Corn planting in the northern sections of the State made good progress, and as a result, Statewide planting nearly equals a normal year. Conditions declined slightly. Some areas reported corn stressed because of the dry soils. Many fields are being irrigated. Producers in the extreme Southare still applying nitrogen and "laying by" corn fields. Hail damage from a previous week's storm resulted in some fields being replanted. Cotton producers took advantage of the dry weather during the week to plant about 40 percent of the entire cotton crop.