McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-08
WORK OF WEEvIL CUTS
INTO COTTON PROSPECTS
Some Sections Crop Is Not Up To Az.
erage, In Others Recent Rains
Have Helped.

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crop has been cut short half of pros
pect at the outset, or a month ago
Some cotton is opening and if the dry
weather continues longer picking win
begin in earnest in two weeks.
Gleason.--The cotton crop has been
needing rain in this section during the
last few days. This section hasn't had
a good rain in some time. But, with
everything considered the crop is
about normal.
Mason.-A correspondent considers
the cotton crop cut off half from too
much rain in July, August drouth, boil
weevil and army worms.
Trezevant,-At the date of this re-
port this section has had no general
rain since the first of July. The plants,
though OF good size, and well fruited
earlier in the season have shed much
fruit and the leaves have turned yell
low in many fields.
Obion.-With the exception of few
bolls shedding, the cotton crop In this
section is in fine shape.
McKenzie.-The excessive drouth in
this section has begun to damage the
cotton to marked degree and is caus-
Ing it 10 shed badly. The army worm
Is causing much damage.
Savannah.-The cotton prospect in
this immediate section is not very
flattering at present. Hot, dry north
winds for many days in this month
have cut short the middle crop and
the top crop. The boil weevils are
still doing some damage.
Moscow.-The boil weevil past 80
days has been very active. While a
hot northeast wind has caused much
deterioration in cotton crop.
Hickory Valley.-Boll weevil max.
ing considerable inroads on crop, with
drouth causing shedding. Army worm
appearing in some localities.
Dresden-The continuous dry wealth.
err has begun to show ON cotton in this
section. Fruit is appearing sooner than
1t should on the plant.
Humboldt.-Deterior has been
rapid and far reaching. Many grow
ers predict that the hill lands will not
produce over so per cent Of the crop
promised 80 days ago, even iw rain
should come within the next week.
which does not seem likely.
Ridgely.-The crop has deteriorated
in the last 80 days, due to the exces-
sive dry weather. The top crop is a
pretty good middle crop, but the bot
tom crop is poor. Believe the yield this
year will be about IS per cent.
La Grange.-The old cotton seems to
have a bottom crop save where any
fight was made on the weevil. The
young squares and blooms show 80 to
80 per cent punctured. The young cot
ton Is still in the uncertain column.
Fields of young cotton that have been
comparatively free of weevil until this
week are now showing considerable
weevil damage.
Union City.-In some Of the cotton
districts of the county, where scat
tered rains have relieved the drouth,
cotton is making excellent progress;
In other parts the drouth continues,
causing the bolls to drop from the cot
ton plants and retarding progress. As
a whole, however, prospects for crop
are excellent.
Collierville.-The crop in this neigh.
borhood has lost very fast for the past
ten days or two weeks. caused by the
drouth and boil weevil. the farmers
place the yield about half that Of q
normal crop.
Newbern.-The cotton crop In this
section Is about normal.
Rutherford. Cotton is opening and
at the bottom yield is fair, but falling
off and drying up Of middle and upper
bolls and squares continues; there has
been no picking; damage estimated at
/ SO per cent in past 80 days, due to
unfavorable weather conditions.
Bradford.-The continued drouth 10
hurting the cotton crop in this section.
The plant had put on heavy crop Of
fruit, but the dry weather has made ii
shed a part Of its crop. The crop
planted on lowIand has improved dur.
ing the dry weather.
| Camden.--The hot, dry weather Of
the past two weeks has damaged the
cotton crop in Benton county to q
large extent. A few boil wesvil have
been reported in the extreme south
ern part OF the county. In some parts
of the county we have had a few show.
ers but it has done very little good.
Martin.-The prospects for the cot
ton crop, at least the top crop. are not
SO good at present. The continual dry
weather has done damage to the crop,
and unless a heavy rain comes there
will be small, ii any, top crop.
Excessive continued dry
weather has prevailed, very few sec
lions having rain. Boil weevil dam.
age is reporte din some sections.
Paris.-A slight deterioration in the
crop in this county has been noted in
the past ten days. Only few In
stances of rust have been reported.
1T is still conceded that this years
crop will be excellent and superior
to that of last year.
= Observation-Disclosures dry weather
|injuring crop greatly. Bottom crops
tfair, with scarcely any middle. Top
crop is very light. The general condi-
ton Of crop is clean as far as condi-
lions permit. A few boil weeyil are
working into this section, but damage
so far is small.
Rinley-The long drolith was broken