Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Beneficial Rains In Portions of Aabama-Too
Much in 0thers-COtton Blooming
FreeIY-Corn Thriving.


United States Department of Agricul- |
ture, Weather Bureau, Alabama Section,
Climate and Crop Service, Montgomery, |
June 23.-During the week ending June |
% the weather over this section was |
cool, generally cloudy and rainy, and |
while the rains were beneficial in ex- |
IRENE northern and some eastern coun-
ties, where moisture was needed, too |
much rain has fallen in other sections OF |
the state, especially so over the central |
portions, where heavy and damaging |
rains occurred, especially on Friday and |
Saturday, when the rainfall was 2.9o |
inches at Montgomery, 5.65 at Marion
and 469 at Union Springs, at which place |
4.40 fell in one hour and thirty minutes.
Severe hail storms did considerable dam
age to crops in parts of Coosa and chill
ton counties on Thursday.
Cotton is blooming freely in northern
counties and bolls becoming plentiful IN
other portions of the state, but grass is
quite thick and lice are damaging, while
there is complaint of sappy stalks, and
one correspondent Gn Hale county, re-
ports damage from boil worms.
Corn and cane continue in generally
excellent condition and peas and peanuts
are doing well.
Apples are ripening; other tree fruit
poor berries good quality; Irish potatoes
running too much to vine.
All other crops doing well; pastures ex-
cellent, but warmth anu SUNSHINE heeoSu
for all crops.
Northwest Section.
Pinnacle. Cullman: Crops are fine;
farm work we'll up; garden truck hne;
apple crop is ripening.-W-H H. Drummer.
Jasper, Walker: Cotton crop in good
cool weather; heavy rains in northern
part of the county.-A. b. Legg.
Hamilton, Marion: Heavy rain on
Tuesday; corn laid by except, late
patches; cotton doing we'll and blooms
plentifA.-P. ". Dunn.
Oakville, Lawrence: Rains first OF
week fine on old corn; cotton looks well,
but there are complaints of lice; farmers
well up with work.W. o. Watson.
East Birmingham, Jefferson: Rains
this week have benefited all vegetation;
gardens excellent, field crops in fine con-
dition.-J K. Billheimer.
Crews Depot Lamar: Weather excel
lent; cotton fine and we'll formed; corn i'm
excellent condition; gardens good; fruit
ripening.-J. T. Stanford
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa: Farmers were
able to work only two days TINS Week.
corn very grassy and cotton Is begin
ming to get in that condition-W. 5. wy
man, Jr.
Dickinson, Colbert: Cotton is looking
well and is in good fix; general condition
of crops good; too much rain first Of week.
IT. S. Grisham.
Northeast Section.
SLerfett, SnelDy. "edlueT lHc, WIN
refreshing showers latter part of week;
corn crop fine; cotton looks well, though
some grass in lowlands-L. H. Dyke.
Gadsden, Etowah: Lice on cotton COM
planned of, fruit of all kinds dropping OH
until it appears there will be none.-D 2.
Goodhne.
Francisco, jackson: Light local show
ers the past two or three days have re-
vived growing crops, which had begun to
suffer for want of moisture.-E j. d.
Kennedy.
Kinks Grove, Cherokee: Cotton grow
ing and doing we'll, though there are lice
in places, which have checked the
growth; corn Is needing rain very badly.
j. T. Godfrey.
Normal, Madison: Very rainy week;
farmers somewhat in the grass: cotton in
bloom and somewhat lousy; corn and
millet crops doing ncey.-T. j. Garth
Flat Rock, Clay: Weather fine cotton
is lousy, owing to recent excessive rains;
corn tasseling; gardens fine. 5. Head
rick.
Fayetteville, Talladega: Weather too
cool for cotton, which is lousy and the
leaves full of black specks; we need hot
sunshne.-W. M. Walters.
Lincoln, Talladega: Cool nights and
the heavy rains have made cotton look
sickly; corn is fine; sunshine and warm
nights needed-R. M. Caldwell.
South west Section.
Luverne, Crenshaw: Rain plentiful,
and in some places too much; corn fine;
cotton growing fast where grass has
been killed; sugar cane excellent.-C. B.
Carter.
Pushmataha. Choctaw: Too much rain
and cloudy weather; crops yellowed; cot
ton doing well where worked; gardens
poor.-C. C. Brown.
Bermuda, Conecuh Corn crop fine
cotton badly damaged by lice; sweet po-
Mobile, Mobile: This was showery
week, but has not hindered farm work;
corn is looking finely.-A. Zimllch.
Sumterville, Sumter: The recent rains
have greatly improved old corn, which
was small and unpromisng; cotton ex-
cellent.--J. r.. Ramsay
Newberne, Hale: Too much rain; farm
ers badly in the grass; outlook gloomy
for both cotton and corn; boil worms
have already begun their depredations on
cotton.-J. Higgins
Calvert, washington: Too much rain
for cot on-the plant will go to weed and
not fruit; corn is earring finely; vegeta-
bles Of all kinds in abundance. w. NC
Rae
Eleanor. Dallas: Rain most every day
this week but not enough to do any dam
age; cotton Is growing too fast, getting
very sappy; cane and sorghum doing
well.--A. A. Simms.
South asst Section.
Mathews MONTGOMERY: Crops of all
kinds very grassy just as the ground be-
gan to get dry enough to work the rams
came, and much of the "turned-over'
grass of the past week was set out afresh'
w. D. billiard.
Notasulga, Macon: All crops have done
well this week; some complaint of cotton
still dying from lice; farmers we'll up with
work &c. w. Hardy.
Union Springs. Bullock: Favorable
weather first of week; there is still large
amount of grass in both cotton and corn;
there has been much cotton plowed up
and planted in corn; 40 inches OF rain
in one hour and thirty minutes on FIJI
day.-P L. Cowan.
Trnckard Dale: Rain much needed;
gardens badly damaged; corn fair, and
will soon need rain; cotton damaged by
lice.-A. Q. Barland.
ing raDidly: lice doing damage to cotton