The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-18
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
LOUISIANA.
tAmite City Democrat. July

tAmte City Democrat, July Ilj
= The following extract from an OF
/. servant ntgentleman In Concordia parish
! was addressed TO his father in thi
county. accompanied by specimens o
, IunInistakable cotton worms q fis.-sg
i pa fridays shower freshened the cottol
! considerably, md even the corn lools
the better for II, and new, fresh re-,
| silks were visible this morning. Tn,
Large cotton except In sandy ridges) II
|, growing nicely and making finely. Blu
an sorry to report such portions o
the crop all through the plantation
pretty sharply sprinkled with first cror
q worms as per specimen sent you
They are mostly half and full grown
with some chrysales as you will see
Inis Is about the time they appeared In
1871 and II. and they destroyed the
crops about the middle to the 25th OF
September. We will have to watch them
closely and go TO work on the second
crop from the 1st to the 10th Of August
whenever they appear In sufficient
quantities.. don's like the way they
are scattered, as we may have TO 70
over y lerge part Of the crop to kill
enough of them to prevent reappear-
, : vtLouislapa Intsllisencer, july yl,I ii
~ 4ile sx6 81Ue -hae tc~s very hdt And
y
the accounts from the hill portions of
tile parish have been favorable relative
70 cotton and corn both, along the river
corn has been seriously injured BY the
drouth, while cotton il doing pretty we'll.
tFeliciana Ledger. Jaly Isl !"
so Tar as we can learn. the present
growing cotton crop bids fair to he n
good one ALI the planters speak ih n
glowing md encouraging manner OF It.
and are fully satisfied with Its present
prospect. We have seen several very
large and weilformed bolls brought into
town by different parties at divers
times, ana We regard this a good omen.
" corn, we can say. but the reverse
owing to the long continued drouth. this
plant has been greatly retarded I'M it's
growth, and its Yield wilconstquen,ly
DO or very tritiiug and insignitic cant
nature; many planters have been com |
PEELED, on account OF It's stutifed md |
delicate growth to eut down large uuan-
Titles OF 1t and feed IL TO their cattle .Jrl
M shreveport Times July iaJ Tg
The overflow above the raft is the
most disastrous one that has occurred
IN years. IL comes so late In the season
That there Is no chance to replaht. From
what we can gather the whole OF the
valley rom Denison down to- Fulton is
Fulton all the low places are under and
Tears are entertained that not a single
plantation Will escape, as the river is
still rising at Fulton. We have no fears
or the country below here, as aii the
axes and low places were dry before the
Use, and IL will take an ocean of wafer
o fill them up. We sympathise with =,
,ur friends above the raft, and hope /
hings may turn ont better than they
West Feliciana Sentinel. July isl
We have taken special pains, by con.
with both merchants and c
'lanters, to obtain ehis, week, reliable d
in regard to the crops OF 1
his parish. The result of our labors in {
his direction discovers the fact that the :
rop, considered In its aggregate, up to 9
he present time, gives iair, promise of +
n abundant yield. Such Is the general a
lew, but there are circumstances that a
lodify these calculations when applied =
D particular localities While the plant
RS In general have been visited by t.
opious rains, therea are others who have q
OF, and who complain of u short corn Il
rop. AS far us cotton Is concerned, we a
elieve the general admission Is that :
ne prospects predict large yield, n
1ough the plant is backward, having t,
cen put In the ground late and retarded I,
y the cold that characterized last ~
Dring. Upon a review Of the whole "
ED, we think we are Justified In the
sSertion that the Indications are in Al
Ivor OF g fully average crop Of both Il
otton and corn. 4aafs ~ Fyis1s 7a Fl
tSugar Planter. July ISL asesr D" D
From the upper part OF the parish the :.
'op reports are very encouraging. Cot is
IN planters are enthusiasticeoyer their ii
respects. We are now In the middle Fl
July and no signs Of caterpiIlars or
orms have shown themselves 1t is A.
.ir TO presume that we shall have none
those pests this season. Cane also
'oks we'll, is doing we'll, while the corn :,
'op Is considered as being beyond "
arm. Propitious weather has done to
uch for crops in that part OF our parish, In
I'd every one looks forward to a golden Ia
ED for their labors. Truly, West n
atom Rouge has cause for congratula- 4
0n. With good crops this year, we az
all get outSof debt. as parish, while W
any OF our planters and farmers will as
J enabled TO pay up what they owe m
I'd thus re-establish the parish credit =.
I'd their own. w
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