The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-25
SOUTHERN CROPS GENERALLY
IN A BAD WAY
Drought Broken in Some Sections, But Situation
Is Still Serious

crops suffering for moisture; late plant
ed cotton coming up very slowly, chop
ping of early paintings continues; oats
cut short by drought.
Telfair-Dry weather with cool
nights is causing crops to suffer greatly
though corn and cotton are making
some growth; oats being harvested,
short yield.
Terrell-Light rain early part of
week; cotton growing slowly, infested
with lice; oats being harvested,
Thomas-Week favorable for farm
work; crops well cultivated, but IN
many sections rain is needed; corn
small but Of good color; much cotton
not up; cane doing well.
Webster-Copious showers have re-
vived crops; corn is small hut has good
color; cotton looks well.
Worth--Drought continues; crops
need rain badly; harvesting of fall oats
in progress, spring sowings very poor.
Middle Section.
Bulloch-Cool nights retarded growth
generally small and backward; poor
stands in many fields; fall oats being
| harvested; average yield.
Burke-Lfttle or no rain: severe
| drought prevails; late planted cotton
does not terminate; some fields I'M
planted; poor stands of early plant
ings; corn growing slowly.
Carroll-Dry and windy, with cool
nights; imperfect stands of cotton :;
plants small; much replanting neces-
sary; very little chopping done; corn
small and yellow; fruit fair.
Effingham-One of the driest seasons
in many years; no rain during past
! seven weeks, except occasional light
showers; crops backward; much cot
ton and late planted corn not up.
| Emanuel - Weather unfavorable;
drought continues, with cool nights;
corn small; poor stands of cotton;
plants in many fields not up; general
outlook discouraging.
Houston-Crops well cultivated, but
growing slowly; generally good stands
| of corn; cotton late and small.
Jasper-Soil too dry for termination
| of cotton; poor stands; spring oats al
most a failure; gardens and pastures
poor; peaches doing wei land indicate
good crop
efferson-Current week extremely
dry; cool nights, hot days; some cot
| ton not yet planted, owing to drought;
plants in some fields dying; corn turn
| ing yellow; wheat and oats poor
| Jones-Crops making little or no
progress, drought very injurious; some
cultivation of cotton in progress, many
planters awaiting rain before replant-
| ing; outlook gloomy.
| Montgomery-Dry weather, with cool
| nights, continues; all crops giving way
to drought: cotton and oats very poor
no rain of consequence during past
| six weeks.
| Muscogee-Crops slightly revived by
showers during night of 16th-17th, but
| cotton is coming up very slowly and
| stands are irregular; oats seriously
damaged by drought.
| Screven-Practically no rain during
| the week. many acres of cotton not
up, some fields implanted owing to
protracted drought, early paintings in
tested with lice; corn fair; cane poor;
spring oats nearly a failure; situation
| serious
Talbot-Dry weather with cool
nights, retards growth of all crops;
land badly crusted; much cotton fail
ed to terminate; plants that are UP
are not growing we'll
| Taylor-Rain badly needed; cotton
chopping nearly finished; oats med
ium; wheat good; gardens and fruit
| fine.
| Washington-Dry weather continues
cotton and corn are retaining a good
color, but growing slowly, chopping of
cotton pushed, many late paintings
not up; wheat and oats holding out
WE'LL fruit crop promising.
| Wilkinson-Light rain early part of
week was very beneficial to crops and
aided in bringing up late planted
corn and cotton, early planted cotton
has been chopped and plowed; corn
receiving second cultivation; peaches
ripening.