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THE ATLANTA SEMT-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
SS Education
**> SuccessroL Farming-
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This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any Information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Qa.
THE AUTUMN APPLICATION OF
FERTILIZERS
The season of the year is at hand
when preparations for fall sown crops
are in ofder. The wise farmer will
hasten the preparation of his soil as
much as possible, for relatively early
seeding, according to observation and
experiment made in different parts of
the south throughout the past twenty
years, has proven the most profitable.
Of course, wheat can be seeded so
early that the Hessian fly will often in
jure and destroy it, and hence this point
should be guarded against. Where early
seeding is followed some crops may
make too much top to go through the
winter to the best advantage. This
difficulty can be easily obviated by the
reasonable grazing off of the particular
area in question. While the us e of fer
tilizers in the spring is generally con
sidered essential, there is some differ
ence of opinion as to the advisability of
using them in the fall. There is a gen
eral belief apparently that cereals do
not need fertilization. Of course, much
depends on the character of land on
which fhe crop is to be sown and its
previous treatment. Where lands de
voted to cotton or corn have been very
heavily fertilized there is undoubtedly
some residue left in the soil, but it
should be remembered that the latter
crop is much more exhaustive to the
soil than cotton, that is, where a yield
of forty to fifty bushels per acre is ob
tained as compared with a half to three-
quarters or even, a bale of cotton per
acre. To conclude that our thin soils
will make heavy crops of oats, wheat
or barley after corn, especially without
additional fertilizers, has not been
shown by the experience of our farmers
or the tests of our experiment station
workers to be a wise policy. Where
lands have been built up by systematic
rotation or where stock is kept in
abundance as on dairy or beefproducing
farms and there is a considerable quan
tity of yard manure available, the use
of fertilizers might be more or less
questionable. Certainly, the formulas
advised would be modified somewhat
and the quantity per acre reduced.
Under the general conditions prevail
ing in the state cereals sown as winter
cover crops or for the production of
grain the following spring will, as a
rule, respond to the use of fair applica
tions of rationally compounded fertil
izers. -Rye will require, relatively
speaking, less plant food than wheat
or oats. Cats will do better in pro
portion than wheat with the same
amount of fertilizer, that is. where the
yield of grain is, taken as the measure
of efficiency. It is unnecessary-to point
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the climate of Georgia offers for the
production of winter oats of the rust
proof varieties, rye and in less propor
tion, wheat. Where these crops are to
be sown after corn, the use of 300
pounds per acre of a formula containing
2 to 3 per ^ent of nitrogen, 7 to 9 per
cent of phosphoric acid and 3 to 4 per
cent of potash becomes advisable. This
formula can often be used to advantage
on cotton lands as well. The larger per
centages should be used on sandy lands
and the small on clay lands. The
quantity to apply will vary from 300
to 500 pounds per acre.
While a variety of materials may be
used as the source of supply, it should
be remembered that organic nitrogen,
becoming rather slowly available and
less subject to loss from the soil by
leaching or its transference into quickly
available and possibly volatile forms,
j should be given prefernce. As a source
of nitrogen for fall sown crops our ex
perience indicates that cotton seed meal
is one of the best. Tankage and other
animal by-products have also proven
satisfactory, but the choice of a source
of organic nitrogen should be made
largely on tis relative *cost to the
farmer. Cotton seed meal, of course, is
a home-grown product and the more ex
tensively it can be utilized in our agri
culture, the greater becomes the value
of the seed and the better terms of ex
change the farmer can secure. More
over, it prevents the constant drain on
the state’s fertilizing elements through
permitting the meal to be shipped into
other sections and used for food and
fertilizer. Of course, it is to be regret-
ed that it cannot all be fed to live stock,
but as this seems impracticable in the
present state of our animal industries,
where the use of nitrogenous fertilizers
becomes essential, it is well to remem
ber its merits and utilize it as advan
tageously as possible in the improve
ment of our farms.
The value which is placed upon cot
ton seed by-products in other sections
of the United States is not as fully ap
preciated as it should be in the south.
