The Forrest City times., 1898-06-03
ARKANSAS CROP REPORT.
favorable Weather in All Sections of tho State Reported ed-Farmers We'll Up
 With Their Work.


 With Their Work.
 The weather for the past week has been very favorable for the growth of crops and farm work, except in tho "black lands" where tho ground has been too wet from the rams of the prs vious week for farm work. All vegeta- tion has come out rapidly and shows decided improvement. Crop prospects as whole are bright.
 Northeast Section.
 Crop prospects are very fiattering in this section, though wheat has fallen off somewhat in condition on account of too much rain. Corn and cotton has been well worked. Low and overflowed lands have been replanted and crops are coming to nice stand. Apples and peaches are all right. Wheat heading nicely and harvest will soon be here. Grasses and pastures good. Potatoes are suffering in some localities from potato bugs, though not general. Quite 3 number of hogs have died the past week but from what cause is unknown. Prospects good for an abundant mast crop.
 Southeast Section.
 Growing crops have made rapid prog ress the past week. Cotton that was replanted on overfowed land is coming out strong to good stand. The first planting of cotton is being chopped out. Corn is growing nicely and the stands and color are good. Some farmers are working corn over for the third time. | Clover and other grasses fine; clover cutting in progress. Irish potatoes are turning out very well. Sweet potato slips are being set out. Oats are being harvested in the southern tier of coun- ties and the yield will be large. Central Section.
 The warm weather of the past week encouraged very rapid growth of vegetation of all kinds. There has been no rain during the week to inter- | fere with outdoor work so that farmers | have been able to cultivate their crops thoroughly. Crop prospects are very bright at the present time. Wheat is being harvested in some localities and fine yield is promised. Oats are head ing out in good condition and will be ready to harvest in about two weeks. Cotton has grown very fast and it is being chopped out and cultivated; in some places cotton is grassy. Corn is growing nicely and is in various stages of advancement-that which is farthest along is being worked over for the last time. Irish potatoes turning out fine. Planting is progressing on overfowed lands.
 Southwest Section.
 Fine growing weather has made a marked improvement in the condition of all crops and farmers have been able to catch up with their work, which was retarded in some localities, especially in the "black lands," by the heavy rains of the previous week. Corn is being laid by, has a good color and looks well, though small. Cotton is being chopped out rapidly, some farm CTS having completed the chopping out of their crop-stands good and the plant is healthy looking. Wheat will soon be ready for harvesting; in some places it ] is being cut and promises good yield, in others it is all harvested. Oats are in good condition and growing nicely. Irish potatoes fine, of good growth and quality generally, but the potato bugs are still doing some damage; in some localities they have almost stopped the growth. Sweet potatoes fine. Early Peaches ripening.
 Northwest Section.
 The weather has been beneficial to all growing crops and favorable for farm work. Corn and cotton have made rapid growth and, generally, both are in good condition, clean and we'll worked, except in the low lands where work has been retarded on account of the ground being too wet Corn is up to height of four to eight inches and is being plowed the second time. Cot ton is about all up and is being chopped out. No report of cut worms. Color and stand of corn and cotton is very good. Wheat is filling out and ripen- ing, but there is complaint of chinch bugs in some localities. Oats are head ing very nicely but the straw is short in places. Irish potatoes fine and . good yield is assured. Pea planting is under way. Grasses of all kinds are doing well. Rye is doing we'll, although there is reports of rust in the low lands. Strawberries about all picked, and early peaches and cherries are ripeniEg.
 E. E. RICHARDS, Director, | Little Roclx May 31 1SQ2