The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-06-12

of Monday, publishes its first report
OF the condition of the cotton eropup
to June l. based upon reports from its
special correspondents covering the
entire cotton belt 1t summarizes
the situation as follows;
II. The acreage is practically uu-
changed, as compared with last year.
The change, if any, has been in the
direction of trihing increase.
-. The stands have been impair
ed and cultivation has been retarded
by excessive rainfall over wide areas
of the Belt.
- The supply of labor is, as a
rule, better than it has been in there
cent past.
Il. Complaints of boll weeviI come
from certain districts TO the west
ward OF the Mississippi.
-. The outlook, taken as a whole.
Is fair; but the ultimate outcome will
depend upon the character of the sea-
son from this time forth and the date
Of frost Will cut a great figure.
ii y good deal OF anuvial land
has been oyerhowed and the result
OF replanting Is TO the last degree
problematic."
Following are the reports from ad-
iacent counties in East Mississippi:
Aberdeen. Miss, June The acre
age given to cotton this season is
about the same as that of last season.
with an occasional slight increase.
The season has been favorable and
the stands are good with the first
planting.
The labor supply is ample, largely
due to the fact that the demand has
been greadly reduced by the applica-
tion of cultiyatOrs and other improv-
ed implements by the best farmers
and tenants.
During the last ten days the ideal
weather has been taken advantage of
and great progress has been made.
The use of fertilizer is about the
same as heretofore, the majority of
the lands of the prairie, hammock
and creek and river bottoms charac-
ter not requiring its application. Gen
orally speaking, the season has open
ed and progressed in a highly salts
factory manner, with bright pros
poets ahead.
Okolona, Miss June l. The acre
age, as compared with last year is
unchanged. The season has been
better than last year, though there
has been too much rain. Stands are
good, but the crop is about twelve
days late Labor is ample, though
the crops are grassy, on account of
too much rain. No fertilizer has been
used here About 10 per cent more
COTTON remains TO be planted iu this
section.
West Point, Miss, June The
condition of the young cotton crop is
now better than for several seasons.
Stands are generally good and but
little replanting has been done.
The acreage is five per cent greater
than last year in the West Point dis
trict. The weather is ideal and the
grass that sprang up during the rains
of two weeks ago is being rapidly
T cleaned out, the planters keeping the
work pretty well in hand
Tupelo, Miss, June L. The condi-
ton of the cotton crop at this time Is
+ fairly good considering the backward
ness of the season. Planting usually
/ begins in this section April 10 and
closes by May 10 Owing to the ex-
treme wet weather i'm April but little
cotton was planted during the month
except on the high lands. Planting
was principally done during May, and
on lowlands still continues and will
not be over with until June 10.
The stand so far is fairly good, but
a second planting was required ir
many instances. Heavy rains anC
hailstorms have visited this section
the past week, and only to-day ,
very heavy rain has fallen which ha
locally done considerable damage.
The supply of labor is plentiful anC
cultivation is progressing satisfac
, torily. Fertilizers have been use'
. freely in this section. There has beer
but little increase if any in acreage
Starkville, Miss, June The acre
age under cultivation i'm cotton thi
year in Oktibbeha county is abou
the same as last year The charac
ter of the season earlier in the yea
. was rather favorable, and the land
were put in a very fair state Of cult
walton, though more recently tn,
conditions have been unfavorable
The excessive rains have greatly re
tarded the work, and the extremel!
hot weather was detrimental.
The stand of cotton is good, thougl
the ground is hard and needs work
The cotton is very small and in man,
sections is very grassy. The suppl,
of labor is rather scarce and conse
quently the. progress OF cultivation
very slow.
, The farmers in this section do no
use fertilizer TO any great extent, a
the lands are generally very fertil
and with moderate labor produc
7 good crops without the application c
, fertilizer. The farmers are general
{ in very good spirits and are workin
: diligently at their crops, though tn
season is only fair for work now an
il is entirely to early in the year I
say much on the final outcome
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