The writer was surprised this summer
when visiting a number of stock farms
a thousand miles away from the bor
ders of the state to find it constituting
the basis of the ration for dairy cows
and being used as one of the principal
sources of protein for the nourishment
of beef cattle as well. Of course, the
farmer who believes that some other
source of organic nitrogen will supply
his needs more economically and advan
tageously should not hesitate to use
the same. Naturally, the nitrogen should
be combined with a sufficient amount
of phosphorus and potash to provide
formulas equivalent in percentages to
t’eose recommended above.
Fertilizers should be incorporated
with the soil at the time of drilling in
the various crops. There is not any
danger of covering it too deeply, for
if put down in the soil to a fair depth,
it encourages deeper and more thbrough
rooting of the plants growing on the
land and will thus enable them to stand
the vicissitudes of the winter to better
advantage. WherJ fertilizers are intel
ligently compounded and rationally
used after the crops mentioned, there is
no reason why a good yield of gram
may not be expected the following
spring. In fact, an opportunity to stifdy
agricultural conditions through a long
series of years in several of the south
ern states evidences beyond question
that Georgia can 1 produce winter oats,
for example, to the very best advantage.
Oats while not an exhausting crop crop
to the soil require good treatment and
respond in the matter of increased yield
to the judicious use of fertilizers. It
is very desirable that every farmer en
gage in the production of winter cereals
as extensively, as possible. They not
only provide a cover crop for the land
which arrests the frightful loss of soil
elements due to erosion and leaching,
but provide more or less grazing of the
most desirable character and enable the
farmer to supply a very considerable
proportion of the grain he needs for the
spring and summer maintenance of his
live stock.
• • *
CONTROLLING SMUT IN OATS.
H. R. N., Hoschton, Ga., writes: I have
some very fine oats I want to sow hut
they blasted so much this year and last.
Please tell me what to do to prevent the
blast or smut.
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Several methods of treating smut in
oats have been followed with success,
and you may try any one of them which
seems to you the easiest to carry into
effect.
First of all put the pats in a tub of
cold water and skim off such trash as
floats to the top. Some of the light
and immature seeds as well as a good
deal of smut will be gotten rid of in
this way. • Then place the oats in a
gunny sack and immerse in hot water
for ten minutes. The water should be at
a temperature of 133 defrees Farenheit.
It is important that the temperature be
exactly right, and that this temperature
be maintained while the oats are in the
water. At the conclusion of the treat
ment cool quickly by immersing in cold
water or stirring thoroughly while dry
ing. This is a simple and inexpensive
method, as you will see, though some
difficulty will he experienced in getting
the water at the right temperature and
keeping it there for ten minutes.
Bluestone or copper sulphate may
also be used in the proportion of one
part to five parts of water. Immerse
the oats in the solution for ten minutes
and then drain thoroughly and spread
out to dry. Some sprinkle the seed with
the solution by using a gallon to four
bushels of grain and stirring until thor
oughly wet. At the end of an hour
dry. This treatment can hardly be as
effective as where the oats are immersed
in bags.
Formalin may also be used for, con
trolling smut, using a solution of one
pint of formalin, that is, 0 per cent for
maldehyde, to fifty gallons of water.
They may either be sprinkled or im
mersed for thirty minutes.
in all the treatments the seed should
lirst be immersed in cold water and the
smut balls and trash skimmed off the
top. Treatment afteF immersion may
be hastened by using a small quantity
of thoroughly air-slaked lime, but this
is not essential.
SEEDING HARRY VETCH.
X. C. W., Meigs, Ga., writes: I wish to
now some hairy vetch this fall. How should
the laud be prepared and how much seed
sown per acre. Which is best to use with
it, oats, wheat or barley? Is it necessary
to inoculate It?
Where one intends to sow hairy vetch
the land if in excellent physical condi
tion may be disked and the seed# sown
immediately. If the land is not in good
physical condition and badly compacted
and low in vegetable matter, we would j
suggest that it be broken up, cross ,
disked and harrowed and even compacted i
with a roller so as to provide a fria-!
ble and firm seed bed. Plowing will loos
en the lower areas of the soil and this ,
is an advantage, enabling the air and
water to perform their share of the
work in the soil more satisfactorily and
also hastening the development and
spread of the roots of the vetch.
