The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-31
RAINS HAVE HELD
FARM WORK BACK
early Part of Week UnfavOra-
BILE to Growth
COTTON Is DETERl0RAltD
Upland Corn Is Making Fair Growth,
Though Needing cuItivation-chaf-
fee Submits Weekly Report
On the Situation.
COTTON IS OETERloRAItu

going quite well with the farmers This
report is issued by Section Director F. p.
Chaffee of the Alabama section of the
weather bureau. For this week it IS as
follows:
1.-The first half of the week was UNI
favorable for growth, warmth and sun
shine being deficient while continued
rains further delayed or entirely suspend
ed work. particularly in northern coun-
ties where the rainfall was heavy to ex-
cessive. During the last three days, warm,
clear to partly cloudy weather prevailed,
and work is being resumed, though ten
days to two weeks of good weather are
needed to clean out grass and weeds. Cot
ton has deterorated from cool nights and
lack of cultivation. particularly in middle
and northern counties where the crop
is very grassy; plants are yelowing and
becoming sappy in some places, with some
dying; labor is scarce, and some fields
are being abandoned or plowed under and
planted in corn lice are increasing in
some localities; considerable ehopping re-
mains to be done over the northern por-
ton of the state; in southern counties
the crop is not grassy and is doing
well; squares are beginninf to form on
the early planted in southern and mid
Gle counties Upland corn is making fair
growth, though needing CIVILIZATIONS;
worms continue to damage some fields;
the early planted is tasselng and silking
over the southern half of the state. with
some laid by in southern counties.
Heavy to excessive rains in northern
corn and preventing further planting;
elsewhere low1and corn is making fair
growth, though very grassy; consider
able remains to be planted The wheat
outlook is less favorable than heretofore,
continued wet weather having increased
rust and considerably lowered the pros
pective yield Dat harvesting is progress
ing slowly, the yield being about the av-
erage, except in northern counties where
it promises slightly better. Pastures are
excellent and hay crops are promising.
Early peaches are ripening in southern
counties, and fruit continues to promise
a moderate yield over the southern half
of the state"
Reports of Correspondents.
Cherokee, Farrell: Cotton making good
progress, though grassy; half the low
land corn planted; rains almost daily
Lucius B. Stone.
Culman, Loretto: Heavy rains delayed
work. crops grassy. but doing fairly well;
oats ripening.-J. II. L. Kemps.
Jackson. Limrock: Heavy rains pre-
venting work and injuring wheat; oats
and timothy doing well-J T. McC1en-
don.
jefferson. Covington Crops making
good growth. but ground too wet TO pillow;
gardens doing well.-R. A. Mcbride.
Fayette, Pilbrim: Weather rather ia
vorable, but all crops grassy; cotton
small; corn. oats, and minor crops doing
well.-V. Savage
Franklin, Hargett Mills: Cotton doing
well no squares yet; corn six to twenty
four inches high; some lowland corn not
planted sweet potatoes growing WE'LL
]. T. Byars.
Lamar, Fern Bank: Much rain; all
crops grassy: some cotton plowed under
and land replanted in corn; lowland corn
yellow-G l. Barksdale. NJ d.
Limestone. Greenbrier: Little blowing
done for past ten days crops full Of
grass; cotton plants small and yellow,
! little chopped. -Eldred Fletcher.
Morgan, Somervlle: Cotton grassy:
wheat small. but good; corn and oats
fne.-John NJ. Simpson.
St Clair, Steele: Rains every day; no
work done this week; outlook Is for about
Il
Smith.
Walker Loss Creek: Corr, and cotton
in need of blowing; melons needing SUM-
gardens damaged by cutworms.-R. A.
Romine.
winston, Lynn: Too much rain but
cotton doing fairly well; corn making
good growth. but badly damaged by
worms.-J. w. Hyde.
Middle District.
Autauga. Haynes. Rains continue;
crops very grassy; corn small but good
color; some cotton fields replanted to
corn.-W. n. Gaines.
Bibb Bloeton: Corn and cotton prom
Using. but very grassy; gardens and min
or crops doing WE'LL. w. Desmond.
Chambers. Lafayette Cotton plants
thrifty. but SO grassy that many fields
will be abandoned; little plowing this
weel-T +. Starky.
chiffon, Mt. Creek Cotton half chop
ped and looking well; corn doing nicely,
some early planted sllklns ana tassei-
ing.-T J. Henderson.
very wet: crops not doing well; wheat
! rusting. much lowland not planted.-R.
| c. Meacham.
mers. too wet to pillow, and grass in
turing crops corn fine; wheat and oats
| poor.-F. NJ. Dorsey.
Dallas. Tyler: Daily rains, greatly re-
| tarding work: cotton sappy and grow
| ing too fast where worked; oats being
cut. weld GOOD B. Edwards.
/ Greene. Eutaw: Cotton grassy plants
small some vellowed by rains: corn poor;
minor crops FARM. r.. Murphree.
| Hale. Gallon: Rains almost daily;
crops very grassy. some fields may be
abandoned.-J 7. Collins.
Lee. Roxana: Cotton badly in grass
and labor scarce: corn doing well where
worked; wheat poor; gardens. oats and
pastures fne.-J. II. Hayes.
T,owndes. Braggs: Cotton looking we'll
though very grassy; upland corn good,
but stands irregular; too wet for work.
| M. NJ. Strickland, NJ. d.
| Marengo. Magnolia: All crops hidden
nv grass. but over half of the corn and
cotton can be saved; oats heading nicely.
Henry Slade M. d.
| Montgomery. Myrtle. Cotton very
grassy some to be abandoned: corn do