The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-24
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
Climate and Crop Bulletin Of the
Weather Bureau, Alabama
Section.
For week ending Monday. September
General Conditions.

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General Conditions.
Weather conditions were, as a whole,
favorable for cotton picking, but gener-
ally too dry for maturing minor crops;
Temperatures averaged slightly below
normal, though day temperatures were,
as a whole, favorable; moderate rains on
the 18th and 18th retarded cotton picking
sn some southwestern and northwestern
counties, with little or none where;
recent reports Show that the frosts of the
18th and i4th did some slight damage
20 cotton and minor crops in a few places
In northern counties. Cotton, as a whole,
has deteriorated slightly during the week;
new growth has started in some lowland
fields, and, in some places. it Is still
blooming, but the genearl opinion is that
the recent fruitage will never mature,
and the new growth seems to retard
maturing of the old bolls; cotton is nearly
all open: much picking was done during
the week. with this work nearly complet-
cd In southern counties, and from one
half TO three-fourths picked in middle and
northern districts, with no improvement
in Yield, which will undoubtedly be the
highest in many years, and in some
places the crop is practically failure;
rust is still damaging in some fields and
there Is no top CROP worthy of note;
the lint still averages very short, requir-
ing decidedly more than the average of
p6ed to gin a bale. 1t is now thought
that nearly, IL not quite all, the cotton
will be picked by October 10th. The
gathering of late corn has progressed
very slowly (moet OF the available labor
now being devoted to cotton picking) and
Il will make q generally light yield,
though fairly good In a few places; fodder
pulling Is practically completed. with q
fairly good yield of this forage; sweet
potatoes, peanuts, cane, field peas, and
sorghum are making fair progress,
though sweet potatoes will make light
yield; sorghum is being gathered with a
fair yield only; turnips are making fair
growth, and more late hay has been
saved, though all minor crops would be
benefited by rain; more rye has been
soasn, though comparatively little fall
blowing has been done.
Extracts from Reports of Crop Core
spondents.
Northern District.
Biount. Oneonta-Cotton crop very light
about half picked; turnips and sweet
potatoes making good growth.-Aquilla
J. -Ketchum.
Calhoun. Annistcn-Cotton picking well
advanced, lightest crop ever known in
this section: fodder about all gathered.
--P. NJ. Watson. ..-.
Cherokee, Gaylesvllle--Very light yield
Of cotton. practically all open, no top
crop; late corn still improving.-R. S.
Hudson.
Etowab Hoke's Bluff-Cotton more
than half open. If fair weather continues,
crop will be practically all gathered by
october 18th, yield very lght.-F. =.
I.anders.
Franklin. Burleson-Frost of 18th and
18th reported to have damaged late
planted Germ and some minor crops.-A.
L. OsDorn,l
JEFFERSON, Argo-Cotton three-fourths
omen, very light yield, picking we'll ad-
vanced, no top crop. lint very short, in
favored spots LOO pounds of seed cotton
make 800 pounds lint-G. b. Prayton.
Lawrence, Courtland-More than half
cotton open. one-fourth picked, light
yield. crop deteriorated in the last week.
"A. F. Robman.
limestone Naturalization three
Sourths opened. some picked, yield de-
ridedln below average; small corn crop
Uoei w. Legg.
Madison, New Market-In some fields
ALI the cotton has been picked. crop very
ehert: much fodder being saved, oondi-
tIoh good.-Carter Rice
Marion. Standardization somewhat
damaged by light frost on 18th and l4th'
rIcIxing being pushed.-Mack Shots.
Morgan. somerville-AH crops short;
have had light frost, cotton half gathered,
small crop; corn light yield.-John NJ.
Simpson. ,-,-,
walker, Decentralization being pick
ed and ginned. rains on sth and 18th
damaging. no top crop; some light frost
~. II. Avis.
Middle District.
Autauga, wadsworth-over half of cot
ton crop picked, the unpicked noarly all
onen. blooms now forming will not ma