The Mississippi Creole

The Weather, The Crops, And The Boll Worm.—For the last three weeks we have had no rain in this county, so far as we have heard, with the exception of a partial shower in the upper end, on the 11th inst. The drought extends to the adjoining counties, and is telling fearfully upon the cotton, causing it to shed its squares, and bolls as large as musket balls. The ground is covered with the evidences of its ruinous effects. Ten days ago the prospect of an average cotton crop was good, but now we venture to say, that there will not be an average of a half crop made in Madison county. The boll worm has commenced its ravages, not only in the squares, but upon the bolls. They are increasing rapidly, and in ten days they will destroy all the forms and young bolls. Nothing will be made except what is now out of danger from the worm. The bad stand, the drought, and the worm, have fixed the amount of the crop in this county.