When seeding vetch we would advise
the use of a bushel to a ^bushel and
a half of oats, one of the rust-proof va
rieties being selected, with 20 to 30
pounds of the best seed obtainable. We
have had. very satisfactory results from
this combination on red clay lands. Cer
tainly the vetch should be inoculated on
soils where it has not been grown be
fore. We think you can secure cultures
for this purpose free of cost from the
bureau of plant industry, United States
department of agriculture, Washington,
D. C. We prefer oats as a nurse crop
to either of the other two mentioned.
The department will send you full in
structions on how to apply the inocu
lating material.
• • •
TESTING SOIL FOR ACIDITY.
A. E. E., Roswell, Ga., writes: I sent
for litmus paper to test soil for planting to
alfalfa and they sent red instead of blue.
Will the red do as well as the blue?
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FDD THE NEW CROP
You should return the red litmus pa
per at once and secure the blue, as
the red would be of no value to you
in determining soil acidity. When you
have secured the blue litmus paper,
scrape away the surface soil in the
field where you expect to plant alfalfa
to a depth of two inches. Take up some
of the earth and place in a clean tin
cup. By this we mean one which has
never been used. Then pour sufficient
rainwater on it to slightly puddle it.
Insert the blue litmus paper and let it
stand for a few minutes. If the pa
per turns red quickly it indicates that
the soil is quite acid. As a rule, the
use of one to two tons of relatively
finely ground raw rock as a top dress
ing on land which has been properly
prepared will answer very well for
alfalfa in this state. One ton of the
caustic or freshly burned lime will have
about the same sweetening power as
two tons of the crushed or pulverized
rock.
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SPRAYING GARDEN CROPS.
G. F. V., Augusta, G,a., writes: I was
troubled a good deal with bugs and worms
In my garden this year and sprayed my
corn and' collards with a solution of arsen
ate of lead, about a teaspoonful to one
quart of water. Is it entirely safe to eat
collards and other vegetables thus treated?
There is no reason why it should not
be safe to use corn or collards which
have been sprayed with a relatively
weak solution of arsenate of lead as
feed for live stock or human consump
tion, provided the plants have begn ex
posed to several heavy rains. One should
take special care in preparing the col
lards for the table and wash them
through at least two waters. As corn is
protected by the shucks, it would be
less liable to carry the poison to hu
man beings. While the use of arsenate
of lead as a spray on plants of this
character should be limited as much as
circumstances will permit, it sometimes
seems rtecessary to use it. There is
much less danger in using it on the
crops mentioned than there would be
on cabbage or other close-headed plants,
as the poison is liable to get on the in
side and it is very difficult to remove
unless the head is carefully separated
and washed through several waters.
• • •
TREATMENT OF SORES ON NECK.
F. H., Wayside, Ga., writes: I have a^
mule that has a breaking out on his neck
and shoulders. It first starts in hard
knots and then gets raw. & He is continually
biting and rubbing hitnself. He seems per
fectly healthy otherwise. Would like to
know what to do for them.
Trouble such as you describe is some
times due to digestive troubles of a
more or less chronic character and to
the poverty of the blood. We would
suggest that the sores be thoroughly
cleansed by washing with tar soap, then
wipe dry and rub thoroughly with a
quantity of oxide of zinc ointment or
some other bland ointment which is
equally effective. Internally the mule
should be given Epsom salts In four-
ounce doses until the bowels move free
ly. Then give for a few days a mix
ture of nitrate of potash four ounces,
common salt four ounces and sulphur
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“SYRUP OF FIGS” FOR
Ten Important Suggestions
Given Farmers by State
Entomology Board
The time has come when the farm
ers of Georgia must select their cotton
seed for next year’s planting; and in
view of the many pests and diseases
to which the plant is now subject, this
is no simple qr easy task.
The state board of entomology lays
down ten rules or suggestions rela
tive to cotton seed selection which, if
followed carefully by the farmers, will
materially assist them in eliminating
plant pests and diseases from their
fields.
Generally speaking, the seed should
be selected from the strongest and
hardiest plants, such as are free from
diseases and which have the greatest
percentage of fruit properly located.
Mor e specifically, the selection should
be made, says State Entomologist E.
