The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-15
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vested-spring Oats .Disappoineing.
a. COTTON
The very dry May permitted the farm
ers to clean their fields thoroughly Of
grass and weeds, and through June.
where rains have falleh. the plants have
MAIDEN good growth and are now look
ing well. AS q rule the stand is fair,
and there Nave been but few eompl aints
of lice andsother insect enemies. The
rainfall has been deficient in some por-
tions OF the state, but in MOST localities
there has been enough for cotton. which
requires but little rain until fruiting
commences. Taking into c6usid Iteration
all the questions affecting this CROP and
the verdict must be that at this date IL
is in good condition aud growing or
well, but from ten days to two weeks
later than an average crop.
In many counties the rainfall hNs not
been sufficient for the beskd velopment
of this crop, though in &llk &Issx places
has this deficiency been sufhcieRs O.
cause serious injury. The crop. -
ever, is just now at its critical - -
particularly i'll the lower half OF
state, and frequent and sabundauk
during July will be needed to
an abundant yield. If our fzr61e
would take more pains an prepArlias
their corn land, by deeper plowings etc
good crop would be raised with much
less rain than is now required. Sac
lox Iii 80 ff,xsS
roots to feed near the surface. and Oh
very moderate drouth produces
Gus results.
WHEAT.
This crop has been harvested
much of it threshed, with very sa
factory results, many fields in M
Georgia turning out from 20 to 30 3
els per acre. The rust, which appear,
in nearly every field during May, W.
confined as a rule to the blades and did
no harm to the grain.
|. OATS. ETC.
Fall planted oats turned out we'll in
every portion of the state. while spring
| oats were very disappointing. The acre.
age OF fall oats was not large. and the
spring oats failing, the crop in totalis q
short one.
The minor crops are doing fairly we'll
and there has been a large acreage Of
sweet potatoes planted The stand of
sugar cane is poor, but condition good.
FRUITS
Watermelons are being shipped now
in large quantities, but the crop is in
ferior both in quantity and in size of
melons. made the acreage % per cent
short of an average crop in my last re-
port, but am satisfied it is even greater,
and now estimate it to be at least 40 per
cent less than usual. The diminished
acreage should cause good melons to
bring high prices The peach cropSis
short throughout the state, particularly
at the large centers Of this industry
The fortunate growers who have made
partial crops should get high prices
The grape crop is large and Fastening
to maturity, with no reports as yet of
injury from any disease. Apples prom
Use fair crop. while blackberries are
abundant on every farm in the state.
STOCK.
Many reports of cholera among hogs
in every section of the state. With this
exception stock of all kinds are reported
as healthy and in good condition. I
have noticed that hog cholera is always
more common in those years when q
good deal of western corn is sold in the
state. and infer from this fact that
much of the so. called cholera Is simply
the result of neglect and starvation.