The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-05

healthy and growing nicely. With favor
able conditions from now on will make
a big crop. Corn very sorry. Peas and
potatoes look fine.
Geneva.
Geneva-Cotton is off considerably from
what 1t was last year, but is doing fairly
well now. Corn is the best In many years
and so are potatoes and cane.
Greene.
Boligee-We estimate conditions now as
follows: Cotton, 90 per cent of last year;
corn 80 per cent of last year; hay, po-
tatoes etc, 100 per cent of last year.
Cotton is 80 days late and with favorable
season and late fall can yet make a fair
crop.
Eutaw-I estimate this date: Cotton, 65
per cent; corn, so per cent. Our county
will market about 65 per cent normal al
falfa crop. First cutting good, but near
ly all ruined by rains after the hay had
been cut.
Eutaw-Would estimate the condition of
cotton at about So per cent; it is improv-
ing every day, but in some places 1t Is
small and late on account of delay in
getting 1t worked out.
Corn crop is spotted and hard to esti-
mate condition; would say that the gem
! eral condition is not over 80 per cent.
A fair crop OF oats has been gathered;
in fact, above the usual crop.
Henry.
Abbeville-Corn In our county best
ever saw. Cotton very fine at this time
and bids fair to be Is per cent better than
last year. l think the cotton acreage
Is to 10 per cent less than last year.
Crops are generally clean of grass. If
| the seasons continue favorable for two
weeks longer we will make bumper crops
| of corn and cotton.
Hale.
Moundville-Crop here is 6s 2-9 per cent
of normal Our stands are poor and right
| now we are beginning to need rain.
| Should 1t not come soon our prospects
| would be ruined, as there is very little
| cotton made on account Of lateness of
| crop.
Greensboro-The cotton crop has i'm
| proved very much in the past 30 days.
However. 1t is very small yet, and the
| size Of the crop will depend upon what
kind of weather We have during the
month of August. The corn crop is much
, better than in some years.
Houston.
Dothan--The condition of the corn crop
! is very near perfect and 1t Is at least
| ~ per cent HDoNe an average. and Is
practically made. The cotton crop is about
| 10 days late, In fine condition at the
| moment, but the recent rains threaten to
injure it very materially. The seasons tc
| July were IDEAL but this section can.
not stand too much rain in July, and
while, as stated above, the cotton croI
has not been injured as yet, 1t is in a
very precarious condition, and a damage
of rs per cent may occur in a week or i,
| days II such weather as we have had fol-
| the past 10 days continues. All Other
! crops are In good condition.
jackson.
5cottsboro-We think our cotton croI
will average about 70 to rs per cent. Oul
corn crop will go 50 to 60 per cent.
Standardization crop, TO per cent
acreage, 10 per cent less than 1908; corn
30 per cent of 1908; acreage, 60 per cen
of 1908; oats about the same as 1903.
+: Jefferson.
Birmingham-The crop, as genera
proposition, is three weeks late. Cottor
is generally pretty clean, the July wealth
er we have had enabling the farmers t.
clean 1t, and the rains we are now having
will give 1t moisture after cultivation
Crops have improved since July NOR
than seemed possible from their condition
county can make a normal crop; with av
erage date of frost, 80 per cent of nor
NAL.
Lamar.
Vermont think at present there will b