Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
COTTON CROP IS
MAKING FAIRLY
GOOD PROGRESS
Tho Somewhat 2te, Plant
Healthy and GroWing
RaDidIV.

Rapidly,
The cotton crop has a3adc good
progress during the las fortnight, ac-
colding to reports f-a4 e0rrcspon-
dents OF the MempHs- Commercial
| Appeal, Tie plan, ae a rule. rs
strong ana hc2lrhy &od although,
averaging somewhat lo.@, is growing
rapidly, aad in most ,Hcs is begin
ming TO fruit satisfactorily.
There ere several complaints o.
too much rain in the .a>teln states.
but these ar in a minority. and even
in these states good Progress WAS m1dn.
! These reports. hoWcEet in the mliA
were mailed before iii rains from tno
guf storm visited the eDr0try There
are also some cornpIai ITS OF GRASSY
fields and sanpy plant from practi-
cally al states. but ttfe.r are few in
number and are tie result Of too
much rainfall IN wild + scattered sec
| tons.
Soil wcevil are reported from
practically al pre\eGe}Y infested
areas. and in most sections they are
increasing rapidly TO cate hoy
been slight
Tennessee-Crcp has made excel
lent PROGRESS during me last fort
night. Clear. W rm "ea her rs per
mtted needed cultiva jul and field4,
generally srcakin2, @re ciean and IN
! good state # cultivatlnn, although 4
few CORRESPOND nts TcFort soma
| Abandoned acreage o3u~ to heavy
June rains. Plant healthy and grow
ing we'll. although still some To days
i late.
Arkansas-Crop has wade excel
lent progress, and Will the exception
of very few localiti Is reported II
4 the best condition known in the past
decade Fields arc generally clean
and soil we'll cultiva'ed, PLANT
healthy aud beginning 20 fruit we'll,
although still somewhat late \ fey
bell We vii reported in isol5tod To-
calities, but no damage done 10 date.
The most notable execution TO the
II favorable conditions NJ" reports OF
poor conditions III Mississippi coun-
~.
Texas-Crap has made favorab}
/ progress and seems to BE slowly re
covering somo o. its initial !atene@s
Scattered local showers have partial
ly relieved The drouth m the south,
aud Where rains have fallen cotton
is beinG planted. Tkerc are stu
many sections in this part CT the state
suffering FOR want OF rains. IA othcr
portions Of the state pIa1t is grow
ms we'll. although somewhat small
On average. OLE cotton fruitin% veil,
Cultivation has been pushed and
Ids generally clean. Foil weavii
Iduite generally complained Of eX-
cert in north and west, hnt smaIi
damage has been done to d 2te.
Georgia ar several COM
plants of TOO much rain. with con
sequert grassy fields and s1pQN
plants. but favorable reports outnum-
Der the unfavorable ones, and on the
whole .eair progress was made, Plant
| healthy but of uneven size and some
OF it very small. cultivation we'll up
where rains have not interfcrrod too
seriously Boil WeeVil reported In
southwestern part Of state, but small
damage to date.
klahoma-Weather has been fiv-
orable aid good growth was mad
during tho last fortnight, but PLAN
still averages somewhat late. How
ever. it is strong and healthy and
growing we'll Fields clean in ma
icritv Of cases, although there arc .
few compl ANTS of foulaess.
Louisiana-On the whole conditions
have been favorable. although some
sections complain nf too much rain
while others say il is TOO dry. These
I complaints. hcwever, are in the NIL
aority. Plant generally healthy and
! growing aud fruiting well Cultlva~
ton we'll up, fields being for the most
part clean and soil in good tllta. Boil
weevil almost everywhere, but prac~
ticalIy no damage 10 date.
Mississippi-Crop has made good
progress, although there are still
some complaints O. TOO much rain.
These complaints. however, are in the
minority. most correspondents report
ing clean, well worked fields and d
healthy plant. Crop i'll the delta is
especially fine and well-balanceG.
Boil weevil are pretty thick, but
damage TO date is not large.
Alabama-Fair progress was made
during the last fortnight. There are
many complaints of too much rain
and consequent delay to cultivation,
Plant generally healthy, bur will
average somewhat late. Boil Weevll
I reported in large numbers, VITA
some small damage in SOM local.
ties.
North Carolina-Crop is growing
/ fairly we'll, but there is much con-,
plant of too much rain. with conse-
quent grassy fields. Plant of un-
even size, with some of the older
cotton beginning to bloom.
i ,Gouth CAROLYN 9-Falrly good prO-