The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-10-06

acres. Corn and cottod both injured to
some extent by wet weather in July and
dry weather first of August.
Pauldlng-The farmers have bought
nIty per cent. less supplies this year
than IN twenty years, and are making a
great effort to get out of debt. A good
price for cotton would put them in A
good condition.
P1ckens.-Corn will not ear well ow-
ing to extreme wet weather followed by
extreme heat. Cotton is late, small and
poorly fruited. Tobacco and sweet DO
tatoes doing we'll The farmers have
awaited themselves of the fine opportun-
ity and season for sowing turnips.
Polk-Drought following the wet sea-
son, has injured the cotton crop.
Rabun-The corn crop has been cut
OH IN some parts of the county by the
poor seasons drought following thew wet
weather. While the growth is compar-
atyely, good there will be no ears
Waiker-W Weather wet, bad time to
save fodder.
White-Crops are failing to represent
an average. The tobacco crop lacks at
least forty per cent. of yielding the
amount that it promised sixty DAYS ago.
Fine weather for turnips Corn has
been damaged twenty-five per cent.
Gllmer-Corn, potatoes and other veg
etaoles badly injured by continued dry
weather. Hogs dying with cholera.
Murray-ToO much rain for cotton,
gong too much to weed, crop ten or fif-
Teen DAYS late. Hog cholera prevalent
III several parts of the county.
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Baldw1n-Are having too much rain
Tor cotton, causing it to rust and throw
on; also making it impossible to make
good fodder and sweet, clean cured hay.
Inc crops are very spotted; red lands
having splendid crops, and sandy and
gray lands poor.
Blbb-There is not as much cotton
planted as usual, but it is very good.
Ihere Is a little rust, but it does not
amount to much.
Butts-The excessive wet weather has
materially injured the cotton crop, and
mas oeen very bad for saving fodder,
very little good fodder having been
saved. The hay crop is very fine: if we
have good weather farmers can supple
ment the short crop of fodder with hav.
Campbell-The excessive rains have
proven detrimental to most crops. Fruit
has rotted badly and has been worth
very little. Cotton has rust on all gray
land and yellow cast on all land; is
shedding about all of the late forms.
seems that nothing but grown bolls will
make anything. Too wet for fodder
puInng. Cotton beginning to open.
Carroll-Recent excessive rains have
caused cotton to throw off many forms,
consequently there will be no late crop.
Corn has improved ten points since our
last report. Potatoes extra good. A
good crop of crab grass hay will be saved
this season. Fodder pulling is under
full Roadway.
Clarke-The long continued drought
coming as it did Immediately after the
excessive rains of June and a part of
July has cut off crops very materially
throughout this section. Fodder pulling
now in progress.
layton-Cotton, owing to excessive
rains, is not good on fiat, gray land, but
on broken land and especially red it is
better; some rust on gray land, but little
INJURY from worms. Present prospect
for peas very fine. Outlook for grass
and forage good. Potatoes and turnips
fine up to the present.
Columbia-The late cotton on CLAW
land has stood the excessive hot sun and
is doing finely. The older cotton is con-
siderably scorched, has only July crop
of bolls which is opening very fast.
Corn is ten per cent. better than last
year, and with the increased acreage will
be decidedly the largest crop for years.
There has been a large quantity of peas
and corn planted in stubble land.
Douglas-COtton was doing we'll up to
the first of August; since that time it
has ralned nearly every day, consequent
~ all she August crop has been thrown
OF and only the July crop remains.
Greene-On account of the continued
rains there will not be more than three
fourths of the fodder crop gathered. and
a large part of that in damaged condi-
ton. But the hay crop in the Bermuda
section of our county bids fair to be fine.
Red land crops above an average, gray
not so good. The cotton has been in
Jured in some sections by the drought
and excessive heat.
Harris-Farmers have had verv I'M
favorable weather for harvesting their
fodder. We have had rain nearly every
day for three weeks. Pastures good
hogs and cattle in fine condition. Peas
promise a good crop.
Heard-We have had rain in this
county nearly every day for six weeks.
Cotton is running too much to weed and
Is throwing OH IOrlnS. FODDER is burn
ing up on the stalk, upland corn is the
best for years, sorghum cane is good and
large acreage. Some grass in cotton.
Cattle and work animals in fine condi-
ton. Hogs are healthy and the prospect
for home raised meat good.
Henry-No fodder of good quality
saved on account of excessive rains.
Forward cotton shed badly and late cot
ton is poorly fruited; crab grass fine.
Jasper-Cotton is comparatively large,
but heavy rains all the month of July 10
a large extent hurt the fruiting.
Jones-Cotton has been badly dam
aged by the rust and is now opening
very fast. Corn has been cut off by the
two extremes, first too dry and then too
wet.
Lincoln-The superabundance of rain
in July followed by hot dry winds in
August, has Knocked off the middle crop
ON cotton in some places one-half and
seriously injured young corn. A third
of the cotton crop is gone. The dry
weather in August has been favorable
for gathering corn fodder.