Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-25
THE CROPS IN THE SOUTH Hot and Dry We Ser Prevails
 Almost EvsS Where. B0LLS OPENS j TOO SOON Picking Is Progre1 ,7 We-Worms, Rust and
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THE CRY GOES UP EVERYWHERE FOR RAIN
In Alahama Cotton and Corn Are Reino Rapidly Gathered Mississippi Has Insufficient Storage for Corn.
 Fail Crops Are Suffering.

Washington, Sept 24.-The weekly weather crop bulletin of the department of agriculture embraces the following reports from the various state weather services:
 Virginia-Richmond: Excessively hot. dry weather, making crop conditions critical; ground baked; pastures burn ing up; no fall blowing or seeding done: fodder mostly saved, but some of 1t poor from firing; tobacco cutting and curing progressing; crop generally in fair con- dition. Many farmers feeding and wa tering stock.
 North Carolhla-Raleigh: Very ab- normal, unfavora ble week, with intense
 heat, glaring sunshine and unbroken drought; cotton opening prematurely; turnps potatoes and peanuts suffering from drought. and fall blowing and seed- ing impossibe; rice harvest under way south Carolina-Columba Excessive heat and no rain favored cotton picking, but young bolls are opening prematurely growth having stopped good harvest weather for all crops; too dry for grow ing crops or fall seeding. Georgia-Atlanta A hot and dry week. favorable for farm work cotton opening rapidly and in some cases pre- IiidluItlty all OcdSlDndI complaint or rust, but no shedding; picking general; corn still uninjured and being gathered in southern counties: fodder pulling over in southern and nearly finished in north- ern and central counties.
 Florida-Jacksoville: Week hot and dry, excellent for picking cotton, the con- dition of which has not materially changed. It would be benefited by oc- casonal showers. Large quantities of forage saved; too dry for fall gardens, many being seriously damaged by lack of moisture.
 Alabama-Montgomer Hot and dry, except scattered showers in western DOT tion; cotton nearly open and picking pro- gressing rapidly; corn still being gath cred in good condition; all minor crops doing well, though rain is badly needed for fall crops.
 Missisppi-vickshurg Weather hot and dry. causing cotton to-open very rap- idly and doing some damage by causing bolls to open prematurely; complaints of damage from worms rust, rot, blight, with shedding less frequent; corn being gathered with insufficient storage room; gardens needed rain.
 Louisiana-New Orleans: Another dry, hot weather, generally favorable for har- vesting rice, corn, hay, with picking cot ton; showers south benefited cane, but all growing crops need rain in interior and north; cotton opening very fast and
 
 damaging crops.
 Texas-Galveston: Generally fair weather prevailing over the interior of the state, and cotton picking has made good progress; the drought has cut the cotton crop short; showers over the coast districts have been favorable to rice and vegetabl
 Arkansas-Little Rock: Cotton has opened very rapidly, but owing to the hot weather picking has progressed slowly; some complaint of shedding and prema- ture opening; corn being gathered, good crop; potatoes and fall crops seriously injured by drought; rain needed for fall blowing
 Tennessee-Nashville Except showers on the 1Gth a damaging drought pre- vailed, seriously affecting cotton, pea nuts late potatoes and delaying blowing and fall seeding; tobacco mostly housed, but considerably damaged by worms; cotton opening rapidly and picking begun; sorghum making and fruit drying and saving late hay progressing favorably.