The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05

os' peioW the normal. and frosts occurred oo.n ne all portions of the state on the l9th -Otn ana I'd which damaged corn and cotton to considerable extent and iniured vegetab,os ana strawberries The precipitation has aver. aSeu aDout threequarters of an inch below the normal but with the heavy rains of last week ana cool weather of this week. the ground. especially on the lowlands, has been too wet to their work
 NORTHWEST DIVISION.
 Cotton much damaged in southern section put tnere haS been comparatively little plant eu, so Ihe injury Is not so great as in other sec tons or the state. Corn where up was nipped Dy tne froSt, and some plowed up and planted over, put much of this crop has not been nlant- ea. neat oats, clover and grasses are in fine oonuItloh' Gardens and berries were injured ana cut worms are doing some injury to corn. Whlch Is generally not Q good stand Frnit @ STOP 9ouotfut; some report serious injury. es- peclaly 10 cherrles apples and peaches while otneIs report not much damage. A better es- umate as to prospects can be made next week; .,i biaX1ter1brosts a1 injured grapes and cherries: alI olner lrult safe. Early corn coming up. Bentop-Wheat oats, clover and grass look ing well. Strawberries and gardens ininred by frost. ~ 'J Boone-Corn half planted No cotton planted Carroll-Fruits badly injured
 .l,,rs SIas@Iora-Poor stand of corn. Cotton not Franl1lin-Early corn frost bitten
 Johnson-Cotton nearly all planted, but some VIII have to be planted over.
 
 MadlSon-Corn about two-thirds planted A larger acreage of oats than usual. Newton-Crop prospects good.
 fope-All crops damaged by frost. planted.
 Sebastian-Damage by frost slight.
 Van Buren-Corn looks bad.
 .Washlngton-Tornado on the 18th did great deal of damage to orchards, buildings and fences; corn frost-bitten
 SOUTHWEST DIVISION.
 No serious injury to cotton in general. but it Is coming up slowly and a poor stand; some lew report that they will have to replant and seed Is very scarce. Corn is looking we'll, con- sidering the unfavorable weather owing to the drop in price of cotton, few are planting corn when they intended planting cotton. Oats and wheat are generally good, and fruit pros- pect continues excellent.
 Calhoun-Corn cotton and gardens damaged. Fruit all right.
 Clark-Cotton looks bad. but not killed
 Coiumbla-Stand Of corn very good. Some cotton planted.
 Dallas-Cold weather and cut worms have damaged cotton and corn. Fruit safe so far. Hempstead-Cotton coming up poorly: great many asking for seed for fear they will have to plant over. Corn looks badly Should farmers have to replant cotton sufficient seed could not be had.
 Howard-Corn and cotton in poor condlon Lafayette-Corn not growing much Cotton killed in many places.
 Miller-Cotton. cane and gardens injured. Montgomery-Grops looking well.
 II very injurious to cotton. Pilye-Oats and corn good stand. Half done planting cotton.
 Polk-Farmers preparing to plant cotton. Good stands of corn.
 Sevier-Corn and early-planted cotton dam- aged. No cotton seed to replant
 Unlo1-FroStS have injured cotton and corn.
 SOUTHEAST DIVISION.
 Cotton reported looking badly, and some Wll have t6be planted over. though the injury sus- tained does not seem to be as great as in the more southern sections. Corn, which was up to good stand has, in many places turned yellow, but warm weather will probably bring 1t through all right Farm work has been much delayed by the wet condition of the soil. Fruit generally continues good though straw. berries were much injured in the northern DOT ton. Some complaint of cut worms injuring corn
 Arkansas-Cotton up, sstand dying. Corn looks bad. Early strawberries nearly failure. Ashley-Crops all doing well.
 Bradley-Some are blowing corn first time. Chicot-Cotton and corn yellow
 Cleveland-Cotton dying from cold weather. Desha-Stands of cotton damaged by frost. Some may have to plant over.
 Drew-Cotton dying. and great deal will be planted over. Corn doing fairly we'll.
 Lee-Frost killed most early-planted cotton Monroe-An cotton planted twelve or fifteen days ago will have to be planted over.
 Phillips-Early planted cotton all killed; planting over. Seed very scarce , and not enough to plant over what is killed This Will increase corn acreage, Fruit all right.
 NORTHEAST DIVISION.
 Fortunately not over half the cotton crop has been planted. That which was planted early Is mostly killed. and 1t is feared that much Of the seed in the ground has rotted. At any rate much will have to be replanted, and seed IS .carce. Corn was touched by the frost and the nrospect is not near encouraging as 1t was week ego Wheat. oats and clover are doing well and the greater part or fr9lt remains sun un- Clay-Frost damaged beans, Irish potatoes and corn Peaches are falling of, but not all killed Some cotton planted; seed scarce Craighead-Corn looks bad, wheat good
 Crittenden-Cotton planting progressing fa- vorably. stand of corn not good
 Crcss-Corn looks badly. Cotton coming up slowly: some will have to be replanted: ., Greene-Gardens injured hy frost Fruit all right Warm weather and sunshine badly needed. - ,, we'll Corn and gardens poor.
 Izard-Frost did no serious damage. Com plaint of bad stands of corn and cotton
 Jackson-Some cotton planted some up and injured by frost. Corn also injured.
 fawrence-Corn mostly killed. Very little cotton up. Fruit appears to stand the frost. Mississippi-Frost of 22d killed all the cot ton No seed to plant over.
 Poinsett-There will be a good deal of corn A'S Randolph~A little corn planted. Lots of corn to plant yet , o.,, St Francis-Cotton. corn and vegetables have been greatly damaged by frost. Ihere will be a large quantity of cotton To repl9nt. Sharp-Farmers getting along splendldly. Stone-F'armers behind. Everything oad. Woodruff-Corn and cotton stekly. MucA cot ton will have to be planted over
 CENTRAL. DIVISION.
 Tho cool weather and frosts have caused cot ton and young corn to look slckly, and some few correspondents report that cotton will have to be replanted. A week of dry warm weather is badly needed and would cause de- cided impr ovement in the condition or al, crops. A general complaint Is the scarclty or cotton seed should much have to be repianted iuiu and fruit. with the