APPEKDIX F. 



431 



SEASON'S AND CROPS : THEIR VICISSITUDES. 



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January, — 'No rain, 



Eebruary 6. — Prai- 

 ries getting green. — 

 10th. Corn, peas, let- 

 tuce^ and radishes 

 coming up. Rain 1 

 inch. 



January. —No se- 

 ypre cold ; abundant 



riin..' , '' 



February 3. —Vio- 

 lent storm. Ist. Bra- 

 zos overflows. 22d, 

 Peaches killed by 



frost, 35 deg. 27th, 

 Growing weather. 



March T.— Corn six 

 inches high ; prairies 

 one month forward. 

 13th. Terrible frost ; 

 kills every thing — 

 fruit and crops. Bain 

 linch. 



March 2. — Freeze, 

 34 de§. 20th. Woods 

 greenish ; grasshop- 

 pers hatching, west. 

 27th. Make havoc and 

 migrate, nth. Corn 

 planted. 25th. Squir- 

 rels migrate on Trin- 

 ity. 



April |5. — All green 

 again; new crops np 

 and vigorous. 6th. 

 Norther, hail, and 

 freeze; all crops, fVait, 

 and mast, killed. 11- 

 13th. Sleet, snow, and 

 freeze,, again. - 24th. 

 Frost in valleys, 

 Bain, X inch. 



May 30. — ^Rain two 

 inches — not 12 inches 

 in a year. 



June 11. — Wheat 

 reaped; good crop; 

 man and beast suffer- 

 ing for water. 20th. 

 Grass all dead. 



July, — No rain I 

 Aagnst, no rain I 



1858. 



January^Some se- 

 vere weather. Rain 

 2K inches. 



February 15— Grass 

 covers woods and 

 prairies j corn-plant- 

 ing begins. 24th.— 

 Woods gray. Rain 1 

 inch. 



March 6. — Woods 

 half-green ; rye head- 

 ing; dogwoods bloom; 

 corn coming up gen- 

 erally. 30th. Good 

 stand ; post oaks 

 nakedf blackjacks 

 green. 33d, Wild 

 geese leave,and doves 

 coo. Rain— 7.87. 



April 1— Grasshop- 

 pers bad in Guada- 

 loupe; May 20, coun- 

 try eaten np by them 

 west of 97" lO'. 



May 1 to 9.-rRain 

 5M inches; wheat, 

 oats, rye and millet 

 die of rust. 10-15th. 

 Rivers overflow, 25- 

 30th. Corn tasseling ; 

 beans, peas and pota- 

 toes in use from 10th. 



June. — Showery 

 weather. 11th. Great 

 rain. Rain in June, 

 G^ inches. 6th. Roast- 

 ing ears. 



July.— Rain 1 inch. 

 Good corn crops over 

 most .of the State.- 

 Rust kills all small 

 grain. 



1859. 



January. — Moder- 

 ately cold. Rain, 1.5 

 inch. 



Febrnary 1, 2, 3, 24, 

 25, 26.— Frost. 17th. 

 Rain copious, Eiist- 

 Texas. Whole rain of 

 month, 5 inches. 



April 1. — Radishes 

 and lettuce. 33d. — 

 Frost kills corn and 

 cotton in low grounds 

 Rain, 0.69 in. 



May 7. — Fair rains 

 start the replanted 

 crops ; not one grass- 

 hopper in the land. 

 32d. Crops look well: 

 wheat harvest begins! 

 28th. Wheat harvest 

 closes; early corn tas- 

 sels. Total rain, 6.76 

 inches. 



June 3.— Roasting 

 ears. 11th. Rain saves 

 corn; total, 0.50 in. 



July.— Very dry. — 

 Total rain, 0.90. 30th. 

 Cattle suffer for water 



1860. 



March 5. — Prairies 

 green; corn-planting ; 

 woods gray. Frost, 

 28-9 cuts off cotton 

 and some corn, and 

 gardens. 14th. Rad- 

 ishes and lettuce. — 

 Whole rain, 1.5 in. 

 38th. Gteese migrate ; 

 good prospects of 

 crop. 



April 1. — Whip- 

 poor-wills. 5th.^ 

 Woods quite green. 

 14th. Ground crack- 

 ing from drouth. — 

 21st. Dewberries ripe. 

 19th-27th, good rains; 

 total, 3,8 inches. . 



May 1.— Crops very 

 promising ; no grass- 

 hoppers. 15th. Crops 

 wilt for want of rain. 

 25th. Corn tasseling ; 

 very dry, 21st. Rye 

 ripe. 26th. Oats cut. 

 30th, Wheat ripe and 

 cutting. Rain, 0.35 in. 



June.— No rain this 

 month. Corn per- 

 ishes,^ gardens die, 

 creeks and springs 

 dry np. Much com cut 

 up west of Colorado. 

 Fayette and Wash- 

 ington make half- 

 crops corn ; wheat, 

 oats, rye, and barley 

 good. Greatest 

 drouth over United 

 States ever remem- 

 bered. 



July 1.— Cattle suf- 

 fer for water ; ponds 

 and creeks all dry ; 

 continues to July 

 lSth,when this report 

 closes. 



