The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-09
COTTON CROP
 IS SPOTTED" Good in, Sections: Poor
 in Others. DIRECTOR sEYMoUR's REPORT Practically All Counties Heard
 From. The Present Is Regarded as Critical T1ms In the Growth of the Crop.
 Heavy Rains Have
 Aroused Fears.
 

Reports received by Director W. H. Seymour of the Alabama Bureau of Cot- ton Statistics, show spotted" condi& tion of the cotton crop in Alabama, good in some sections. and poor in others.
 Director Seymour's correspondents reported from practically all the coun- ties of the State. The reports were as rule favorable, although the pres ent stage is regarded as. most critical in the production of cotton crop.
 Mir. Seymour last night gave out the following statement. based upon the reports of correspondents as to the condition of the crop of the State on Aug. 1:
 From the information that I have received from correspondents and other sources. the cotton crop of the State, on account of weather conditions, is very spotted. In some localities the weather conditions have been ideal, and cotton was never more promising at this season of the year. In other ios caIities, there has been either super abundance of moisture or none at all. in consequence of which the crop Is sorry.
 s'On the whole. the crop may be said to be promising and with favorable conditions from now until the crop is gathered, good crop can be expected. But should an excessive precipitation of moisture, as experienced by some sections in the last week or ten days, become general. prospects would gem orally undergo a great change.
 The cotton crop is not sufficiently advanced to form any idea as to what 1t will be, and to undertake to do so would be at best only a wild guess The United States Agricultural Depart ment. after an experience and study of years. and with all the money neces- sary for the employment of expert tal- ent, in the month of November, after the crop was made last year, estimated the cotton crop of the South to be s00,- 000 more than it really was, and meni- bers of cotton exchanges and other well-known estimators and speculators missed 1t from s00,000 to 100000 bales. !"
 The reports received by Mir. Seymour from the various counties follow:
 Baldwin County. W. B. Dinw1ddie- Cotton reported good stand, large and plenty of bolls. Continued weat wealth CT liable to damage crop. Corn report ed good, fine yield, large ears, corn in southern part of county reported as be- ing as good as corn raised in Nebras- ka. Irish potatoes good.
 Barbour County. J. J. s. Wiflts-Corn is unusually good. Cotton doipg fine, weed small but healthy, and fruiting we'll Is overcoming in q measure its tardfness.
 Bibb County, B. D. Reynoids-condi. lion of cotton and corn never better. Other crops the. same, W %
 Blount County, J. F. Wilson--Corn crop fine throughout the country. Bot tom crop of cotton fine. and prospects good for heavy top crop. Oats were good. Hay and potatoes fine. Blount has the best prospects for a heavy crop all round that 1t has had for years
 Bullock County, Wm. c. Jordan Generally in this county the cotton crop is promising, though some of 1t is dying with rust and black root. The prospect now, I think, will go s5 per cent. perhaps 90 per cent. Early corn is very short on account of drought though it has improved wonderfully since The rain. Late corn is very good Peas, potatoes and cane crops very promising.
 Butler County, W. F. FcKensie & Sen--Cotton some better than last year, will average 75 per cent. Corn is good in most sections, some sections perefct.
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