Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-18

I torrents, making the streets assume a
/ muddy appearance, but greatly bene-
/ dtng those who are doing any plant
/ ing this year. IL was a delightful
/ shower, such a one as was seriously
I needed. 1t will cause the young corn
/ 20 make a fresh start, and the gardens
/ around the city TO flourish extensively.
From the Washington ga Gazette.l
The wheat crop, which promised so
hnely short time ago, is in a fair way
I 10 be almost destroyed in Wilkes
county By therust. tits already very
badly damaged i'm all sections of the
county, and there are some fields
/ which will not return as much as the
/ seed sOWn.
From the shreveport lLs.) Southwestern
of the 10th inst,l
From all accounts, the cotton plant
/ is suffering severely in this region on
account of the cool weather, The
wind has been very cold for five or six
DAYS past, and the low rate of temper
ature after sundown has destroyed the
stands OF cotton to q considerable eX-
tent Our planting prospects are not
at all favorable this season. A short
cotton crop, however, VIII be likely
to cause an elevation in the price Of
the staple.
From the Hopkinsville lKy.) New Era.l
II the apprehensiOns which we hear
expressed by many of our most intel
ligent farmers be well grounded, the
wheat crop Of this section viii be very
short. Some predict a failure. We
sincerely trust that the accounts
which reach US Of the ravages Of the
1v rust, etc, are exaggerated, The
failure Of the wheat crop would prove
a calamity 10 this country which could
scarcely be estimated. The loss sus-
tanned by the farming community
from damage done to the wheat last
wear by the extreme wet weather dur
ing and subsequent to the harvest
caused much Inconvenience and em-
bsrr8ssment-a failure this year Will,
we fear, prove disastrous, There Is a
universal cutlery as TO the present
unprOmising condition OF the grow
ing wheat, but whether it is effected
by the fiy, by rust, or some other new
and unknOWh disease, seems as yet
undetermined.
From the Pamela Miss Star, 18th inst ]
The heavy rains Of Monday night
again caused the creeks to overflow
their banks and to keep the rivers up
at their already high water state. The
injury done to the cotton crop by the
rains and the severe cold weather Of
the last two weeks Is considerable,
and we hear general Omplaint among
the farmers of the injury TO their cot
ton crOps. The cotton is dying out
very rapidly and but poor stands will
be left. as it IS now too late TO replant
cotton 10 secure a good yield, and we
have never seen such poor prospects
for cotton crop in ten years, and
with the almost certain pest of lice
that usually follow cold spells we can
but have a glowing prospect for the
production OF the staple this year. 1t
is an admitted fact that there
has never been two consecutive years
that there was large yields OF cotton
in the history of cotton culture IN the
South, and arguing upon this rule and
the present prospect we must con
Guide that a very small yield viii be
made this year. We heard one old
farmer say a few days since that he
believed that the late rains and cold
weather was sent as a curse upon the
people for so persisUently attempting
to raise large crops OF cotton to the
exclusion of grain. Time will prove
whether the old gentleman was cor
rect OF not, but we believe that some
kind of a curse should be visited upon
our people for their ruinUus system
of planting since the war, and teach /
them q lesson that the bankruptcy Of
IS67-7O failed to do.