The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

sufficient labor TO gather the cotton as
fast as it opens. All minor crops are
suffering serious injury because of the
long continued drought, especially tur-
nips which are practically failure in
most sections; pastures and streams
are drying up; scarcity of water is be-
coming a general complaint; it is inn
possible to proceed with fall blowing
and seeding till rain softens the baked
soil.''
The reports by counties from the
various sections of the state are as
follows:
Berrien-Picking about completed.
Bryan-Cotton all picked and sold.
Stewart-Haf grown cotton bolls
opening; wells failing.
Worth-Cotton picking still being
rushed. more than half the crop al
ready gathered.
Baldwin-Cotton being picked and
rushed to market.
Bulloch-A fine week for cotton
picking, which is progressing rapidly,
the staple being sold as fast as gath
cred.
Campbell-Cotton opening rapidly.
picking well advanced, top crop
failure.
Crawford-Cotton is about all open
and most of it picked out and sold.
Columbia-Cotton picking rushed,
crop short, half grown boHB are fall
ing off.
Dodge-Three-fo urths of the cot
ton crop gathered and marketed, the
late and top crops almost a failure.
Gttlngham-Cotton nearly all pick
ed.
Emanuel-Excellent weather for
picking cotton.
Fayette-Cotton being picked and
marketed as rapidly as possible; no
top crop.
Glascock-Fine weather for picking
cotton; labor scarce; cotton being sold
as faSt AS farmers can have it ginned
and placed on the market.
HouSton--Cotton opening prema-
turely, about three-fourths picked.
Jetterson-Cotton about all open
and the bulk of the crop picked.
Jones-Cotton picking rushed. some
telds nearly all gathered. gins over
stocked, rush will soon be over if
weather continues fair.
McDutfie-An ideal week for pick
ing cotton, about three-fourths of the
crop already on the market, entire
crop will have been gathered by the
goth of this month if the weather
continues favorable.
Macon-Cotton about all omen.
about three-fourths picked and gin
ned; severe drought continues.
MontgomerY-Cotton being picked
as rapidly as possible, labor very
scarce.
Talbot-Young cotton damaged ma
terially, early cotton has opened more
rapidly than ever before, picking well
advanced.
Taylor-Cotton picking almost COM
pleted.
Washington-Cott practically all
open, being picked rapidly, late crop
poor.
Wilkinson-A dry and warm week;
cotton being picked rapidly.
Banks-Cotton opening very rapidly
and being picked as fast as the limit
ed labor permits:
Bartow-Cotton opening rapidly,
picking being pushed.
Elbert-Cotton continues to open
very fast.
Floyd-No rain 81 ce Aug. Is: cot
ton bolls small and opening rapidly
the late crop is shedding badly, while
early cotton is opening prematurely,
but the concensus of opinion is that
there will be an average yield, pick
ing being pushed.
Franklin-Cotton badly injured,
opening very rapidly and premature
ly.
Hart-Cotton nearly all picked.
Madison-Cotton nearly all open and
large portion of the crop picked.
White-Cotton opening rapidly, no
top crop.
Naturalization very good quality,
being picked rapidly.
Observation-Disclosures dry week. ma
terially injuring the cotton crop by
causing shedding and premature open
ing.
Lumpkin-Cotton output somewhat
disappointing