The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-16
REPORTS OF THE CROPS.
A Bad Account From all Quarters
of the State.
TOO MUCH RAIN EVERYWHERE.
The Cotton Crop Cut Off about
One Half
Greenwood Flag.

Greenwood Flag.
The continued %unfavorable weather.
has, according to some estimates, re-
ID ced the cotton crop forty per cent.
fiom the prospects of the first of Au-
gust.
Newton Report.
The crops in this county have been
injured by the recent heavy rains and
winds, but perhaps not as mich as in
other portions of the State. So far We
have not heard of much complaint.
Pontotoc Democrat.
The constant rains have Injured the
sotton crop to a considerable extent.
We have seen several bolls that grew a
foot above the ground, and every seed
in them was sprouted aud consequent
the cotton ruined.
| Charleston Sentinel.
Cotton is still shedding. Reports from
| al directions are very u~nfavorable, still
there is yet a prospect for an average
Iyield.
West Point News.
On last Wednesday morning any one
could have told by the smiling faces of
our citizens generally. that the floods OF
.he past week were broken up, even if
he had not been cognizant of the fact
before. The crop is greatly damaged
Il hevond all doubt, but it could have
ibeen worse.
fEnterbrise Courier.
The weather up-to thursday has oAer
very unfavorable to the crop prospect,
a continual rainy spell having prevailed.
Since that time q change in the tepera
ture indicates a very near approach OF
winter. Great damage has resulted
from high water.
Edwards Picayune.
We have had rain since the 29th OF
August. enough to make M for the
drouth that this country has experienc
ed for ten years. and the rop Of cotton
are badly damaged by it. The ground
has become so soft that but a little
wind is required to blow the cotton
down where the lint is damaged and
the bolls rot. The rain also causes rust
in cotton. which is very much complain
ed of by the planters.
Canton Mail.
The recent rains have had a very dis
~hearteninP effect upon all classes of ON
, people. Two weeks ago the skies were
bright and everv face was lighted will
smiles of hone for the future. VIVA
promised to be n full crop of cotton has
fallen off fully one third, and should
, the rains continue for another week, i
> is predicted that the crop will be Gu
short vet another third.
Port Gibson Reville
Rust. rot and spront il the cotton. is
all the talk and the planters look blue
/ We had rain every day for the last weel
which is causing cotton to rot in the
t boIls. All of the cotton in this sector
/ has fallen off from one third to one
half from what it promised one month
| ago. The corn. peas and potato crop i
3 the best we have had for several years
Macon Sun.
? Since orr last issue the persistent
+ rains have materially damaged the cot
ton crops and put a full ston RI picking
OF all the uncertainties of this uncer-
? tain world. the cotton crop ir most pro
vokiro. II ~fiatters a man up TO the
\ highest pitch of authorization and ther
lets him down as Suddenly as If > burk
ct of cold water was thrown over his
head. There is a general blunness nre-
vailing among VI planters. but the ex-
tent or tne DAMAGE can scar'H'V III N
"mafed n"'' the "e''"rr nAc""iS
pleasant enongn 70 resume p'ck'n9' a,
present 10 '"oks IKE the COMO" crop WI
be so badly damaged as to cut OFT tht
crop one half. The river Is ont OF ITS
banks and the outlook IS ANYTHING hui
a encouraging.