The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-12

Reports Show Little Acreage Was
Abandoned.
vsst InUssvsnent 10 Melted In Growiag
CssDs aAa Coles u the Plant
Appears - De
HsalthieF.
With the continuance Of favorable
wsather IN the cotton belt, much work
was accomplished last week and de-
cdded Improvement has been made In
working out the crop. AZ . result.
crop prospects are much better than at
any time sincs the long wet spell some
weeks aGoA
The nrst four days Of the week
were clear and hot. the kind Of weather
ths farmers needed for working the
crop. During the last. two days Of
the week. many parts OF Alabama re-
ceived showers, and where the cotton
hsd been worked. the rain was bsne-
hcial.
With isolated exceptions. reports from
ali over the state rstterate that the
work has progressed uninterruptedly,
and that much good has been accom-
plished In the fields. The farmers
Are gradually getting the best Of the
grass. and where the work has been
tncessant the grass 10 being overcome.
During the past two weeks jOf favor
able weather. the crop has taken on
an entirely different aspect, and
vast improvement IL shown. 40
Where the crop has been worked.
the cotton Ii progressing rapidly, and
the plant has healthier color. An
other week Of favorable weather 10
what all the farmers desire and they
say that then they will begin to see
day light. Should too much rain occur
in this section this week. another set
back 10 likely to be recorded.
According to Montgomery planters.
the reports that q considerable acre.
age has been abandoned. are exAgger-
ated. Some local farmers have aban-
doned fields badly In grass and beyond
reclamation. but the abandoned acreage
ss. estimated in this county at about
10 per cent atsfhe greatest.
with the work accomplished In the
fields the past two weeks. 1t 10 COM
! gidered that the crop in this section AZ
the present time IL only about 10 per
cent worse than the crop In this sec
sien at this time last year with fa-'
vorsbls wsat Their fhseugheut this week.
fshed and the crop conditions will net
(. be SO deplorabIe.
2 " = ~ ~ sAUTAUGA.
Prattyiile, July I1.--(Special. "a
good rain having fallen here Thursday
and the rest of the week being suit
able for worKing crops. places crop
conditions more favorabie than week
ago.
COTTON 10 small and not looking an
well as. an average for this season OF
the year. IT 80 from three to four
weeks late. There Is much grass In the
cotton yet, and working the grass out
Of the corn crop has injured II. II APP
pearances can be depended upon. 4,
Truck farmers are complaining that
vegetables are rotting before they are
large enough to gather for the mar
ket.
BARBOUR.
Eufauia. July l1.-(Special 1.-THE
past week is acknowledged to have
been a very propitious one for crops
OF both corn and cotton throughout
this section,
while good. hot sunshine has pre-
vailed throughout the northern section
which has proved of great benedt for
cleaning u
has fallen south Of here and both are
lust what was needed.
A. r. Peak, who operates large farm
ing interests and who Is a frequent
visitor, eighteen or twenty miles north
of the city. says conditions nave I'M.
proved wonderfully in that section ana
thinks two-thirds of crop can now
be safely relied on. and II good wealth
er continues IL may exceed that.
'Crops between this. city and Dothan.
and in fact all sections south. are ex-
ceptionaiiy good. 1910,
w. l.. MCGEE. Of Baker Hill. who
drove through the country to Dothan
saws the corn crop 10 the finest
throughout that section in twenty-five
wears ana cotton 70 fairly good.
The rain came In the nick Of time.
BULLOCK.
Union Springs. July lii Speciai')-
II there has been any improvement
An crop conditions in Bullock county
6urinr the past week II has been very
siight. -.
mart OF the week gave the needed OPP
portunity for lighting grass ana ev-
erybody took advantage of It, some OF
merchants and business men went out
10 The farsas and took hand with
the troopers In their attack on the
forces OF -NfouOEds GESSH' AhO WS~Ns%7
err did not continue favorable long
enough, however, for the crop to be
gotten in good shape before another
wet season set In.
hard rain fell Thursday night and
damp, cloudy showery weather has
prevailed since.
One great drawback to the "hope
that springs eternal in the human
breast" IL the fact that the work Is
90 far behind that there Is not sum 4
cisnt time and labor to get the entire
area which was planted. worked out
before q considerable portion OF It will \
have to be Abandoned: and the aban-
doned portions comprise the best bot
tom lands where the best crops are
usually made with favorable seasons.
II IL claimed to be a conservative
estimate that only about 30 or go per
cent. OF q full crop can be made in
this county this year even with favor
able conditions.
CALHOUN.
Jacksonville. July 11.>-(SpeciaL)--
Except in two. or three localities. the
farm labor Ia this county is carried
on by white men, about two.thirds be-