The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-12
THE GROWING COTTON CROP.
Reports From the Upland and Sea
Island Sections.

Island Sections.
The weather for the past week has been
favorable to the growth OF cotton, both up
land and sea island. Few complaints have
been received The crops are about made
and harvesting will begin very shortly.
The following reports have been received
from correspondents:
Tennille. Washington county, Georgia,
Aug. 10.--The cotton prospect for this sec
ton promises about an average crop with
last year, per acreage, if the conditions
favor Il throughout.
The time for making more fruit is about
lapsed on it, and, there is complaint that
the weed IS small and not well fruited.
This Is general complaint, but there are
exceptional farms, where there is no COM
plant. The severe heat following heavy
rains has caused rust or blight on sandy
lands, and there is check 10 the growth.
On good clay subsoil lands, where terraces
are used, there has been too much rain,
and 1t kept on the land. thus preventing
the stirring of the soil to give the roots
sufficient circulation of air. The under or
bottom crop will he light, and, picking
will commence late. Conditions must IA
vor the crop from now on to get an aver
age crop with last year
The weather is favorable now. and has
been for few days past, farmers are
giving the final touches in cultivation and
preparing for harvesting.
Long staple or sea island cottOn-The
experimental patches of this variety met
the expectations of the farmer so far.
The weed is of fair size and is fruited
as we'll as was expected, and there does
not seem TO be the sensativeness about the
plant as of the other varieties, probably
because the weed does not take on a SUI
perabundant crop. There is very little
doubt but that Washington county grey
lands with clay subsoil will produce re-
muneratiVe crops of this variety.
bonneville, Clinch county, Georgia, Aug.
10.-Sea island cotton in some sections of
this county. is looking well and
fair crop will be harvested. The crop has
been greatly damaged in the southern
part of the county on the account of the
excessive rains. Corn crops are the finest
in many years
Paschai, Talbot county, Georgia, Aug
10-The rainfall for the week has been
ample, and cotton is looking better, but it
will be. 1t may be possible that it will yield
an average crop, for no other reason than
that anything is possible with cotton.
Cameron, Georgia, Aug. 1O.-Cotton in
this section as general thing is not do
ing so well. On some lands it is rIsting
badly. On other lands it is, scalding, and
throwing off, caused by hard rains and ex-
tremely hot weather following.
Americas, Sumter Coufi1y, Georgia, Aug.
10-The weather conditions for the past 10
days have been reasonably good for cot
ton A little too much rain in some To-
calities but general indications are IA
vorable to a fair yield. Bolls are beginning
to open and in another 10 days the crop
will begin to move TO market.
Wrightsville, Johnston county, Georgia,
Aug. iO.-The seasons are fine and have
been for sometime. Cotton IS doing well
and a fair yield is expected.
Iumpl0in, Stewart county, Georgia, Aug.
10-This county has been blessed With
rains, and the cotton crop is improving
Fodder pulling is progressing very success
fully The corn crop is not as good as was
thought, but owing to the area planted
there will be a large crop.
Chipley Fla, Aug. 10-The sea island
cotton crop has been seriously damaged by
heavy and incessant rains and will be
much shorter than it would nave been,
but for so much rain Ihe COTTON yleid
this wear in the counties OF Holmes, w ash
ington, Walton and the western nan OF
Jackson county viii be lar less than IN
any previous year for great many years;
Indeed the crop to start out with would
have been a very small one had the season
been favora BILE, for not more than ~ per
cent of the acreage had been planted TINS
I-ear that had formerly been planted, and
not more than SO 1-3 per cent. OF the guano
used as heretofore. hence the crop would
will however, be Independent of the mer-
chant for the largest corn crop, ground
meas potatoes, cane and other 1eeu crops
are being raised this year. - mt,
Newnanville, Fla, Aug. 1O.-The corn
and cotton crops in this section are Sc
riOuslv damaged by the continuous heaVy
rains of the past thirty Gays. me e nfst
"a 1er cent and the corn crop % per
conf Many farmers have lost many
acres of bottom corn by the overflow OF
The cotton outlook at present is not at
ali fattering. Farmers generally com
4,ect heavy shedding when the rain ceases.
Madison, Madison County, Florida, Aug
1O.-The condition of the cotton crop IS
GOOD Fruitage does not correspond with
fbe increase of growth occasioned by the
rains. There has been some shedding, but
SI,dviIle, Burke County, Georgia. Aug.
1O1There IS no material change in the
cotton crop since last week. The recent
rainst made some Improvement, put II
+be weather continues as warm as II has
been since the 18th. it viii damage cotton
considerably.
-Franels NJ. Caldwen. who defeated