The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-05

frLE-t'tf "a 80 bcStI IhS VIGIL
- rep expert has made public
a. .x+.-.a,e His report follows:
NJ rst'rating this crop al 12,Ooo,-
-a1.mum, / feel very confident
w. am on the high side, but wish
.arv conservative. There are
l..,rrr1 =igns of a crop disaster in
49, .e my daily notes show. Octo-
80 H. eattle turned into many fields,
a-4.srs blowing up cotton fields.
'rat.fns have never seen before at
,r,g z.aeon Of h year. October
~ .rr.r very poor, picking nearly
--... 'ated, gins in many places not
INK and viii only run one day
as.- Boil weevil has done enor-
ro.e image. Louisiana, Texas, Ar
H,v-.- rield Of oil smallest on record.
s,.. r,E5-1900.
.1 " crop which was a month later
.-s. last year. is now ahead Of last
se.-.. being forced to maturity by
,rs .grrpmc hot weather in August
v.t,.ut moisture, causing the bolls
~ contain very much less lint than
IN ordinary ears
o my return yesterday through
--a Atlantic States. noted that the
frost hat killed a vast quantity Of
folds
"tfaorgia-CroI cooking very well.
eerle vel, cultivs d, and much cot
Ton rgel. BoIls are not, however,
Is ~ - a. qua III HO IoD
crop and total absence of looms.
Grade good and the State should make
cons. 3erable increase over last sea-
con
"AIabama-PIant very much small
.r than last year, and the stands very
irregular. The average number Of
hollis to the stalk are al-o n-uch less
than previous seasons. 1t appears
that. wing to bad weather in the
spring. the farmers We're unable to
clean and work tho fields and much
reIlauting was done. This was fol-
lowed by very hot weather in August.
which forced the plant to maturity and
produced smaller bolls which con-
tanned Only a small amount of lint.
No blooms,
"ArkanSas-The crop has suffered
verg considerably by the bad start, the
plant being small and stands poor
Coupled with this, the high temper
atures Of August and the plant hav-
ing no tap root, caused it to shed bad
lv Bolis small and the staple very
mixed.
enreSsee-ReportS from the state
lead me to believe it will make an
average yield.
Indian Territory-The crop here is
a good one, and while it is claimed
by many that the crop is much worse
than last year, [ confess l failed to
see it, and believe it will make as
much cotton as last year.
"Dklahoma-The plant in some sec
tons is small, but we'll fruited, and
while not equal to last year, with the
increased creag should give us a
yield equal to last season.
"TeXaS-The crop throughout the
state is poor, in some districts a total
failure Plants ook green and
h%ezIthy. but contain very few bolls.
Tn only reason I can give for this
IS that. owing to the cCld spring, the
seel did not terminate, and the fields
had to be r%eplanted three or four
times. In July it looked as if the
crop was recovering, and going to
make an average crop, but the ex-
ceedtngly high temperatures in
August. accompanied with very dry
weather., forced the plant to matur-
itT. and did not give the bolls time to
fully mature and produce the average
amount of lint. The lateness of the
rop in north Texas, where 1t was
fully expected in August they would
make a good >rop, laid it open to the
ravages Of the boil Weevil, which has
caused such disaster that had I not
seen it, l would not have believed it.
"Louisiana-The plant green with
good stalk and to a casual observer
would look like a good yield, but on
careful Examination 1 found the plants
Contained very few bOlls, mostly on
the bottom Of the plant, the middle
crop being taken by the boil weevil, a
most extraordinary contrast to last
year. when the fields were white with
cotton. On cutting open a large num-
Der of bolls 1 found they we're pune
tured by the veevil, and the lint was
destroyed. This state Will make the
shortest crop in years.
'Mississippi-The crop very spotted.
some good fields, but some very poor.
Plant smaller than previous seasons
and bolls small. Much cotton open,
having been forced to maturity by heat
and long spell of dry weather.
North Carolina-The crop on the
light lands fairly good, plant small
ana moderately we'll fruited. On the
heavy lands crop is worse than last
year, bolls small and not containing
so much lint. Picking being pushed
Frost would do little or no
damage, as no top crop and no blooms
mould make as much cotton as last
year, owing to the increase in acre
age. Grade good.
South Carolina-The crop looked
we'll. A large amount of cotton open
In the fields, and with favorable pick
Ing weather should max an increase
Of 5000, 600 bales over last wear. Rolls
we're Of medium size, but no prospects
Of a top crop. Frost would do little
.amage except to a few late fields. No
1luOms."