The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-08-04
|GeH6N HOLDS
BRIGHT PROMISE


Another week favorable to the
cotton plant has put the crop sever.
days further toward maturity. /
IS two to three weeks earlier thar
last year, and the prospect is bette,
in every single state than at THU
time last year.
Complaints are local in character
and are of excessive rainfall produc
ing rank growth and damage BY
boil worms. Boil wee wills have
done little damage, although i,
appears that they will shortly be-
come a factor in Louisiana. Some
rain is needed along the Atlantic
seaboard, and moisture would be
beneficial in Western Texas. Else
where the moisture supply is
abundant.
The plant is very heavily fruited
and has matured an unusual number
of bolls for the season. The crop is
generally laid by. The fields are,
as a whole, clean, and the cotton
has attained a size that will prevent
great growth of weeds and grass
hereafter.
Many of the reports received are
brilliant, and over fully two-thirds
of the cotton area a record is indi-
Gated, if present conditions are
maintained. Over the remaining
third the crop is good.
Cotton is opening rapidly in
Southern Texas and a heavy move
ment is forecasted. Elsewhere,
although the crop is rather early,
abundance of moisture has retarded
the opening of bolls.
TENNESSEE.
Cotton crop prospects in the state
continue very brilliant. The mois-
turo supply has been just right and
the plant is large, we'll advanced
aud heavily fruited. Something like
a record crop is indicated.
MISSISSIPPI.
There are a few complaints of boil
worm and army worm. The dam
age is entirely local. Some farmers
think the stalk is not we'll fruited
and is over-large. This is not the
general view, however, which is
that tho crop is making excellent
progress and will give q big yield,
even in the boil weevil sections,
weevils having done little damage
as yet.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The cotton crop is in good condi-
ton over the greater part of the
state, and many section promise a
record yield. but in others rain is
needed and some shedding is com.
planned of.
ARKANSAS.
Cotton prospects are rosy. The
plant has attained large size and in
two to three weeks earlier than last
year. Many correspondents say it
is unusually heavily fruited. The
fields are generally ;;clean and boil
weevi]s are doing but little damage.
ALABAMA.
The latter half of the week Was
dry and cool, both being favorable
to the cotton, which had begun to
grow most too rank. The plant is
generally we'll fluited and is being
given the final cultivation. There
is a little grass and some shedding
in spots, but If present prospects
are realized the crop will be q
record for the state.
TEXAS.
All parts of the state have now
had sufficient rainfall, save some of
the southwestern counties, and there
the cotton is opening very rapidly
and is about matured. The plal t
is setting heavily in central, north
ern and western counties, and
promises q good yield With an
average frost date. In Western
Texas more rain will 20 b. need
ed.
GEORGIA.
Although moro rain than needed |
has fallen in yome parts of the stat
the cotton crup is still most promis-
ing. The plant is large Of size and
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