The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-26
CROPS IMPROVING.
Good Reports From the Agricultural
Section of GEORGIA.

Good Reports From the Agricultural
Section Of Georgia.
The weather crop bulletin for Georgia
gives encouraging reports of the crops.
The condition of all crops in the nor TIL
west section Of the state has greatlybsen
| improved by the favorable weather of the
| past week and fine rains have done much to
repair the damage caused by the drought
| OF the previous weeks.
! Cotton, although in better condition than
It was last week. is still far below the aver
age. There are still some complaints of
rust and the young bolls are falling of in
many places.
At most points corn has been grea ty i'm
proved. But little fodder has been pulled
| in this section, but It is now ready for the
harvest which will begin as soon as the
weather will permit
! Some fruit still remains but it is rotting
badly In many places.
The rains have done q vast amount of
good in the northeast section. The show
ers, however. would have been much more
beneficial had they been accompanied by q
little more heat.
Cotton was forced open by the hot, dry
weather Of former weeks; it is now she'd
ding very badly in places and the prospects
for even fair yield are very poor.
The corn crop is above the average and in
good condition in nearly all portions of the
section.
But little fruit remains and large por-
ton of IL is rotting
Tobacco is ready to be cut
In the west section there has been more
than the usual amount of rainfall.
The condition OF the cotton crop 10 very
poor. The excessive and continued rains
have retarded picking and it is rottng in
the bolls and shedding greatly. Rust APP
in ynla 20 T,Ai -,
that the crop in most parts Of this section
will be short about 25 per cent.
Corn is made. Fodder pulling has been
delayed and a portion OF the crop WIFI be
total loss.
The fruit crop has been about all mar
keted. Pease, cane and potatoes Irish aud
| sweet were never in better condition.
TIE crops OF the central section have, as
a rule, been improved by the recent show
ers, but at some places the rain was 50
heavy as to cause considerable damage.
! Cotton Is opening rapidly and picking
! will become general in another week. A
considerable number of bales OF new cotton
has been marketed. Some shedding is re-
| ported.
Corn Is still in good condition but the re-
cent rains have retarded fodder pulling
which is not yet over.
Sugar cane, potatoes and pease are in fine
! condition.
The rainfall and temperature have been
above the average in nearly all eastern
counties.
! Contemplating is In progress in some por-
tions of the section while in others the bolls
are only beginning to open. The crop has
been injured and its growth retarded by too
much rain. All reporters agree that 1t is
In poor condition and Will fall far short of
the average.
Corn, both early and late is in excellent
| condition and faddar YorllfOer Ia almost
very large supply of fodder has been
saved
Rice and grass have been improved by the
| continued rains and their growth has been
very rapid.
Pease potatoes and all garden truck have
been improved and are in excellent coudi-
ton.
! Both the southwest and south sections
| have had too much rain which has pro-
! duced the same effect on the cotton crop in
both. Cotton is opening rapidly but con-
siderable rotting has been caused by the
excessive moisture. Rust and shedding are
very general. Picking has commenced in
| all localities.
Fodder pulling is over and the corn crop
will be very large
The cutting of tobacco is about finished,
but the weather has not been favorable for
curing it.
Though more rain than was needed fell in
the southeast section, the prospects there
are much more encouraging than in the
! other southern counties.
! Cotton is opening. and picking is being
pushed forward very rapidly. In some in
! stances boil worms are reported but no
material damage seems to have been done
as yet, and the crop will almost reach the
J average.
Corn is excellent. Fodder has been about
all pulled, but the weather was too wet to
| cure it perfectly.
The moist weather has been more favora-
bic for rice than for any other crop and its
appearance is very fine.