The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
CROPS AND WEATHER.
cotton Continues to Present Fine Free. Psct and . Large Yield of Corn is
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C~sson Continues to Present . Fine Prss-
 Psct and Large Yield of Corn h
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 Following is the weekly crop bulletin issued by the weather bureau at Little Rock, for the week ending August 16:
 General Summary.
 showers were general over the state on the sth and 9th. During the remainder of the week the weather was clear with plenty of sunshine normal.
 Following are the amounts of precipitation Tor the week at reporting stations: Forrest City, ED inches; Fort Smith 006; Helena I54 Little Rock, LOS; Malvern. 1.29: Newport g; Pine Pun. ls3; Prescott. 0ss; Russellville oss; Texarkana. 030: Warren, L7s
 Cotton continues to present fine prospects generally, but there are reports of too much rain In some sections, and that rust and boil worms have appeared and shedding continues Neports indicate that 1t is still fruiting we'll Early corn is all made and the late planting Is doing nicely and promises good crop although scattered reports indicate slight dam age by too much rain. Fodder pulling was in- terrupted by rains during the first of the week. but continues as the weather permits. Pastures and grasses were revived by tho rains, and prospects arc favorable for large crop of peas
 Turnips and late potatoss coming up nicely to good stand.
 Northeast Section.
 Clay County-Much corn blown down but prospects remain fine for large crop; cotton fruiting well; peaches nne.
 Crittenden-Heavy rains have damaged cot ton wbich is shedding badly.
 Cross-Aii crops Tn good condition and prom ise large yield.
 Independe dence-Crops in fine condition; good rain on the Sth.
 Lawrence-Cotton growing large but fruiting well; range good and good prospects for mast Mississippi-The heavy rains have damaged the cotton, and some damage to the corn crop IS also reported; potatoes coming up but the stand is not good.
 Randolph-Too much rain for cotton; abund- ant crop of corn
 Sharp-The late rains have improved the condition Of crops and they promise . largo yield.
 Southeast Section.
 Arkansas County much rain for cotton; corn and pea crop made; Irish potatoes coming up to good stand.
 Bradley-Good weather for all crops Chicot-Too much rain; cotton taking rust. Ltncoln-Continued rains the first of the week prsvested fodder pulling and much of 1t was damaged; young corn fine; cotton begin ming to open.
 Menroe-Too much rain; cotton growing too much to weed and not fruiting we'll; corn good; too vet to save hay
 Phillips-westher has been favorable all week and crops continue to look fine; turnips and late potatoes coming up to good stands.
 Central Section.
 Faulkner County Cotton in good condition and doing finely; fodder is being pulled; pas tures improved; sorghum grinding has com mencsd.
 Gariand-AIl crops continue in promising condition; fodder is being saved successfully. Grant-Too much rain prevented fodder pull ing and is causing cotton to 90 too much to weed.
 Jefferson--A little too much rain for cotton but excellent for turnips. potatoes and minor crops. some damage being done by rust to cotton on light sany soil; boil and leaf worms have appeared; cotton beginning to open. Lonoke-Crops doing well; some rust on cot ton: recent rains revived pastures. Ssline-cotton opening: late squares drop- ping on: corn extra good plenty of fodder be- ing saved.
 Southwest Section. Clark County-Corn all made. cotton eontin- ues very promising but complaints Of too much weed on lowiands some reports of rust. Hempstead Crops generally continue to do well; some complaint Of shedding caused by shsrpshooters or boil worms: hay and pastures nne
 Howard-Cotton on uplands need rain. Montgomery All crops in fine condition: wheat thrashing done, fine yield. Nevnda-Weather favorable for cotton. on the uplands the cotton has stopped blooming but is well fruited. on bottom and black lands too much weed but is fruiting better than the previous week; sorghum grinding commenced Ouachita-Early corn matured. late corn do- ing well; cotton shedding in some localities. rust and boil worms reported
 Pike-Cotton shedding, boil worms have appeared.
 Northwest Section. Benton County-Ralns Of the 7th and eth did no damage to the crops; good corn crop as- sured; peas. sweet potatoes and turnipx doing we'll blowing for wheat
 Carroll-Eary corn all made: late corn pre- sents fine prospects.
 Crawford-Cotton In fair condition some boil worms; corn good
 Franklin-Rains have improved the condit- ion of all crops; late potatoes doing we'll Johnson-The weather has been favorable for corn and cotton. blowing for winter wheat commenced.
 Logan-All crops growing nicely and have been greatly revived by the rains fodder pull ing is progressing the weather permits pastures have improved; a large crop of peas is assured. sorghum making has commenced cotton locks fine; late potatoes up
 F. E. RICHARDS.
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