The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-06
DAMAGE TO CROPS
MORE REPORTS OF DEVASTATED
COTTON FIELDS.
President Seymour of the Alahams
Grower Association Thinks Is
Cents Will He Necesxary To

$500
A reports continue to come in from
various sections of Alabama as TO The
damage to the cotton crop by the recent
storm, the seriousness OF tne situation
IL increased.
Coz respondents of W. H. Seymour,
President of the Alabama Division Of
the southern Cotton Association, write
Elm from all quarters that the injury
10 the industry is not confined to the
portion of the State nearest the gulf.
but extends to every part Of the state
where cotton Is grown.
President Seymour said last evening
that from the reports received by him.
he believed 1t would be necessary for the
farmers of Alabama to receive Is cents
per pound for their cotton, in order that
the same amount Of money should come
into the State as last year.
Additional reports were received yes
terday by Mr. Seymour from various
portions of the State. indicating in each
instance severe damage to The cotton
Industry
These reports were as follows:
Cherokee County.
\ ]. l. Savage, October 3, reports:
think the injury to the cotton crop
from excessice rains and wind will
Barring the injury above referred to, the
crop is as good as that of last year. The
disposition Of the farmers is to hol1
for better prices. though very little has
been ginned SO far. They are in bet
ter condition to hold fhan they have
hssn for several years past
Choctaw County.
Joe H. Bryan, October 3. reports:
can hardly approximate the great
amount OF damage and loss to the plant
or occasioned by the most severe and
destructive rain and wind storm that
has ever visited our section of the coun"
try. 1t began here "n last Wednesday
night about 10 o'clock and Continued
INCREASINGLY until Friday morning. &C
companied by a heavy down-rour of
rain. The velocity of the storm and
Its fury was frightful and distressing 6.
have seen and interviewed several
of my neighbors. and also from ad-
toining territory. and ] find that the
unanimous opinion prevails that at least
thirty three and one-third per cent or
the cotton was blown out and damaged
in fact. .'uined. fer in addition to tie
damage and loss resulting from tn,
storm. 1t has been raining here every
day and night since last saturday.
which renders the situation more de-
ilorablc from the fact that all the cot
ton that was blown out is now sprout-
Ing and ruined. l also hear from
others. as we'll as my own rbserva-
ton. that what cotton was left In the
hollis. is now sprouting and rotting
There is no telling the end of the con-
dition of affairs. ALI cotton on the hills
or uplands was open. hence. the loss
Is greater in such lands. The bottom
lands were all overlooked, and will
likely rot in the bolls quicker than tina,
Of the hills. There was a great deal II
late corn In bottom lands, which will
be lost. Too early to gather and now
lying in water. that is. the greater por-
ton of it,
The crops in this immediate section.
and as far in various directions as
was able to learn. were short. being
from fifteen to twenty per cent of
from last year. and there was nothing
like a full crop last year. TIE condi-
lions prior to the storm could not have
possibly reached higher than sixty or
sixty five per cent OF good crop. The
extent Of the storm damage. when fully
ealized, will assume the proportions of
very great disaster and ruin to both
the poor old "clodhopper," and the mer-
chant great number having to bny or
credit, and now sustaining such losses
will be unable to meet their obligations
Surely we should demand bette'
prices for the remaining portion of our
crop, for we will need every dollar IL
meet current expense.
those of my surrounding country to sell
their cotton for less than the minimum
price fixed by our Cotton Association.
and especially Is this true since the
storm. We should now have at least
~ Is or 10 cents. To sum up the pres
ent situation. do not think we will
realize more than a half crop OF last
year.
Fayette County.
renorfa
have never seen crop in worse
condition that Is the cotton crop in this
county at this time. Very little cot
ton had been picked when the storm
came, and 1t seems that now one-halt
of the unpicked is on the ground and
lost. and much of that left In the Doll
is sprouting.
1 don't think that the people VIII hold
their cotton If they can get 10 cents Tor
II, Scarcity of labor had already re-
duced the crcp considerably In this
county.
LOwndes County.
w F.. Carlisle, October 5, reports:
write to inform you OF the conu-
ton of the cotton crop In TINS sec
ton of Lowndes and in that part OF
Autauga just across the river from
here and also the northeastern part
of Dallas.
have made it a point since Monday
morning. to ask every one that nave
seen about the condition of the crop
since the storm. and. from the infor-
nation that 1 have been apie 10
gather about half of this years crop
was open In the field. and that was
damaged by the storm at least one
third, l mean that at the lowest caicu-
lation one third of it was blown out
on the ground. I thought when went
out Monday and looked at some OF
the fields that part of that that was
on the ground could be saved put since
the rains of this week l have decided
that we will not only not save whatwas
blown out, but will lose more of that
that is on the stalk. ! had estima-
ted the crop Of this section as sixty
ave ner cent of a normal crop before
the storm and now I think that we Will
not get more than fifty per cent. OF
a normal crop and large part OF thar
will be damaged.
RURIAL OF MRS. CLARKE.