Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-09-01
Of Ae Louistana lEtntLe, Ssrr,cs.

Of ihe Louisiana lVeatier seyuue
Saturday, Aas. p, 1875.
/ ne weather fer the posi- .eeG has been
'.eciied un Iavorable fJr the wing crops III
ali except the northwestern parishes, which
being OIL the western border OF The great
storm ofihe i9-2o,h escaped the excessive
rainfall anu high wind, that pfeva.ied in TIE
southern and eastern p1rshes The damage
10 the sugar, cotton AMI ice interests from
his storm clunO, tie e,'ima,ci. la; was veiy
great The record OF TIE storm Is unFafai!ell>
Ell in the history Of soa,heIn Louisiana Th-
section Of the neayie=' rainfall alreats t. have
been confined 70 he southeastern parishes, a.
f aImer,lile So, Lake Providence -,
Vicksburs s., Pom. Pleasant, iJ. Cc."-an
0 81, Non.oe / o., NcfIon . -, Minden
O7, Shreveport O22, Liberty Hill . -.
Keachi II, Cou>haua . -, Natchi'oches
0.l5, Trinity ; 10, Vida'ia II. Alexandria
3 80, Marksvile %. Cheneyvillo OG, Mel
Vile SIS. New Hope >. 50, Clinton 50
Amie IS, Frans iington -, Hammond
3 -, Baton Rouge, ?, Mauepas -, Men
iepas Ii rs, Mandeviiie H., Sugar Expt
Station, / -, New Orleans II II, Thibo
deaux II 9, De, i.isnes 1 -, Lafayette 3 IS
Grand Coteau 10, Ab5cvile, 05, Por
Eads 81,
There was an average temperature and an
avcra &c amount Of sunshine in the north
ives tern section alone, elsewhere IN the state
these conditions were greatly below the seas.
onal average.
OBSERVERS REMARKS.
Farmcrvil,e;-Finc prospect for crops
cotton, peas potatoes, etc.
lake Providence:-Iniury to crops fiom
heavy rain and high wind
Monroe:-Worms eating cotton badly in
places; rains general.
North Louisiana Experimental Sta,ion:-
Average cotton crop very short
Vemon-Rainfall beneficial 10 late cotton
only.
Liberty Hill:-Sone cotton ruined b.
drought; estimated yield, $50 lbs. seed cotton
| 10 the acre.
Keachi-W' Gather conditions favorable to
crops during the week.
MISREPRESENTATION decidedly uniavor-
able; % per cent injury 10 cotton.
Point Pleasan,:-ExcessIve rains and high
winds damaged cotton.
Triniry:-Considerable cotton blown down
| by sto rm Of goth.
Vidalia:-Estima,ed injury to cotton by
storm, 20 to 80 per cent.
Marksvile.-Considegable damage to corr
| cotton, sugar and rice.
| observation-disclosures damaging cotton crop
Too much rain.
New Hope-Corn and cotton completely
Frustrated by storm of Goth.
Clinton:-lncalculable damage TO all crops
by storm.
| franklington:-Great damage to cotton and
| corn crops by the storn.
Mandev lie Corn and cane all dowr
country all under water.
Maurepas:-Violsnt wind and rain dam
aging cotton, corn and fruit.
| Hammond all down, corn down but
ripe enough 10 cut and husk.
Baton Rouge:-Serious damage, expect only
half a cotton crop.
| Grand Coteau:-Grea, loss to fruit: Other
crops less affected.
! Jeanerette:-Cane, rice and cotton badly
damaged; corn injured, bu, uudcr favorabl,
weather most of it can DO saved,
Des Lignes:-All crops seriously affected
by the storm.
AbeYille:-All crops damaged to a grea
extent.
Thibodeaux:-Cane materially injured
rice very badly; the carly rice has been almos
destroy ed.
Sugar Expt. Sta,ion:-All crops greatly
damaged by the storm
r. f. KERKAM,
| Signal Corps, Director