The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-21
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 or AGRICULTURE. .#z#
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, Alabama
 Section.

l Smste ana Crop Bullet1n or Sns Weather Bureau, Alabama | Section.
 For the week ending Monday. October 19, 1s03 aeneral Conditions. .. The week, as a whole, was favorable for | harvesting the staple crops, though gen | eral rains on the 16th and 17th interrupted I this work; these rains, which were light to moderately heavy, were preceded by four days of clear, moderately warm weather, and were followed by a decided ly cool change; the minimum tempera- ture ranged as low as 36 degres in middle counties on the morning of the 18th, when light frost was quite general over the northern half of the State. Cotton Is all open; picking is now we'll advanced in all districts. and completed in some scattered localities; reports still agree that the yield VIII be below the average; there will be practically no top crop;" the present outlook Is that cotton picking will be De nearly all gathered by November 18th. The housing of corn continues slowly. this crop giving a very good yield and It's condition being good. The gathering or sweet potatoes, peanuts, and other minor crops Is progressing slowly, the yield being fair, except in nothern and some western counties where these crops will make a light yield, on account of previous drought. Comparatively little fall blowing has been done, though some wheat and oats have been sown. The recent rains benefited late gardens and recently sown turnips.
 Extracts from Reports of Crop Corre-
 spondents.
 Northern District
 Cherokee. Gaylesville-Cotton yield much below average, will all be picked by November 18th; no fall plowing.-R. s. Hudson.
 Cullman, Holly Pond-Cotton opening rapidly; early corn good late poor, little housed; no turnips.-S. P. Daniel.
 DeKalb. .Collinsvilie-Cotton about three fourths open, picking well up. yield light no fall grain sown.-F. P. Newman.
 Etowah, Mountainboro-Cotton will all be picked by November 18th, will make much less than the average crop; corn crop good.-S. H. Leith.'
 Franklin, Augmentation will make decidedly less than the average crop. mostly picked; minor crops benefited by recent rains-J. c. Thompkins.
 Jackson. Limrock-Cotton about half picked, yield poor; wheat about all sown,
 
 T. McClendon.
 Lauderdale, Disqualification three fourths picked, will yield three-fourths average crop; little fall blowing done.-J. A. Pate.
 Lawrence, Hilisboro-Cotton will yield three-fourths average crop; corn nearly an average; sweet potatoes poor.-I. L. James.
 Limestone, Elkmont-Cotton will be uhOrfaF tad. haox and will be disappointing.-J. W. Legg.
 Madison. Deposit-Cotton nearly all open. one-half picked. yield below the average; little wheat and oats sown.-T. M. Bayless.
 St. Clair. steele-Cotton yielding much less than the average. nearly all pick ed; early corn and sorghum good.-Fred Smith.
 Walker, Pocahontas-Cotton will yield about two-thirds an average crop; early corn being gathered, with good yield.-J. H. Avis.
 Winston. Elk-Cotton will all be picked by November 1st, yielding little over half an average crop: no fall blowing done John M. Wilson.
 Middle District. Bibb Woodstock-Cotton nearly all picked; no wheat sown; peas nearly all gathered.-J. R. Green. Bullock. Flora-Cotton picking nearing l completion; sweet potatoes and all minor | crops doing fairly well.-J. B. Allums. Chambers. Buffalo-Cotton about half picked. yield light; no wheat nor oats | sown; no fall blowing done.-J. T. Spence Chiffon. Maplesville-All crops yielding | well. except cotton. which will be short; little fall blowing done-W. Y. Nix. Clay. Flat Rock-Cotton opening rapid ly. picking behind yield will be light no vat tAlr | Coosa, Batson-Cotton about three fourths picked, making very light yield; good yield of corn being gathered.-Ira | Bailey.
 Dallas. OrrviIle-Cotton picking will be finished by Nov. |; yield little below the average.-W. W. Berry. Greene. Manifestation nearly all | open and about two-thirds picked yield below the average; no fall blowing done. l @. H. David.
 Hale. Powers-Cotton picking will be | finished by Nov. s. yield will be below average; corn gathering in progress Jno. Findlay.
 Lee, Auburn-Cotton picking will be fin- ished by Nov 15. yield very light; no fall blowing done.-T. J. Little. Lowndes. Bragg-Cotton about all open | three-fourths gathered, yield will be light R. F. Twombly.
 Montgomery. Myrtle-About three | fourths of the cotton picked, yield will be below the average.-H. H. Barnes. | Pickens, Ethelville-Cotton picking near ing completion. yield light and staple short; minor crops poor-H. c. Moorhead 4.andolph, Omaha-Cotton picking will be finished by Nov. l5 will yield below the average; no wheat nor oats sown.-L | w. Townsend.
 Russell, Pittsboro-Cotton picking near ing completion, with light yield, no top crop; corn yielding well.-W. Nj. Burt.
 Shelby. Disqualification yielding poorly, two-thirds of crop gathered corn and peas being gathered and some oats sown.-R. B. Posey. Sumter, Hamner-Cotton will yield be- low the average. picking almost done; corn. cane and minor crops good.-T. K. | Richardson.
 Talladega. Fayetteville-About three fourths of the cotton has been picked, with much below the average yield; no grain sown.-W. w. Waters. Southern District.
 Baldwin, Point Clear-Corn all gathered with generally good yield; fall blowing delayed by lack of moisture; no oats sown-Brodbeck & Zendell Bros. | Barbour Mount AndrcW-About tWo-