The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
CROPS PROMISE
LARGE RETURNS
Week as a Whole Was Rather
Cool and Wet
REPORTS BY DISTRICTS
Wet Weather In Some Localities Is
Causing Cotton to Run More
to stalk Than to
Fruit.

cron conditions in Alabama. continue TO be
good and promise large returns The
weekly summary of the Alabama section
United States weather bureau, presided
over by Section Director Frank p. Chat-
fee. is as follows:
1.-THE week, as a whole, was rather cool
and wet, the nights being quite cool for
the season, and the sunshine being def
cient; in some middle counties, the rain
fall was quite excessive. though more
rain is still needed in a few widely scat
tered localities. Cotton continues in gem
orally promising condition and is fruiting
we'll though the wet weather is still caus-
ing 1t to run more to stalk than to fruit
in some fields, and there are few COM
plants of rust, blight, and shedding; in
some localities, it is heavily fruited, with
some top crop" forming; 1t is opening
slowly in southern counties, where picking
has begun, the first bale of the season be-
ing marketed in Geneva county on the
26th instant, which is several days earlier
than usual. Corn Is caring well, and all
minor crops continue generally promising,
though sweet potatoes are blighting In
some places; fodder pulling is progressing
slowly In southern counties, but has not
commenced over the northern half of the
state; hay prospects continue good.
Peaches continue plentiful though wet
weather Is causing this fruit and APP
Piles. pears. and grapes to rot considera-
bly,; watermelons continue plentiful. Over
the state, as a whole, all crops are prom
Using"
BY Districts.
The following are some of the reports
made by correspondents, the first name
being the county and the second the
place:
Calhoun, Duke: Nice rain 2Sth; early
corn caring, late tasseling; cotton grow
ing and fruiting, some grown bolls; minor
crops doing well--W. NJ. Curry.
Clebu~ne, Abel Cotton making too
much stalk and but few bolls; corn bet
ter than usual; minor crop promising,
nice rain 2Sth.-E. II. Taylor.
Colbert, Leighton: Hot and dry; corn
needs rain; cotton doing well; pastures
drying up-A. D. DeLony.
Cullman, Cullman: Fine rain 18th; all
crops doing well, except some cotton is
blighting.-J. K. Turner.
Etowah, Keener: Plenty Of rain; corn,
cotton, peas and sorghum doing WE'LL
Il. M. Tabor.
fruit WE'LL though three weeks late; best
prospects for corn In years; minor crops
good.--J. T. McClendon.
Lamar, Fern Bank: Corn doing well,
early corn excellent; cotton rusting and
shedding generally over southern portion
OF county.-G S. Barksdale, NJ. D.
Limestone. Athens: Local showers but
TOO dry In some places, though the cotton
and corn crops are generally doing WE'LL
w II. Dougherty.
Marshall. Minorvile: Cotton continues
to fruit well; corn promising; minor crops
doing fairly well-N. b. Lusk
st. Claire, Ashville: Cotton healthy and
fruiting well; corn very promising; minor
crops making satisfactory progress
George r. Gather.
Walker, Saragossa: Favorable weather;
cotton continues to fruit well; corn prom
Using; sorghum excellent; melons being
marketed; pastures good. w. Fergu-
son.
Winston, Elk: Too much rain for cotton
which is shedding fast; corn, potatoes and
sorghum very promising. Fred M. VIII
sen.
Mioale District.
Autuaga. Wadsworth: Cotton. doing
fairly well; corn fairly promising; minor
crops clean and growing well.-W w.
Wordsworth
fruit well; corn, sugar cane, and sorghum
excellent; pastures fine; peas and all
minor crops promising.-W. H. Hahan.
Chambers, Waverly: Light rains; cotton
and other crops making good progress
though rust is appearing in cotton
Monroe Jones.
Choctaw, Pushmataha: All crops clean
and doing well; early corn made; late
corn slking; cotton growing and fruiting
well.--C. c. Brown
Clay, Pyriton: Cotton continues to fruit
well, though none is open; corn caring
WELL no fodder pulled; minor crops doing
well.-J s. IIeadrick.
Coosa, Batson: Favorable weather first
of week, and rainy during last few days;
corn good; cotton fruiting well.-Ira
Bailey.
Dallas, Burnyille: Drouth broken by
copious rains; cotton growing slowly,
though forming we'll no worms or rust
S. d. Palmer.
Gilmore, Dexter: Cotton running too
much to stalk. some rust; minor crops
doing well; too much rain-E. Powell.
Green, Union; Corn promising; cotton
doing fairly well; some rust reported;
minor crops promising; no fodder pulled.
w. L. Story.
Lee, Minnie: Cotton continues to fruit
well, though none is open; no boil worms
early corn caring well; no fodder pulled.
j. A. Sims.
Marengo, Hampden Light showers bene-
fetal to cotton; corn good some fodder
being pulled; peaches and apples plenti-
full; pastures medium.--A. p. Dumas.
Perry. Uniontown: Too much rain fot
cotton; sweet potatoes blighted; late corn
doing well.-J. M. Richeson
PiclSens, Palmetto: Too much rain; cot
ton making too rapid growth; some rust
and blight; no corn maturing; minor
crops promising.-R. o. Richardson.
Randolph, Napoleon: Cotton frulting
fairly well. forming well on top: no fod-
der pulled; minor crops promising; sor-
ghum excellent.-L. W. Townsend.
Russell. Hooks: Cotton continues to
fruit well, though there is some blight;
early corn damaged by previous drought;
late corn promising.-T. l.. Mitchell.
Shelby, Vincent: Favorable weather;
crops doing well; late Irish potatoes being
planted: peaches and watermelons plent-
full; gardens satisfactory.-B. H. Samuel
Talapoosa, Camp Hill Fruit being
dried; all crops benefited by recent rains.
Lyman Ward.
Tuscaloosa, Fosters: Heavy rains: some
cotton growing too fast and fruiting
poorly, though considerable is full OF
blooms and doing well.-L. L. Hill.
Southern District.
Barbour, Mount Andrew: Early corn
poor; no fodder pulled; cotton
needs rain; minor crops poor; fruit fairly
good.-J. J. S. Willis.
Butler Georgiana:, Favorable weather:
cotton continues to fruit we'll; corn gem
well.-R. s. Pulley.
clarke Whatley. Favorable xeek