The Lexington advertiser., 1948-06-10
Gotten Crop Prospects
Improved By Rainfall
Recently Over County
Farmers Look Forward
TO Good Crop Yeor; lst
Blooms Noted Saturday

oOiS iNOteO SOtur00y
Cotton pickin' time down South
Will not be long a-comin' provided
Old Man Boil Weevil lays low. and
Old Mr.. Weatherman gives proper
concentration, according to accounts.
Inc first cotton blooms have been
reported in the county, and slight
10 near-adequate rainfall in various
sections of the county have improv-
ed general prospects and raised
hopes among farmers for a good cron
year.
Blossoms in plenty have been re-
ported on the Crawford Logan Oak
Grove plantation, Tchula RID.
having first been noticed on June
3. H. L. Nichols, also of Tchula
RID, reports that cotton bloom
was found by Stinson Lloyd, tenant
farmer on the Nichols and Sons PLAN
tation, on Sunday.
Blooms In Logon Crop
A mice rain," amounting to seve-
raj inches in some sections, remedied
the nearing drouth-conditions due
to no rain having fallen for one
month throughout the county. Mr..
Nichols reported that the rain which
fell Sunday, though not big rain.
refreshed everything, land helped
crops noticeably. Speaking of the
Delta section farms of the county,
ne said crops were generally good"
OF his 100 acres, 620 are in cotton.
Mrs. Logan, reporting for the Oak
Grove plantation, said that crops of
that vicinity were the best in the
section, with an abundance Of
blooms noted on their plantation
Saturday. Several inches of rain fell
Saturday night, she told. The cotton
crop up through the Delta between
Oak Grove plantation and Memphis
shows the results of the long drv
spell, but around Horseshoe lake
show excellent prospects, according
to reports.
Too Eurly For Weevil
No trace of boil weevils has vet
been seen, in most crops, according
to various reports. Though the time
OF the year is early for the weeyips
appearance, insects in quantity have
been noted among the cotton acre
age of Mrs. w. H. Roach, Lexington
RID. However, the migrating
period is the danger time, according
to her information, she said.
W. l.. Upchurch, Star theater
manager of Lexington, who last
year was engaged by farmers for
crop busting by airplane against the
insects, told that no reports of boil
weevils had reached him as vet, but
that a number of cotton farmers
had tentatively engaged him ahead
OF time for busting, in case more
than 10 per cent infestation becomes
apparent as the crop season pro-
crosses.
Little Infestution Here
On 10 farms examined in the
county for the week ending June
3 by the State plant board, no infes-
tatlon was found, through in Attala
county so to 200 per cent infestation
was reported. The highest infesta-
ton was $50 per cent per acre on a
Yazoo county farm, though it was
said that none was found in the
Delta.
Plant lice were numerous in most
fields and woody bear caterpillars
driven from meadows and pastures
by the drouth were attacking cot
ton in Pontotoc and Oktihbeha coun-
ties.
Lack of rain was hurting the
crops severely in most sections of
the state, according to the report
made before rain fell in some areas
this week. Early poisoning was not
advised by the Board entomologist.
Hill Prospects Good
Hill land of the county has not
suffered "too much from the months
drouth," according to Hoover Max
well of Pickens RID. He said that
small rainfall had occurred there
Sunday, which though slight, may
have done cotton "a little good"
Though no blooms had been found
on his place, he reported good pro-
spects for cotton and corn too"
if favorable conditions continue.
Will D. Wilson of Lexington said
crop appearances on his land were
good as far as he had noticed, and
that rain last week had helped crops
considerably.
The early blooms Of the season
herald what farmers have hopes of
being "a good turnout" What they
hope for now are the proper amount
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