Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30

farmer. In the course Of the last week We
had some seasonable warm days, with clear
sunshine and soft breezes, but Sunday night
and Monday bring back the repelling, dam
aging cold. But little Of the caressiDg soft
ness of smiling May has been vouchsafed US
this year. May is now departing. What
will June do to restore what has been lost Of
warmth and geniality? To know that we
must refer 10 Vennor's June bulletin, which
has not yet reached us. The conclusion OF
his May bulletin is disheartening enough.
During the ten days just passed he predicted
| the changeable weather we have experienced,
and also weather "Inore settled and warmer,
with decidedly hot weather in portions Of
the United States" just as we had it; thun-
der and wind-storms were also fore
told, and we had them both. The
latter end of last week ne characterized
as getting rather more unsettled and IN
summer like" Sunday was to have been
"cool, bleak, backward weather generally,
with heavy rains, wind and hail-storms over
both Canada and the United States" and the
consequence is predicted, considerable in
jury done to vegetation and crops" These
details extend to Wednesday, the last day OF
the month. While we are Obliged to own
that Vennor has predicted wonderfully well
in his monthly bulletins, now becoming SO
much sought after by agriculturalists and
others, we cannot but wish that he may
prove mistaken as to the two days that are
before us. But we derive little consolation
from his assurance that "May is to usher in
the cool and very wet summer of 1892"
Equally ominous is the following expression
in his April bulletin: "As we look at the
whole matter, we think that we have but lit
tie to expect in friendly way from the ap-
preaching summer of 1892 but much the re-
verse" Oar exchange papers from the
country around us in Tennessee and the ad-
jacent States OF Arkansas and Mississippi,
give good accounts of the wheat, which suf-
fered but little from rust, while the army
worm was TOO late to do more than devour
the blade from the stalk, leaving the grain
unframed. Other crops were generally
doing well; but fruit mas suffered in many
placer, and the cold weather delayed or al
together killed out the strawberries.
The young cotton has suffered much
from the frequent cold nights; replanting
has been common, and even a third planting
has been often required, but in many cases
absence of seed made it necessary to put in
corn, an affection that has strong compensa-
tious. The cold th at has been 30 fatal in
many places to corn has in others proved OF
great advantage to wheat, increasing its
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duct. Taken altogether the farmer has had,
and still has, trying time, and anxiety is
very general. Never was news OF the crops
more eagerly looked for and more narrowly
scanned than now. Trade languishes in
many of its branches, and good crops are
yearningly desired as relief from discour-
agement. Snow and some frost in the North
have had ill effects, but the general tone
from that direction is favorable, especially
as it regards winter wheat; a large acreage
of both wheat and corn have been put in.
The New York Bulletin, in publishing a
number of crop reports, said on Friday:
"The crop reports in from the Southwest are
exceptionally promising to wheat, corn
aud oats,S and far more than average yield
OF these staples seems to be assured. An in
crease of wheat acreage ia noted both in Ar
kansas and Texas. From localities further
north reports come of some severe frosts
Saturday and Sunday nights, which inflicted
some damage on early fruits, but have not
injured the young corn to any noticeable ex-
tent" In our own localities there is much
complaint from the lowlands respecting cot
ton, generally on account of cold, sometimes
from second overflow. The river is now
falling, and il the weather becomes ssasona-
bly, warm and fair all may yet be we'll