The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-07-13
STATE ITEMS.

Home Journal: The grape crop
this year is an abundant one.
Maurepas Gazette Weather hot;
too much rain; crops doing we'll.
Bunkie Blade: We are having
too much rain. The cotton in many
places is scalded and much of it is
dead.
NJ. G. Review II the first of July
be rainy weather, it will rain more
or less for three weeks together.
Fruits Of most all kinds are abun-
dant in market.
Farmerville Gazette Crop pros
poets are good. Destructive forest
fres, sweeping over an area of about
cne hundred square miles, ragged in
Montana last week.
Vernon News: A shower every
day during the past week. Our
farmers now have surplus of rain
and some to spare. The amount Of
rainfall since our last was l.73
inches.
Shreveport Times: We received
a full grown cotton boil on the Sd,
and if the size Of the bolls indicate
the condition of the crop, the pros
poets are encouraging to the gentle.
men interested.
Teche Pilot: We have been bless
ed with several fiue rains which
were godsend to many poor people
who went out of water. The crops
ard gardens have improved wonder
fully since the rain. Delightful
weather again this week.
"Too much rain" is the universal
cry hereaboats, and yet it was not
long ago that everybody was pray
ing for rain. How hard to please
we mortals be. Many of our rice
planters have discarded their pumps
and now irrigate through their
humes.-Thibodeaux Sentinel.
st. Martin Messenger The corn
crop which was considered damaged
to the extent Of 33 per cent. by the
drouth, has by the recent rains taken
new vigor and growth aud will
make full crop. The ears are largo
and full, which is gratifying to the
planter.
: St. Landry Democrat Crop re-
ports from various sections in our -
parish are flattcring. The late rains
have materially advanced the pros
pect, and unless untowaM and uDex.
pected circumstances occur, the crops
of last year will be equalled, if not
surpassed.
Sugar Bowl: The crops has great.
II improved since the rains set in,
bat recently it has been hurt some,
in places, by an excess of water.
Cotton continues to grow rapidly,
but unless the rains cease soon, forms
and bolls will shed. No worms
heard of yet.
St. Mary Banner: The crops are
all tlourishing and give promise of q
fair yield. Too much rain, however,
prevents the fields from being work.
ed, and the crops of weeds and
grass will probably equal that Of any
thing else. The fields are wet and
mushy and need three weeks dry
weather.
Town Talk :. Mr.. James informs
US that his first crop Of hay this year
was not good on account of the
drouth. In a few weeks he will cut
his second crop and figures on press
ing 100 tons of hay. He thinks the
farmers in his neighborhood will
have one of the largest crops of corn
this year they ever gathered.
Welsh Crescent: The local rains
still continue. Many of our farmers
have all or more than they want,
and some rice fields have sufficient
water to insure a crop, while many
have not Jared so we'll In some
sections the rainfall has not been
one half what is needed. Ripe
peaches are becoming plentiful. The
crop is very large this season.
Plaquemine Protector Labor is
scarce il this parish. Rice planters
are offering S. per day and board