Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-11
are reported as working very well by :. mode
rately well by:1
ARKANsAs-(43 RESPONSES

| edther.-l2 report weather for July yer,
| favorable. p moderately favorable. 6 unfa.
vorable. 20 vary warm and generally drv. Is
| first 10 to II days excessively wet, latter Is
to 20 days very warm and dry, ) too much
| rain throughout 4 no rains AB1D,IoueG
| Cr0ps-3l report none abandoned, II report
from to 80 per cent. abandoned, averaging
per cent for the district Weather for The
Season Compared ,rjth 1877 -22reDcr: season
to close OF July more favorable than 1877: q
account OF less rams and warmer tenpera-
ture, account of more rain; - less favora-
Die; on account at more rains, : excessive
rains in May and June ana drouth OF Julv. 6
report weather about same. Cotton Stands
and Comparison nth 1877 p report good
stands, IA moderately coed, = not good. IL
much better than 1877, Is about same 10 not
so good. Cotton Printing! reports the
crop forming, blooming and boiling never
be- ter, 20 very we'll, - moderately well.
Condition and Comparison ruth IS77.-5 re-
port condition very fine in all respects. II
good condition, Is moderately good 3 Door.
Y well cultivated, tree of grass and weeds :
about III per cent. Of crop seriously Cyerrun
with grass and weeds, crop reported ii DAYS
earlier, % report much better than 1877. IL
about same, 9 not so good. Miscellaneous
See aggregate. Corn Crops g report early
planted as beIng very fne, y good, Ii only
far; late planting. 81 GOOD. ~ DOOR and suf-
terlng Tor rain. HogS.-3 report in fine con-
dition, "A good, IL fair, poor, the 2 latter
suffering for corn. Lq6oT-32 report labor
ers working well, 3 moderately well: interest
In elections causes some negligence of labor.
Asgregate-u25 Responses0
/. WeGther-3S report the weather for July
very favorable, % moderately favorable, II
unfavorable; so weather very warm and gem
orally very dry, with exceptional light show
ers; 43 report that first 10 to Is days we're
excessively wet, with latter IL to 20 days very
hot and dry; Z report too much rain entire
month; 9 report much damage from drouth.
dnd0ned.-9S report none aban-
doned, q report from to 30 per cent aban-
doned on account of grass and weeds, aver
aging lls per cent. of crop of this depart
ment.
3 Weather Compared sOithIS77 -73 report
the season to close of July much more favor
able than to same date 1877, 50 of which on
account OF less rain and warmer temperature,
4 account OF more rain and warmer, "a re-
port less favorable; S for less rain, | for
more ram, and Is for excessive wet In May
and June and continued drouth IN Juiy; Is
report weather about same.
4. Cotton Stands Compared tcith IS77.-S
report extraordinary line stands, 80 good, "a
moderately good, D not good, II much better
than 1877, Sc about same, Is not so good.
D. Cotton F'ruiting.-8 report that cotton
crops were never forming, blooming and
boiling better than this season, 81 very well,
"a moderately well, not well.
8 Condition Of Crop and Comparison ioith
1877 is report very fine condition In all re-
spects, IS good condition, SO moderately good,
6 poor conditions 81 report we'll cultivated,
free from grass and weeds, 30 crop very
grassy, averaging 8 per cent. of crop seriously
In grass and weeds: 50 report crop much bet
ter than last year, 26 about same, II not so
good.
z. MiscclLaHeOHS.-Uude this head there
is general complaint of the development of
lust throughout this entire department, the
result, as is supposed, of the past Is
to 70 days of excessive cry, hot
weather; two localities report CROPS
as having almost lost or fast losing folI-
age; the balance report damage as VT not
material, but express much apprehension It
may added that from reports subsequent to
0ur correspondence, the malady is fast
spreading, with approximations mot without
good reason) OF increasing.
8. Corn Crops 81 report that early plant |
I'd corn crops are very fine, "A good "a fair; |
ate planted, 70 report condition fair to good, |
10 poor, not well cultivated md suffering for |
ain.
9. HogS,-6 report hogs in better condition |
han for mauy years, II very good condition, !
81 fair, IL poor; the latter two classes need
ng corn; 80 report losses by diseases, aver
iglng TO the entire department per cent.
oss, which Is very great improvement on
asst year at this date.
10 LGbOr.-6 report laborers working bet |
er than ever, 102 working WE'LL IA moderate |
y well, not well. There is some complaint !
t having laid by crops too soon, especially |
Il Arkansas, where politics are becoming at |
ractive to laborers