The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-08-31
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GONDIIlUN Ur IEAAO UOr~..
IAN COMPARISONS WITH SAME
prRTOD LAST YEAR SHOW.
ououtb Causes Damage in That State.
In Some Sections Lack of Wa
ter Hampers Ginning.

T., Some Sections Lack of Wa
ter Hampers Ginning.
DALLAS, Textile Dallas News
~. morning says: The News pub
,,.bos in this issue reports from
,oro than seven hundred of its cor
...nondents in Texas and Oklahoma
mon the condition of the cotton crop,
I'll of which reports were written
on August 18th.
according to these reports the con-
alton on August 18th in Texas was
y a. nor cent. better than upon the
Corresponding date last year; in Ok
Iobora if was 30.6 better. 1t should
~ horne in mind that all the compar-
isons are with the condition at same
time last year, and not with normal
oonditfon. While the general con-
Jition in Texas is 20 per cent. better
tban the condition year ago it does
not mean that this crop is good, for
tho conditions were far from good a
year ago.
The correspondents were asked to
ronort upon condition; as to the
sta+us of the crop from the stand
noint of maturity; what, If anything,
was iniuring the crop, and if there
was a scarcity of labor to report that
fact
Dr0uth Causes Most Damage.
Most of the injury to the crop in
Texas has been caused by a protract-
ed drouth, intensely hot weather and
burning winds. Across the northern
mart of the state in the Red river
belt and in the Panhandle the condi-
tions range from fair to excellent,
being unusually good in the lower
Panhandle. Southwardly the condi-
tons become gradually more unfa-
vorable, except for occasional good
spots, until they become decidedly
bad in the extreme western and
southwestern portions of the cotton
belt, in some cases apprOximating a
complete failure.
The recession of good conditions
from the northern border of the state
is so uniform as to suggest that a
hot blast had been turned on from
the southwest, burning vegetation in
its course, but eXhausting itself be-
fore reaching the northern boundary
Of the state.
Bad on Insect Pests.
While the drOuth has had the eff
feet of inficting great damage in the
way of shedding and in some cases
killing the plant it has arrested the
work of insect pests, and although
the presence of these are reported in
many counties they appear to have
inflicted only slight damage save in
few counties, as a rule in the
southern districts. From these lat
ter activities on the part of boil wee
wills and boil worms are reported.
While very large proportion of
the crop was late in growth the
drouth and heat has had the effect
OF hastenlng maturity and opening,
especially in the southern districts,
and in these latter the gathering and
marketing of the crop are far ad-
yanced. There are, nevertheless,
many districts which still report a
pdchWard condition as concerns ma
turlty, and in these the outcome de-
Ponds very largely upon weather con-
oltlons from this time forward. But,
upon the whole, the maturity of the
crop is at least even with that of last
year and perhaps it is earlier, and
tne prospect for top crop is gone
III much of the state.
Intensive Farming Helps.
The reports indicate that many
farmers have employed intensive
IaIrmlng methods, and these have met
WIN the greatest measure of success
III combating the drouth.
4. IN some sections ginning opera
uons are hampered by the lack of
water for steaming.