Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-11
Georgia Crop Reports
Better Than Average

1Ohi DtHuce, SldIlS IlCldu IOE the "
Operative Crop Reporting Service for Geor
| gia Omitted States department of agricul
ture and the Georgia department of agri
| culture, jointly, made the following an
| nouncement today Of crop conditions in Geor
gia on June 1. Comparison is with a nor
NAL condition represented by 100 per cent.
Summary for the State
Wheat, 81; Rye. &c. hay, Sc; clover, S8;
alfalfa, 90; pasture, So; cowpeas, 90; field
beans. So; cabbages, 90; onions. 81; apples,
80; peaches, 70; pears. IS: blackberries,
81; watermelUns. 81; muskmelons, 70; oats,
II per cent increase in acreage over last
year; condition Sc; forecasting a probable
production Of 1924 900 bushels. Production
last Year, 11.550000 bushels. Cotton MAY
222l' 63 per cert. In most instances, cot
equal to or better than the 10-year average
of condition.
Details by Districts
Northwest-Yery dry and hot. Sowing of
nay checked. Land too hard to break. Ear
~ May cold and unfayorable: latter part all
that could be desired! Crops, though back
ward, are doing we'll Spring oats complete
failure unless rain comes soon; fall sown
never better. kust killed some wheat. Cut
ting IN progress. Peas and beans just plant
ing. Cotton stands small and skinny; chop
ping nearly completed. Peaches and other
fruits more or less harmed by cold. Corn
damage. PASTURES for the most part poor
North Central-All crops too late; too dry.
LATE spring h1ndered growth. Corn ranges
from BAD to best in years. Wheat spotty.
o put mostly good; some rust. Oats average
81 per cent; more sown than usual. Apples
about Il of crop. Other fruits and mel
ons near failure. Beans and peas lust
planting. Cabbage not yet. transplanted in
Union county. but the beds look good. Black
berries just in bloom. Cotton poor, but get
ting better.
Manifestations generally good, excep ting
G Gon and fruit, but 10 to 20 days late.
Early SoWn wheat good; late sOwn not So
good. Fall oats splendid crop; spring oats
100 dry. Habersham and Hart report the
OUTLOOK for peaches as good but pears and
apples a near failure Some rust noted in
nan ana other mishaps made cotton stands
Dad. Rabun county reports all as well.
West-Harvesting of winter grains in
progress; crops spotty. Hay crops not vet
s s' put acreage will be increased. Pas
lures In general poor, except along the
Dranches. Corn variable throughout this
territory, ranging from poor to very good
Grams and upland corn not thriving well in
Heard In Henry county conditions have
been good for corn, but bad for wheat. A
100 per cent increase in wheat acreage is
heard from Fayette county, and q 90 per
cent increase in oats. Grains not well
headed in Lamar county. Wheat, oats and
rye damaged there.Gb drought and storms.
In Meriwether spring oats and pastures not
good. Second paintings of melons and to-
matoes in MuScOgee in advance of first
paintings due to warmer weather. Rust
damaged wheat in Schley about three weeks
before ripening. Some Taylor county farm
ers say they thrashed 40 bushels of wheat
per acre. Frosts killed apples and peaches
in Spalding. Blackberries almost a failure.
This salient needs rain.
Center-Too dry and cold in early May,
Fields backward in cultivation Wheat, oats
and rye reported best ever in Dodge county,
but corn and cotton backward. Greene
county expects low yields of small grains.
Frosts killed early peas and beans i'll Han
cock. Johnson county says crop poorest III
twenty years, except gardens. All crops late
in Laurens. Wheat and oats giving fair
yields i'll Monroe county. These crops late in
Morgan county; crops there disappointing;
Newton county reports big crop insect pests
carried over through mild winter. Farm
ers in Taliaferro blowing out cotton and
substituting corn. Field beans and peas
mostly all planted in Washington county,
and not more than one-quarter stand Dry
weat Their has injured pastures generally:
Peaches in this salient good crop and
moving to market in large quantities.
East-Continued dry weather and COOL
nights have retarded the growth of all crops
in this territory. Few peas and beans plant
ed yet. Where grown, condition is good.
jefferson county is harvesting a big wheat
crop and reports yields satisfactory. Corn
and cotton small there. Floods damaged
oats on the lowlands in Gambler. Crop gen
orally poor in BullOch EftlnSham mentions
some rust in grain crops. Excepting peaches
and pears, all crops are said to b. good III
Emanuel; excessive rains. Wheat is aver
aging So per cent of a crop III Warren coun
ty; acreage about 10 per cent more thaI IN
usual. Pastures in the eastern portion OF
the state quite variable, put mostly
poor. Complaints numerous CT boil weeVll
and lice in cotton. 49,,
outhwcst.-Baker county reports hay
crops net sown yet. Decatur says all crop;
coming on well. Early county complains OIL
grassy Fields following too much rain. In
Miller crops are fifteen to twenty days late,
nor including early corn, which is good
crcp. Sugar cane normal. Cold, windy
weather kept watermelons from bearing In
Mitchell Excessive rains and cold retarded
all crops in Randolph about three weeks.
Small grains are near normal IN stewart.
Since Nav o. the weather has been excellent
in Stewart. Peanuts were planted early ana
prospects reported fair. Too much RAIN IN
sumter, resulting in grassy and weeay
fields Oats still harvesting in Sumter.
Good season in Terrell for small grains.
Watermelons late and poor i'll Thomas.
South Central.-rhe burden of reports Is
that cold, dry weather throughout the spring
retarded growth of all crops. But May
ended up with plenty of sunshine ana
warmth, and crops regained considerably
I.owndes reports most crops planted tater
than usual Heavy rains have maze 1lelds
hoggy and grassy in Telfair; field work
backward Drought cut wheat and oats
yields half in Telfair, but rains came in
time to save the rye. Tiff county reports
more watormcIons than usual. but the crop
is late. Large oat crop IN Tiff, but quality
not SO good. Too much rain damaged melons
and peaches ana pears in Tiff. Cotton is
strnted III this territory; much replahteu
ali poorly fortified. WeeviI galore.
Southcast.-Appling's fruit crop a near
failure. Excessive rains damaged all crops
in .Aprling. Corn looks good in Brantley
and tob2cco there is very good and is tax,
inG the place of cotton. Drought hindered
crops in BRYAN. Outlook reported not SO
good in Evans y Blackherries mostly all
killed i'll Glynn. The cabbage and onion and
blackberry crops are above the average IN
Toombs, and cabbage are being fed to cattle
and hogs. Oats near failure in Ware
coanty: rust. Corn is looking we'll in Wayne
TESTERS COTTON STATEMENT
192D $500 Q9l9l
Overland $500 IS 1876 3.247 21,997