Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-09
MARINERS
HARD HIT
One Wee After Another Has
Been Piled Upon
Them.
CROP CONDITIONS AWFUL.
WetteSt Summer Ever Known
And Wheat on Verge Of
Total Ruin.
CROP CONDITIONS AWFUL.


The most optimistic farmer. mer-
chant. or anybody else. cannot but
admit that the outlook for good
crops Of anything is far from being
encouraging in this county. We are
by no means an alarmist, but rather
inclined to find a bright side to-~sll
things. We have carefully refrained
from limiting that this year will not
be profitable one to the man who
gets his livingout of the land he
cultivates.
Let US look at the conditions which
confronted US the first week in July.
First let US remember that greater
part of the clover was killed by three
spells of zero weather last month.
That of itself was great setback to
the farmer, but he rallied and went
earnestly to work to make good"
with some other crop. But when he
remembered that last fall was one
of the most unfavorable seasons for
following ever known and he failed
thereby in getting in his wheat ear
ly his spirits slumped. 1t is well
known that the wheat crop this year
is not half an average one.
Corn washis only hope, but the con-
tinued rains in March and April pre-
vented his preparing the ground for
planting and he was month behind
with that work.
Tobacco planting was the next
thing for him to be thinking about.
After preparing his led for plants
he waited and waited for favorable
weather FOR planting the seed. Con-
ditions were all against him and
plants were neither plentiful nor
stocky.
Then a drouth set in and he man
aged to plant smaller acreage hhan
usual. either making season" or
planting between local shoW
And how is today, the 9th Of July?
What wheat was harvested is still in
the shock. spra@ting in some fields. \
blown down in some sections. in low
places parts Of 1t sprouting and part;
Of 1t floating around in the wet
weather pOnds. no wheat delivered
because it has not been threshed and
consequently no price fixed by would
be buyers. Has this condition ever
before existed at this time of the
year. as to wheat7
Corn is growing. and grass is keep
ing pace with it, and when will any,
body ever have chance to put a
pillow in it? And an average crop
was not planted.
Tobacco is in terrible condition.
On some farms the stalk is rotting at
the top of the ground, while on the
elevated places it is washing away.
or has been riddled by hail. In the
depressions ii has been entirely over
flowed. There is a valley on the r.
H. McGaughey farm, on the New
stead road. in which the water was
ten feet deep last Saturday. forming
q pond mile and a half long and ex-
tending across three,farms.
All operations have been suspend
ed and the farmer now has nothing
to do but to take care of his stock.
sit on the porch with his family and
sing:
Hang up the shovel and the
hoe"
or else in unison with his neighbors
break into monotony of the day with.
"Wait It'll the clouds roll by.
Maggie"
The above is By no means an over
drawn picture Of existing conditions
and the aftermath will be more dis
nal still. probably. Ii
AS to property damages in the
city. we cannot begin to name them.
There have been two men killed BY