The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-18
Extracts from Reports of Crop Corre-
 sp0mdents.


 Northern District.
 Blount. Oneonto-Light frosts yon 11th and 18th. no damage; cotton pick ing ,anas maksing good progress; w,s,s some corn
 Calhoun. Duke--cotton still being picked; little corn housed, very good good doing we'll; fall blowing progressing. -J. l.. Gilbert.
 Cherokee. Gaylesviile-weather un- oneohaif picked; some corn housed; late fodder and hay being gathered of week unfavorable for. cotton pick ing, yield one-third less than last year. -E. H. Taylor.
 Ing. crop wifi yield about the same as yisid.M, M, Duke, ~ one-f1fth less than last year; corn crop one-fourth less than last year; potato crop short.--E. woodall.
 short; some @ corn gathered. light yield, many rotten ears; potatoes and tur- niPs good. d.-G; B. Prayton.
 picked yield will be about two-thirsls of an average; fair yield of corn; tur- nips and sweet potatoes excellent.--J.
 Lauderdale, cloverdale-cotton one half gathered. indicating, nearly three fourths of an average yield; corn be- ing housed. yield fair; hay good.-H.
 Lawrence, Moulton--Heavy rains first part of week caused some rot In cotton, crop one-half gathered. yield short; very little corn gathered.-W.
 Limestone. Athens-cotton one-halt picked. crop below average.-W. H.
 Walker. chickasaw-FrostN did no material damage to cotton, though rains retarded picking.-W. o. Clark.
 Middle District.
 picked. some top crop. but too late to ma ture: some corn remains to be housed Bibb, Randolph: Rains first part Of week age; little corn gathered. yield fight; sugar Chambers. Buffalo: Considerable cotton has fallen from bolls. pickers scarce. yield will be one-third less than last year; no fall planting done.--J. T. Spence.
 Chiffon, Mountain Creek: Cotton three fourths gathered. being marketed rapidly
 choctaw. Isney: Cotton over three fourths picked, yield will be one-fifth less than last year; corn being housed, yield Coosa, Hissop: Light frosts have stopped picked. nearly an average yieldS-F. M.
 Dallas. Tyler: Recent rains damaged open though some rotten.-D. B. Edmund. ton. about three- tourths picked. yield below SS average; corn being gathered, very good pleted, yield one-third less than last year. some damage resulted from rains first of week-T. J; Little.
 gathered, indicated yield less than last year; minor crops promising; fall seeding Montgomery, Myrtle: Weather first part of week unfavorable for cotton picking: corn being housed. fair yield; cane and turnips Perry. Uniontown: Wet weather first part of week retarded cotton picking and cotton: corn poor yieid.-J. NJ Richeson.
 Randolph, Pittman: Cotton about three fifths gathered, crop less than last year; some fall blowing done--J. H Pittman
 Russell. Heard: Corn and peas being slightly damaged by rains.-J E. Bush.
 Sumter, York: Cotton nearly all picked about four-fifths of an average yield-F Tailadeea, Sycamore: Cotton three Sourths picked; picking somewhat. retarded by rains. yield about three-fourths of an Tuscaloosa. Fosters: Cotton yield less than. than last % year, ear worms damaging lowland aged by winds.--L. E. Hill
 Southern District.
 Baldwin. Magnolia Springs: High winds and rains first~of week damaged crops, and caused sweet potatoes to rot; corn all gath cred, yield less than last year.-H. P. Ro- mund.
 Butler. Monterey: Rains and wind first of week damaged cotton; corn being housed. IT. s. Donald.
 Clarke. Gainestown: Heavy rains and wind early part of week damaged cotton, about four-fifths of a crop picked.-J, S. Lambard.
 conecuh. Brooklyn: Rains first of week retarded cotton picking; corn gathering progressing, considerable rotten corn; minor croDs fine.-M. H. Sanders.
 Covington, RosehilI: Nine-tenths of the cotton gathered, yield about three-fifths of an average; minor crops fair.--Grant Bros Dale, Verona: Cotton all picked about two-thirds of an average yield: rye being sown; all minor crops fine.-J. F. Sammons Escambia. Nokomis: Heavy rains during week; four-fifths of the cotton picked yield much less than last year; yield of corn below that of last year.--J. H Wilcox
 Monroe, Puryear: Cotton in poor condi- ton. owing to rain and wind. cotton on ground has sprouted. fresh land cotton futt Of oaterpillars.-A J. Lee.
 Pike. Ansley: Rains have retarded cot ton picking and damaged some open cot ton, crop almost gathered yield one-tihrd ieSs w,iin than last year,-J. M. Carter. wilcox Alberta; Cotton about three fourths picked. yield considerably below average; yield of corn poor, much of 1t has fotted-W. A. Menfer
 FRANK P. cHAFFEE,
 Section Director, Weather Bureau