Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05

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and good crop for this section will
be made. At Pine Bluff and the
Little Rock branch and main line
through Stuttgart to Brinkley crop
is good to fine, with prospects of as
good or better yield than last year
Brinkley, north to Arkansas state
line, crop is backward on account
of too much rain, with report OF
half crop. bur think with dry YEA
Their crop will improve considera-
| bly,. On the line in Missouri rain
has damaged the crop some, but on
the whole will be an average or
above last year.
Cotton-On the line ia Missouri,
Arkansas ard Louisiana reports
show that the crop is backward by
fully three weeks, due to the late
cold spring and continuous rains in
June and July, causing crops to be-
come grassy, preventing farmers
from properly working it. Ran
and grass have checked the plant,
making It smallsr than usual for
this time of the year, except on the
south end of our line, from Mcneil
to LIE wisyille and Garland City,
Ark. aad Shreveport branch in
Louisiana, reports show condition
good to fine, with fatterihg pros
poets If weather continues warm
aud dry. From Mcneil north TO
Pine Bluff, Ark, backward. Plant
small. Estimated damage by rain
10 to % per cent. Conditions at
Pine Bluff and river bottoms along
the Little Rock branch crop shows
an improvement over report in
Juae. All backward and late.
Some damage by rain, bnt warm,
dry weather ia August will no
doubt bring crop up TO an average.
At Stuttgart, Clarendon ard
Brlnkley, prospects good and favor
able. Not quite SO favorable a.
Clarendon. On White river plant
healthy, fair size but backward on
account of rains. North of Brink
ley to ST. Francis, Ark, state line,
crop backward and late account
continuous rains, but with dry,
warm weather. crop will come out
and yield will be as great or greater
than last year. Missouri crop is
fair. Damaged to some extent aud
: tack ward account Of rains but
warm, dry weather will make
great Improvement.
Pine Bluff-Corn-Condition fair
to good, decrease In acreage. Cot
tor-Condition good; three weeks
late account of rain throughout
season; IN highlands plant is Of
good growth and promises good
yield; 10 bottoms plant is small and
back ward, but coming out nicely:
favorable August weather will
bring crop up to good Yield; con
siderable increase in acreage; some
fields abandoned account Of grass
and scarcity of labor at proper
time.
Kingsland = Corn CGodition
good; two weeks late; average thir.
ty-two bushels. Cotton -Condi :
tion good; recent dry weather has
given opportunity to clean crops OF
grass; about three weeks late;
plants average size; yield about
one bale to three ard half acres.
Observation-Disclosures fair,
better than last year; average
twelve bushels to the acre. Cotton
Fair; back ward or account of late
spring and rain, plant fair size but
not well filed out; estimated dam.
age about Is per cent, will have
less than last year.
/ Eagle Mills Corn - Condition
good; good yield; fifteen days late
OF account OF rains and late spring;
plants smaller than last year, but
yield as good If not better than last
year; 20 per cent increase in acre.
age.