Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-17
WEATHER AND CROPS.

Oft1e crop prospect In Bradley coun
ty, Tennessee, the Cleveland Bdnnel
says; 1.-THE last ten days of sprins
weather is bringing out the wheat, oat
clover and grass crops most beautifully
Our farmers inform us that they have
never seen more fiattering prospects,"
The Lee county (Mississipp) Journal
of the 18th instant says: "The weather
since the flood OF Monday evening has
been clear, and while a little cool not
u~npleasantly 50. The streets and roads
are rapidly drying under the genial in
f1uence of Sois rays, and the spring
time has come for certain"
The Southside (Virginial Sentinel SAYS:
"The recent bright sunshiny weather
has greatly improved the appearance OF
the wheat crop. We noticed some
beautiful fields in this and Lunenburg
counties, en- route to Lunenburg court
Monday. This statement is confirmed
by information from various portions of
the counties indicated
The corn crop throughout the South
ern States promises to be a large one. In
some sections there will be a good deal
of replanting done; but in the main the
crop already in the ground is coming up
well. But little corn has yet been plant
ed in Indiana and Kentucky. Early
potatoes, however, in the two latter
States, have been planted and are COM
ing up finely.
The Athens TENNESSEE Post says:
'Our friends of the agricultural districts
report the wheat crop as promising
enough. In some few localities it was
injured by the inclement weather, but
the average stand Is good. The peach
trees are now in full bloom, and IN the
absence Of any more heavy frOsts there
will be an abundance Of peaches. We
believe this is the year for a heavy fruit
crop"
The Louisville Ledger ON the authori-
ty of correspondents says: 'In Missis-
sippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennes-
see an increased breadth of land will be
planted to cotton, and from the reports
We receive as - Tire as1E~SHHuat Lt--sSa
planters and laborers, and arrangements
for cultivation equally advantageous to
both, we may expect a large increase in
the cotton crop Of 1872 over that of 1871,
if the season proves a favorable one. The
news we receive to this effect is general
and reliable"
The Knoxville Press and Herald of
the 14th instant says: 1--WE have con-
versed with many of the largest and
best farmers in the county during the
last week, and all of them unite in re-
porting wheat as being most promising,
and predicting that Knox county viii
produce a largely increased crop. A
larger amount Of wheat was sown last
fall than usual, and it has not sUfferedE
any fen the cold or freezes, although in
some neighborbOods it is a little back
ward. Vegetation of ali kind is healthy
and growing beautifully.
From the tObaccO-growing sections we
receive, says the Louisville Ledger, en-
eouraging reports as to the area which
will be planted the. present season.
There is promise of a largely increased
production the present year of this great
particularly in Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Indiana. In the latter State
our Information is to the effect that the
are paying increased attention
to the cultivation of tobacco, and it is
believed the crop Of 1872, if the season
proves a good one, viii be much the
cultivated In Indiana.
a slight frost was reported at Merid-
ian on the 10th instant. The Meridian
Mississippi Mercury says: "Our news
the country in regard to crops is
not very encouraging. The stand of
corn is bad, owing to wet weather, and
Jut little opportunity has been afforded
or planting cotton. With good wealth
II, however, our upland farmers will
lost time. Wesee but little said
n u exchanges about the condition of
in other sections Of the State, but
he prospects must be unfavorable in the
and lowlands, as We have had
he most backward spring of the last
wenty years.