The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-10
THE FEATHER AND THE cRops.

| THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS :.
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Reports from South Carolina.
.oCoNEE.
The weather continues changeable, says the
Walhalla Courier, with frequent showers.
4 time of year. Bottom land will not yield: 80
4 well because of too much rain: but the yield
from upland win be Increased. Oats were:fD
/ Iured to some extent from rust, though the
crop Is fair.
The Sentinel sayss stOur friends, writing
from various parts of the county give the fnesl
Is better than has been known for years,
and we were told on sales-day of planter who
would for$l0O cash, sell to any man in the
county, 200 bushels, to be delivered BY the lst
of January, 1872"
/. The accounts from the different rivers, says
the Georgetown Times, are varying as TO the
condition and prospects OF the rice crops. On
j Santee we learn they are unusually promising,
other rivers. There is about the. same num-
4 ber of acres planted thls year that were plant.
ed last, and from all we can gather, there is
no reasonable hope that the present crop will
be any larger than the last.
l. LAuaREs.
The LaurensYie Herald says "a very &C.
we're rain storm passed over. the northern and
! western portions of Jour county on Saturday
night and Sunday morning. It rivalled the
well remembered treshet Of 1852. We have
I,heard of some half dozen mill dams and seve.
rnl bridges that have been swept away by the
| high water From what we can learhthe cot
| ton crop in this county has. been permanently
| injured by the continued rains. The corn crop
| on bottom lands has been damaged by over
flows, bnt on the uplands It Is looking ;splen-
dldly The prospect for large cornecropis
better than it has been for several years."
YORK.
The Yorkville Enquirer says: From nearly,
every sectonof the county, we hear the most;
encouraging reports in relation to the: grow
Ing crops ofcotton and corn. Should no disas-
ter befall the corn crop, the yield will be;
larger than it has been,in many years. While.
not SO large an area has been planteds In cot.
ton, the crop has generally been well worked,
and the present indications for fine yield is
altogether promising. The wheatGrop, which
fs now being threshed, is quite light and con=.
siderably below that of last year The ost
crop has been seriously injured by rust, and is
much below the crop Of last season; point Of
quality and quantity. Commercial fertilizers:
have not been used In this county to so great
an extent as last gear:
CHARLESTON.
Concerningth crops on James leland, the
Beaufort Republican says: 4.sYou- will be-
pleased to learn that the crops OF long cotton.
and corn on this island are i1 8 dourishing;
condition. The corn looks and promises much
better than 1t has in many years before at this
well and judiciously, and, from present ap-
pearances, have every reason 90 expectlarge
crops. Captain George F. and sE. "A. Habe-;
NIGHT are the largest planters on the island,
having about ITO acres. in cotton, 65 acres h
corn and nearly 30 acres vegetables, all ;doi1g-
spleudldly. They are men OF Keen practical
Judgment and quntiring industry, ,;and although
they have lost heavily IN, pre- VieNs years bE the
caterpillar. are irrepressble. Should the de-
structiYe. worm fall this season they will de-
serYedly realize a large crop title finest sea
island cotton.
The Times has the following satisfactory ex-
hibitof the agricultural status OF Union County:
1.-THE season is now far enough advanced to
enable The farmers of this county oform
pretty good estimate Of what the can; depend
upon from the provision crops. of this year.
Corn, in The aggregate. never looked much bet
ter. Nearly all the early-planted is "laid BY"
in O clean and healthy condition, and the sea-
sonable weather is making the later corn look
green and thrifty. In three Or -four sections
or our county, heavy. washing rains have
andH apds rs sos e safRe er bRaRa
whoie whole, fields. ;nd compelling the farmers to
replant: but these cases are by no means gen.
era, and we confidently look forward to an
abundant corn crop In Union. Wheat is gen.
.erally being threshed, and proves to be an In.
ferier crop-perhaps not more than hall an
average yield. Oats will turn out about two
thirds an average yield per acre, but, as more
acres were devoted to them than usual. the;
total crop will amount to fully as many bushels
ns heretofore. The many clover patches sown
this year have convinced the skepttcal and
non progressive farmers In this region that
Clover will succeed well on our red clay
soils, If the ground is properly pre-.
pared to receive the. seed. We have
seen this year three or four patches OF clover
In Union County, looking equal to any we
,ever:saW In any of The Northern States, and
we are pleased to hear so many who have
heretofore thought that clover could not be
grown here, now determined to give TIA fair
trial. From all we can learn, the spirit OF pro-
gress Is moving the hearts of our farmers to-
lay aside their one-ldea OF cotton. and devote
their energies and soil to a diversity OF crops,
which will insure to themselves independence
of all other sectiuns, for their necessary pro-
vision supplies, ahd enable them o-hold. on TO,
and in q great measure control the time OF
sale as well as price OF the cotton crop. So
mote 1t be.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republi-
can writes from Baker County, Ca, under
date of July e: ".The crops IN thfs county are
very.poor, indeed the poorest for years. bats
were almost an entire failure. Corn sorFy-.a
great many stalks without any shoots, nor Will
there be. : Cotton grassy, and, with the con-
tinual rains, no prospect of getting It efean;
and The stands are very much Injured IN trying
to.get out the grass. There Is at least thirty
three per cent. less planted this than last year;
but 1t is rather too soon to guess asto the turn
out of the crop. I know OF but one planter who
has usedany fertilizers" -
Louisiana.
The New Orleans Times of Thursday last
SAYS tsA few days ago The. crops were suffer
ing from an excess Of rain. Now the corn
and cane exhibit proofs of the lack OF mois-
ture. Cotton bears up under this inAlction
better than the other staples; but even that
cannot be worked effectively and. kept out OF
grass without frequent showers. All these
staples, however, are painfully behind their
usual growth, vigor and promise at this time
of the year. The cotton has q very stunted
and feeble aspect; the early corn Is largely
damaged and dwarfed by the heavy rains, and
The cane appears to have q bad start, and hos
now hard and yellowish hue, instead of the
dark, shining green, which Is its proper COM
plexion. The two last, the cane and corn, may
recover and develop Into good crops, but ire