The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-09
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will be light. There is some com
plaint of rust, and there has been an
injurious drought on the uplands
and loss from floods in the bottoms.
The caterpillar is reported in Rich
land. The sea island cotton in
Beaufort is yielding better than
last year.
Caterpillars appeared about the
middle of July i'll Liberty county,
Ga., and stripped the plants of
leaves, but not SO early as to mateli-
ally injurc the yield. Some dam
a.sc by the caterpillar is reported in
E1rly county and Muscogce. The
principal causes of deterioration
were drought, rust, mud and rain.
There is much complaint of dcticicn-
cy of t; @ top crop. In Carroll it is
stated that the loss Ivy shedding
bolls will be fifty per cent. In some
counties favorable weather for open
ing and gathering is reported, as
well rs superiority in the quality
of the fibre. It was thought in
Oglothorpe that the crop would all
be open by the 18th of October
and in Columbia by the 1st of No
vember. In other counties there was
little to open at the date of the
return.
Caterpillars have reduced tho
yield in Florida, notably in Colum-
bia. Tho lipcning has been early.
The Gadsdcn reporter represents
tho harvest rs nearly over, with Il
product Of 80 per cent. less than a
full yield, and says he has meyer
known, in all experience Of fifty years,
Il crop to be housed SO early by a
month.
The caterpillar has be IN somewhat
destructive of the top crop in poi
tions Of Alabama Tho less iy esti-
matod at SO per cent. in Conecuh, at
40 per cent. in Hale, so per cent in
the southern portions, where tho
. fields were swept by the invasion rs
carly as the 1st of September
/ The causes of injuryin Mississippi
are worms, drought, wet weather
and frosts. Date CO ten will be Sc
riously injured by worms in Greno-
, dar and Choctaw. In Hancock paris
green was used successfully against
tho CATERPILLAR A frost sufficiently
severe to do some injury is reported
in Hines, Choctaw and in other
counties.
The crop is injured in Louisiana
very generally by drought, continu-
ing in Jackson for ten weeks, caus-
ing rust, shedding and premature
opening. Seventy-iivc per cent. of
the product was in readiness for
harvest at the first picking. The
caterpillar is doing some damage to
the top crop.
In Texas picking is progressing
very rapidly, and il some counties
the drought will reduce the length
Of the harvest period. The loss
from drought is placed at so per
cent. in Bexar the top crop in Bell
is nearly destroyed by grasshoppe 8,
and in Dallas the injuries are serious.
The boil worm is reported in the Red
River section. and fine weather for
picking. A heavy growth and ten
dency to run to weed in the rich
lands, and more or or less injury
from drought in light soils, and car
ly ripening, are the indicos Of the
state of the crop.
In Arkansas the boil worm has
bcon destructive in several counties,
more SO than ever before. In
Franklin county frost occurred on
the LIST Of October.
Late cotton has been injured by
frost in Tennessee. The season has
been fine forripcning and gathering
picking from one to two weeks early,
and the harvest will be completed at
an early date. Finally, tho general
harvest is more advanced than usual.
The season is generally favorable for
picking the later picllinGs will be
comparatively light. The causes OF
injury ore not excessive, drought
being somewhat. prominent in the
Gulf States, the September storms
on tho Atlantic coast, the caterpillar