The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AG-
 RICULTURE.
enmafe and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, Alabama Section. for
 Week Ending Monday, May g. f9O5
General Conditions.


 General Conditions.
 The week. AS whole, was fairly favo:- able for the growth of corn and minor crops; day temperatures averaged slightly above normal though some of the nights were rather cool; general and heavy to cessive rains during the early part of the two days. further retarded work ovsr tho greater portion of the State; this. together with scarcity of labor in some, sections, allowed gross to gain such growth IF cot ton and corn that about a week or two of good weather is needed to clean it out. Cot ton is all planted and up; stands are gen of fairly good size Land healthy. though growth has been checked fby cool nights. which have also caused lice to appear ia Q few fields; chopping Is progressing slowly. and lacks much of being conlpletei in northern counties: little has rersfvoi second hoeing, though the crop as a whole is quite grassy; few fields are so g. assy that the crop is being plowed under and replanted; there is some reduction acre. worms are damaging a few fields; 1t ,aries in size from six to twelve inches in north ern counties to waist high in southern coun- ties. where some IS begi m og to tassel Planting of lowland -orn continues, with the newly sprouted making good stands. and the early planted doing well. Oats arc heading well in most places with some be- Wheat is generally heading satisfactorily. crops are ed doing well well. Hay crops are ar ''s;e senr erally promising with some being cut. Fruit continues to promise a moderate yield over the southern half of the State.
 Extracts from Reports of Correspondents.
 Northern District.
 Blount, Blount Springs: Little blowing done for two weeks. on account of rain: and sided--B. II. sapp.
 Calhoun. Duke: Cotton and corn making good growth; upland corn knee high, some what grassy; lowland corn coming up well. no worms-J. |. Gilbert
 Cfilln Ttttlln ln1a xsaFU some fields plowed under: bud worms ih- turing corn;. fall oats promise well. spring
 DeKalb. coilinville: Cotton large. put very gray; no blowing done this week; corn fine. where worked;' oats heading low.-H.
 Etowah. Keener: Too much rain; crops growing well, but getting grassy; some cot ton chopped and corn plOwsd-F , M' Tabor; raisnn making good growth, though cotton IS rather grassy; wheat and oats heading oit
 Lamar, Pharos: Weather very favorable for work: some cotton dying from cool nights; upland corn thriving; worms dam aging corn on lowlands.--J. J. Weeks for work: chopping making good progress: all Grops doinE ,Smant Esl" Weather s0 fine for growth and work; wheat and oats fair: gardens and minor crops excellent.-Joe' Morgan. stringer: Work delayed by rain; cotton very grassy. choppinE just begun; no lowland corn planted yet; gardens Goo" Walker saragossa: Cotton ve-v gras y. but being barred and chopped iowlapds being planted: oats heading low potatoes 'A Winston. Deimar: weather fine for all crops. except that nights are T rather co" tor cotton.-c z. corns. M h.
 Middle District. Bfbb, Woodstock: Cotton fair size, being cleaned and chopped; upland corn six to eight inches high and clean; lowland corn in fair condition; oats promising.-J. k Bullock, Fitzpatricks: Cotton clean, well grown, and being hood second time: corn medium size and well cultivated,-Ben1. J' Choctaw. Pushmataha: Early cotton near ly all chopped corn corn growing slowly; rains grassy: chopping progressing slowly; low land corn up to good stands; wheat and oats Dallas HarreiI: Cotton healthy. but very grassy: chopping half finished: corn grow ing fast; oats headed well;-J. J. Chisholni; condition; oats ripenins; gardens fine.-J ing rapidly; corn growing veil; oats poor: all crops grassy:--W. l., story Lee. Gold Hill: Cotton growing nicely, but very grassy. upland corn poor stands. but making good growth. lowlard makihs good stands.-W. F. Andrews. Lowndes Letohatchee: Rains delayed work; corn and cotton growing well. though somewhat grassy: gardens and grasses do ing well-F L. s. Grace Montgomery. Myrtle: Weather fine for cultivation. which was badly needed; corn, cotton, wheat and oats fine; gardens e1- celent.-H. H. Barnes. Perry, walthals: RaiD delayed work; corn and cotton healthy, though both grassy, prospects good; no damage by worms.-R' Pickens, Stone: Cotton small and condi- tion poor, grassy that some has beeen plowed up and replanted; corn poor; oats Randolph. Randolph: Cotton ysgrassy, some fields replanted to corn; short crop of Irish potatoes; wheat and oats poor.-B. Weathers = Russell, Scale: Cotton in fair condition, plants small, growth retarded through lack of cultivation some yelowed by rains; corn doing well-J. H. Bickerstaff. ST. Shelby, Vincent: Cotton grassy but in fair condition; corn knee high and doing well; oats headed well; wheat and gardens good B. H. Samuel
 Sumter, Hammer: Old corn doing well, late not yet up; cotton good. being plowed, chopping not completed; minor crops 1alr --J. K. Richardson Talladega, Sycamore: Cotton four to six inches high, stands good choppipg nearly finished, crop grassy; corn eight to ten inches high; oats promising; ewheat poor Tailapoosa, Island Home: Cotton mak- ing good growth. somewhat grassy corn doing well, receiving second blowing; low lands being planted.-J. J. Graves'
 Southern District. Baldwin. Magnolia Springs: Wind ana rain 18th damaged melons and corni grapes fine; potatoes and beans about all Barbour. Mt. Andrew: Good rains; cotton stil being chopped. and is developing rap idly; oats improving.--J. J. Willis Clarke. whatley: Cotton mostly chopped
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