The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-06-10
.rha Southern Plantar.)

,.. .r within q few days of the writing
... .t-r Nav) the unSeaSonably cold /
a which has been the character 4
. .. 5ne present spring, has continued (
...-.sest The whole Of the eastern
..., of tne country, and over a large
-. .. that area there has also been a
,. of rainfall. and even now the
....r weather is only partially dis
..r....r us is also the case with the
...ut.r Thundcrstorms in various sec
..,. ..aee done something towards sup
.-..r The needed moisture, but these
r... not been at all general, and many
...ar. are sUIl complaining of drouthy
.rHagns The effects of the winter
..r ..fa 4uring are strongly reflected in
... area and condition of the winter
..r..- crop all over the country. Some
.r.~a near 5,00G.0 000 acres of the area
seeded in the fall has been plowed up
ar abandoned. and this leaves the area
as the crop at little over q 600 ,000 acres
~rroaubout the South the damage done
h.. been severe. and we hear of few
ur.-5 of wheat that promise a satisfac-
-.r. RESULT and much has been ploWedy
-a and The land is being planted to
.fn ar other crops. The condition OF
fl. rroo throughout the country is re-
ported ON May lst at only 1913 as against
.ar Oh the 1st of May last year and S32
-n. average Of the May conditions for
len wears. This means a much reduced
yield per acre, which it does not appear
r that the spring wheat crop will
do mach to make good. as the weather
t.roaElcut the spring wheat area has
r.r been at all so genial as to encourage
Im raj seeding. In North Dakota espe-
ssIs the weather has been very unfa-
golable. and the area seeded is much re-
Gu1.d and not at all promising Like
lo0Hticns are characteristic of the rye
crop. Of which the condition is the low
,-r Oh May 1st since 1898, and the low
.z.. with that exception, in twenty years.
I. is 100 early yet to know the condi-
-0. ami area of the oat crop, but the
EntsI cat condition in the South is dis
#netlE unpEcmising. much of the crop
having been killed out and been plowed
spring oats in the TOuth are making
promise Of 2 fair crop, the cool weA ther
having been in their favor Glover and
hay ro-s have been much hindered in
-l0.h by the cool. dry weather. and
ro 3. Is only promise Of light crop
generally. The planting of corn has pro-
oIel without much interruption throug-
ou- the South. and the area of the crop
=
is not conducive. however. to quick ger
"."aicr and growth. and up to the pres
tr thu outlook is not as good as we
7.aa like 20 see. The cotton crop in
." Cali states is making promise of
o. crop The stand is good, the plants
a.aT. whilst the area planted is large.
h. b" "arolinas it is yet too early to
-E "jth any certainly. There does not
SFDpar to re Indlc2tlOn OF
.' #laN1ng Of a much larger crop than
.. year, the demand for cotton fertili-
@. having been distinctly less than a
r ago. Probably this may be account
.aE nv the fact that i'll consequence
.. '@a nigh price for which tobacco has
S".t and he reduced stocks of the weed
..@-A' about by the crop failure last
F many planters in these States are
TO increase the size of their
DE-. tobacco. Setting out the plants
.." i'm progress, and whilst we hear
complaints or scarcity of plants
Hai. plants. we gather that on the
800" here Will be a suffciency for all
I'm his State and MARYLAND little
H"@n done in setting out the crop.
- "Ef@s viii be rapid with the first
'a, as land IS nearly all ready
GIANTS waiting. There is a strong
'AaFess"d TO Increase the area in
.r"I ard some types of ship
.ai The labor question is likely to
difficulty in realizing this desire.
We hat il will be good policy
-'''frasc the area over much. but
~.. quality rather than guam
.i goal 10 be aimed at. The great
"" going on between the American
e o1Nany and the Imperial Com
iu,