The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
GRAIN CROPS IN
FINE CONDITION
sTATIsTlcIAN ALLEN is ENTHU-
sIAsTic OVER WHEAT, OATS
AND CORN PROSPECTS.
Splendid YIELD IS PROMISED
Very Much Pleased With The Re-
sources of Maury county.-eoes
To Truck Sections.

According to Charles w. Allen,
State Statistical Agent of the Depart
ment of Agriculture of the United
States, who was in Columbia
Thursday, the condition Of the
grain crops over Middle Ten
nessee is exceptionally good
and he believes that from present In
dications the yield Of wheat and oats
will be exceedingly heavy Mr. Allen
has been over the most Of the terri
tory of Middle Tennessee ascrtaining
tn condition Of the crops and is in
Maury county for that purpose. He
will go from here to the truck grow
ing sections South and West Of here.
Mr. Allen stated that he found
wheat in splendid condition in almost
all of the wheat counties of the mid
die division and that the farmers were
generally expecting an exceptionally
fine yield While the wet weather of
the past month has done some damage
to this crop he finds that there is
very little rust comparatively speaking
and that the heavy warm rains of the
past few weeks have been real ad-
vantage to wheat since they have
washed off the rust.
There never was a better prospect
for oats than there is now. There
may be difference of opinion as to
the effect of the rains on the wheat
crop, but there is no question but
that the rains have very materially
helped the oats and the average yield
per acre this season should be equal
to the best. These conditions prevail |
throughout this section, Mr.. Allen
found.
While the corn crop is generally |
speaking, little late due to the con- |
tinued wet weather, Mr.. Allen believes |
that on the whole the prospects for |
corn are fine. In West Tennessee the |
farmers have been very late in planting |
due to the wet weather and the fact that |
much of the corn lands in chat section
are in the bottoms, but this condition /
does not prevail to so marked degree
in this section of the State, although |
there is still some corn that has not /
been planted, even in Middle Tennes-
see.
Mr.. Allen finds that the grasses and
clover of this section promise better
yield than probably ever before
known In view of the pessimism
that has prevailed among the farmers
of Middle Tennessee with reference
to the growing of clover for several
years past, Mr.. Allen was very much
gratified to find that the crop this
year was so good. The depression
the prospects of proftably
grow ing this crop has given place to
optimism and the farmers all through
he middle section are again enthu-
,iastic on the subject and express the
belief that clover is again to be one
If the best and most profitable crops /
hat can be grown. All grasses are
n fine condition.
Maury county especially appeals to
Ir. Allen. He was very much inter- s
'sted in getting information on the
manifold resources of this county and
surprise when the figures :
pon the returns from some of the
roducts of the county were given I
i'm. "This is truly a great and rich Il
ounty, said Mr.. Allen" and I do not
yonder at the evidences of wealth and S
which l see everywhere. a
With such resources as this county b
as in its soil combined with it's nat u
raj beauty and fine climate makes it D
ne of the most favored spots in all p
le country" re