The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
Middle District.


Bibb Woodstock: Cotton fair size, be-
ing cleaned and chopped upland corn
six to eight inches high. and clean; low
land corn in fair condition; oats promis-
ing.-J. r. Green.
Bullock. Fitzpatricks: Cotton clean,
well grown, and being hoed second time;
corn medium size and well cultivated
Benjamin j. Baldwin.
Choetaw, Pushmataha: Early cotton
nearly all chopped; corn growing slowly;
rains retarded work.-Mit Horn.
Clay Ashland: Much rain; crops very
grassy: chopping progressing slowly low
land corn up to good stands; wheat and
oats good.-James L. Carwile
Dallas, Harrell: Cotton healthy, but
very grassy; chopping half finished; corn
growing fast; oats headed WE'LL. j.
Elmore Wetumpka: All crops In good
condition: oats ripening; gardens tine.-J.
Galloway.
Greene. Union: Cotton chopping pro-
crossing rapidly; corn growing we'll; oats
poor; all crops grassy.-W. l.. Story.
Lee, Golden Hill: Cotton growing nice
ly, but very grassy; upland corn poor
stands, but making good growth; lowland
making good stands.-W. f. Andrews.
Lowndes, Letohatehee: Rains delayed
work: corn and cotton growing well,
though somewhat grassy; gardens and
grasses doing well-F l.. S. Grace.
Montgomery, Myrtle: Weather fine for
cultivation which was badly needed; corn.
cotton. wheat and oats fine; gardens ex-
cellent.-H. II. Barnes.
Perry. Walthals: Rain delayed work;
corn and cotton healthy though both
grassy: prospects good; no damage by
worms.-R. A. Hardy.
Pickens, Stone: Cotton small and eondi-
ton poor so grassy that some has been
plowed up and replanted; corn poor; oats
fine.-T. Fl. G. Cook.
Randolph, Randolph: Cotton very
grassy; some fields replanted to corn;
short crop of Irish potatoes; wheat and
oats poor.-B f. Weathers.
Russell. Scale: Cotton In fair condition;
plants small growth retarded through
lack of cultivation; some yellowed by
rains: corn doing WE'LL. II. Blckerstan,
Sr.
Shelby. Vincent: Cotton grassy, but in
fair condition; corn knee high and doing
we'll; oats headed we'll; wheat ana gar
dens good.-B. H. Samuel.
Sumter Hammer: Old corn doing well,
late not yet up cotton good, being
plowed. chopping not completedl minor
crops fair-J X. Richardson
Talladega, Sycamore: Cotton four to six
inches high stands good. chopping nearly
finished. crop GROSSLY; corn eight to ten
1ncheS niRn. oats pIoiIllSiilB Whcdt p'oi.
lanes Whitman.
Tallapoosa Island Home: Cotton making
good growth, somewhat grassy; corn do
ing well. receiving second plowing low
lands being planted.-J. j. Graves
Southern District.
Baldwin Magnolia springs-Wind and
rain on 18th damaged melons and corn;
grapes fine; potatoes and bevns about
all shipped. --Herm. p. Kruger.
Barbour Mt. Andrew: Good rains; cot
ton still being chopped, and is developing
rapidly; oats improying.-J. j, Willis.
Clarke, Whatey: Gotten mostly chopped,
some eight inches high. some lice; corn
rather small. some damage by worms
]. A. Hill.
Coneeuh, Bermuda: Cotton doing well,
though grassy; corn in good condition;
field peas being planted. M. j. Morris.
Dale, Newtopia: Weather too cool for
young cotton most of the cotton chop
ped: gardens thriving.-S. w. Summons.
Escambia, Nokoms: Rain on 18th slight
ly delayed work; which has progressed
well during last few days corn and cot
ton doing nicely.-J. H. Wilcox.
Houston, Kinsey; Fine weather for
work but labor very scarce; cotton very
grassy. about two-thirds chopped; some
oats cut--D. ID. Bush.
Mobile, Grand Bay: Early corn begin
ming to tasse some worms, but crop In
fair condition. gardens doing well.-Julius
Schnadelbach.
pike. Troy: Heavy rains on 18th and 18th
did some damage; corn and cotton max
ing good growth though both are grassy
j NJ. Warren.
Wilcox, Alberta; Cotton plants large and
healthy. fields very grassy; corn small,
but in good condition; lowland corn COM
ing up well-W. A. Menafee