The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

l pastures, ana Int@e IS now A pIohpecl that some late hay will be made; grapes are yielding very satisfactorily. and pears are being gathered, with poor to fairly good yield.
 Extracts From Reports of Crop corre-
 spondsnts. (County-Plaee) NORTHERN DISTRICT. l Cherokee. Jamestown; Good rains; cot- ton shedding; late corn doing well. early poor.-W. B. Mosefy.
 Cleburne oswalt: Cotton opening rap Idly, picking becoming general; late corn doing fairly well.-E. c. Hallman Etowah, Crudup: Cotton crop will be very light; late corn benefited by rains; minor crops light.-T. c. Galloway. | Fayette. Pilgrim: Favorable week for 1 cotton picking: yield will be very light; late peas doing poorlys-V. Savage.
 Franklin. Burleson: Drought broken by refreshing rain on night of 27th. but cotton, corn. and potatoes badly dam aged by drought-A. l.. Osborn.
 Lawrence. Jennings: Crop conditions unchanged drought continues unprokeni cotton and corn will give very light yield. III. R. Pfaff.
 Madison. Madison Station. Cotton picking going on, hill sides yielding noth- ing; some few corn patches improving l Dr. John Hertzler, Sr.
 Marshall, Sidney: Cotton shedding bad l ly, and corn very much damaged; sweet potatoes very poor.-J. W. Cowen.
 Morgan. Simpson; Late corn, sor- ghum. peas and potatoes doing well; cot ton being picked crop very light: tur- nips coming up nicely; hay and fodder of good quality being saved.-C. T. Rogers. St. Clair, Ashvil1e: Cotton and part of late corn crop will be improved by recent rains; a late hay crop will be made; a few bales of cotton in market-Geo. R. Gather.
 Walker. Eldridge: Cotton starting new growth opening very fast, picking being pushed; late corn doing well. since rain.-F. A. Meier
 Winston. Tavern: Cotton being picked rapidly, crop is very light; rains bene- fited turnips some fodder pulled.-Sam- uel Orton.
 MIDDLE DISTRICT.
 Bibb, River Bend: Cotton being gath cred; corn crop very badly damaged; 1 sorghum crop ruined; ribbon cane a fail ure.-G. w. Desmond.
 Bullock Inverness: Bottom land corn good; cotton being picked no top crop, rust spreading rapidly.-H Mclean. Chambers, Waverly: Copious rains; cotton putting on new forms and bloom ing some; minor crops generally ruined.-- Monroe Jones.
 Choctaw Yantley: Drought broken by heavy rains, much open cotton caught in open fields bamaged beyond estimate.- J. A. Davidson.
 Clay, Flat Rock: Abundance of rain now; fodder rotting; turnip seed germi- hating nicely.-J. s. Headrick
 Coosa. Bradford: Rains tended to check cotton from opening prematurely. but will not materially increase crop T. c. Jones.
 Green, Tishabee: Cotton crop will be light; late corn very short: planting tur- nips being pushed.-Geo. H. David.
 Hale, Laneville: Heavy rain beat out much open cotton; all crops about ruined. B. L. Garber.
 Lee, Auburn: Cotton badly rusted, opening rapidly; cotton, corn and all minor crops will be short.-T. J. Little
 Macon, Gabbett: Showers caused cot ton to put on forms too late for them to mature; ground peas doing well.-E. D. Gibson.
 Perry, Hamburg: Good rains, too late for cotton and corn, which are poor; tur- hips about dead some being replanted now.-J. S. Blackburn
 Pickens. Ethelville: Good rains broke the worst drought known in this section tothis generation; sorghum cane better than an average.-H c. Moorhead
 Randolph. Peavy: Rains stopped cot ton picking, crop very light; peas, pota- toes and turnips will be benefted.-N. B L. Peavy
 Russell Pittsboro: Cotton nearly all open, very much of it dead, destitute of foliage, poorest crop in years.-N. M, Burt.
 Sumter Sumterville: Cotton beInp picked. all open on uplands, no top crop. heavy rain Wednesday night beat out cotton badly; rain will benefit no crop. except cane. peas and potatoes.-W. E. and E. B. Godfrey.
 Talledega, McElderry: Good rains 27th and 18th; light corn crop and very small cotton crop; very few potatoes.-S. w. Pace. Tallapoosa, Alexander City: Late col ton improved by rains; bottom land corn good; upland crop a failure.-G F. Park Tuscaloosa. Moore's Bridge: Cotton be- ing picked, yield will be very light. corn and all other crops. short.-E. Tannehill
 SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
 Baldwin, Magnolia Springs: Drought still continues; poor outlook for hay and fall crops; late corn not doing well-Herm P. Krueger.
 Butler. Boiling: Scattered showers have improved late crops a little, but all crops will be very short.--S D. Boggan. Clarke, Whatley: Fine rains on 2Sth. 29th, too late to benefit cotton; most early cotton picked; other crops revived-J A. Hill.
 Dale, Ewells: Plenty of rain past week. very damaging to cotton; all fall crops much revived.-D. B. Windham. Escambia, Pollard: Cotton rusting had ly, top crop light. picking under way; late corn not doing well on account of bud worms.-J. W. Kelly.
 Henry. Ashford: Drought continues; cotton failed, no top crop; yield of corn and cotton very light; fall crops nearly complete failure.-R. NJ Jackson.
 Mobile, Oak Grove: Light showers fre- quent, but not doing good; average crop of peas; sweet potatoes not doing very much.-F. W. Lingard
 Monroe, Jones' Mills: The fains will benefit cane, potatoes, peas and gardens. but too late for cotton. except to stop premature opening; cotton picking has progressed.-W. L. Middleton.
 Pike, Curry: Fine rains 27th and 29th: all minor crops, gardens and pastures benefited; until the rain, cotton was open Ing and being picked rapidly.-C. N. Mall lett
 Wilcox. Ackervile: Drought partially broken on 27th, too late for cotton; all crops very short.-W. A. J. Stuart.
 
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