The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-20
Report from Alemphia.

Report from MGmpnAAs
 Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 1e.--The Com mercial-Appeaps weekly summary of crop conditions. covering the Central states of the cotton belt. is as follows: There is some variety in the reports received this week from the States of the central cotton belt.
 1 Some sections have been too dry, others have suffered by reason of too much rain and not a few state that everything has been ideal An average of the whole denotes enthusiastically that the cotton crop Is in good condition and I Is going forward to maturity with scarcely more than seasonable damage from rust, blight, shedding and such trouble as always arise during the criti- cal month of August. The chief fear aroused in the minds of the observers of the crop has been from its exceptional growth of stalk. But nearly all cor advanced rapidly. Only in the bottom lands has the growth appeared at the expense of bolls.
 The rapid growth in many sections has delayed the opening and if con- tinued win tend to make the season Hate though almost everywhere open Ibolis are reported and new bales have lappeared at a number of places.
 Scattered light showers followed by lsunshine and warm. moist weather have fallen over a large part of Mis- lsissippi and Alabama, and where such thas been the case, the crop is looked upon as extremely promising. In lWestern Tennessee crop conditions are almost perfect. Arkansas, on the lwhole, has received less rain than sec ttions to the east of tho river. and the week has been one of advancement and Iconditlons are promising
 | The excellent state of the crop pre- lcedinR the past two weeks is noted by la number of correspondents. who state itbat with the damage sustained re- lcently, the crop is still promising. There is a marked abeence of rust or blight, though shedding is noted to a greater or less degree in many sections
 The Crop In Three States.
 Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 19.--Favorable re-
 ports come to Tl@ Constitution from
 Georgia and South Carolina regarding
 the condition of the cotton crop, while
 Florida reports the outlook gloomy
 with unfavorable weather.
 In Georgia cotton has improved
 greatly during the past week, fair and
 warm weather doing much to aid the
 plant There Is now, however, a gen
 eIaI complaint that rain Is needed all over the State The plant looks well
 has a good woody stalk. but Is rather poorly fruited. In some sections. ia
 has the yellow appearance which il ordinarily does not have until the mid ! de of September.
 In South Carolina. weather condi
 tions have been favorable. While thu crop has not progressed a great deal | 1t can be said that 1t has not lost any thing during the past week. In thu lower part of the State there has beer
 too much rain and the plant is grassy
 Above Columbia. however, the plant il
 large. but not we'll fruited
 Reports to the Florida Department ol , Agriculture presage gloomy outlook
 An uninterrupted continuation of thu , same adverse conditions which began , ten weeks ago-too much rain, tot , much grass and not enough labor-hai . played havoc with the crop. The out , put is not expected to be more thar one-half to two-t thirds to what norma
 conditions would have produced. { In North Carolina, 1t Is difficult t( ! lNecure accurate information, but talk | ing the State as a whole, 1t Is said tha
 the crop will be in the neighborhood o
 70 per cent. In certain sections, th' . crop is as good as ever grown. Th' ) hot weather of the past week showed Ithat there was a scarcity of bolls.'