The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

thrashing IS now IN progress. with a
| splendid yield and fine quality. The corn
crop has been damaged TO some extent
/ BY the drought. but not more than .
per cent The hay crop was good. and
with favorable weather for harvesting a
| large crop has been saved
our farmers are in a prosperous con-
dition, and the farms are yielding good
] incomes under the prevailing prices for
I farm products
/ In this section general farming IS car
ried On-cattIe. hogs. and sheep-but to
bacco Of the dark type engages the
/ attention OF most OF our farmers The
[ prospects are bright for a great crop in
| this section"
Dry In Prince Edward.
J L Hart. writing from FarnviTe.
/ Va. takes a less hopeful view Of the
( situation in Prince Edward County
The recent drought in this section of
| Virginia he says. caused much distress
among the farmers. Crops Of every kind
I suffered. and even fruit was affected
/ seriously Since the copious showers
which have visited the country around
l each day for the past week the outlook
for q good crop has frightened. and to-
/ baccO has been especially helped II has
grown rapidly. until row much has been
/ topped
The corn crop received a setback
from the drought which can be but little
/ helped by the rains which come now
| Of course. this refers 70 highland corn
! fo- there IS much fine corn on low
/ grounds which the dry weather did not
/ seriously damage
The wheat crop recently harvested.
and now being thrashed. was not a good
I one, the grain being unusually small
1 while the straw Yield was abundant
Looks Gloomy in Halifax.
P H Beazley. OF South Boston, Va.
sees small hope for the farmer in Hall
fax County this year. He says
The somewhat protracted drought
through a large section OF Halifax VIII
cut short the crops 10 one-half In many
/ portions the corn crop viii be very poor.
especially on high land With fav0rabI=
seasons the tobacco crop viii fall far
below an average The general outlook
Is a gloomy one
All Right in Southwest.
G. W. knight writing from Big stone
Gap. Va. says:
Crops are the best II Southwest VIZ
ginia OF the past ten years. We have
the largest acreage in cultivation planted
In many years"
Good Crops in Amherst.
Aubrey E Strobe OF Amherst. Va,
writes
! The general crop outlook IN this sec
ton Is exceIlent-the best for several
years in hay, wheat. corn. and tobacco
Wheat Below the Average.
Matthew u. Paxton, writing from Lex
ington, Va. says
The wheat crop IS below the average
but not a failure Hay IS an average
crop, but much Of II IS weedy Corn
now promises q fair crop There IS
fair crop OF fruit. though Il IS not much
Of an article OF commerce from chis
county Pasturags on the whole has
been good and the large number Of stocz
kept have generally been doing we'll
Corn Crop Very Fine.
c A Meyer. Of Pulaski. Va. says corn
and hay are 1ne-
Wheat yield is not frst-class- but
about an average crop Corn IS as me
as ever raised here IN the county Hay
crop Is best crop for many years"
Looks Bad in King William.
W r Broadus thinks the outlook is
forbidding in the vicinity OF West Point
Va he says
On account Of long drought n this
section, which was only broken Wedres-
days. the I'd. the crops around here are
recover and make fairly good returns.
Early planted crops are a little better.
but they VIII not make full crops. From
the present outlook. only half. OF possibly
thTee-fourths, OF the crop VIII mature
Crops Were Never Better.
J. E Campbell. Of Covington. Va. says:
Wheat oats, and grass have been har-
vested and were never better The out
look for corn is excellent ard truck
farming is good There Will be a fair crop
of apples and some peaches Of good ouaI-
Ky There IS a good deal Of other small
fruit. such as grapes. pIums. &c The
farmer. We believe. IS IN better financial
condition than he has been for years The
financial panic and business depression
have not affected him in the Ieast-in facl.
it has benefited him in the way OF re-
duced prices on what he consumes. with
practically no change IN the prices OF
what he sells
Bright in North Carolina.
B. ". KIgore. Of Raleigh. y. c. saws
crops are good in the Tar Heel state:
/, On the whole. our crop outlook is ex-
cellent- There has been rather TOO much
rain in some sections. while in other por-
tons IL has been dry for a number OF
) weeks The average condition. however,
Of crops is very encoUraging.
} Too Much Rain in Georgia.
T c. Hudson says heavy rains have
damaged the cotton crop in Georgia He
writes from Atlanta:
The condition Of crops as q whole a.
this tine IS not good In the southern
section OF tht State cotton has been al
most ruined by excessive rains. In the
middle and northern sections the plant
to start with was very late and the
growth has been very much retarded By
dry weather These lands are very
thirsty and require great deal OF moist
ure 10 make a good crop
Blight has damaged very materially
the crop in some sections, and. 7 think. 10
take Il as q whole. the crop Of Georgia VIII
not be more than - per cent. compared
TO the crop Of last year
Cotton Good IN Alabama.
c H Bnlingsley. Of Montgomery. Ala,
says:
Corn has suffered TO some extent from
the dry weather. but the prospects are
good for a good crop.
The prospects are good for q good
cotton crop. but all depends upon the
weather conditions for the next few
weeks. Some sections Of the state have
been very dry. During the past few days
We have had good rains in nearly every
section OF the State few open bous
have been reported. but the crop VIII