Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-10
Ike CrlI 8.

From the Monthly Report of the
Department of Agriculture for August
and September, just published, we
obtain the following short synopsis OF
the corn and cotton crops in various
parts of this State:
CORN.
Lincoln: Promises a fine Yield
Robson: Benefited by late rains; gem
orally good. Sampson: Damaged on
lowlands. Caswell: Injured by drought
in the fore part of the season. David
son: Greatly improved by late rains.
Mecklenburg: Corn would have been a
large crop if the rain had not pre-
vented it's being worked. Moore:
Best crop for several years. Chowan:,
Rapidly improved. CASTOR: Destroyed
by floods on very low lands; good on
other lands. Hartford: Crop magniti-
cent. Alamance: Upland crops greatly
improved by late rains. Edgecombe:
Good Harnett: Looks very tlne where
well cultivated. Cumberland: Pros
pect very good. Greenville: Greatly
improved. Rowan: Greatly improved
by the late rains. Newbury: Fodder
nearly destroyed by rains. Franklin:
Improved by August rains and fine
where we'll cultivated. Camden: Dam
aged by heavy rains. Madison: Inn
proved. Yalkin: Much improved by
late rains. Arson: Sar dy lands had
too much rain for good crop. Stan
ley: Greatly brought out by late rains.
Wilkes: Greatly improved by late
rains.
Lincoln: Boiling unusually well !;
prospect hattering. Robson: Looked
unusually well up to August 1, since
| when the continuous rains have caused
a shedding of fruit. Currituck: Has
come out of the grass and bids fair.
Sampson: Plants of fair size, but she'd
ding blooms and squares. The new
variety of turn and triple-boll cotton
that promised so much, has shed more
than any other variety. Mecklenburg::
| Injured by late rains; two weeks OF
| cent. above last years; rust in some
places. Moore: Looks fine, though
| late rains have rusted it somewhat.
Chowan: Much improved, though the
late heavy rains are rusting it, and
have made it shed to some extent.
Gates: Rain causing the bolls to drop.
| Lenoir: Casting forms and rusting in
some fields. CASTOR: Good growth
| and fruitage some young bolls
rotting. Hartford Unusual growth
| OF weeds, but the rains will make
many of the later forms to fall Off.
Alamance: Plants large; crop prom
Using. Bladen: Falling on account of
excessive rains of late. Edgecombe:
Will be injured by the heavy rains !;
top crop shedding boll-worm and rot
reported. Harnett: Looks very fine
where well cultivated. Cumberland:
Rain prevented the last working OF
the crop, which is now shedding
squares and rotting loss variously es-
timated from % to so per cent. Gran
vile: Slightly rusted by rain ; crop
| good. Pitt: Excessive rains causing
cotton to shed and rust. Martin: In
jured in frniting at least 80 per cent.
by rains Rowan: Considerably in
iured by rain. Newberry: Rain caused
cotton to shed. Franklin: Rather too
wet for cotton. Berthe: Rain caused
shedding growth the finest il many
years some rust. Tyrrell: Rains,
August 10. damaged the crop, causing
1t to shed greatly. Camden: Shed
badly from rain, and beginning to
rust; Beaufort: A promising crop,
injured by late rains. Greene: Rain
shortened the season fifteen OF twenty
days, causing the late forms to drop
and producing rust. Onslow: Failed
on account of rains. Perquimans:
Crop abandoned on account of wet,
cold and lice. Arson: Badly rusted.
| Stanly: One of the finest crops ever
| known here. Polk: Rust has appeared
! in several localities.