New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-17

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The Pcayune has 1re than two columns
Of s1raots fssm county papers showing
the state of the crop all over louisiana
and in parts of Mississippi and Arkansas:
| The crops on the entire route are looking
we'll, and with scarcely an exception are IN
| good condition. Over the grester part of
| the Distance rain has been abundant, and
the PROSPECTS for q crop are as good a. have
ever been known in that seotion..a One
planter is having abundance of rain, while
his neighbor is praying for cloud to drift
| his wey. The weather still continues pro-
pitiOus for the crops, and they never looked
finer in this parish at any time since the war.
| Many of our planters began more than a
week ago to complain that the rains were
damaging their cotton crop. it was setting
| them behind with their work.
| The labor of cultivation is pretty we'll
| over. The general prospect is encouraging
| for independent farming and for subsist-
enoe next year. And the capitalists and
banks may very soon keep their greenbacks.
While the rains have fallen almost every
where, and the crops are luxuriant under
their effects, we hear OF one spot not far
away that the rains have entirely missed.
| Our admiration was thoroughly excited
by. the extraordinary luxrianoe of the corn
| anu cotton on both sides of the road, all the
way to the ridge. Appearances all along
| indicated that thorough and levelheaded
work had been done, with the most graft
flying results.
The crop prospect of this parish still re-
mains very good, but the planter has many
risks of failure in his cotton crop to run
vet However, we can but believe that
Providence will continue to smile on Us and
bless us with an abundant harvest.
Several heavy rains have fallen here and
in the vicinity, and generally throughout
the parish. The corn crop may be con-
sidered as perfectly safe, and is everywhere
reported as fine.
Since our last we have talked with people
from every section of the parish, apd all
unite in saying that we shall make more
corn than vas ever made here before.
There will be no occasion to buy bushel
Of corn the coming year, unless some mis-
fortune should happen to the crop after it
is gathered and housed. We hear of no
complaints from any quarter, and with no
unforeseen lccident to crops from this time
forward, the most gratifying results must
reward the labors OF the husoandman.
The universal opinion among our planters
| is, that they have never seen better pros
pects than at present. One OF OFT practical
planters has Just expressed his opinion that
corn can be purchased here the coming fall
at fifteen cents per bushel.
Cotton is equally good and promises
| full Weld. The weather continues remark
ably fine and the planters feel greatly en-
couraged. Our crop has never been better,
| nor the corn crop mos abundant.
The refreshing rain on Thursday last has
given a new impetus to the crops. Cotton
is growing rapidly; peas and potatoes have
quite. az encouraging appearance. The
corn crop, too, has been greatly benefited
by the moisture of the earth, that the
planting interests in this section are not
behind.
The reports we have gathered from hill
and swamp, from home and abroad, concur
in a very favorable average of both corn
and cotton. The corn crop, it seems, is as
good as made, and the total will be large.
So much the better for the country, thanks
to husbandry and the peoples necessities.
The reports from all parts of the county
are equally gratifying. although some of
the older farmers insist that the corn crop
will not be as heavy as many suppose.
The crops are now made, and Will yield
the most abundant harvest known to this
section since the war. The prospect is
truly encouraging, and general feeling OF
gratitude seems to pervade the hearts of
all Ourpeople.
The crops of corn are considered almost
ruined by the drouth, and almost all other
crops are crisped and cut of by the severity
of the drouth. g
The weather during the past week has
been very warm-oppressively so. Itsis
fine on the growing cotton, and is bringing
the crop rapidly forward. The corn crop
continues to look well, and with another
rain or two, within reasonable time, will
be safe.
The crops of our county are still looking
fine
Rains have fallen and refreshed the earth
and revived the crops.
Many planters still cry for rain, and on
SEINE plantations it would be of immense
benefit.
Good corn and cotton crops throughout
Arkansas this year are assured.
There have been more bright farmers
faces in town this week than we have seen
here in many q long day. Their general
expression is: "My prospect for crop is
as good as l could DESIRE" The promise
consequent to tbeig work, and the favora-
BILE season, wonderfully enliven the farming
community. Doubtless the cultivated lands
in this parish have been better and more
generally fortified with elbow grease this
year than ever before.
The short respite from previous rains has
enabled planters to clear away the grass
and lay by the cane. Cotton planters, too.
have availed themselves of the opportunity
to clear up their fields, and more promising
prospects for cotton crops we never saw in
this State.
From the Carroll Waterman of the
eighth instant: ''SOme people say these
exaggerated reports about the cotton crop
are calculated to lower the price Of the
staple-that the crop is not SO good as rep
resented. 1t may not be very good, but If
it is not. then twO-thirds of the planters are
telling whOppers. There are localities in
our parish that have had no rain in eight
or ten weeks. and the corn crop will prob
ably be failure. The crops, as q general
thing, were never better. Never saw .
better prospect for both corn and cotton.
We believe the crop il good-better than
fall and escape the caterpillar to insure
good realization.
The cotton in these districts ID looking
finely, and it is hoped that the deficit in
corn will be met by the increase IN the yield
of cotton.
From Mr. Charlie. II. Walker. the most
extensive ST. Mary planter, we learn that
the crops i'll that parish promise remark
ably we'll, both corn and cane.
We have been blessed this week with two
bounteOus showers of rain, both of which
were much needed. All nature looks re-
vived, and the spirit of our farmers is hope
full.
The crops in every portion of the county
are doing splendidly, and the fields present
such an appearance of prosperity as has not
been witnessed since 1860.
Still the weather remains most favorable
for crops of every description. TIE show
ers continued for two weeks, until every
section, so far as we,can learn, with but few
exceptions. had an abundance of rain and
none too much.
The cane crop is pnmually good; the cot