Lee Worsham, with reference to re
sistance to root knot and anthracnose;
fruitfulness and earliness; percentage
of lint; type of plant and distribution
of fruit on the plant.
In selecting for resistance to black
root or wilt disease the plant should
be chosen from that section of the
field where the ordinary cotton suffered
greatest damage. Here, however, the
selection should be made of the nard-
iest and most resistant plants, hardiest
and best developed plants.
WATCH OUT FOR ROOT KNOT.
Care should also be taken to select
those plants which ar e resistant to
root knot or nematode worms. The
nematode worm is a parasite on the
roots of plants which causes knots,
commonly known as nematode galls or
root. The plant Is stunted and some
times killed. As the common cpwpca
Is very suscseptible to this work, it is
dangerous to follow such a pea crop
with cotton. The wilt resistant ^trains
are somewhat resistant to root knot,
and hte department believes by contin
ued selection of the most resistant
plants, this quality may be greatly im
proved. \
Another thing to j be avoided in the
selection of the seed is anthracnose, a
fungus disease of cotton which causes
the bolls to rot and some ^seasons does
a great deal of damage, occasionally as
high as 50 per cent of the bolls rotting
off. All varieties of cotton are more
or less susceptible to anthracnose. At
present the best way to control this
disease is by rotation of crops and by
the use of resistant varieties through
careful seed selection. A plant badly
affected by anthracnose should not be
selected, even though it Is very resist
ant to wilt and is well fruited.
Fruitfulness should be carefully con
sidered in seed selection, with a view
to increasing the yield per acre. Where
possible, the department advises the se
lection of the most fruitful stalks by
comparison.
GET EARLY VARIETIES.
Earliness is another important point
in selection, especially in southwest
Georgia, where it will be necessary
next year to meet the invasion of the
cotton boll weevil. Two ways are sug
gested of securing an early resistant
strain. First by crossing the wilt re
sistant strain wtih early varieties, and
second by selecting the earliest plants
from the resistant strains now at hand.
It is believed that the individual se
lection of the earliest plants will be
the quickest and best method.
The department advises that no
stalk should be selected which yields
less than 33 1-3 per cent of lint. In
its own work it discards all stalks that
two ounces. These materials should be
thoroughly pulverized together and
given twice daily in the feed. A heap
ing teaspoonful constitutes a dose.
* * •
SUGGESTIONS ON WINTER OATS.
J. B. D., Eatonton, Ga., writes: I would
like any information you can give me as to
the earllness. etc., of Fulglmm oats. Is it
rust-proof and thoroughly acclimated?
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When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the
tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea
spoonful of this harmless “fruit laxa
tive,” and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, sour bil6 and undi
gested food passes out of the bowels,
and you have a well, playful child again.
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Fulghum oats were grown last year
in our demonstration field and yielded
as well as any other strain. It is dif
ficult to say from one year’s test that
they are superior in all respects to oth
er varieties of oats. Last year they ma
tured about ten days earlier than other
strains and this is a decided advantage,
They produce very large and rather
coarse straw, and the quality of grain
in very good indeed. They are a sport,
as we understand it, from the rust
proof strains and were originated in
Warren county by a man whose name
they bear. They were somewhat ex
tensively grown last year by a number
of farmers in Georgia who command
them very highly. We are conducting
further tests with this oat, and believe
from what we know that it is well
suited to our climate and soil and that
where seed can be secured from reliable
sources that it will be found a val
uable strain to cultivate.
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INTEREST IN PERCHERON HORSES.
W. I. H., Gainesville, Ga., writes: I was
much interested in the article on Percheron
horses. I would like to know where is the
best place to purchase these horses and'
what is the best price they can be had for?
Also what age horse would you recommend
and what weight?
