The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-09
COTTON CROP IS
 OFF NEARLY HALF So Say Reports to President W.
 H. Seymour CORN HAS A BAD %START There Is Much Grass and Weeds and Poor Plant Development Gener- alIy-oplnlon of the Cor
 respondents.

CNs of the Alabama division of the Cotton as- sociation, it is shown that the cotton croI prospects are off nearly half, and that corn has also a bad start. There is much grass and weeds and poor plant develop ment generally.
 Reports from correspondents throughou: the state have been received by President Seymour in reply to the following re- quest:
 Please report prospects for norma crops of cotton and food stuffs in your section this year State specihcially upon what you base your opinion.'
 The reports are based upon conditions obtaining on June 1.
 Autauga County-McOueen Smith.
 I do not remember ever seeing the cot ton crop in worse shape. The stand is poor, the plant small and very grassy The corn crop has been neglected as the land has been too wet to work when ii was needed. The oat crop is peter than the average, but much of it has fallen because of win dand rain.
 Baldwin County-W. c. DlnWiddle.
 General condition of crops in this coun- ty is by no means as bad as reported some days ago. Cotton is not good. how ever, and will be short. This on account of hard rains and bad season generally during March and April.
 Blbb County-H. c. 6 w. B. Reynolds
 Company.
 Cotton condition not over 50 per cent maximum Last year on May a had blooms: this year I am not half through chopping. Acreage reduction enforced by weather 15 per cent. Corn very sorry Oats, fine crop. Don't think it possible to make more than half crop of cotton Poor stand grassy and labor scarce. Oats fair Ppland corn very good; low land not yet planted. Wet. Fruit all killed. Pastures very good. Hogs scarce Farmers blue.
 Bullock county-T. M. Houeh.
 Corn 75 per cent. Cotton acreage 80 per cent Condition 50 per cent. Cause, wet and cold.
 Bullock county-S. P. Rainer.
 Owing to the excessive rains and cool weather the cotton crop is thirty days late, Fields are very grassy and stands very poor. Low lands that have been planted two or three times in cotton are now being planted in corn, where they art dry enough Labor is very scarce. Nc day labor to be had. Dat crops are fine Corn looks very well where 1t is no1 drowned out I cannot see where we car possibly make more than half crop. am in the country every day looking after farms.
 Butler County-J. M. Mcbride.
 The cotton crop is from three to four weeks late. Stands irregular, 30 per cent of normal. Corn small, 40 per cent of nor mal, and oats an average. Weather en- trely unreasonable. Cotton had to be planted over three or four times.
 Calhoun County-W. L. Jones.
 It looks now like half a crop. Too much rain, cold. Poor stands, poor seed. Crop at least thirty days late.
 Chambers County-CharIes Schuess.
 Ter G Sons.
 We estimate the present condition at 6S per cent, or extremely poor. Wheat and oats are good and we hear very little ions are based on personal observation and conversations with reliable planters.
 Cherokee County-H. c. Tucker.
 Prospects for all corps look exceed ingly gloomy. Continued rains together with late frosts and cool weather has damaged everything. Not one-fourth crop of fruit. Most cotton replanted and still very bad stands. Cannot make more than one-half crop with favorable weather from now on through the season. There is time yet for corn and other food crops to come out and make fair yields. Chiffon County-W. H. kiIlngsworth
 Cotton sorriest ever known in this sec- tion. Oats very good. Corn and other food crops very poor.
 Choctaw County-J. j. w. Grace.
 Cotton crops in this section bid fair for about 50 per cent of a crop, owing to bad stands, late planting and effects of con tinuel rains. Food crops about S5 per cent.
 Clay County-Charles Rattray.
 Prospects for normal crops gloomy Some sections cotton planted twice or three times. Stands generally bad. Con- stant rains prevents cultivating Bottoms too wet to blow and plant Acres going to weeds. Only crop looking favorable Is oats, and this may be ruined by too much rain, resulting in rust or falling down. Benefits resulting from early spring coun- teracted by cold and floods.
 Clay County-A. p. Mitchell.
 Cotton has been replanted two and three times, and we have not a stand yet. Don't think we can possibly make half a crop of cotton. About one-half of the crop to be planted yet, and all of platned lands in corn are very grassy-so wet they could not be worked Labor scarcer than l ever saw 1t. Prospects gloomy.
 CIeburne County-J. A. Brown.
 With favorable conditions from now on the prospects are that we will make only half a crop. The situation is the worst have ever known.
 Coffee county-W. B. Hsney.
 Cotton condition very poor, not over 50 per cent. Corn very small. condition about 70 per cent. Labor is scarce and wages high.
 Coffee County-S. M. Rowe.
 Outlook gloomy Crop very late. Could not get stands. Had third planting. Fields grassy. Labor scarce
 Conecuh County-B. H. Crumpton.
 Prospects very discouraglng. Stands of cotton bad and still dying. Second and third planting. much of it with seed from oil mill. Corn stands pretty fair, plant small and much of 1t yellow and too wet to blow but room for improvement. Labor can scarcely be had at any price. Hands work only for negroes when they wish them.
 Coosa County-J. D. Carmichael.
 The present outlook for crops. both corn and cotton, is very gloomy. The cold, wet spring has been very unfavorable to growing crops. Cotton especially is very poor-bad stands, slow growth, so much wet weather. not properly worked and badly in grass. The present outlook on the whole is the poorest we have eyer had crenshaw co.-BradIey & Edwards Crops far below normal Have never ex- perienced anything like this before. Will