The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
SOME FIELDS ARE
STILL VERY GRASSY
rast Week was Generally Fs-
vorable TO Growth
COTTON SEEMS HEALTHY
Corn as Who'll is Promlsins-oat
Harvest is Practically Com.
.pleted With Good
Yield.
COTTON SEEMS HEALTHY

Montgomery, July ESPECIAL 1.-THE
weekly weather and crop condition by
the Alabama section of the weather bu-
real was issued today. 1t shows cotton
to be doing very we'll. The full report
follows:
Temperatures averaged moderately high
and the week as whole was generally
favorable for growth though the rainfall
was very unevenly distributed, being
heavy to excessive and delaying or sus-
pending work In many northern, wes-
tern and some southern counties; in a
few scattered localities in north-central
and northeastern counties rain is needed
Cotton, while still small, Is generally
healthy, well branched, and making salts
factory growth, though fields are again
becoming quite grassy in northern and
western counties: there are a few widely
scattered reports of blight, rust and
Gying; blooms are now general in nor
thern counties, with plants fruiting salts
factorily in middle and southern dis
tricts, and scattered reports of full grown
TOLLS in some early fields. The corn
crop as a whole. is fairly promising
where the early planted has deteriorated
the late has improved sufficiently to Off
set the loss; some lowland fields are
quite grassy; the early planted is gener-
ely caring we'll though the stalks are
rather small in many fields, The oat har-
vest Is practically completed, with good
yield: no oats, and very little wheat
thrashed yet. Gardens and minor crops
are doing WELL though some hay was
spoiled by wet weather More field peas
are being sown for forage. About half a
crop of peaches and plums is being mar
keted slowly in middle and southern
counties, with worms damaging some or
chards Watermelons and cantaloupes
are making fair yield, though light In
some places Grapes are rotting in some
localities.
Northern District.
Calhoun. Duke: Corn and cotton doing
well; corn beginning to shoot and tassei;
too much rain for lowland corn-J. l..
Gilbert.
Cullman, Cullman: Rain continues; no
work done this week; crops getting very
grassy; few cotton blooms; minor crops
doing well.-7J. K. Turner.
Cherokee, Centre Little work done this
week, owing to rains; cotton making ex-
cellent growth; corn doing well; both fair
" clean.-Thomas Bradford.
DeKalb, Crossville Work delayed by
rain: cotton rusting and dying; much corn
blown down; grapes rotting. J. Ray
Franklin. Phil Campbell: Plenty of rain;
crops promising; cotton blooming ana
fruiting well; gardens good; oats fine
yield-M. M. Duke.
Lamar, Pharos: Cotton small, but clean
and forming squares, old corn small, pros
pect poor late corn fine.-J. ], Weeks.
Lauderdale. Smithsonian Too much ram
for cotton; some blooms; corn doing 1alrly
we'll; much grass in both-J. I. Reeder.
Limestone, Ellkmont: Cotton generally in
good condition, shaping nicely and be-
ginning to bloom; early corn poor pros
pect: late fine; wheat yield fair.-J. w.
Legg.
Madison. Madison Station: Plenty OF
both rain and sunshine; crops getting
very gra ssv.--John Hertzler, Sr NJ d.
Morgan. Somerville Wet weather, early
corn good. late corn poor, cotton short
John w. Simpson.
Walker Saragossa Rain retarded work,
especially in lowlands crops getting
grassy; cotton knee to hip high on good
land, blooming and fruitIng nicely
w. Ferguson
Winston Delmar: All crops doing well'
cotton blooming; corn tasseling and silk
ing: gardens fine.--C. u. Corns, M. D.