The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-18
MONDAYS RAINS
 SAVED TIE CROPS Was Not Enough in the Soulh- eastern Counties BASEBALL TEAM ORGANIZED Attaches of the State Capitol Are Now Ready to Meet All Corners.
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Montgomery, May 17.-(Special 1.-The rains of yesterday are regarded as com ing in the nick of time to save the crops, which were in bad shape as a result of the long drought. The regular weekly crop summary had been made up before the rain came, so the following special bulletin from the office of Section Direc- tor Frank P. Chaffee this morning:
 Since issuing the weekly crop bulletin of the weather bureau yesterday after noon. rainfalls occurred over the drought stricken district, as follows. and will greatly benefit all crops:
 Thomasvilie, 152 inches: Montgom- cry, 1S3; Fort Deposit, 120; Union Springs. 11o; Wetumpka, 100: Milstead, 0.96; opelika, o.es; Selma, O.64: Eufaula. 0.55; Mobile, O.76
 The rainfall was not enough over the extreme southeastern counties, but still the little that fell in that section will help tide over the crops until more gen. eral rains are received in that district"
 Were in Bad Shape.
 The bulletin made up and closed before the rain of late yesterday afternoon was as follows:
 The cool. dry weather of the past week was detrimental to nearly all crops: the days were moderately warm, but the nights were quite cool; widely scattered. but insufficient showers fell on Saturday Cotton continues in generally poor condi- tion, except in some western and north ern counties, where the rains of the pre- " xrfpa I. IA good stands; over the eastern and south ern counties the drought continues and in these counties cotton is very back ward, with stands poor, and most of the late planted not yet germinated; replant- Ing continues in many districts; consider able or the early planted has been sided, and chopping Is in progress in nearly all districts.
 Upland corn is growing slowly but is generally clean and healthy; lowland corn planting is not completed, but con siderable of this crop is up to poor stands with worms damaging in some fields Wheat and oats have improved in north- ern and western counties but continue to deteriorate elsewhere with spring oats a failure in some localities; fall oats are being cut in few places. indicating a poor yield; minor crops continue general ly backward, though Irish potatoes indi-
 
 promising with some early varieties ri- penng; plums are doing well, but apples and pears continue to blight in many orchards.
 Northern Counties.
 Some idea of conditions in the counties composing the northern tier where the rains have been fairly general lately, may be gotten from the following reports sent in by individuals. The first name is the county, the second the place:
 Blount, Gum Springs-Cotton good stands; upland corn doing we'll though late.--Warren Ratliff
 Calhoun, Anniston-Cotton stands rreg- ular, chopping begun; wheat doing well oats need rain.-P. M. Watson.
 Cleburne. Abel-Planting of lowland corn about completed; cotton making irregular stands. no chopping.-E. II. Taylor.
 Colbert, Riverton-Cotton good stands; recent rains greatly benefited all crops; gardens good.-E R. Nelles.
 DeKalb, Cordell-Upland corn being worked, doing well; cotton up to good stands, no choppng done George II. Carr
 Etowah, Keener--Cotton coming up to good stands upland corn in good condi- ton, lowands not planted.-F. M Tabor Jackson, Princeton-Stands of cotton good, none chopped; Irish potatoes good gardens doing well; plenty of rain.-D. V. Enochs.
 Lamar. Pharos-Cotton coming up slow ly, stands poor; corn doing well; oats good, but need rain.-J. J. Weeks
 Lawrence Sewickly-Stands of cotton poor; oats, potatoes and gardens promis- ing;~ fruit crop short.-W. O. Watson
 Limestone, Cartwright-Cotton and corn coming up to good stands; choppIng of cotton begun: apples good; peaches short-G. H. Wood.
 Morgan, Trinity-Stands of cotton not good, none chopped; upland corn four to six inches high and yellow; wheat and oats small but doing well.-N. T. Mc- Daniel.
 Winston, Elk-Early corn growing slow ly; Irish potatoes fine; good rains during week-Fred M. Wilson.