Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-28
ARKANSAS FARMERS.

Well Up With Their Work and tba or,s. Thing Needed is More MoIsture-Frni+ Prospects.
 LITTLE ROCK, April 24.-The temnera. ture during the week has averaged about degrees per day below the nor mai and has been detrimental to plant growth and the germination of seed.
 The precipitation has been below the normal. Light local showers occurred on the 18th and 22d, but in most DOT t1ons of the state they were too light to be of muel. benefit.
 Cotton planting has been general during the week, but rain is much needed to bring up that which is plant ed.
 Corn is coming up to fair stand, but rain would improve it.
 The fruit prospect continues flatter- ing, and berries promise an abundant yield. Strawberries are ripenlng.
 NORTHEAST SECTION.
 The weather has been all that could be desired since the season opened and farmers are much encouraged over the crop prospects. A good rain early in the week enabled farmers to push for ward the work of planting and at the same time was beneficial to such crops as were already in the ground. The only complaint of impor- tance from this section is in regard to sweet potatoes Some farmers have bedded out as many as three times and all have routed. Corn planting is near 1 ly completed. The early planting is up and the stand generally good. 1 n1f dens would be much improved by rain A great many watermelons have been planted in this section. The outlook is promising for fruits and berries of every kind.
 SOUTHEAST SECTION.
 The weather has continued fairly good for planting, but rain is much needed to bring up cotton and corn and facilitate the growth of gardens and oats. Light showers fell on the 16th. but not enough to do much good. The earliest plant ed corn is up to good stand and is being cultivated. Cotton planting is general and in some portions will be finished during the ensuing week. while in other neighborhoods. on prairie and stiff lands, but little has been planted, the farmers prefering to wait until it rains, Cotton is coming up very slow ly and the seed will not germinate un- til it receives moisture. Gardens and oats are needing rain. In some sec tions eutworns and moles are damag- ing corn. Oats are a standstill. The prospect for fruit and berries eontin- 
 the prospect for an abundance of mast is promising.
 CENTRAL SECTION,
 The dry weather and cool nights of the past week have interfered with the germination of seed and retarded the growth of such plant life as was above ground. 4 good deal of land in the bottoms has become so baked from lack of moisture that it can not be broken until a good rain falls upon It. White county has been more favored than any other locality in re- gard to moisture, heavy shower there on the 16th having put all crops in fine condition. Corn is coming up, the stand is general Iy good. Some farmers have aI- ready commenced working their corn Cotton planting is nearly com | pleted. In some localities farmers have been influenced in regard to the acreage planted by the rise in price of this commodity. Wheat and oats are doing fairly well, but would be greatly benefited by rain. Sweet and Irish potatoes are up and promise a fine crop. A departure in the agricultural ! line jc f ba attention, a l,n ;e tobacco culture in Saline county. h. dications point to an abundance of mast this year. Grasses and meadows need good rain.
 SOUTHWEST SECTION.
 Weather good for work, but ground 1 getting very hard and difficult to blow Corn Is coming up to a good stand gen. erally, though the late planting is slow to sprout; land too cold and dry. Cot ton planting has progressed we'll. but all except the earliest planted is not coming up, needs rain. particularly on heavy, stiff lands. Oats are about at standstill and the late sown will be seriously damaged if it does not rain soon. Irish potatoes doing well, but sweet potatoes scarce. Gardens doing fairly well, but need moisture. Some com plaint of eutworms damaging corn. Potato bugs and cabbage worms ap- bearing in parts of Ouachita county. and promise to be abundant Fruits promising and early strawberries ripen- ing.
 NORTHWEST SECTION.
 The weather has been favorable for farm work, though some report the ground too dry to blow to advantage. Wheat and oats continue to do fairly well, but they need more moisture. Corn planting is about over and some is coming up. The stand is generally poor, however, owing to lack of rain. Cotton planting has but com menced in some sections, while in others the blllk of tbe oro, ;