The courier-index., 1918-07-19
|ToITIoN OF CROPS
 LR FROM FAVORABLE
,oolJTH HAS CUT CORN EN, ueAvILY-HAv CROPS IELp COTTON ONLY FAIRLY

.s business men and farm
 hordering on a state or
 ,,er the poor condition of the
 v' /, Lee county following a - .sot has extended over a " ' neriod of six weeks in ,y all sections of the county ana
 neriod in other sections. 'nes e,romised to be a bumper corn sps deteriorated into what now 'p Tte very small yield. With .,tlv increased acreage in corn @ ~s.r over last year, those who {, n,sition to judge state the busbels this year will not m to the yield last year. The
 iro heat and prolonged dry h.va practically ruined the old and much of the later planting. .o-y section of the county may ,orrd large fields of corn that oot make anything. The only sueh crops will be to the farm as rough feed. It is necessary ,u, this corn now and shock 1t.
 of the farmers are doing this are putting the ground in miliet ,eas The peas will probably B,re into good hay crops only. ,ew fields of alfalfa have done ,y well in spite of the lack of Other hay crops have been cst ruined.
 he condition of the cotton crop M so serious since rain fell We'd law and Wednesday night in sections of the county. How the crop in some sections had adv deteriorated while in others as made no progress during the two weeks.
 bunty Treasurer, W. w. Word, travels extensively over the hy keeping tab on crop con bns for the, Lee County National k stated yesterday that in his yment there would be serious tsge in corn, hay and other feed iuets this year. 'I have been all Lee county" said MT. Word,
 it has been my business to e close observation of crop con- pns and it is my opinion that the
 yield this year, even with an leased acreage, will be less than as last year. The farmers have se0 harder than in former years. lave kept their crops clean and done all they could to raise y of food and feed stuffs, but prolonged dry weather has play laVoc with them. Of course, I many fields of corn that have up well under dry conditions. is where the soil conditions are mat the moisture has been con ed' but the major portion of the
 crop is badly damaged and Of 1t is worthless.
 ne Irish potato crop was short, lens have dried up. the heavy 'ss last winter killed nearly all uult, the hay crops are short, 'uere Is very little good sorghum " county. Our only salvation is '0''on crop. The season, up to a
 'oeks ago was exceptionally 'Or cotton, but during the past weeks the crop has suffered. s'ef. with timely rains this
 believe the cotton situation ''eu and the yield will be a
 Oae. It will unquestionably ols yield and high prices to S' lafmers out of the hole"
 ~ burke, of the firm of Harris uae' who cultivate several au sa acres of land, stated Mon a' regarded the situation as ,s'pus' The crops this year Ossn Tar more expensive than
 "er years on account of the ''S. N,,'. or supplies, machinery and
 "hn poor yields of corn asa u's' sorghum and other feed eoss,. s erops, and with deteriorat- n au''lons .p menacing the cotton ls, " attention of the merchant. M a and farmer naturally tnrns cnn Nsss,on ~. Of the price the cot sey,e' "'i bring. If the spinners Dr 'us ,a Interests succeed in, de-
 < as nation into thinking the N song to produce an abnor. s 'a'se n yield of cotton and thus Ils 'ae s price down, MT, Rurke ,o 'ae situation will he disas. ] i,o,l 'ne south. He believes inc sroa ro's ought to be made public "a ps, ta T consideration ought to he |asctio.' 'ae question of expense in bsp On s'a. with the making of this , fir ',Op, up and that the agencies |sisso aad n control prices ought to Of ths 70 understand that the peo,
 rsss,s as south are entitled to and a tbeis bs'se an adequate return btAs.'' 'r labor and investment
 E s h.. to whom the courier-Inaev N s Ts.. talked express similar a 'aey share the oano.a, s,