The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
Cetters tc tbe Gdftor
A FARMERS VIEWS
As to the Condition and Prospect of .s.. Cotton Crop. --.-

4s,. Cotton Crop. Editor The Advertiser:
 I see from Hubbard Brothers and Company's cotton letter of July 7tn. that they discredit the June reports. as to the status of the cotton crop. As to the interest of the producer of cot ton and in fact, also, to the buyer, the reports should be made as correctly and honestly as possible. Many re- CTS, claim discrepancy in the weekly and final reports for June. Now. I think the reports were based upon a critical examination of the cotton from Is no discrepancy
 The cotton stalk at the beginning spindling and taller than it should have been for three reasons. First. hot hot days days and warm nniights; second. work. The combination a very bad one. and very unfavorable and pro- duced an irretrievable damage and pre- cluded the possibility of making any bottom crops. Later in June. we had less rain, more work. and the cotton had reached an age where hot sun and warm nights was what it needed. Hence, from casual observation. great improvement by. the week was in evidence. We could truthfully say that the improvement was wonderful and then look you square in the face and say that the crop was very un- promising the last June. Up to this date in July, critical examination of
  condition. with long joints. high stalks and very sparseiy fruited. My obser- vations have been rather extensive and critical. and I make no mistake in the above. It matters not what the re- ports may show In the future. the final result will show light yield per acre. as I have before stated that the cotton can never recover from the un- favorable conditions in May and June. Resides all this. from information per sonally received from various locali- ties in the best cotton sections of the State. much of the acreage was aban- doned during June. and even now, July l IT, much that was not abandoned is still badly in the grass.
 | All this forces me to the conclusion that Hubbard Brothers and Company's they take the position that the crop
 L.. E. Starr.
 July IT, 1905. Camden. Ala.
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 Editor The Advertiser: ..@
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