The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-07-04

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sau ne cra2e crop compared 90 iasg year
Is D. le: cent The average condition
OF the .ru!t crop Is -
Ihe coaultlon OF sheep IN the northern
section Is compared TO last year is 80,
worAiuS stock g and hogs OF all ages
~. There Is only per cent OF diseases
among tns STOCK IN this section
The average cash price for corn May
was 20 cents per bushel, credit price So
cents. There Is 10 per cent OF a full
supply OF corn now on hand and 35 per
cent OF a full supply OF hay
In the Middle section.
The counties comprising the middle
section are Baldwin. Bib, Burke, Car.
roll, Clayton, Columbia, Coweta, Craw.
ford. Emanusl. Butts, Fayette, Glas.
cock. Greene, Hancock. Harris, Heard,
Henry, Jasper, Jefferson. Johnson,
Jones. lIaurens. Marion, McDuffie, Mon.
roe. Morgan, Newton, Pike, Putnam,
Richmond, Screven, Spalding, Talbot,
Taliaferro. Troup Twiggs, Epson. War
rem and Washington. This section is a
most important agricultural belt
The report of crops for this section is
as follows:
Cotton-Acreage compared to last
year 1903. condition and prospect com.
pared TO last year S3, IL days later than
usual, per cent of crop which had to
be planted over So. stand compared to
good stand o.
The condition OF the grain crops III
the middle section is as follows:
, Corn Acreage compared TO last year
%, condition and prospect AS compared
TO last year 81
Oats-Acreage compared to last year
80, condition and prospect l02. per cent
of the crop now standing planted last
fall s.
Wheat - Acreage compared to last
year So. condition and prospect 49,
Glover and grasses-Acreage compar-
ed to last year 81, condition and pros
! pect 49,
Sugar cAne-Acreage SO, stand com.
pared to average 80.
Rioe-Acreage III lowland compared
TO last year 10, upland II, condition and
| prospect "a.
Sorghum-Acreage II, condition II.
The fruit crop in the middle section is
not quite so goou as that in the north
| ern. Only Sc per cent Of full crop has
escaped the frost; apples 80 per cent and
| pears "a per cent. The grape crop aa
| compared to last year Is 20 per cent.
Condition and prospects for fruit So per
cent.
The condition of sheep is Al, work
| stock 80, hogs of all ages 80: the amount
| of diseases among stock Is 8 to per cent.
The average cash price for corn May
was 63 cents q bushel; credit price n
cents. The percentage Of full supply
of corn on hand is az; of hay 49
The Southern Section.
The counties comprised in the south
ern section are Appling. Baker. Berrien,
Brooks. Bryan. Bulloch. Calhoun. Cam.
den, Chatham, Chattahoochee, CLAY,
Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Doc
| ly, Dodge. Doughersy, Early, Echols,
Effingham, Glynn, Houston, Irwin, Lee.
Liberty, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, NO
Intosh, Merriwether. Miller, Mitchell,
Montgomery, Fierce, Pulaski, Quitman,
Randolph, Schley, Sumter, Tatnall,
Taylor, Telfair, Terrell. Thomas, Ware,
Wayne, Webster, Wilcox, Wilkinson
and Worth.
The report of crops for this section is
as follows:
Cotton-Acreage as compared to last
| year l07, condition and prospect COM
pared to last year &c. 10 days later than
usual, per cent of crop which had to be
planted over 81, stand compared to q
good stand 81
The following are the fguSes showing
the condition OF grain and other crops:
Corn-Acreage compared to last year
1925; condition and prospect as COM
| pared to last year, 49,
Oats-Acreage 1925; condition l06;
percentage Of the crop now standing
that was sown in the fall, 81.
| Wheat-Acreage 95; condition 1O2.
Sugarcane-Acreags 1903; condition
95.7.
| Rice-Acreage, lowland, 90; upland,
96; condition and prospects, 80.
Sorghum-Acreage to4; condition 97.
! Glover and grasses-Acreage 1905;
condition lilo.
The fruit crop makes an average show
ing in the southern section. OF full
crop Of peaches an average Of ~ per
cent escaped TIE frost; apples. SO per
cent, and pears, "a per cent. The grape
crop compared TO last year is IS per
cent. The condition and prospects OF
the fruit crop are ~ 6 per cent.
The condition OF sheep is 078 per
cenr; work stock 100, and hogs of all
ages II per cent. There is 3 to 5 per
| cent Of disease among the stock.
The average cash price for corn May
was 7 3 cents per bushel; credit price
| - . cent. The percentage Of q full
,uDpV OF corn On hand was 81 s par
cen ana OF nay u per cent.-S5ate Az.
| rlou"grtt Department.