Your interest in livestock farming is
to be commended and I am glad that
the article on Percheron. horses has in
terested you to the extent of investi
gating this class of horses with the
idea of purchasing some of them. You
can purchase animals of this breed in
a number of places. They are more
largely produced in Illinois and Iowa
than elsewhere in the United States,
but you can probably secure what you
want from Timmons & Jarnagin, Jef
ferson City, Tenn.; J. E. ’Hite, Galla
tin, Tenn.; Henry Bow’en, Witten's
Mills, Va.; J. R. K. Bell, Pulaski, Va.;
and L. W. Jarman, Porterdale, Ga. I
would suggest that you write to all of
these gentlemen asking them to give
you the best prices on such grade of
animals as you care to purchase. For
the production of colts for farm work
high-grade mares will answer every pur
pose. If you desire to sell the progeny
for breeding purposes, it will probably
pay you to buy a pair of pure-bred
mares. A pair of three or four-year-
olds will cost you from $500 to $800,
depending on the breeding, and the size,
substance and condition. We would ad
vise you to buy mares relatively young
as you can put* growth on them for
much less than if you were to pay out
the cash for mature animals. Of course,
you have to wait some time for them
to develop when purchasing as has been
indicated. We have a team of pure-
breds on the college farm which we
purchased as long two's which we think
are worth now close to $1,000. Natu
rally, we did not have this much money
to put into them in the beginning.
Of course, you understand that the
Percheron is essentially a draft ani
mal and that they must be skillfully
cared for and handled if you are to pro
duce colts with certainty and economy
and work the animals to good advan
tage. We work them consistently on
the college farm, and find we have no
trouble with them save possibly during
one or two of the hottest months dur
ing the summer.
Trade and Crop Re
ports From the South
—From Bradstreet’s.
Richmond—Trade in seasonable com
modities, particularly shoes and cloth
ing, is stimulated by the fall season.
Tobacco and cotton are being marketed
in good quantities at prices in ex
cess of last year. Lumber continues
quieit, and some manufacturers have
closed down their plants. Fruits and
produce are plentiful, but find ready
market. Growing crops continue in good
condition, and with the exception of
cotton will produce in larger yield than
in any recent year. Little building is
being done, as a consequence supplies
are not active. Collections are slow.
Charleston, S. C.—Trade and colec
tions are good. Cotton is being picked
rapidly and sold at present market prices.
Maturing notes are being met promptly.
Chattanooga—Wholesale trade holds
its own. Manufacturers continue to
book an average number of orders, and,
on the whole, they regard conditions
as favorable. Retail trade seems to be
considerably stimulated by the approach
of the fall season. Collections every
where, especially in the. country dis
tricts, have improved greatly, owing to
the sale of the first of the cotton crop.
Memphis—Wholesale trade is stimu
lated by cooler weather and retail trade
is active. Collections are fair. Farmers
are busy picking cotton, whiph is being
ginned rapidly. The yield is much bet
ter than for several years.
Savannah—Trade in all lines shows
some improvement and cotton is moving
rapidly, th*e price being well maintained.
Collections are improving.
Atlanta—Wholesale merchants in all
lines are having a good trade and col
lections are fair. Retail sales show a
good increase and collections are bet
ter. Crop conditions continue favorable,
and some cotton is being marketed.
Birmingham—Inquiries for pig iron
yield less than 34 per cent of lint. The
only satisfactory method of determin
ing the quality of lint yielded by a
stalk is to gin each stalk separately
with a hand gin.
Care should be taken also as to the
type of plant chosen. The best stalks
to select are those having long fruit
ing limbs close to the ground, and with
joints close together. The fewer large
stalking branches a plant has the bet
ter, provided the fruiting branches are
more numerous.
In the matter of distribution and ar
rangement of fruit over the stalk, it Is
best to select the plants that have the
most fruit on the lower part, because
these begin fruiting earlier.
Roguing is regarded as an important
practice in the selection of cotton seed.
That is, where a field is to be used par
ticularly for the selection of seed, the
diseased and stunted stalks should be
cut out about July 1 or August 1, to
prevent crossing with the producing
plants and thereby reducing their re
sistance.
CARE IN GINNING.
The next thing is proper ginning. The
cotton selected for seed should be
ginned on a hand gin, if possible. This
does away with danger of adulteration
or mixture with diseased seed. If the
cptton is ginned on a public gin. all
of the seed should be removed from
the breast of the gin and other parts
before the cotton is run through, and
the seed, should be allowed to drop
on the floor or on a sheet; It should
never be allowed to run through the
seed carrying auger.
The work on the wilt disease of cot
ton, development of resistant strains and
seed selection, has been in charge of
Mr. A. C. Lewis, assistant state ento
mologist, since 1905. Under his direction
there have been developed a number of
resistant hybrids, and this special seed
has been furnished to farmers in many
sections of the state.
