The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-09

Escambla County-W. J. Holland. Crops in the county in bad condition, 1 both corn and cotton. Will say 70 per cent on corn-excessive rains and grass-labor
 scarce. Cotton 50 per cent-excessive rains. | cold Winds-turnS red and dies Some
 have planted as many as three times J and yet have poor stands. Prospect has never been worse. Oats are good
 Etowah county-T. c. Galloway.
 Prospects for cotton not more than 1 two-thirds crop, and for other crops pros poets bad, Too much rain Planting all l stopped Cotton stand bad Rust taken
 the wheat. Little corn planted.
 Fayette county-W. M. Cannon.
 Am sure there cannot be a normal
 crop this year on account of too much
 rain. Could not plant full crop.
 Fayette county-W. S. Bobo. Crops are very poor. Corn two or three
 weeks late. Oats about one-half on three
 fourths of a crop. Cotton Just up and dy- ing. Very little farm work being done.
 Crops small and grassy. Greene County-A. p. Smith. With present condition crop not over I 66 per cent Stands very poor. Old cotton l too grassy Crop four to five weeks late. Condition of land now In poor state for
 
 failure for want of work. Low bottom lands saturated with water. Many acres prepared early will never be planted on account of lateness and urgency to take | care of the already planted. Decrease in | acreage per cent Prospect gloomiest known to oldest planters. Some laborers reported abandoned crops,
 Hale County-E. E. Elliott. Crop prospect the poorest in the history of our country. Planted much of it three or four times Stands poor much grass and continued heavy rains make the out look exceedingly gloomy. Acreage about 50 per cent less than last year and condi- | tion on a normal basis not over 50 per cent. Much cotton will be abandoned on account of grass.
 Hale County-J. B. StIckney. Stands are very poor, rains continually Grass Is outgrowing the cotton and it is | too wet to work Corn about the same, | though l know of few old fields where worked look well. Altogether we have the poorest prospects, especially for cotton, ever saw. Condition 66 per cent, acreage 95 per cent on cotton.
 Henry County-J. B. Ward. Corn, oats, potatoes and garden, 90 per cent. Cotton stands poor, condition grassy
 
 | 70.
 Lamar County-R. L. Bradley. Not more than atwo-thirds crop can I be made In this section Bad stands of 1 everything. Crops late Farmers be- dwarfed badly. Prospects more than gloomy.
 b LauderdaIe county-H. A. klIIen. oIo
 seen. Corn is late. Cotton has been replanted. and is not all up. Rain, cold and frequent frosts,
 Lawrence County-Jourd White. 1 Dat crop is promising. Upland corn fairly good, but little bottom land corn planted and most of it Is ruined by rain. Gardens late but good. Little fruit Cot ton 90 per cent decrease in acreage; bad stands everywhere. Some farmers plant ing third time. Lots of grass. Outlook gloomy for cotton. Six weeks late Lee County-C. R. McCreary. Condition of corn 70 per cent; acreage % per cent; wheat, 20 per cent; acreage, 80 per cent; cotton, 50 per cent sandy lands | 50 per cent red lands. Very poor stands and plants unhealthy and not growing. l have never seen such prospects in my forty years experience in cotton culture Corn looks hard, stalks small and round. Wheat failure. Oats, heads short and not well developed. Some fields of cotton | will be abandoned for lack of stands
 Limestone county-W. N. Hayes. Cotton, bad stand, too much rain and cold weather. Three weeks late; none | chopped. Corn and oats fairly good Limestone County-George Malone. Crop prospects, owing to continued rains | look gloomy.
 Lowndes County. No prospects for normal crop at this date. Cotton small, stand poor; ground wet to soggerness and weather cool Cot ton dying. Corn poor and uncultivated because of continued rains and efforts al replanting cotton. With a cessation of rain, giving a chance to clean crops. and late frost, we can make moderate crop. Labor scarce. Condition of crop barely 50 per cent
 Macon County-W. c. Stevenson. Crops of both cotton and corn in had condition. Stands very bad and very late. some still replanting. Crops grassy and labor scarce. No corn on bottom lands as yet. and upland corn not worked. Ont look gloomy.
 Madison County-N. M. Rowe. Only one-fourth stand of cotton stili dying and badly swamped in grass and weeds. Corn crop improving, but needs work. Oats good. Cotton 25 per cent. corn 10 per cent, oats 90 per cent of nor mai crop. Very few hay crops planted yet.
 Madison County-clarendon Davis. Cotton 50 per cent of normal, corn s5 per cent, oats 90 per cent. wheat s5 per cent.
 Marion County-H. o. Sargent. Prospects are gloomy for cotton and food stuffs in this section. Too much rain and cold weather. Some of our bottoms have never been planted Cotton is not doing we'll at all. Very poor stands and very little work in some. None of if chopped. All oats and wheat are short. because of rain they have taken rust.
 Monroe County-J. K. kyser. Cotton is fully six weeks behind. Very little been chopped out. The stand is very good now. Corn Is doing nicely and bids fair for an average crop.
 Monroe county-Mccreary & Co. Cotton at least three weeks late. very small and bad stands and grassy. Corn badly damaged by wet weather. Some | good oats. but bad weather to save them. | Will probably not make more than "a | per cent of oat crop.
 Monroe County-J. 1. Watson. Cotton crop in this section very short. | We have had tO plant two and tbrao