The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-12
COTTON CROP
MORE HOPEFUL

CROP
MORE HOPEFUL
(Cs.ti..sA fron Pass oss.)
unhealthy condition OF the stalk on se-
count ofsso much rainfall.
Crops Of beans. peas. tomatoes. wafer
lne. and good yields have come a. re-
suits In almost every Instance
COLBBRT.
Tuscumbia, July 1l.-(special.) -Six
days OF uninterrupted beautiful farm
Ing weather. which broke the seasons
record, culminated In local showers
Wednesday Of this week. followed by
. heavy general rain Thursday. hliing
cotton ana corn rows with water and
abruptly putting an end to farm work
which was progressing SO favoreoy
and advantageously. Wednesdays
showers came opportunity. ana were OF
especial benent In counteracung the
effects Of the excessive hot. dry days
for the week previous. but the falt OF
Thursday only delayed further the op-
erations. II can be truthfuiy sads
however. that great Improvement 10
In this section within the past ten
days. during which time q vast amount
Of chopping, blowing and cleaning
has been done, and countless tons OF
grass and weeds destroyed. Cotton
and corn both show the results OF hard
work aud nne weather. Many OF the
planters are yet behind. and some Of
them will hardly finish before the lat
ter part of this month. although In
To xxy l,<>~ ruh ne N mt
SO frequent and damaging. some have
'1aid by" and others will be able to do
no within the next few days should
suitable weather prevail. The yield OF
cotton Is not expected to equal that Oh
last year. because Of the injury done
by the I'VE or six weeks OF conttnu-
GUS rains In May and June. nor does
the corn crop promise as WELL but with
the improved conditions and propittous
probably not be SO great as apprehend-
ed. Many planters claim they VIII
make bumper crops of corn. and many
believe their cotton will result as well
as last years crop. but the majority
are not so hopeful. Cotton IL growing
rapidly. has q good. healthy color. and
blooms becoming plentiful. In all re-.
spects. the past week or ten days has
been the most favorable spell Of wealth
planting. and farmers are more encour-
aged than at any time during the past
six or seven weeks.
COOsA.
Goodwater, July 1f.-(Specia1. Tho
weather for the first half of this week
was warm and fair and quite lot OF
work was done on the farm. and the
crops In this territory are in fairly
nnnAtftAn fThuraAoxx nj rain
fell which was needed very much. and
added much to the crops in this Sec
ton. One or two said that the rain
was worth more here than anv rain
that had fallen in many years. FRI
day and Saturday was cloudy with
light mist of rain occasionally. 1t fs
claimed by some that it will be impos-
sible 10 make q full crop Of corn on
the low lands. as they are in drowned
condition. but an excellent crop will
be made on the uplands. Peas, gar
dens and pastures are fine.
ELMORE.
wetumpka, July 11.-(Special. y
Crops though still small, have shown
a steady Improvement during the past
week.
A good many farmers have used nit
rate Of soda to stimulate the growth
Of cotton. ~
Corn, particularly on the upiands. 10
beginning to need rain. but refresh
ing showers fell Saturday and Sun
day.
fillmore County farmers have planted
peas freely this year and this crop 10
fiourishing. Potatoes are beginning to
grow rapidly. ~eroo c-arr
ETOWAH.
Gadsden. July 11-(Special.)--This
section has been visited with several
good rains within the past week. which
has greatly benefited the crop. al
though It stopped work for several
days. The farmers have made great
Roadway the past ten days In the way
of cleaning out their crops and few
have been to town.
Several prominent farmers were In
the city Saturday and in conversation
with them 1t was learned that while o
few Of the more progressive and wide
awake farmers will make good crops,
yet the majority Of them win not make
more than so per cent of q crop. This
Is especially true of the poorer class OF
farmers who are run by advance mer-
chants.
Both cotton ana corn. where II has
been cleaned out. IL looking well and
will make a fair yield. Hundreds OF
acres of corn has been planted within
the past week. the farmers deciding
that it would be better to have corn
than cotton. as 1t was doubtful II the
cotton would mature before frost.
GENEVA.
Hartford, July 11.--(Special.) lin
this section of Geneva County crops
are looking well, especially corn. cane.
potatoes and pinders. Cotton Is look
ing WELL but small, on account OF the
late spring. In some places black root
and lice have injured the stand. but
to no great extent. The corn crop 10
the largest and best seen in this Sec
tiol for years, and an unusually large
acreage has been planted. The cotton
acreage has been reduced very notice.
ably.
HENRY.
Abbeville, July 11.-(Special. 1.-The
crops of Henry County are in splendid
condition.
During the last two days good rains
have fallen over the entire county.
which practically makes the corn crop
safe. The corn crop Is the best ever
known In the history OF this section.
Around Abbeville there are large FIELDS
which will make from forty TO sixty
bushels per acre. The land has been
prepared better and ferttlized better
than ever before.
The seasons have been perfect Tor
corn and the large yield VIII insure
plenty of meat and feedStun 1or an
other year
Last year the corn crop was almost
a failure in this section and as a con-
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