"The past week has been good fall weath
er. with about the normal degree of heat
and very nearly clear. It has favorc 1 the
rapid opening of cotton, which still re
mains in the boll. The cotton crop seems
likely to be quite the reverse of last year’s
ns to picking. The better part opened early
and the September and later cotton will be
little. The same favorable reports of corn
and sorghum continue.
"In the northwest section fodder pulling
is finished and cotton picking is now’ 'n
hand. The yield of fodder is abundant and
the supply of cattle feed is being farther in
creased by cutting cr..b and other grosses.
A good deal of rust exists in cotton, espe
cially on uplands, some stalks l- ing entire
ly dead. Bolls are opening rapidly. The
crop in this s< ion does not jir -mise tiie
large yield expected by some. H tghum is
being worked up and is bett-jr than usual.
Thu sweet potato and turnip crops are ex
cellent. Worms are very numerous in cab
bage.
"The farmers of north Georgia are I usy
saving fodder, making sorghum and pi- ks.v;
cott n. A very heavy rain fed over most
',-f this section on the night of the 17th,
doing considerable damage to bottom lands
in the way of washouts, etc. The c. rn crop
is safe and is simply immense. More and
better hay’ has )> en raised and housed in
tb.'s section than for many years part.
