New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-21
Crops and weather.
The Handsboro Democrat says:

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For more than six weeks we have had no
rain in this locality, and so far as we have
! heard there has been none for that length
| of time 100 miles of this place, except a
| light shower on Red Creek the other day,
| hardly enough, though, to lay the dust.
| The crops are in bad condition. Nothing
will be made unless it rains very soon.
The Texas JoarNal has this report:
We have had very dry weather for some
weeks. Cotton which was planted six
weeks ago has not yet sprouted, and we
learn that not One-third of the cotton
planted in this parish has come up. The
corn is suffering very much for want of
rain. II is possible that we may have
good crop of cotton and corn this year, but
the means for making il so have vet to be-
come apparent. A gentleman from Missis-
sippi tells us the same state of affairs rela-
tive to crops existed in northern and west
eTn Mississippi. The prospects of planters
for 1872 look gloomy indeed.
The Vidalia Herald says;
The crops in this vicinity are suffering
severely from the long drouth. No rain
has fallen since the eighth of April A
great deal of cotton seed yet remains in the
ground on stiff land, and corn is beginning
to feel the evil effects of the dry weather.
From a private letter we learn that the I
farmers in the hills back of Harrisonburg
are in great distress, there being no money
in that section and therefore can not obtain
supplies. There hasn't been any rain for
upward of seven weeks and the crops are
anything but favorable.
Concerning the crops the Iberville South
says:
We have had occasion during the week
of cOnversing with gentlemen from differ
ent portions of the parish, and from all we
can learn, the people are gradually becOm- |
ing more hopeful, and may yet succeed in |
weathering through the year. The differ
emit crops are growing finely, and the pros.
poets are somewhat brighter than when |
the planting season began. 1t must not be |
supposed that a full stand of either plant |
or stubble cane has been ssecured; on the |
contrary, it is only here and there that |
full crop or half crop of sugar will be |
made. At one time in the beginning of the /
year it was supposed that the seed cane
was so much injured that perhaps only one
third of cane put down would be saved, |
and nothing has yet occurred to change
that opinion. The stubble cane was con-
sidered a total loss, and some planters
plOwed it up and planted corn. We are
now happy TO say that the stubble cane is
coming up well, and with fair season we
prOphesy that more sugar will be made
from stubble than plant cane in this parish.
There never was fairer showing for a
larger crop than the present. Rain is
needed, however, and a long drouth might
destroy the chances. Except on the Crosse
Tete and Maringouin, very little cotton has
been planted in the parish, and we under
stand that it is doing we'll.
The OpelOusas J0u nal says:
From all sections Of the parish come the
most favorable reports in regard to the
crops. The present indications are that the
parish will produce as much or more corn
than it can consume; and an experienced
planter informs us that the prospects in re-
gard to cotton were never better before at
this time of the year since the war.
The New Iberia Sugar BoaCL says:
We this week Iaet number of Terre-
bonnie planters, and are glad to learn from
hem that the plant cane is growing finely,
and that the rattOons are doing very well,
especially the first years stubble. Although
me cane is much more backward than at
his season last year, yet the prospects for
crop are as good as then
The corn crop is universally good, and
Unless some unforeseen accident befalls it,
most of the planters will make as much
,orn as they need on their places.
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