The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
CROP PROSPECTS.
A Few Counties Heard From.
ST. FRANCIS.

ST. FRANCIS. FORREST CITY, Aug. 24.-The cotton worm is infiicting incalculable dam. age upon tue cotton crop of this sec ton. The farmers are fighting the pestiferous visitors with Paris Green, but this will only reduce the loss without entirely destroying them.
 SEWER.
 RICHMOND, Aug. 23.-Corn is safe and the yield is abundant, but the cotton crop is damaged considerably by worms and dry weather.
 JEFFERSON.
 PINE BLUFF, Aug. 24.-The great scare over the cotton worm destroy ing the present crop of cotton has passed of, as they are doing but lit tie damage.
 HEMPsTEAD.
 HOPE, Aug. 24.-There has been quite cotton-worm scare, but as yet not much damage has been done to the growing crop, which is very fine. The boil worm, as usual, has done considerable damage in a quiet way.
 OzAN, Aug. 23.-Unseasonable cool nights and cotton (boll) worms are playing havoc with the feecy staple. Two weeks ago, despite the extraor. dinary rainy weather. our prospects for magnificent yield, were never more encouraging, but now it is de. cidedly gloomy. The damage is es- timated at from 20 to 50 per cent. HARD. MELBOURNE, Aug. 22.-Crops are simply immense in Izard. Corn so heavy that farmers complain that the ears are falling from the stalks, while cotton blds fair to exceed anything we have seen for years; as a result our merchants are preparing for s heavy fall trade.
 JupsoNrA. Aug. 24.-The prospects are now that we will have the lare est crops of corn and cotton in this county that we have had in years. l NEVADA.
 PREsoorT, Aug. 24.-The report sent out from this place 22d is 6 misrepresentation. There are boll worms at work here, but with them we will make the best crop for years, an average of 25 per cent. more than last year.
 PERRY.
 PERRYvILLE, Aug. 25.-The major ity of the farmers who have been in town thus week say the worms have not made their appearance on their farms yet while few say their crops are entirely ruined. One man offer ed his crop consisting of twelve acres, for one 500 pound bale of cot. ton.
 | FRANKLIN.
 WE'RE CIrY, Aug. 26.-The prospect for good cotton crop is still favora ble, but there IS considerable com plaint of boil worm. There is no doubt but the damage already done by the worm is more serious than us ual and fears are entertained that the flattering prospect will yet be drown ed in disappointment The next ten days will tell the tale. BRADLEY.
 WARREN, Aug. 24.-The damage to the cotton crop by the worms, 1t is l thought, will not be as great as at first apprehended. In some few local. ities the worm has stripped the leav. es from the plant and has done con. siderable damage, The worm is now webbed, and before the second crop appears, say week or ten days, the cotton will be so near maturity that the damage will not be so great, ex cept ln late cotton.
 FIFTY COUNTIES.
 LIrTLE ROCK, Aug. 27.-Reports from fifty counties received at the Agricultural Bureau yesterday place the cotton crop on sn average of 95 per cent Many of the counties re- port boil worms and say the crop Is greatly in need of rain, and in some instances from three to four weeks late. Very few of the reports speak of rust, but they all seem to be troub led with worms more or less. The condition of the corn, compared with the average crop Is rated st 100 per cent