The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
Condition Of Cotton Is
Varied.
PLANT ALL OVER STATE
IS REACHING MATURITY
Reports From Northern Counties
Are Best.
sspstted coftosv Il Heard From All
ssAes. Bat Farmers Are Become
i.s More optimistie A. Sea-
son Aavanees.

The cotton crop In Alabama Is in
ali sorts Of conditions from very good.
good. favorable. bad to very bad. all
depending upon the amount Of atten-
ton and cultivation given It ana the
amount of rainfall received at the
right time. But nevertheless. the crop
on the whole, no matter what stage IT
was In, made some improvement dur
ing the past week. The weather was
generally favorable but complaints
were heard from some sectionss TO-
ward the last Of the week, that the
crop had too much rain.
The majority of the reports emanat-
ing from the northern counties OF the
State portray the weather as perfect
weather. with alternating days OF
I sunshine and showers. While the CEN
trail and southern section OF the State
complain generally OF too much pre-
cipitation. Other isolated portions,
however, are still ciamoring for more
moisture. At any rate the consensus
of opinions IL that the crop made
atili further advancement and the Inn
provement of the plant in FAN the
stages Of Its growth was general.
Although there was too much rain
not suffer from the extra precipitation.
The term spotted cotton" Is embodied
In almost every report and character
ICES the crop In almost every county.
Notwithstanding some planters are
more encouraged and claim that they
win have good average crop while
others are o tribe pessimistic and say
O. full crop cannot be made.
Montgomery Improves.
In Montgomery county the cotton
crop made some Improvement during
the past week and as one man put 1t
yesterday. 1.-THE crop had to improve
or we would not have had anything"
The weather the first part OF the week
was very favorable but several COM
plants Of too much rain were heard
the last few days. The crop in this
county is also spotted aud the cotton
can be found IN every conceivable
shape from good to bad.
Some Of the local planters state that
II the same weather conditions which
are existing now had come about the
have been the outcome. They further
say that there 10 very little time left
for the crop, and the plant Ia now
where IL ought to have heen the mid
die of July. Other local blanters say
that their crop has progressed nicely
and is just about as good ~ usual.
The cotton all over the stste Is fruit
Ing well. although the hollis are gem
orally conceded smaller this year than
usual showing premature growth.
Some Of the local planners even dis
played open boiis last week which
tends to show that the plant 10 rapidly
reaching maturity.
The crop Is nevertheless behind last
years crop. The first bale OF Mont
goniery county cotton was marketed
In Montgomery last year on August 8.
However, bale was reported last year
at Headland, in Henry county. on July
81. This first bale to reach the city
this year arrived In Montgomery last
Saturday. August Z. from Oraceviilo,
Fla Usually about 1890 bales are
marketed in this city during the month
Of August but this year the general
cotton movement win not begin until
September.
AUTAUGA.
Prattviile, Aug S.--(SpeciaI, )--Re-
ports from all parts Of this county
warrants the conclusion that farmers
have good reason to feel discouraged
over the prospect of cotton and corn
crop.
1t is an undisputed fact that there
are a number of good crops In spots.
1t Is estimated about one In fifty, but
~ln the main the crop condition has not
improved any since last week. save,
perhaps. refreshing showers have fall
en- in many sections of the county this
week. These rains will increase the
yield OF late corn, and perhaps cause
the fruit on cotton to mature more
fully and rapidly.
Conservative estimates OF the
amount of crop grown this year Is put
at from so to Sc per cent, of an aver
age crop. There is quite large dis
trict of farming section of this county
which will hardly make 20 per cent.
Of an average crop. This is only true
of sandy lands where the cotton died