The state board of entomology will
be glad to assist any farmer in mak
ing individual seed selections. Where
this assistance is desired, he should
save a few rows on a portion of .his
field without picking it, and write the
state entomologist requesting to have
some one sent to assist in making the
selections.
The state board, of entomology owns
a small gin operated by electricity, and
will take great pleasure in ginning, free
of charge, small quantities of seed that
has been carefully selected. The seed
cotton can be sent by parcel post and
the seed will be properly labeled and
returned.
ROTATION OF CROPS TO
KILL PESTS ADVISED
(By Associated Press. >
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Safe-guard
ing thg corn crops oil the south and
west, the experts of the department of
agriculture today sent out a warning
against the inroads of the southern root
worm and the western corn beetle, two
pests which have curtailed the crop out
put in those two great producing sec
tions. The habits of both have just
been catalogued, after a lengthy inves
tigation by scientists who virtually have
slept in the rustling corn fields.
Rotation of crops is advocated as the
cure for the southern visitant, whose
destructive work is accomplished by
working principally around the roots of
the young corn. He is the most dan
gerous of the two, and the femAle of
his species is even deadlier, for she uses
the hollow stalk of the growing corn in
’which to cradle her young.
“The worm is about the size of the
striped cucumber beetle,” according to
the scientists, “has a yellowish green
color and black eyes. He is most likely
to be observed feeding on the corn
during late August or September, al
though they frequently enter farm
houses at night being attracted by the
lamp light.”
The eradication of both, however, is
urged by the department in the inter
ests of a greater food production.
RAILWAY HEAD PLEASED
WITH CROP REPORTS
are fairly brisk. Building material is
active. Dealers in dry goods, groceries
and similar lines are doing the usual
fall trade. Collections are fair.
Mobile—Wholesale trade is improving.
With the heavy movement of cotton a
decided betterment in business and col
lections is anticipated. Lumber and
naval stores are very quiet.
Montgomery. — Business, wholesale
and retail, is improving. Collections are
poor.
Jackson.—Trade is stimulated by fall
openings and merchants are anticipat
ing a good business. Excessive rains
retard cotton picking. The outlook for
lumber is good.
New Orleans.—Incessant rains have
anrected crop conditions in Louisiana
to some extent. Rice and cotton suffer
ed the greater damage. It is difficult
to estimate, but well posted authori
ties are of the opinion that rice will
probably be 'damaged to 10 or 15 per
cent. It is not thought that quantity
will be lessened to any appreciable ex
tent but the loss will be* in quality.
Most of the cotton planters report large
losses to their crops from excessive
rains and damage from boll weevil.
General conditions are better than .last
year, however, and the outcome of this
year’s crop is looked upon with more
favor than were the results of 1912.
Notwithstanding this, a great many of
the planters appear to be discouraged
Jobbers are doing a fair volume of bus
iness, and collections are fairly satis
factory. A good deal of improvement
is noted in retail trade.
Muskogee.—In retail lines September
business has been very pleasing to
merchants. They state that trade is
morp active than they had anticipated,
and in many cases they have had to
add to their original fall purchases.
In this vicinity we are now having
excellent weather for harvesting the
cotton crop, and it is the general opin
ion that the farmers will have ample
pasturage for their stock and there
will not be as much feedstuff bought
as expected some thirty or forty days
ago.
Dallas.—Trade with jobbers and re
tailers is quiet and collections are very
slow. On account of heavy and contin
uous rains cotton picking is at a stand
still. The grade of cotton is being In
jured, and unless weather conditions
soon change serious damage will re
sult.
Fort Worth.—Excessive rains have
fallen, thus damaging cotton, which is
now open, and retarding packing. The
moisture, however, is very beneficial to
wheat and other grains and is making
good pasturage for cattle. Business in
all lines is slow on account of rain.
Collections are only fair.
Houston.—Over eighteen inches rain
fall in twenty-five days in the rice belt
of Texas and Louisiana has caused
heavy damage t^ the Honduras rice crop.
