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

makes from 1900 to 5000 bales of cot
ton We will make 1900 bales, or 70 per
cent this year. Our corn is fairly good
and We VIII make rs per cent. Our coun-
" made the best oat crop for 1909 in
some years
Conecuh.
Evergreen-Cotton, 60 per cent; corn, 7B
per cent. Crop of cotton about one
month late.
Coosa.
DISQUALIFICATION acreage reduced from
last year. Stands are satisfactory and
fruitage good. Fields look In excellent
condition, being clean and well cultivated.
The crop viii be from two to three weeks
late. Cotton very fine on red land, while
that on gray land Is making wonderful
Improvement.
Corn: There is an increase in the acre
age of corn. Corn on the uplands fine
this year. Bottom corn is late on account
of spring rains. Upland corn practically
made now. There will be a large yield.
Oats: large acreage IN oats this
year, in fact more oats planted than In
several years. There was a large yield.
Covlneton.
Andalusia-Cotton. our principal money
crop, is in fine condition now, and with
continued favorable season for Is or 20
ddyS We Will HdNd d jumper crop. OWING
to rains during June the crop will be
about ten days late.
! We have never had a better crop of
corn. Other crops. such as cane, pota-
toes, etc. are all looking fine.
Crenshaw.
Luverne-Conditions have very much
| improved with us in the last ten days. and
| it is the opinion OF those who study the
situation. that We will get about 60 per
cent of both corn and cotton. The plant
on thin lands is very small and will not
| amount to % per cent of crop. This
applies to both corn and cotton.
| Luverne-Cotton crop from 65 to 70 per
cent of usual crop. Corn crop from rs
| to so per cent of usual crop. These are
| the principal crops here.
CulIman.
Cullman-The condition of cotton, while
somewhat spotted, is about up to the av-
erage, taking the county as a whole, and
although very grassy few weeks ago,
| has been worked out, and Is now making
wonderful progress. Blooms are appear
| ing in all sections, and q good average
| crop is looked for.
Corn was put back so much by wet
| weather early in the season, the wet
weather being followed by dry weather
| in most localities, which is causing corn
| to fall short and a very light crop is
expected Other crops are about an ay-
erage for the season OF the year
Cul1man-With favorable season. our
cotton crop. which is two weeks late and
| very small, will make about what it was
last year, and corn Is 80 per cent off.
If present drouth continues it will be
worse than that. Crop prospects are
very poor.
Dallas.
orrville-The corn crop think, is about
rs per cent of an average. and cotton
is not so good and all prospective. l
should say 65 or 60 per cent of an aver
age crop. While II everything Is fav-
orable strictly those figures will be in
creased and If unfavorable they will
decrease as bad or probably more. Ex-
/ treme dry rust (and we see little indi-
| cation of rusD and there would be no
estimating how poor the crop would be.
Selma,-Crops of all kinds are from
two to three weeks late, most of which
suffered for work. However. since the
| continued rains ceased about 80 days
| ago crops have been worked out and
are now In fine condition. and promises
are for good average yield
| selma-Crop conditions and prospects
are much improved in this county since
the first Of July. and while still room
! for improvement, It Is tn ought that at
| least rs per cent of a full crop may be
confidently expected, provided normal
| conditions prevail during tho remainder
| of the growing season.
Dekaib.
| Fort Payne-Cotton and corn are our
| principal crops In this county. I do not
consider the crop of either to be over
| one-half an average crop In conse-
| quence of the excessive rain and poor
cultivation they have had. Our rep
| resentative has Just made an extended
| trip over the county and he finds con-
! ditions such as warrant the preceding
| statement and unless we have very
| late fall we do not consider the above
| statement at all exaggerated
Dale.
| Ozark-The cotton crop is somewhat
. spotted. in some sections better than
| in several years. In others only ordi-
nary. The weed Is good, as a rule, and
| taking on fruit fast enough.
Corn is better than in many years
| and more planted to the plow. Sugar
| cane potatoes. groundpeas all fine.
1 think. according to fertility of
lands and conditions, we have the best
crop up to date in several years.
| Ozark-The cotton crop in the vicini-
| ty of Ozark and in most parts OF Dale
| county, so far as we can learn. Is at
present considered fairly goodi that is.
| the weed is good on most farms that
| have had proper cultivation. But as yet
] there is little cotton made All DE-
| ponds on weather conditions during
/ the next 80 days, which time Is always
/ the final turning point in this section.
Excessive rain or dry. hot weather
will greatly cut off crop which may
now be considered good. AS to corn.
there will be more made in Dale county
this year than any year to my know1-
edge. The Williamson method of corn
culture has been literally tested and
found quite. satisfactory.
Next comes our peanut crop, which
is very promising at present. but hogs
to eat them seem to be a little scarce.
The oat crop already gathered is ex-
ceedingly good. Sugar cane Is good.
but this crop is cultivated only by our
best farmers for producing syrup for
family use.
All in all, If present conditions con-
tinue 80 days. we will have a season of
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