The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-30
SEA ISLAND COTTON SUFFERING.
The Excessive Rains Have Seriously
Damaged the Crops in All Sections.

! The Excessive Rains Have Seriously
| Damaged the Crops in All Sections.
The reports of the condition of the
! growing cotton crop, received yesterday,
show that great damage has been done
/ by the heavy rains of the past two weeks
/ Sea island cotton has suffered mostly
| from the weather conditions, and the
yield viii be a great deal less than was
| expected earlier III the season. In some
| places the fruit shows "scald.i crust, -
| ''yellOwlng,' and is shedding. The up
| land crops have been damaged by the
! moisture, and maturing has been re
/ tarded, which viii cause it TO be late in
! marketing.
The following reports have been re-
| celYed from correspondents:
UPLAND COTTON
Pembroke, Bryan County, July 27.-Sea
| island cotton has almost matured in size
| IN the greater part of this section. Very
| few branches will now be added to the
! stalks. There are a few farmers whose
cotton was planted unusually late, and
the forms are rapidly shedding off as
! consequence of an oversupply of rain,
! causing scalding of the tender buds.
| which are falling and in great many
OF such cases the leaves all over the stalk
are turning yellow and dropping on The
wet season will be the result also of an
abundance Of caterpillarS and late cotton
| cannot therefore be expected to produce
! anything like an average yield All cot
| ton within the past few days has suffered
| from the large rainfall Some parties
| claim TO have better crops than last wear
| out the majority speak of a slight depre-
| citation. The whole section has been
already sufficiently watered, but most
of the heavy showers did not cover much
| scope, and in some parts cotton has been
| completely drowned out. The reports
| now coming in are widely different by the
| respective farmers heard from. In many
! places bOlls have commenced to open.
Early cotton stalks are extraordinarily
large, ranging from to s feet high, but
tals IS not by any means proof of a large
fruit, but rather the opposite. Too much
rain has no immediate effect in reducing
| the size of stalks while it lasts, but saps
them and causes shedding when the sun
covers it few days. Tho yield will be
less this year than last
Tennille, Washington County, July 81
Cotton has had to undergo a severe or
deal now for ten days past, but the re-
suits are not now apparent. TOO much
rain" is the cry on all sides, and from
the south side of the Central railroad,
which is fully half of the county, scald or
rust is reported as affecting the plant,
and other sections report a yelIowing and
!
skill in farming through this month to
keep from injuring the plant permanently.
The amount OF the crop will depend
largely upon the adaptability of the soil
and the skin of cultivation to neutralize
the excessive amount of moisture. The
plant has nearly attained an average size,
and q casual observer would think the
prospect good but the undercrop is lack
ing, so we will have no cotton on the mar
ket early as formerly
Lumpkin, Stewart County, July Is
The rains have damaged the cotton some
on the bottoms, but upland crops are fine.
There Is more grass in cotton now than
has been during the year on account of
the excessive rains.
Midwife, Burke County, July 28.-Cot-
ton in this section is looking badly; there
has been too much rain, and notice there
is yellow cast to it all through this sec
ton The weed is not fruiting since the
wet weather, and the farmers think the
crop will be cut short of what was ex-
expected
Fairburn, CampbellC ounty, July 2s-
Cotton has improved wonderfully since
good rains have fallen. The only trouble
now Is that it is growing too fast TO take
on much fruit. Sunshine will bring il
around all right. The prospect is fatter-
ing now for good crop. --2
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
bonneville, CAnch County, July 2S.-
The cotton crops in some sections are
badly damaged by the incessant rains.
Branford, Suwannee County, Fla, July
| 2S.-Cotton is reported in good condition,
with prospect Of considerably over the
average yield, unless the daily rains con-
tinue, which causes shedding, and pre-
vents opening.
Hazelhurst, Appling County, July IS
If wet weather continues cotton will shed,
though none Is reported shedding as yet.
Cotton was doing well up to the recent
heavy rains.
Douglas, Coffee County, July 2S.-Rain
continues to fall daily to the injury of
sea island cotton.