The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21

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 The following amounts of rainfall are | reported from selected stations: Little Rock, i9S; Brinkley, 06Ss Forrest City, 244; Fort smith, e.15; Helena, 2.52 1; 1 Malvern, trace; Newport, 2.G2; Pine Bluff. 2.13; Prescott, o.74; RasseIlville, 1 c 67i Iexarkana, 0.l0.
 REPORT BY COUNTIES. ! Arkansas Corn all laid by, but will not be an averages cotton improved greatly, plant small but f.uiting well; oats har- vested, fine crop; too much rain for hay
 making grapes coloribg fast but rotting badly.
 Benton-Corn is generally clean and of l good color; oats damaged some by rust, and too aueh rain for taking care of them properly, half the crop is cat with average yield; wheat threshihg and good yield.
 Bradlsy-All crops are doing well, but are not clean; dry weather needed. Calhonn-Too much rain; all low lands | almost total loss; cotton the worst ever krown; corn oae-half crop oats and pota- toes good; farmers demoraiized. Chicot-Dry weather very much needeed | planting of cern, millet, peas and othr; l hay crops is the order of the day in over 1 flowed districts; crops are good where not oserhowed, but getting grassy. CLay--Corn, sorghum, peas and sweet 1 potatoes on uplands are doing well but bottoms are looking bad; Irish potatoes are 1 very fDe; gardens good; weather unfayor able for hay making.
 Cleveland Weather favorable to corn but ipjul ous to cotton; crops grassy. gay-Corn and cane have improved 1 considerably, but too wet and cool for cot ton; all crops nearly worked out; oats saved and good yield; cotton late. 1 Crawford Corn is an avearge; cotton small and grassy and bad stand; there 1 will not be more than ne-half crop of cot l ton unless the weather is ore favorable ; oats saved in good corditiol; stock peas looks we'll sweet potato es are an average; 1 good weather for farm work and farmers l busy.
 Cross Too much rain; all crops in bad l condition, late and small and standing in weeds; farmers disheaItened prospects, gloomy.
 Dallas Crops look well; too much rain 1 In certain localities; none in others; corn ] prospect better but below last year; cottor. | improving; some still in the grass; not more than two-thirds crop can be made; wheat and oats fine. Faulkner-C Corn, although late and small l is looking well and growing fast; more 1 rain than cotton needs, which is getting grassy, but soil is in fine condition to work.
 Fulton-Cotton and corn small yet in growing condition; some chinch bugs have made their appearance.
 Garland Rainfall pot excessive; crops doing. fair, but will not equal 1891.
 Grant Corn prospect about 75 per cent. cotton acreage, 50; yield 70 to 80; corn fn bottom lands being plowed first time; cotton growing but bad stand.
 Hampstead The rains have been very fine; in some localities very beneficial, wkile in others ruinons; if they continue many acres both of cotton and corn will be entirely lost; sorghum fine; millet sorry; stock peas fine.
 Jeffersen-- Rainfall beneficial only to late planted crops; cotton beginning to blight in places.
 Johnson Cotton small but healthy; corn locks well; cool weather favorable for farm work black beHies being gathered in large quantities.
 Lafayette The week has been wet and rainy and injurious to cotton; corn is i'm proved much and is about an average.
 Lawrence Pleasant weather for farm work most corn laid by in good condition, and with favorable weather will make 80 per cent. of crop; cotton about 70; wheat good average; oats and grass good.
 Lee-Too much rain has put all crops in grass; com crop will be good.
 Little River All crops needing rain and corn being seriously injured.
 Logan-Corn and cotton doing well late oats being harvested, yield good.
 Aadison-Wheat, oats aud grasses har vested, yield good corn crop in good con dition end very promising; apple and peach crop short.
 Mar.on- Weather favorable and much corn laid by; cotton better, but late.
 Miller-Rainfal very unevenly distrib- uted; corn an averagei cotton small sud too much rain in places for it's growth; gardens fine.
 Mississippi-A rainfall of 6.a0 inches has soaked the ground and done great damage to cotton and late corn, many acres of which are completely drowned out.
 Montgomery some localities good rains, in others rain Is badly needed; corn laid by and with favorable season will
  weeks late but looks healthy; wheat and 1 Oat threshing in progress, yield good.
 Nevada--T00 much rain but crops look ! well corn will make an average crop; fruit | doing welli melon crop late on account of too much rain.
 Newton---Corn and oats fire; cat harvest l commenced; full crop of peaches and ap- ples; corn beginning to tassel; too much | rain to cultivate
 Ouachita- Rainfall very unevenly dis ! tributsd sOme sections report crops badly | in grass, others report weather favorable l and crops in fair condition.
 Phillips Rain nearly every day this | month cotton much injured by grass; corn average crop. Itis impossible for the | cotton crop to come within go per cent. of l the crop of last year.
 Pike--Corn and cotton improved late | planting corn looking well; large acreage | of peas planted and looking we'll
 Rrairie Cotton backward corn good, | nearly all laid by; wheat all haryested, and fair crop; oats good.
 Scott-Crops in very good shape; corn can make full crop; cotton is late and will not be a full crop; oats good and ali saved.
 St. Francis much rain, cool night and too httle sunshine; some blight ap- bearing on cotton; stand of cotton about 50 per cent Ali other crops doing we'll.
 Stone Rainfall injurious to wheat, oats and cotton; corn improving, has good color and is being laid by; Irish potatoes good, gardens fine; apples 100 per cent, peaches % per cent
 Union Too much rain for cotton aad sorn which a.e badly in grass.
 Woodr1 I--Eoth con and cotton have