The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-23

MORNING
 sources, there have at present been sold only about 1000 or 2,soo bales.
 It has been generally reported that there would be . decrease in the acre age in this county of about 10 per cent for the. present season. but this report was discredited by two promi- nent cotton brokers who have just male . trip through the cotton dis tricts of the county.
 They say that the crop is looking f1ns, despite early disadvantageous weather conditions, and that unless they ares badly mistaken the yield for this sssson win be fully e great as 1t was last year.
 Athens. Aug. 22-- ((Special) )--A close investigation and Q careful -compila. tion of figures obtained from the va rious firms and cotton buyers in thia county show that there mas been sold from this orop by the producers about 5000 bales.
 This cotton was sold mostly at . price of 10 cents. but . part of 1t sold from II to II Ia. A large portion oi the staple sold brought only 10 cents This win take about one-third of an average crop in this county. and It fs
 hardly possible that this crop will bs over 15,0oo bales.
 The crop here has not held It's own for the past ten days. It promised and the planters have suffered very
 severely from west winds. which have caused the crop to shed and also hurt 1t in other ways.
 CENTERvILLE. Centervflle. Aug. 22.-(Special)- Very few farmers in Bibb county have | sold any part of their cotton crop oi
 the year 1909 for future delivery. | It is safe to say that not one farm CT out of one hundred in this county
 has sold cotton for future delivery
 Most of them seem to be under the l impression that cotton in the fall will bring much higher. prices than they | have been offered. It Is certain that the cotton crop in Blob county will be shorter than for many years. nEMoPoLIs. Demopolis. Aug. 22-- (SpeciaL) --Thers has been a disposition on the part oi | the farmers not to sell their cotton
 ahead. The general belief Is in Q short crop and higher prices thsn, now pre- vail. Ees There was good reason. they think for their optimism as to prices. About 1000 bales. s< fess than s pei cent of the receipts of this market have been sold for future delivery. cREENvnLn. Greenville. Aug. 22-- Special 1.-The
 sultry days of the past weex have been just what the cotton crop has needed
 and 1t has responded accordingly. To the west of Greenvilfe the crops
 of both corn and cotton have fared ] badly. though much better than was
 expected at first. but to the east oi here the crops arc almost as good as they were last year and the farmers
 have little to complain of. Up to today about 500 bales have
 been sold for future delivery. about the same as that of last year. AL
 had 1t has been estimated by the lead tng cotton men here that nO< ever 500
 bales have been sold.
 GREENSBORO. Greensboro, Aug. 2--tSpecial. )--Up to August 20. $500 bales of cotton had been sold by farmers, in this market at prices ranging from 10 to IF cents per pound. delivery to be made on or ha- fore December. 1.
 The extreme heat of the past week. and want of rain. have been the cause of much Encouragement in the crop outlook. Cotton Is burning up and young corn badly twisted. EUrAULA.
 fnEufauIa. Aug. 22.-(Special.)- Far yners throughout this section have heen conservative in the matter of selling their cotton during the sum-
 mer months based upon a price to be
 paid during the fall and it Is not thought the entire number of bales will reach oyer i,5oo
 | EufauIa. Aug 22-(Special. )-Far- The price has varied from 10 to 12 cents and 1t is believed on the whole wil leverage about Il 1-2 cents These sales, it Is believed have been confined principally to the larger planters. none of whom 1t is thought have disposed of their en- tire holdings but have each sold a portion as means to hedge in the event the price should turn on the downward grade. Farmers as a whole are now inclin- cd to think the price will range even higher than that for which 1t Is now going and even those who have sold ahead have expressed their intention to hold some portion of their crops un- til late in the fall. believing 1t will re- suit In beneficial consequences. HUNTSVILLE. Huntsville, Aug. 22.-(SpeciaD-
 The sale of cotton on future contracts
 through the regular exchanges is rather a new idea to the planters in
 Madison county. They all known that
 such things are done but only a com-
 parative few know how to go about it.
 Two or three hundred bales att the
 most is all that have been sold by
 Madison county planters on contract
 for future delivery.
 HUNTSVILLE. | Huntsville, Aug. 22-- Especially )--Fa"
 vorable weather for the cotton cror has
 continued The plant Is looking fine
 and Is developing with rapidity. Local
 showers have touched fin nearly every
 locality of the district during the week
 and there has been an abundance of hot
 sunshine. No shedding has been re- 1 ported and no damage by insects car
 be seen.
 SELMA.
 Selma Aug. 22-- Special --The high
 price which cotton brought some weeks
 ago caused a number of ths farmers in cal buyers for fall delivery and as q result more cotton was bought for flu ture delivery than ever before in this section.
 The cotton men today conservatively estimate that not less than 25.000 bales
 of the present growing crop were bou1ht some weeks ago. Some figure