The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-23
CROPS IN ALABAMA AND MIS-
SISSIPPI
AIARAMA

Montgomery Advertiser: A citizen of
Butler county, who has just travelled
through that county and Lowndes, in
forms us that the rust is doing considera-
bic damage in the latter county.
The Greensboro Waterman SAYS: For
the past week the cotton crop has been
materially damaged by the excessive rains
and the ravages of the worm. The rain
has caused it to shed. The worms are in
full force on the black lands.
Tuskegee News: We were shown a
half dozen cotton bolls day or so ago
that had been entered by the boil worm
This worm, it is feared, will do more dam
age than the caterpillar as they have APP
peared in many places in the county.
Eufaula Times: We never saw cooler
day in the month of August, in the Cotton
States, than that of yesterday, the 18th.
Wetumpka Times: We learn that the
rust is attacking the cotton in several
neighborhoods in northeastern Elmore
and southern Coosa. Should this become
general, the loss to the cotton crop cannot
be estimated.
Demopolis News: The crops in this sec
ton are doing we'll, despite the excess of
| wet weather that has done some damage
to the cotton. If the worms will only give
our planting friends a respite of fort,
night, fine crop of the staple may yet be
realized. Gloomy and threatening clouds
are gathering as if for still more rain.
| From Kramer, Montgomery county: The
recent rains, though too late to benefit our
early corn, were in full time to seriously
iniure cotton The fates seem to have
conspired against us this year, for, super
added to the above calamity, the dreaded
cotton worm has made his appearance,
and if he is not circumvented in his dep
relations, there will be short crop of the
feecy staple gathered in the section of
which Kramer is the center. We are in
formed that they have appeared in several
counties south of here.
Greeneville Advocate: The recent wet
weather has caused the cotton to take the
rust in great many farms, and has mate
rally injured the crops. Some estimate
that they will not make as much by at
least third as was made last year Corn,
too, on the bottom lands is badly damaged.
It's the opinion of the farmers in North
Alabama that the corn crop will be SO
plentiful as not to be worth more than 80
cents a bushel in that section at maturity.
A correspondent from Hale county to
Selma paper says: The cotton crop has
gone back on the planter since that time
at least third and in some places one
half. Upon the whole, the cotton crop
will not be more than 90 per cent, owing
to the excessive wet weather, which has
produced caterpillars, boil worms, and
rust; besides, the boil worm is very num-
erous and destructive, more so than have
seen them since 1866. Our hog and hon.
my crops hold good as yet, though | no.
tice some little sign of the corn rotting on
the stalk, but nothing serious yet.
MISSISSIPPI.
The continual rains have greatly dam
aged the cotton crop ia the country about
Enterprise.
Aberdeen Examiner: One more rain
than was needed by the cotton crop fell
on Friday night
The protracted cool weather is not fav-
orable to the making of cotton. Cotton
picking is progressing all oyer the county,
and we predict larger receipts by the 9Th
of September than for several years past
The pasturage was never better at this
time of the year than it is at present, and
the cattle are in excellent condition.
The Bonneville Pleader says that the
| farmers of Prentiss county are in better
spirits over their crop prospects than for
many years.
Raymond Gazette; A number of our
county planters, on Monday last reported
worms in their cotton fields, and several
predict great damage therefrom in Sep
TENDER.