Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-01

Complaints: Too much rain in three,
too dry in three, lateness in five,
small plant in five, poor stands in
two. grassy crops in two counties.
Missouri, Etc: Weather favorable
IN five, unfavorable in one county.
cultivation good in one, fairly good
| in four, poor in one county. Plant
fru1t1ng heavier in two, normally in
two lighter. in two counties. Crop
compared with last year: Better in
one, poorer in five counties. Com
plants: Too much rain in one, too
dry in one. lateness in two, small
plant in two counties.
Oklahoma: Weather favorable in
orable in three counties. Cultivation
| good in thirteen, fairly good in TWEEN
| ty-three, poor in two counties. Plant
trultlng heavier in two, normally
in twenty-nine, lighter in seven
counties. COMPLAINTS. Too dry in
elgnt' lateness in eighteen, small
plant in eight, poor stands in six,
| grassy crops in four, some crops
abandoned in four, boil weevils in
| two counties.
Weather: During the past two
weeks the weather has been favor
able in 298, partly SO in seventy
live, and unfayorable in 246 coun-
ties. The rainfall has been excess
slVe IN So4, too cold in two, too dry
| In forty-ffve, and too hot in five
counties.
Cultivation: The crop has been
wei! cultivated in ninety-one, fairly
SO In 1874, and poorly cultivated in
ia counties. Two weeks ago the
! ngures were, respectively, 99,329, and
I 11oS, and one year ago, 440, 100 and
Fruiting: The plant is fruitine
heavier than normal in twenty-seV7
en-, normally in 325, lighter than
normal in 26S counties. The fruiting
last year was 1875 counties heavier
37S normal, and 120 lighter.
Wy compared 20 pare With 1913: Compared
in 122 counties, about the same in
100, and poorer in 397 counties. Two
weeks ago the comparison was ia
counties better, seventy-eight the
same, and 444 poorer.
COMPLAINTS: The chief complaints
are of lateness in 112, small plant
in seventy-three, rank and sappy
growth in fifty-two, poor stands in
thlrty-one, grassy crops in LAG, some
crops abandoned in fifty five, labor
scarcity in fifty-eight, shedding in
thirty, wilt. black root and plant
dying in thirteen, spotted crops in
eleven, boil worms in fourteen, other
insects in ten, boil wsevils in 258,
in SO of which they are very de-
structive.
Remarks: The crop as whole, so
far as its percentage condition in
dicates, has made little or no prog
| ress since our last report two weeks
ago. In the eastern section of the
belt the crop has deteriorated in all
| OF the states, except in Florida
| mississippi and Tennessee. 1t is
! more pronounced in Virginia and the
CarolinaS, and much less so in Geor-
| g1a and Alabama. The crops in all
of these states have suffered from
continuous rains, preventing cultiva-
| ton, and hence the fields are over
| run with grass and weeds, and where
the plant is not stunted, it has de-
dition, with little fruit, and is in no
condition to Withstand the hot sun.
| The same conditions also apply to
| Louisiana, and some portions OF
| Texas. In the southwest, however,
the weather conditions have been
much more favorable and the crop
has made very good progress. But
the cultivation of this crop is the
poorest of which we have any record,
| With the exception of 1910 it is also
the grassiest crop. The plant is freer
from diseases than ordinarily, but
| the boil weevil is more numerous
and more destructive than was ever
known at this date. The percentage
condition of all states is 68.8, ex-
actly the same as two weeks ago,
and as compared with 1873 one year
ago, and 71.9 two years ago. Apply
computation the indicated crop is
II, $40, 900 bales. The cotton area
embraced in GAG counties is embrace
| ed in this report.