The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-19
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Grass Has Been Over
| come.
PROSPECTS FOR COTTON
SEEM TO BE lMPR0FED
Some Damage By Insects BIT -
Weeyils.
Most sf tAe PIsst ASsnxosed Bssssss
Of Wet ws.sAer H.. se.- ms
elai.sa ana Lsssr u
PIentis.I.

With the passing Of another week
OF favorable weather, FOR cotton. but
weather with showers intsrmineIed,
the crop prospects throughout Ala
bama have taken on . difrersnt aspect
and the planters now are bsginnfnx u
look more cheerfuily at tho promisinx
outlook.
Where the grass has been consist.
entity fought and where the work has
been carried on with Judsnent, ,ti,e.
crop on the whole has made vast
Improvement
The crop thus far has gone thpouxh
Q great many vicissituaes but psrpis<-
sncy has overcome eli OBSTACLES. WITH.
the use of Increased fertilissrs and
with the concentrated EFFORTS Or the
planters and iaborers under ths exist
Ing favorable weather conditions. the
crop. which at ons time was almost
ruined. has passed through the ordeal
ana Ii rapidly recuperatins.
AZ one time few weeks ago. thois-
ands Of acres. which were suppossd
70 be hopeiessiy in weeds ana grass
and which the planters were ready IS
abandon. have hesn reclaimed although
the crop SUFFERED severely In the weed
Ing out process and In the killing q
the grass Naturally the orcp IL spot
ted. some Of Il d very good and sossas
very poor. but ewing TO the rsyerzsa
which II has eneountered. the present
condition IL more eheerful.
The conseusus Of che reports frem
the. several counties % tbs State con-
arm the favorable wsashsr sxisersR
taak wesk and she .tmrrevszncnt po-
I<iesabse n enc crsp condisien. sish64kas
II was slight IN some ssctions ~
some counties the weather conditfons
were not AZ favorable as ia oshsss.
some sections say thss too fnnsh rain
fell and the arop asa not snsprove IS
wen as expected.
sszse F5amage nv xnsects.
There are few reports Of dAzs&&e
by insects but not much sreuNxe -
expected from this source. The bu}l
weevii has not appeared In Alabensa'
Labor 10 plentiful at the Advnnes4
wages the farmers are payins hse4uSe
Of the emergency work due to unusuAt
weather conditions. ~
After all II seems 10 be . question pf
how much cotton has been worked
out. In Montgomery county, whore the
grass has been consistently fought and
where the work has been carried en-
with judgment, the crop conditions
have greatly improved. or course the
cotton 10 spotted and Is better in some
sections than others. On an aweraNs
Il is about ten DAVIS behind last years
crop.
The weather the past week througa-
out this county has been fayor&bIs
and as one man put Il Saturday. eft
was the finest weather. you ever sAw
for cotton and the showers came Just
at the right time"
The hot sun killed the grass wnsre
II had been struck with the hoe and
then the beneficial rains helped the
plant to recuperate and catch up IN its
growth.
On the whole. considering the rs-
verse and the present consfiticn OF the
crop. and Its recent growth under
the favorable weather. the planters are
more encouraged.
.AUrAUGA.
Prattviile, July is--(SpeciaiA---Yr
some sections OF this county reports
show more hopeful prospect for q
cotton crop: but Il is almost univer~
sally q bad report from the northern
have sandy lands.
One man in reporting the cbndftiux
of his Immediate section said There
were twenty acres planted In cotton
that he did not now think would make
enough seed TO plant IL again. Also
on the sandy lands the cotton stalk hiss
turned black and seems dry and Ii
fruiting very slowly and poorly. NOT
better than so per cent OF crop -
estimated generally In this county.
Corn is better and on account OF d
larger acreage being planted this
season, there promises 10 be . good
crop Of corn, better than in many
years past.
Dry weather In several sections 81
the county Is reported TO have 1aEs-
aged the corn, and unless rain Is hAa
in the next few days win cut off 4
considerable portion OF what IL pos
sible at this time.
It Is commented from all sections cs
the couaty that the corn crop hae 3
good chance to make good. yet this
season.
BKBD.
CenterylllSs Juiy 4os--TNoRECA1tsf - = 4l@
crop prospects in Bibb County hava
improved some during the last TWO
weeks. Still the cotton crop IL tar
from being good
On nigh lands where the crop has
been worked fast and we'll the cotton
Ia fairly good. but up TO this time HISS
but little fruit. Much cotton In tht
low lands has been abandoned entire
~ ana nearly all of Il Is In bad corr
dition. In many places the xr@H3
which came up in April is stiii khec1
and Will continue TO grow until fro4g
comes.
The cotton crop In BIbb counxy "a
at least SIX weeks late. Rain fails III
this vicinity almost every day and suits
shine ia badly, needed. In an iseIae4&
community south Of here there il c0sl
plant that no rain has fallen tor kksa
weeks ana that the crop Is being daS
aged on account OF dry weather. bfkt
this Is the lone exception.
In some places the corn crop Ia m0fl1'
a. J. Partridge. one OF the most rfa8
gressive and enthusiastic planters IA
this section OF Alabama. has aela
OF twenty acres Of corn which Ns1s