Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-04
DROUGHT MAKES
BIG REDUCTION
IN ALL CROPS
Severe Deterioration Of Cotton
Crop Occurred During
September

ATLANTA, Oct. 4.-Continued
severe deterioration in the Georgia
cotton crop for the month Of Sep
tember is indicated in the report of
the bureau of agriculture! economics
issued today.
Regional Report
The semi-monthIy reginal report
issued today for the southeast shows
heavy reduction in yields of practi
cally all crops because Of extended
drouth is reported by the federal
statisticians in the southeast in their
emi-monthly crop notes to the AT
lanta office of the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics.
Florida has had beneficial rains,
and is an exception to the above
statement Over month ago the
crop reporting service recorded con-
siderable decline because of insult
fcient moisture. The period of
drouth continued in the major por-
tion of the area, with damage great
er than has been recorded for many
! seasons. As there is no relief in
sight the trend is still downward
Late corn, peas, beans, sweet and
Irish potatoes, sugar cane, hay and
pastures have suffered excessively.
The damage to cotton has been
previously recorded, and little injury
occurred from this cause except in
North Carolina and Tennessee. Sew
eral weeks ago the boil weevil had
taken the top crop, and in most
cases some of the middle crop, and
occasionally all Of the fruit. The
small bolls were also practically all
punctured and destroyed early in
September. Weevil larva and injured
locks will be found in 20 to 60 per
: cent of the unopened bolls. Should
wet weather ensue, additional dam
age may be expected Picking will be
completed by October 18 in the
southern tier of states.
Farmers intended to plat a much
larger acreage of winter gran, but
, preparations have been delayed be-
cause ofs the hard-baked soil and in
= sufficient moisture. In Florida the
fall truck crops are making good
growth.
7 The past month marks the culmi-
t. nation of one Of the worst crop sea-
! sons in the history of the southeast.
= The composite condition of crops was
lower than in many years, Georgia
, and South Carolina reaching the low
I est recorded point.
= The above report covers the period
to October /, containing records OF
five days, subsequent to the regular
cotton report, and being coincident
= with the usual monthly reports of the
: Department of Agriculture.
, Similar reports for the southwest
may be obtained from l.. l.. James
: New Orleans, La.
Copies of cotton and general croI
reports for each state may be- sob
:, tanned from the statisticians listed be
q low, and regional and semi-monthl!
summaries from this office.
Monthly Cotton Report
Continued severe deterioration o
f the cotton crop during the month o
6 September was indicated in the cot
d ton report of the local office of tn,
n U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Econom
!. les, released today by the local Sta
4 tistician, T. r. Pettet The princi
e pal cause of deterioration is the bol
e weevil, which has damaged all of tn,
4 half grown bolls and many of tht
? grown bolls.
The droutk has contributed to the
decline by preventing formation o
new bolls, thus forcing the weevil
to attack the maturing fruit. Clos
I. examination disclosures about 25%
l of the unopened bolls to be thus in
= jured, These bolls on casual glance
!. appear to be SOUND. There are prac
\ tically no unopened bolls on th
!, plants except iip the upper third o
i the state and these are opening rap
idly. The crop) in the southern tw'
thirds has been gathered very rapid
" and is pretty we'll picked out,
South of MacoDl there is very littl
q cotton in the fields. In the belt be
d tween Macon .And Atlanta there i
n much less than the usual percentag
e remaining. The upper third Of tn
E. state was late blut in that section tn
cotton promisess to open almost i'm
4 mediately and the gathering of tn
n crop win be very largely complete
by the middle of October.