The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
a BIG CROP YEAR
The Biggest Yields Since the War
Looked for All over the State.

The Biggest Yields Since the War
Looked for all over the State.
A Savannahian who has just returned
from an extended trip through South
west Georgia reports the prospects
good for the biggest crop year
since the war. The season so far
has been as favorable as it could be for i'm
meHse yields. The dry spell in May aud
June came at a time when cotton needed II
most, and az a season when corn was not
large enough TO be hurt by it. Cotton grew
until it gos large enough not TO be seriously
damaged. The rain came when corn began
to need it, and it continued until the crop
was nearly made. Corn cannot be damaged
now by the weather. The yield from the
corn crop will be almost unparalleled. The
old lands, worn out by tilling, viii produce
such corn as was never seen before IN
Georgia.
rs the acreage in corn large this year
very large. In the sections where /
visited the corn crop was the principal
crop. Old fields have been taken in and
planted in corn, and the poorest crops will
yield twelve and fifteen bushels per acre.
/ saw some crops near Ogiethorpe. which,
it is claimed, will produce forty and fifty
bushels per acre with moderate fertllizing.
" hCl 2 LA A44S nANo Ob5u 4Gi lAllLCQ bIhFA ~
with guaoos and compost the yield will be
much greater The Macon county commits
sioners met while was N that county, and
made report that the crops we're better
and the prospect better for big haryestS
than any year since 1855. Corn will remain
in the fields several weeks yet, but 1t is
practically made now"
How does the acreage compare with last
seasonF'
There is about the same amount of land
planted in cotton, l am informed, as there
was last year. The crop has had only one
setback. That was during the early part
Of the season. Considerable replanting was
done. The stands were poor in some dis
tricts, but the farmers were hlndered but
little by this. While the acreage is no
larger than last year, the yield will be much
greater, and the outlook is favorable for
more cotton from Georgia this year than
for many years, Ia some sections where
fertihzing was light, the yield will be 1000
pounds per acre, and where guano and COM
post were used largely, bale VIII be gath
cred from every acre"
'Is the cotton crop out of dangerm
Not altogether. 1t is, as far as being
damaged by the weather directly
is concerned. 1t may, however, suffer
if the continued rains bring cater
pillars. This is a result of long and
rainy Seasons. NOT many or the farmers
apprehend trouble from this source, how
ever. The season has been most favorable,
and if it continues for only few weeks
longer the crop will be out OF danger.
Around Americas the farmers are prosper
GUS, and are jubilant over what they call
the most prosperous year since the war"
what other crops are tiourishing in
Southwest Georgia.
The pea crop viii not be one-half gath
cred. Where farmers have planted peas
with other crops, expecting to make past
ure, the vines have grown and covered the
ground, forming one vast covering, green
and luxuriant Where peas were planted
with corn the vines have covered the corn
stalk, and it is almost hidden by the dense
foliage. The farmers Will gather what
quantity they want for winter as feed for
cows and horses, and the rest viii be left in
the fields for the hogs and other stock,
Potatoes were never finer The vines have
covered the ground wherever they are
planted. and the crop, if the season con-
tinues favorable, will be the largest for
years. The farmers predict a prosperous
year, and they are rejoicing"