The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-18
THE CROPS.

Many planters In st. John will begin
grinding October 10.
The st. James tobacco crop is consid-
erably larger than usual.
Avoyelles will gather only half crop
of cotton. Franklin will do the same.
The crops III Crosse Tete and Maran-
gown countries are as fine as any In the
State.
Most of the Claiborne parish farmers
will raise enough wheat for their own
use this year.
Heavy rains and high winds have
blown down a good deal OF promising
cane In Terrebonne and West Baton
Rouge.
The MerjdtOndl declares that the
damage from worms In that parish was
greatly exaggerated, the worms staying
only a short time.
The cane is doing very we'll In st..
John and the prospects are much i'm
proved, although It is scarcely thought
that the yield will be as large as last
years.
The Carroll Conservative reports that
on account OF the worms and late heavy
rains, It's former estimate Of the cotton
crop of East Carroll will have to be re-
duced one-third.
Very heavy rains In East Feliciana
have beat out much OF the cotton.
Moreover, the bottom lands were over
flowed and In many instances even the
stalks ofthe cotton plants washed away.
Last week the Patriot Democrat cal
culated the decrease in the cotton crop
at twentylper cent. Worms, rain, etc.,
compel 1t to change It's calculations,
and Il now thinks the loss will be thirty
per cent.
Reports Of the cotton crop from Caddo
and Bossier are most discouraging. A
third OF crop Is spoken Of by some.
The Shreveport Times thinks the out
look unpromising, although the stories
OF the farmers are somewhat exagger-
ated.
From gentlemen who have travelled
extensively throughout the country, we
learn that the reports about damages
done by cotton worms have been great
ly exaggerated. In some localities they
have not suffered. at ell, while in no
at one-half crop.-lNew Iberia Sugar
Bowl.
Mr.. J. D. Howell, one of our most
Eighth Ward the worms have literally
stripped the cotton and that barely q
half crop will be made on most planta-
tons In that section. The rust, too, he
says, has prevailed to considerable ex-
tent, doing much damage. We may
now safely say that the cotton crop Of
Morehouse has been cut short one-half
by worms and rust combined. More
house Clarion.
We were informed on Wednesday last
upon reliable authority that another
crop of cotton worms have made their
appearance in great numbers on some OF
the plantations west Of town. This crop
OF worms will probably make 9 clean
sweep OF all leaves. young bolls and
forms that go to make up the top crop,
the destruction Of which will materially
reduce the aggregate. The moths, or
mfllers, have been very numerous In the
houses after candlelight during the past
week, North Louisiana Journal.
The rain has been Of very serious
detriment to the cotton crop. Many Of
the bolls have been knocked off, and the
lower cotton which was opened has OF
course been filled with trash. So far a.
worms are concerned, we are not adj
vised OF any considerable amount OF
activity with them, nor Of great deal
Of damage accomplished by them. In
some isolated instances, however, they
have made clean sweep. Upon the
whole the outlook is decidedly unprom-
Using, and we see no cause to recede
from our belief, expressed two weeks
ago, that the cotton crop Of this parish
will fall fully fifty per cent below esti-
mates based on tine appearances OF
thirty days since. 49, West Feliciana