Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1925 GOOD CHOP YIELDS ARE FORECAST IN DISTRICT Fi|« Federal Reserve Bank Sees Season for Farmer. ■ Raleigh, X. C„ Aug. 31—(AP)— Pointing out thnt the fifth Federal Reserve district is largely ngricnltnr il, and that the prosperity of the 'armer is vital, for that reason, the Monthly Review of the fifth district. >ub!lsbed by the statistical depart ment of the Federal Reserve Bank it; Richmond anti jiwt receive;! here, declares that on the whole, present conditions are for larger yields in most of the district's leading crops. It adds, however, that "refill rX; this year wi’.l be unevenly distribut ed, and it is highly necessary mat business firms survey local condi tions carefully in making plans for fall and winter business. While the cotton crop of the district is expect ed to exceed thnt o.- 1024. says the Review.—and here it gives an er ample of the uneven distribution — “in Piedmont South Carolina, one of the best business sections of the dis trict, the crop is veiry poor.*’ The cotton crop yield in North Carolina will be far in excess of that of last year, according to the Re view, but the tobacco crop is under thnt of last year, whie' itself was not up to normal. Other crop conditions I in this state vary. j "Xorth .Carolina." says the publi cation, “is expected to produce 1.-! 114,300 bales of cotton this year, compared with 858,017 bales ginned in 1024. Weevil damage prior to August 1 was less serious than had been feared, due chiefly to the dry, hot weather which was unfavorable for weevil developemont. The wcut.ier however, caused excessive shedding < squares and bolls and brought an ean* maturity while the plants were stillTsiuc.il. Stands are rather irregu lar hud spotted, especially in Pied mont counties. The first grown bolls were noticed about three days earlier than last year.” The condition of the rooacco crop on August 1 was 74 per cent of a normal. This was in comparison witli 81 percent on July 1. this year, aud 77 percent on August 1, 11)24. The year's production is forecast at 207,- 184,000 pounds which « 18,000,000 pounds or 7 percent above the stat ed 1024 production, but 0.5 jiercont below the five-year average. “Prospects", says the Review, "are unusually good in the Coastal count ies, the belt running through the northern Piedmont and mountain counties having suffered most from the drought. Plants are “firing" bad ly. and the color of the tobacco is poor.” With the corn condition 72 percent of normal, on Augustl, n production for the state of 41,875,571 bushels is indented. 'Phis is six percent under the 11)24 yield. The August let fore cast of 0.801,000 bushels of sweet potatoes was about five percent above last year’s production. Prices on sweet potatoes, on which ship ments have begun, are reported as “very satjgfcctory.” "Hay Https,” continues the Feder-| al Resergjj, publication, "were cut by dry \»fi»ther, and many pastures have bccßno practically useless for weeks, hut rains after August Ist improved the hay and pasture pros pects considerably. Apple yields will vary from very short to fair. Com mercial orc'.iadists state the crop is hardly half of last year's production. The ipiality of the fruit is generally good " She Could Fairly Buna It l'p. A certain business man not far «Away advertised for a stenographer l*n