APPENDIX P. 



431 



SEASONS AND CEOPS: THEIR VICISSITUDES, 



1857. 



January.^No rain. 



February 6.— Prai- 

 ries getting green-.— 

 10th. Corn, peas, let- 

 tace, and radishes 

 coming up. Sain 1 

 inch. 



January. — No se- 

 vere cold ;" abundant 

 rain. 



February 3. —Vio- 

 lent storm. Ist^ Brti- 

 zos overflows, asd, 

 Peaches killed" by 

 frost, 25 deg, 27th. 

 Growing weather. 



March 7.~Corn six 

 ihches-higli; prairies 

 one month forward. 

 12th. Terrible frost 

 kills every thing - 

 Aruit and crops. Bain 

 linch. 



March S.— Freeze, 

 [ de^l 20th. Woods 

 greenish ; grasshop- 

 pers hatching, west, 

 27th. Makehavoc^nd 

 migrate. 17th. Corn 

 planted. 25th. Squir- 

 rels migrate on Trin- 

 ity. 



April |5. — All green 

 again; new crops up 

 and vigorous. 6th. 

 Norther, hail, and 

 freeze; all crops, fruit, 

 and mast, killed. 11- 

 12th. Sleet, snow, and 

 freeze, again. 34th, 

 Frost in valleys.— 

 Kain, K inch. 



May 30.— Rain two 

 inches^not 13 inches 

 in a year. 



April 1— Grasshop- 

 pers bad in Guada- 

 loupe; May 20, coun- 

 try eaten up bythem 

 west of 9T W. 



June 11. — Wheat 

 reaped; good crop; 

 man and beast suffer- 

 ing for water.' 20th, 

 Grass aU dead. 



July. — No rain 1 

 August, no rain 1 



January-^Some se- 

 vere weather. Rain 

 2M inches. 



February 15— Grass 

 covers woods and 

 prairies j corn-plant. 

 iiig begins. 34th.— 

 Woods gray. Rain 1 

 inch. 



March 6. — Woods 

 half-green ; rye bead- 

 ing; dogwoods bloom; 

 corn coming up gen- 

 erally. 20th. Good 

 stand ; post oaks 

 naked, blackjacks 

 green. 23d. Wild 

 geese leave,and doves 

 coo. Rain— 7.87. 



Maj 1 to 9.— Rain 

 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, 

 6^iaches. 6th. Roast- 

 ing ears. 



July.— Rain 1 inch, 

 Good corn crops over 

 most of the State.— 

 Rust kills all small 

 grain. 



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April 1. — Radishes 

 and lettuce. 33d. — 

 Frost kills corn and 

 cotton in low grounds 

 Rain, 0.69 in. 



M-ay7. — Fair rains 

 start the re-planted 

 crops ; not one grass- 

 hopper in the land, 

 22d. 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 



January. — Moder- 

 ately cold. Bain, 1.5 

 inch. 



February 1, 2, 3, 24, 



25, 26.— Frost. 17th. 

 Rain copious, Eust- 

 Texag. Whole rain of 

 month, 6 inches. 



March 5. — Prairies 

 green; corn-planting; 

 woods gray. Frost, 

 28-9 cuts off cotton 

 and some corn, and 

 ^rdens. 14th. Rad- 

 ishes and lettuce. — 

 Whole rain, 1,5- in. 

 28th. Geese 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. 2lst. Rye 

 ripe. 26th. Oats cut. 

 30th. Wheat ripe and 

 cutting. Bain, 0.35 in. 



June.— No rain this 

 month. Corn per- 

 islies, gardens die, 

 creeks and springs 

 dry up. Much corn cut 

 up west of Colorado. 

 Fayette and Wash- 

 ington make half- 

 crops com ; wheat, 

 oats, rye, and barley 

 ':ood. Greatest 

 Irouth over United 

 States ever remem- 

 bered. 



July 1.— Cattle suf- 

 fer for water ; ponds 

 and creeks all dry; 

 continues to July 

 18th, when this report 

 closes. 



