The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1882-06-17
The Crops.

The New Orleans IlmeS-DemOcrat In
Is crop reports from number of South
lrn States has the following to say about
he products in Mississippi:
The cotton acreage shows decrease of
0 Der cent as compared with last year,
which would give about 100000 acres
n cotton in the State. The counties re-
Bort decrease in acreage, as follows:
Alcorn l5 per cent. Clay 10, Oktibbeha
p5 Carroll no change, Lincoln 5 per
.ent, Lowndes 10 to Is per cent, Holmes
Ehe same, Yallobusha about the same,
Yazoo no change in the hills, decrease
pf 20 per cent in the swamps, Grenada
b. Madison 10, Holmes 10, Montgomery
lO, Panola no change, Marshall same.
The condition OF the crop is much
worse than last year, the plant being
from two to three weeks backward The
stand, however, and the condition of the
felds are good. There is some complaint
ii the cut worms in Lowndes and other
counties in the eastern portion of the
State In Yallobusha, Holmes, Mont
gomery and Oktibbeha the stand is not
good, being only three-fourths of an acre
age. The plant, however, is being well
4 worked, and the fields are generally free
rom grass except in Holmes, where
4 there is some complaint about the grass.
/ Every county reports the weather as very
/ unfavorable, and much worse than at
this time last year, being cold and wet.
4 1t is more favorable in the eastern por-
ton OF the State, where it is cold but dry.
Oktbbeha, Grenada, Madison and Mar
shall complain of too much dry weather.
More fertilizers are being used than last
year. Labor is abundant, and is more
efficient than last year. Wages are gem
orally the same, but Clay, Lowndes and
Oktibbeha report a small decrease.
"Very gloomy" Is the response to the
inquiry what is thought of the prospects
of the crop? The best outlook seems to
be in the eastern portion of the State.
There is an increased acreage in corn
of per cent. The condition of the crop
is excellent, it being in many counties
the best since 1872 The stand is excel
lent, while the stalk is not tall, it has a
fine large body. The only counties from
which unfavorable reports come are
Panola, Hancock, and Yazoo. In Yazoo
the complaint is made that the crop has
been considerably damaged by worms in
the swamps and that it is not looking as
well as last year.
The oat crop is generally in good con-
dition and will be exceedingly large, on
ly one county (Holmes) reporting it to
be poor. Many of the other counties re-
port an increase of at least so per cent in
the acreage planted and in the promised
yield.
Sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes
and peas are all doing well and promis-
ing "a yield better than the average.
Fruit, particularly peaches, promises
well, but apples are quite scarce
Most OF the counties report the work.
ing stock-horses and mules-to be poor
and thin, but the cattle generally fat.
Pamela and Oktibbeha report the cattle
poor and hogs very thin. A great deal
OF interest is shown in stock raising
throughout the State, and nearly every |
county will increase the number of its
stock. In Clay, Carroll, Grenada, Mad
ison and Marshall the farmers s'.w q
disposition to give up the "all-c,teon"
idea, to diversity their crops am; to go
into cattle or hog raising. On the coast
in Hancock and Harrison, there is quite |
rage on the sheep question. The yield |
OF wool and Of Mutton has been very fine
this year, and has greatly encouraged !
the Farmers in sheep raising.