The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-23
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
r WEEK A FAVORABLE ONE
FOR HARVESTING CROPS.


which the Drought Remains Un-
n-olxen-The Week in Florida I'm
oisfactory For Growing Vege-
4,.ton-The Top Crop of Cotton in
Texos benefited by Rain.
washington, Sept. PLANES r. Cook
live, chief of the weather bureau, to-day
'-.,,od a notice that as all the important
.-,,s with the exception of cotton, have
oa. been practically secured, the national
-,;,,a+e and crop bulletin will be discon-
I'D Until the next crop season,
-.o,+blv bulletins will be used only. Fol-
,o,r;re are extracts from the bulletin for
the current week:
z-,~g,ria-Week somewhat droughty in
.,aa water section; elsewhere normal;
sn.ost notatoes. peanuts, late truck and
.4,res show Improvement. Corn all cut;
,-ald above the average. Tobacco prac-
.,.auv all cut and housed; wheat seeding
and well advanced; some fall ploughing
vet 10 be done.
North Carolina-Another very warm
-,oo,, bnt with favorable showers in many
counties and heavy local rains in Halifax
and warren; cotton nearly open; farmers
,,o+bering corn, digging potatoes and
r,orqbing for winter wheat and oats.
co,+b ,arolina-Midsummer heat; cotton
obout all picked; crop about half the july
'-,t1ook. weather disastrous to garden
trnck. too dry for ploughing and seeding;
rain would not benefit maturing crops.
C,eoreia-The drought remains practical
,,.nnbroken: a few light scattered showers
Turing the last three days doing httle
-od. cotton about three-fourths gather
Cd with an average of about haIt crop
cotton would be injured rather than pen
o6tted bv rain; all cotton will be gathered
by oct. Is; all crops too far gone to be
beneftted by rains, except pastures and
r~asees. forest trees turning yellow as If
Tinned bv frost; ground too hard for fall
blowing and seeding.
Elorida-Excellent week for harvesting
corn. cotton and hay, but very unsatls-
factory for all growing Vegetalloh, not
ond dry over the greater portion OF the
western and northern portion and central
divisions. quite seasonable over few
Counties in central and southern sections;
drought delays planting winter gardens.
except in southern section; rains light and
scattered.
sbowers on DIST: cotton nearly all open
and nicking being pushed to completion;
some complaint of inferior lint; sugar cane
moor WELD. and no improvement in minor
crops; no fall planting done, and timber
diving on account of lack of moisture.
Missssippi-Very little change in crop
conditions cotton and corn turning out
better than expected in some localities;
cotton making new growth in some sec
lions but too late for development; pick
ing progressing rapidly, and there will
be little to pick after Sept. 30; corn be-
ing gathered; fall gardens need rain; all
crops below average, except in few
favored sections.
T,ouisiana-Favorable week for harvest
ing corn, rice hay and cotton; picking of
latter nearing completion in some sec
tions, while others report probable COM
pletion Oct. 49, cane improving, good col
or growing well; continued drought in
northern portion prohibits fall blowing,
seeding and growth of vegetation over
large areas.
Texas-Cotton picking progressed rap
idly until the close of the week, when
rains over the western portion of the
state retarded work in that section, and
lowered the grade of cotton, but the ben
eft to the top crop will more than coun-
terbalance the damage; rains have been
favorable for fall blowing and wheat SOW
ing, and have improved fall crops; corn
gathering continues.
Reconsideration of cotton remains
unchanged; picking has been delayed by
excessively high temperature, yet fair
progress has been made, all minor crops
greatly injured by drought, and rain is
much needed for fall blowing.
Tennessee-Cooler weather and light
showers, but no material benefit; last
weeks conditions practically unchanged:
favorable for gathering matured crops;
cotton nearly all open and about half
picked; tobacco curing progressing; corn
maturing much earlier than usual AMI
gathering begun; much forage stored;
pastures failed.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 22.-The weekly crop
bulletin Of the weather bureau, issued to-
day, gives the following estimate of the
conditions in this state: with the ex-
eeption of scattered showers, most of
which were too light to be of much benefit,
this week has differed in no respect from
those previous. High temperature and
excessive sunshine were the characters
ucs until Saturday night, when a cool
wave reached this section and its effects
are still felt. Rain has fallen in most
sections of the state during the past forty
elght hours, but not enough to revive pas
lures and renew the water supply, which
mas grown alarmingly scarce.
Cotton is all open and is being picked
rapidly. Most of the crop will have been
picked and housed before the middle of
next month. Some planters have already
nnished picking their crop.
Some corn is being gathered. This
crop is being neglected by farmers, VINO
are devoting their time and energy to
saving cotton before it is injured by wind
and rain. This crop will yield about 80
per cent, of the normal Corn &c t,,rni,,er