The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-24

IQe CTUp Will uUL UO LAoiS lae.A
of what it vas last year. In some localltles
fair crops will be made; in others 1t Is almost
failure. half crop, upon the average, Is the
best We can do.
1. The cost of producing cotton this year,
compared with any other year since tine war,
will De at least twenty-five per cent. less-the
crops being equal.
s. The increase in the area of corn planted
is at least twenty-five per cent. over any other
year since the war. Early corn was pretty
well made before the drought; all low lands
have made pretty fair crops. The corn crop
will be equal to, If it does not exceed, that OF
last year.
6. Oats and wheat are almost failure.
4 Union.
AT BEST HALF CROP OF CoTT0S-CoRN FAIR
WHEAT a FAILURE.
Our correspondent at Jonesville, writing on
August %, gives The NEWS the following In
formation
l. The cotton area is equal to that of 1870.
g. The condition of the crop, on account OF
the disastrous drought, is discouraging In the
extreme. With the most favorable season,
from this time, We cannot make more than
half crop, and some observant planters make
lower estimate.
8. The cost of the present crop will be some
what less than that of the crops of preceding
years on account Of the lower price of provls-
lOuS, dS Wcll as USCduSt vi tuC mv1O Ci1SiCht
working of the negroes. This has been sub
.ject of commendation .hroughc ut the whole
OF the present season.
4. The prospect for the crop of corn Is bad,
out not so bad as might have been anticipated.
Uplands, planted early and well worked, WILL
yield fairly, while bottoms late planted have
Still chance for 'smaking' from future rains.
S. The wheat crop was well nigh failure.
A letter from an experienced planter, dated
:UnionVille, August 81, says:
I'VE are suffering from drought of 6tty.one
days. which has cut of the cotton crop to al
most nothing. Not more than the third OF an
ordinary crop can be made under the most
favorable circumstances, and the early corn
was pretty well made before the dry weather
did any damage. In some small sections. in
Guiding my place in Newberry, the season has
been much more favorable; there the corn
crop is good and the cotton an average one.
crop.
A letter from Shelton, Union County, dated
August 81, says:
any good to the crops since July 8; they there
fore present very different appearance since
wrote to you about month since. Then
r they were unusually promising, but now no
planter will gather half crop OF corn, CT
more than half crop Of cotton. Both may
Dc COu6lU6Teu dS udPluS mhuo oil LuCJ Cous
The drought still continues, and rains cannot
now produce new growth OF the cotton
plant In time to mature the fruit. There being
no forms or blooms, the planter cannot expect
to gather except from the matured bells now
Cn the stalk.
Lexington.
EXPECTS Two.rHIRDs, OR HALF CROP OF COT
ToN-A GOOD PROSPECT FOR CORN.
Our correspor 1ent, John Fox, ESQ.,, writing
from Lexington to TIE NEWS, under date of
August 81, says:
At the outset this year, and for good por-
ton of the season, the crop prospects were
generally very good, especially on red lands.
In some places there was too much rain for
the sandy lands.
!. In cotton there was some falling of In
area from last years average. The area IN
cultivation the present year Is about one
eighth less than last year.
3 About the middle of July adrought set in
which has materially damaged the prospect.
The crop has thrown off good deal OF It's fruit
and been so stinted in growth by dry weather,
merclal fertilizers have been very sparingly
used 1t would be safe to say that not one
half the quantity has been consumed this year
that was consumed last year. All things con-
sidered, good judges estimate that the cot
ton crop In this county Will tall short OF last
years crop by at least one.third, and perhaps
one.half. The freedmen have worked pretty
well, there being no exciting political infu-
ences to disturb them. A large amount Of the
labor in this county Is performed by white
people, many of whom work their own farms,
and employ little or no assistance among the
freedmen.
g. The price of labor Is about the same as
last year, the hands In most cases receiving
part of the crop for their services. Where |
money wages are paid, they are about the |
same as last year. The planter gets little |
advantage, as compared with last year, on |
account Of the cheapness of provisions:
L. Whilst the area In cotton is less, the area
land corn was severely injured by the drought |
Greek and river lands will yield very good |
crops Of this staple, Ii there Is no disaster
ahead
l. S. The excessive rain in the spring was very
disastrous to tho wheat and oats. 1t caused |
them to take rust; and the wheat crop es-
pecially was nearly ruined In some places. A |
poorer crop of wheat has not been made here |
for years. Peas are not yet advanced suff1- |
cientlY for one to form good Idea Of the |
probable crop, but we can generally calculate |
with considerable degree Of certainty on our |
crop of peas and sweet potatoes.
Sumter.
,Aletter from Stateburg, dated August 10,
says:
The crops in this section will be short, both
cotton and corn, though the yield of the latter
per acre will be far below expectations.
think farmers will make enough to save them,
having planted much more this year than any
year since the close of the war. Our cotton
promised very fine on the lst July, and my
own crop at that date was the finest for the
time of year have ever had, but si1 weeks
without rain has done for us. hardly think
any of US will make as much cotton to the
acre as last year; there Is much rust, and the
heavy rains following the drought have
caused the crops to shed heavily, and 1t 1s TOO
late for the plant to mature forms maklnS
now, even with an average date OF frost. COZ
ton is commencing to open already, ten days
ahead Of last year, and by the lst OF Octooer
we will have half our crop h0r jed.
Newberry.
A Newberry letter, of the goth instant,
says:
Cotton has commenced to open here smart
ly. but do not think it all well fruited, and
fear that We shall have rather o short crop this
year.
Darlington.
A Darlington planter writes under date of
August 81:
The cotton crop of this county will not ex-
ceed ene-half OF the average under the most
favorable circumstances.
Marion.