The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
Crops Still Improve
With Favorable Rains

0rdble Rains
and there 10 IN places mot more than
one-thfrd Of . stand.
Peas, potatoes. sugar cane, and all
such crops are doing well at present.
Young corn II seasons continue will
make pretty fair crop. but this 10 hard
ly suniciently advanced to estimate &C.
curately on that.
Some open cotton 10 reported from
The best advanced crops In this county,
but It will be late season for picking
this year. all cotton being at best about
three weeks late.
BARBOUR.
Eufaula. Aug. S.--(Specia1 )--Re-
more encouraging news as to crop con-
ditions which has been brought about
by q week Of good sunshine.
Under the influence Of the favorable
conditions of the weather large fields
Of both corn ana cotton which had been
abandoned have been worked up and
II 10 believer will make fair yield.
Owing to tN work of fodder pull
ing which wfll begin next week but
Ing In the abandoned patches but the
Improvement in all lines IL perceptibIe
and will bring the yield to a better
average than was even anticipated q
few weeks ago.
BIBB.
Centerville, Aug. Especial d
There has been Improvement in crop
conditions in some parts of Bibb Coun-
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best that can be said is that crops Of
both corn and cotton are spotted"
For the last ten days rains have been
very partial. In the country north and
east Of Centerville an abundance Of
rain has fallen, while In the southern
part very little rain has been had dur
Ing several weeks. In q section of
Bibb County seven or eight miles south
west Of centerviile no rain of any con-
June and the crops nave suffered very
much. the corn crop Is ruined In that
community.
w. H. Cooper, one Of the most pro-
gfessive and successful farmers In this
part OF Alabama, and who raises sew
eral hundred bales of cotton each year
said yesterday that the cotton crop
this year would be short. He stated
that most Of the cotton Is late. and
while the weed 10 luxuriant there IL
but little fruit.
The. corn crop on the rich bottom
lands OF the river south of Centerville
Is almost q complete failure on ac-
count of the extreme wet weather
which caused the lands>to be flooded
by the water from the river quite a
number of times.
= The, pea crop Is good and the farm
ers are beginning to realize the value
of peas as a fertilizer.
The watermelon crop Is almost q
failure in Bibb County.
The sweet potato crop where worked
is good.
BULLOCK.
Union Springs, Aug. 8.-tspecial: j.
Crops have been improving wonder
fully the past few weeks in Bullock
and farmers were feeling splendidly but
the very heavy washing rain of Friday
did much damage to crops. A good
deal OF wind with the rain injured the
corn. Peas and potatoes are fine.
81 COLBERT.
Tuscumbia, Aug. s.-(Special.2 En-
couraging reports continue to De re-
ceived relative to the crops of cotton
and corn In this section. the week just
GHUeQ DtluB A8vOt6btJ ~
growth, from q weather standpoint.
Local showers fell yesterday. material
~ benefiting the crops touched by the
rains. and causing progress and ad-
vancement. There are spots. however
where no rain has fallen for three
weeks, and the cotton IN these local
tiles Is suffering. These are the ex-
ceptions though. as an almost general
rain fell last week. Cotton shows
steady and substantial growth since
the last report from this place. and Is
The~pldnt is strong, well limbed. and
many fields are covered with bolls. In
many cases. the plant is small. but this
is no indication that 1t will not pro-
duce we'll. as II frequently happens
that small cotton yields better than
the large. With two more good rains
one about the middle of the month,
and the other the first OF September.
the crop will have been made, and de-
spite the untoward conditions which
have existed during the entire plant
ing and working Of the crop. cotton Is
going to exceed. I'm results. the expec-
tatIons of~the planters! This does not
mean, however. that an average pro-
duction will result. as It Is the general
opinion of all the farmers that the
crop Is short as compared with last
year. ana with the most ideal weather
conditions from the present time to
gathering. this deficit cannot possibly
be overcome. 1t is believed. however.
that the shortage in yield will be more
than Offset by the increased price of
the staple. The nrst busheI Of new
corn, this years crop. was ground In
to meal few days ago at q local mill.
which Is said to be two days earlier
than last year. The corn crop Is ex-
ceedingly promising.
CALHOUN.
jacksonville, Aug. S.-(Special.)--CaI-
houn county has had an overbundance
OF rain this week. This has put a fine
colof on most Of the crops, and young
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