The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-27
TOO MUCH RAIN IN
 SOME FEW COUNTIES
Weather is Generally Favorable
 for Maturing Crops
HAILSI0RM DOES DAMAGE
Cotton Continues to Fruit Well, But There Are Complaints of Too Rapid Growth and
 Grassy Fields.

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 Grassy Fields.
 Montgomery, July 2s-( -(speeial9-The weather and crop bulletin of the Alabama section of the weather service, for the week ending July 25. is as follows. The weather was generally favorable for growing and maturing crops, though too much rain was received in some south western, middlewestern and northern counties. and more is needed in a few southern and central counties A hail. storm, which passed over the middle por- ton of Coffee county on the evening of the 18th instant completely destroyed crops over an area of about four miles wide and fourteen miles long, hailstorms were also slightly damaging in Autanga Marshall and DeKalb counties. A week of dry. moderately warm weather would be beneficial to field crops, nearly all of which have been laid by. Cotton con tinues to fruit we'll though there are some complaints of too rapid growth and
  ever, Is generally promising, with but comparatively few reports of damaging conditions of any kind Corn is generally promising, with the early planted ma- turing over the southern half of the state, where some early fodder Is being pulled late corn continues very promising in nearly all districts. Gardens and minor crops are making satisfactory progress, except sweet potatoes are blighting in some fields. Melons and peaches are plen- tiful; grapes and pears are rotting in some places, but continue generally prom ising; hay prospects are now generally good, and turnips have been sown in some localities.'
 By Districts.
 The report by districts are as follows, the first name being the county and the second the place:
 Blount, Oneonta All crops growing nicely; late peas doing we'll; pastures ex- cellenti some boil worms in cotton; corn better than usual.-Aquilla J. Ketehum. Cherokee, Macley Plenty or rain: cot ton, corn and minor crops doing we'll B. F. Mackey
 
 though there is some blight; corn good: early corn laid by; minor crops doing well.-J. W. Wood.
 DeKalb Round Mountain: Too much rain for cotton. though it Is fruitlng well; corn doing we'll, potatoes and minor crops promislng.-A. F. Brock.
 Franklin, Burleson; Best prospects for corn cotton and minor crops in years A. l.. Osborn.
 Jefferson, Argo: Showers first of week; corn doing well; early cotton large and fruiting well; hay crop good-G, B. Pray ton.
 Lamar. Pharos: Crops little late, though very promising; corn tasseling: cotton fruiting well; minor crops prom isng.-J. J. Weeks
 Lauderdale. Cloverdale: Cotton growing and fruiting fairly well; corn promising; peas and millet excellent; rain on Fist and 22d.-H. l.. Reeder.
 Madison, Madison: Rainy week; crops getting grassy; cotton running too much to stalk; peas and pastures improving John Hertzler, Sr., M. D.
 Marion Guin: Too much rain; crops doing well, though getting grassy; cotton small but blooming well corn caring well.-F. A. Meier.
 Morgan, Centergrove Cotton growing well, no boil worms; corn, gardens and minor crops doing well--O. C. Ratliff. Walker, Kansas Cotton fruiting nicely, top crop forming, but boil worms appear ing; corn caring well; minor crops prom ising.-A. H. Blackwell.
 Middle District.
 Autauga, Vine Hill: General rains; crops nearly laid by cotton grassy, but frulting well; peas promising; some dam age by hail and wind-James Russell. Bullock, Inverness: Very dry; cotton late, blighted on sandy soil, and small on red land: upland corn poor, late prom ising; minor crops poor.-H. Mclean. Chambers, Lafayette Cotton fruiting well. none open; corn caring well; peas excellent; minor crops doing well.-W. Andrews.
 Chiffon, Lomax: Cotton fruitlng well; i; corn caring well minor crops promising; nice rains on 20th and 2Sd.-A. A. Jack son.
 Clay. Ashland: Cotton full of blooms early corn caring we'll late corn prom ising; too much rain for peaches.-Jas l.. Carwile.
 Dallas. Harrell: Cotton fruiting well. some early planting beginning to open; ; corn good; some fodder pulled.-W. B. Moore.
 Fillmore, Eclectic: Cotton fruiting fairly well. some bolls forming; corn excel lent; early corn caring; minor crops promising.--D w. Falkner.
 Hale, Powers Cotton doing we'll but shedding in places, and some rust appear ing; corn doing well; minor crops good John Findlay.
 Lee. Auburn: All crops doing we'll; plenty of moisture for cotton; fruit in good conditioner J. Little.
 Lowndes, Letohatchie: General rains needed; cotton fruiting well. bolls form ing; corn badly damaged by previous drought; gardens poor.-T. L. s. Grace. Marengo, Moss: Corn promising, cotton running too much to stalk and getting grassy; pastures good minor crops do- ing well--J. B. Lewis.
 Montgomery. Hope Hull: Corn promis- Ing; cotton doing fairly well.-J. W. Smith
 Pickens Stone: Excessive rains. caus- ing too rapid growth in cotton, which is fruting poorly; com promising; minor crops doing well.-T. H. G. Cook
 Randolph, Peavy: Nearly all crops laid