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THE WEEKLY tfEWS REVIEW h—o—■a—tea Farmers Page Movement of Leading Lines Show Increase Condition of Growing Crops South Carolina.—Weather more fa vorable, but too much rain on costal plain and week end too cold. Stands, color, condition and progress of cot ton fairly good generally; chopping continues in northwest. Georgia.—Progress of cotton very good in extreme southern counties where forming squares freely but poor elsewhere due to cloudy, wet, and cold weather. Much not chopped; getting very grassy. Florida.—Beneficial, and some dam aging rains, except in extreme south where more needed. Progress of cot ton very good; condition fair but ex cessive rain locally unfavorable. Corn, cane, peanuts, and melons good progress. Citrus new growth and bloom but much fruit lost during drought. Alabama.—Showers daily, locally heavy; unseasonably cool latter part of week. Rains considerably delay ed farm activities. Sunshine badly needed. Crops grassy in many sec tions. Progress and condition of cot ton first part of week mostly fairly good; qool and continued rainy wea ther unfavorable at close; chopping progressing slowly. Mississippi.—Sunshine and night temporatures somewath deficient. Pre cipitation frequent rather than exces sive hindering cultivation. Progress of cotton and corn generally poor to fair; plants small; growth slow; fields becoming grassy. Louisiana. — Moderate to heavy at beginning and end of week but weather generally favorable for growth of all crops. Progress of cot ton and corn very good. Corn tassel ing and squares forming on cotton in south. Cane made excellent growth. Rice doing well. Needed cultivation of cotton and corn retarded by show ers in many localities. Texas.—Warm, w T ith heavy showers in a few lower coast and southwes tern counties; elsewhere precipita tion mostly light. Favorable for planting and cultivation. Condition and progress of corn vrey good ex cept in flooded areas. Cotton made fair progress; condition fairly good in south; mostly poor elsewhere; cul- tivtaion, chopping, planting, and re planting made verdy good progress. Ranges and live stock in good condi tion. „ Oklahoma.—Temperature moderate; sunshine deficient; light to heavy rains. Favorable for rapid growth of crops. Fairly good progress in cul tivation in most sections. Early planted cotton and corn average fair stands and making fair progress but needing cultivation in most central and eastern portions. Arkansas.—Progress of cotton ex cellent, except in south and east, v/here soil is very wet. Condition poor in southern and some eastern counties; fairly good elsewhere; very good progress in chopping and rultivating, except in south and east, FRUITS and VEGETABLES We regularly receive fresh shipments of Fruits and Vegetables. When unexpected company arrive phone 28, we will come to the rescue. ARTEE FRUIT COMPANY Telephone 26 53 East Evans Street Everybody Wants a HOME Start Now! buy a Lot! At MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS “Make Your Own Terms” See Us First or Last—We Will Trade W. M. Martin & Co. 15 1-2 W. EVANS ST. fovernment • Crop Report The Department of Agriculture es timates that the condition of the cot- Peanut Brittle BUTTERED 29c A Saturday Special Run Right To— Zeigler’s tBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBeBBBBBBBBBBBBfll MEN! The Smoke Shop ‘IS YOUR SHOP” SMOKE, DRINK AND BE MERRY. The carlot movement of 14 leading lines of fruits and vegetables in creased nearly 20 per cent during the week ending May 27, when 12,561 cars were shipped to consuming markets compared with 10,430 the preceding week. Markets were farly steady for new potatoes, but were weaker for old tock. Onions declined, strawberries were steady to firm, and watermelons advanced. Reports from field agents indicate considerable increases in the acre age planted to potatoes, onions, cab bage, cantaloupes, and melons in many of the main and northern crop sections. Potatoes—Movement of potatoes was about 1,000 cars heavier than for the previous week. Shipments of new tock were 2,689 cars and old poto- ioes filled 2,103 cars. Maine continu ad to ship well over 100 cars daily, and South Carolina, the heaviest early shipping state, sent about one- fourth of the week’s movement. Mar kets were generally steady to firm with a alight weakening at the close in mid-western cities. North and South Carolina Irish Cobblers in cloth-top, stave barrels sold at a ceneral jobbing range of $5.75-$6.25. Florida Spaulding Rose keld steady in New York at $6-$6.50. Georgia Cob- olers and Bliss Triumphs were firm n Boston, Baltimore, and Cincinnati it $5.75-$6.50. Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs de clined 25c in middle western markets o $2.50-$3.25 per 100 lbs. Prices de- Hned 50c-76c in Carolina producing ireas, closing mostly $4.25 f. o. b Markets were still well supplied with >Id stock. Prices of sacked Round Vhites weakened slightly in eastern ities to $1.35-$1.75 per 100 lbs., but /ere well maintained in other cities t $1.60-$1.85. Maine Green Moun ains declined 15c closing at $1.25- ,.1.50 in city wholesale markets and ,t 60c-70c f. o. b. shipping points -lound Whites weakened to $1.30-$1.35 it north central points. Sweet Potatoes—Carlot shipments aients of sweet potatoes decreased /apidly. The season is practically inded. New Jersey yellow varieties applied the New York market at ?2.25-$2.50 per bu. hamper. South ern varieties ranged 75c-$l in con- iuming centers. Total movement for he season to May 27 was nearly 19, )00 cars, or about 1,000 more than for last season. Onions—Shipments of Bermuda anions continued to decrease, but movement for the season to May 27 was about 300 cars heavier than last season. Fairly liberal supplies of onions in most city wholesale mar kets caused prices of Texas yellow Bermudas to decline to a genera range of $1.40-$1.75 per standard ;rate. In Baltimore and Philadelphia where supplies were light, prices strengthened to $1.85-$2. California stock was slow and dull in New York and Chicago at $1.75-$2. Strawberries—Carlot shipments of strawberries continued at a fairly heavy volume. Much home-grown stock has been moving to near-by cities. Shipments for the week were shout 3,000 cars. The season’s tota to May 27 of more than 14,000 cars has exceeded last season’s movement by about 6,000 cars. During the week 24-qt. crates of Missouri Aromas ranged $2.50-$3.75 in middle western markets and were firm in New York and Boston at 20c-25c per qt. Ken tucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas Aro mas ranged $2.75-$4 in Pittsburgh and the middle west. Kentucky ber ries brought 18c-28c per qt. in ex treme eastern cities. Delaware, Mary land, and New Jersey stock, various varieties, was steady in Boston and New York at 25c-30c. Kentucky Aro mas closed firm at mostly $3 f. o. b. ■shipping points. Missouri freight shipments advanced 25c-$2.25 f. o. b. cash track. Watermelons—Shipments of water melons were over 1,400 cars, coming mostly from Florida. In producing sections prices declined $75-$100 and closed at $150-$250 bulk per car for average-weight melons. A shortage of supplies in New York City caused an advance at the end of the week of $500-$650 when Tom Watsons reached $600-$800. Other eastern markets ranged $500-$600. Chicago market was strong and active at $650. Sales in Boston were 40c-65c, unit basis. Other Fruits and Yegetables—New York Baldwin apples were steady in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at $7.50- $8.50 per bbl. Northwestern extra fancy boxed Winesaps ranged gen erally $3-$3.50 in leading city mar kets. Massachusetts and New Jersey asparagus was firm in New York and Boston at $5-$6 per crate. Early southern string beans in bushel hampers sold at 75c-$1.50 in eastern and middle western cities. Cabbage in 100-lb. crates from Virginia and the Carolinas ranged $1.75-$2. Mis sissippi stock weakened to $2.25-$2.5Q in Chicago. Early estimates of acre age in Wisconsin cabbage areas in dicate an increase of about 21 per cent over 1921. Setting will be about one week to 10 days ahead of last season. An increase of 114 per cent is expected in acreage in Muscatine Co., Iowa. First car of Texas canta loupes arrived in New York May 25 Flat crates of 9-14 melons sold at $6, while standard crates of 45 melons brought $16 each. Florida stock was firm in eastern markets at $4.50-$7 per standard crate, American Lettuce Exported to China A shipment of 75 crates of lettuce from the Pacific coast was recently made to Shanghai, China, according to a report received from the Ameri- can consul at that station. The re port also calls attention to the possi bility of marketing American cold storage butter in Shanghai, which at the present time receives most of its imported supplies from Austria. ton crop on May 26 was 69.6 per cent of a normal, as compared with 66.0 on May 25, 1921; 62.4 on May 26, 1920; 75.6 on May 26, 1919, and 74.6 the average of the past ten years on May 25. An estimate of acreage this vear will be included in the July cot ton report. The low condition of the crop is at tributed to lateness of the crop, fre quent rains, cool weather, floods, re planting and, in some regions, the appearance of the boll weevil in un usually large numbers. In Texas 36 per cent of the intended acreage was still to be planted on May 25. The boll weevil threatens much damage to the Georgia crop. The outlook in North Carolina as a whole is good. In South Carolina wet cool weather and lateness of the crop have been more damaging. Possibly 30 per cent of the Louisiana crop was not plant ed May 25. In Oklahoma inability to get sufficient financial help for replanting, too much rain, late plant' ing and poor seed used for replant ing combined to make the condition of the cotton crop exceptionally low. Floods and washings have destroyed about 4 per cent of the cotton acreage in Texas, about 6 per cent in Louisi ana and 5 per cent in Mississippi, representing in all about 2 per cent of the entire U. S. cotton acreage The greater part of this lost acreage has been or will be replanted. MAIL-WA Fill Out and Mail To The Weekly News Review Help Wanted, Lost and Found, To Rent Rooms, and Boarding—1c a Word Each Day. 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