Less than 10 per cent of the crop has
been marketed and the shocked rice is
floating in the fields. The uncut Japan
crop is covered with three to four feet
of water. Business is retarded by the
extraordinary weather conditions. Col
lections are slow.
San Antonio.—Wholesale'dealers re
port only fair sales. Collections fair.
Owing to exceedingly heavy rainfall
during the last two days, heavy floods
have done great damage in San Antonio,
and the loss to cotton in this vicinity j
is enormous.
THE LATE CROPS
Except in Texas and the lower Mis
sissippi valley, where rains have been
excessive and damaging to cotton and
rice, the general weather report this
week is a satisfactory one. Rains in
the west and in the formerly drought-
afflicted sections have been heavy, and
followed by bright weather have improv
ed late pasturage and allowed of winter
wheat plowing and planting. Lost time
is being regained, and it is now thought
an increased area will go into winter
wheat in the country as a whole. The
last condition report as to corn will
show an improvement, due to rains; this
report, by the way, seeming to be puz
zling some authorities, who are loath
to recognize possibilities of Improvement
in condition after having issued short-
crop reports.
Unprecedented heavy rains are a cause
of concern in Texas and Louisiana,
where, as one report puts it, eighteen
inches of rain have fallen In twenty-
five days. This rainfall has washed out
much ripened cotton In many parts of
Texas, suspended picking and ckused in
terruption to movement. Poor reports
as to cotton come from San Antonio,
Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston. At the
latter point rice is said to be floating
in the fields. Damage to rice and cot
ton is reported from Louisiana, but at|
the same time it is stated the cotton)
yield will exceed last year. In the Mem
phis district the yield of cotton will]
be larger than in either 1912 or 1911. In
the eastern half of the cotton belt re-
ports are better, and large yields bring
ing high prices, are reported.
Tobacco crop reports are better, and
that crop is turning out better than ex
pected. An 80 per cent crop is reported
probable in eastern Kentucky and Ohio,
while 70 per cent is indicated in western
Kentucky. Virginia reports are good.
Late reports frm the Lancaster, Pa.,
crop are better, but a larg epart of the
crop was cut early to avoid frost.
The Washington apple crop will be
much smaller than last year, as will that
of northern central New York. A good
crop will, however, be made in the Hud
son valley.
Low Fares!
Homeseekers tickets are
sold at greatly reduced fares
on the 1 stand 3rdTuesdays
of each month; stopovers
free and 25 days time, via
Cotton Belt Route,—to
Arkansas
and Texas
Winter tourist tickets (round
trip) from southeast points to
many points in Texas, Louisiana
and New Mexico, will be on sale
daily Nov. 1st, 1913 to April 30,
1914; with exceedingly long return
limit of June 1st, 1914. Stopovers.
All year tourist tickets on sale
daily to certain points in Texas
—90 day limit.
The Cotton Belt Route is the
direct line from Memphis toTexas,
through Arkansas—two splendid
trains daily, with electric lighted
equipment of through sleepers,
parlorcars and dining cars. Trains
from all parts of Southeast make
direct connection at Memphis
with Cotton Belt Route trains
to the Southwest.
For full Information about Home-
the undersigned, bookb aDoui iarra-
ing in Sputhwest, sent free. Write!
L. P. SMITH, Traveling Pais’r Agent,
Brown-M&rx Bldg. Birmingham, Ala.
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(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 9.—President j
Charles H. Markham, ot the Central of I
Georgia railway, reached Savannah at I
midnight and will be here through to
morrow, when the annual meeting of the
directors of the company are held. He
is much pleased with the reports that
he has received on the crop conditions
throughout the south and states that
the freight business of the Central rail
way is very large. He was accompanied
to Savannah by a delegation of lesser
officials of the road who went to Macon
to meet him. They all came in on a
special train.
MONSTER OIL TANKS
SEETHE IN FLAMES
(By Associated Press.)
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 9.—Fire which
started Sunday in the great oil tanks of
the Standard Oil company still was
burning today. Two of the tanks have
blown up and the police are investigat
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The side of the 1,200.000-gallon crude
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rolled the length of a block. At the
same time a burning gasoline tank ex
ploded, sending blazing gasoline into
the bay. The Standard •company's large
warehouse was consumed.
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