The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-26
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF AGRICULTURE,

Climate and Crop Bulletin of the
 Weather Bureau-Alabama
 Section.
 For week ending Monday. June 24th. 1901.
 General Conditions.
 Hot, dry weather prevailed, the day temperatures averaging well up in the nineties. and, on a few days during the latter part of the week, reaching lOl degrees at some stations in middle and eastern counties, practically no rain occurred, except scattered showers in extreme eastern counties Sunday af- ternoon. and a general rain would now be beneficial to all crops. The dry weather was favorable for work, and cotton has been mostly worked out, and is now clean, and. while it is small, it Is generally healthy and improving steadily; squares are forming very generally, and some is ready to bloom. Corn continues to improve steadily, though rain would beneSit 1t very ma terially; 1t Is mostly clean and healthy, with much of 1t laid by" it Is silking quite generally. and some garden corn is in roasting ear;" damage by worms Is now very biIHut. A1dINSStAhB OA wheat and oats is nearing completion with indications of irregular yields in some fields, but, while no thrashing is reported, the general outlook is favor able for 6 fairly good yield of these grains. Cane is not doing as well as heretofore. but continues fairly good; melons. peanuts and sweet potatoes continue promising; tomatoes are rip ening. and cabbage is 'eing marketed in good condition; Irish potatoes are not Soing so well; considerable hay of good quality has been saved; peaches are abundant. with orchards in good condition; plums and apples are ripen- ing satisfactorily; grapes continue promising. Some field paas have been planted.
 Extracts from Reports of Crop Core
 spondents.
 Northern District.
 Blount, Balm - Crops improving. though late and small; wheat not do- ing Well.-Wm. l.. Ellison. 2. Calhoun, Alexandria-Cotton much improved, though still small. no blooms yet; some wheat and oats harvested, with good yield.-F. R. Martin.
 .Cleburne, oswalt-Cotton chopping nearly completed, no blooms yet; all crops grassy; melon vines growing nicely.-E. c. Hallman.
 cuilman, Loretto-Harvesting of wheat and oats nearing completion with poor yields; corn and cotton look ing well, though small.-Jas. Kemp.
 DeKalb, Rains-Cotton nearly clear of grass, no squares yet; oats not yielding well: cane unsatisfactory-l. F.. Rains.
 Fayette, Pilgrim-Crops improving; m silks in corn: cotton very small.-V. Savage.
 Jackson, Scottsboro-Crops growing nicely; wheat being harvested. with satisfactory yield; yield of oats not so good.-R. K. Caldwell
 Jefferson, Argo-Corn doing well: oats yielded fairly well; cotton twelve to fourteen inches high: all crops clean; general rain needed.-G. B. Prayton.
 Limestone, Athens-Yield of wheat and otas light cotton sQuaring, but no blooms yet; crops quite grassy.-A. B. York.
 Madison, Coalton-Wheat harvested. with good yield; cotton two weeks late. some squares forming: fruit still she'd ding.-J. F. Smith.
 Marion, Shottsvlle-All crops in good condition, though a general rain is needed; peaches and plums ripening.- Mack Shotts.
 Winston, Tavern-Cotton and corn looking we'll; peaches and apples rip ening; gardens in good condition.-
 Middle District.
 Chiffon, Thorsby-Crops small. but healthy; sats and wheat harvested, with good yield; peach crop good; rain needed.-J. Bice.
 Choctaw, Pushmataha-Crops small, I-N Elr ing; oats all harvested, with good yield; peaches and berries yielding well.-C. c. Brown.
 Clay, Hatchett Creek-Cotton and corn doing well; wheat crop satisfac- tory.-B. T. Goza.
 Bullock. Thompson-Much work done; crops are quite clean and im- proving, though cotton is small and ir- regular.-Jas. A. Wylie, Jr,
 Dallas. Orrville-Cotton improving. where it has been worked out; corn doing well and beginning to silk.-W. w. Berry.
 Elmore. Eclectic-Corn in good con- dition. though late; cotton small and not in good cOnditin; oats harvested, good yield.-H. J. Dupree.
 Hale. Gallion-Cotton improved and growing nicely, but still small; early planted corn in full tassel and looking Well.-J. T. Collins.
 Lee, RoXana-Corn looking well; cot ton in bad condition, very grassy. and chopping not completed; labor soarce.- J. H. Hays.
 Lowndes, Judges Siding-Cotton very small and grassy, with no blooms yet; corn looking very well.-W. C. Crowley.
 Marengo, Moss-Corn in good condi- tion. some tasseling and silking; cot ton small. but beginning to grow more rapidly.-J. B. Lewis.
 Perry. Felix-WeaGher favorable, and much has been done towards cleaning the crops from grass and weeds.--J. F. Suttle.
 Pickens. Stone-Corn we'll worked and promising; cotton growing nicely and squaring well.-Thos. H. G Cook.
 Randolph. Pittman-Cotton not all chopped and very grassy, some squares but no blooms, wheat all harvested, badlY damaRed by fust F. NAArnRH