon opinions
ers The wheat crop In this section was, as
you doubtless have already heard, almost a
total failure. The cotton crop, as q general
thing, Is not good. 1t will compare with that
OF last year in the ratio of two TO three-that
is, about two.thirds as much will be made,
provided the seasons hereafter are favorable" !"
The Bainbridge (Ga.l Argus, of the 5th, says
cotton Is growing rapidly and improving every
day. The same paper says the rust has made
its appearance on the cotton In portions OF this
county. a field near this place has shed Its
leaves, and all the forms and young bolls are
dead. ALI the maturing bolls are open. The
caterpillar fly Is believed to have made Its de-
but, aud apprehensions OF much injury to the
cotton crop from this insect is being INDUCED
by many OF the farmers in that section.
The Boston (Thomas County, Ca Journal Of
the 5th instant says the crop reports in that
region are anything but favorable. The want
crop short, and 1t Is feared less quantity will
be made than was last year. Cotton lie also
greatly injured-frst on account of extreme
wet weather, and how on account of extreme
dry weather. Four or fYe open boils of cot
ton on one stalk are reported, but this does
not rejoice the farmers, Tor, say they, the
weather is so dry and the sun SO hot as to
cause unmatured bolls to open.
The Griffin (Ga.) Star, of the 5th instant,
says: 1--WE passed through portion Of Pike,
Meriwether, Coweta andthis county the first
of the week and found the crops suffering
much more than we expected. There seems
to be streak running from Line Creek
through the lower portion OF Ooweta and
Meriwether, and extending into Pike, where
weeks. In many places fodder is literally
burned up. and the stalks and ears of corn
look as II they we're dead. The cotton looks
withered, and we heard that in some instances
1t was dying. To the above there were rare
exceptions, where the corn was as fine as the
ground could produce, aud the cotton looked
healthy and vigorous How far this drought
extends we could not learn. The farmers
generally have laid by their crops, but seem
discouraged"