APPENDIX F. 



431 



SEASONS AND CROPS: THEIR VICISSITUDES. 



1857. 



January. — No rain, 



February 6.— Prai- 

 ries getting green. — 

 10th. Corn, peas,'let- 

 tuce^ and radishes 

 coming up. Bain 1 

 inch. 



March 7. — Corn six 

 inches high ; prairies 

 one month forward. 

 13th. Terrible frost; 

 kills every thing 

 fi'uit and crops. Rain 

 1 inch. 



January. — No se- 

 vere cold ; abundant 

 rain. 



February 3. — Vio- 

 lent storm. 1st. Bra- 

 zos overflows. 29d. 

 Peaches killed by 

 frost, 35 deg. 27th. 

 Growing weather. 



irfarch 2. — Freeze, 

 I de^. 20th. Woods 

 greenish ; grasshop- 

 pers hatching, west. 

 37th. Make havoc and 

 migrate. 17th. Corn 

 planted. 25th. Squir- 

 rels migrate on Trin- 

 ity. 



April 45.— All green 

 again; new crops up 



and vigorous. 6th. 

 Norther, hail, and 

 freeze; all crops,£Vuit, 

 and mast, killed. 11- 

 12th. Sleet, snow, and 

 freeze, again. 24th. 

 Frost in valleys.— 

 Rain, % 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. 30th, 

 Grass all dead. 



July. — No rain I 

 Augast, no rain I 



April 1— Grasshop- 

 pers bad in Guada- 

 loupe; May 20, coun- 

 try eaten up by them 

 west of m" lO'. 



May 1 to 9.— Rain 

 5K inches ; wheat, 

 oats, rye and millet 

 die of rust. 10-15th, 

 Rivers overflow. 95- 

 30.th. Corn tasseling : 

 beans, peas and. pota- 

 toes in use from 10th. 



June. — Showery 

 weather. 11th. Great 

 rain. Rain in June, 

 6^ inches. 6th. Roast- 

 ing ears. 



July.— Rain 1 inch. 

 Good com crops over 

 most of the State.- 

 Rust kills all small 

 grain. 



1859. 



January— Some se- 

 vere weather. Rain 

 %yi 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 

 naked, blackjacks 

 green. 33d. Wild 

 geese leave,and doves 

 coo. Rain— 7.87. 



April 1. — Radishes 

 and lettuce. 33d.— 

 Frost kills corn and 

 cotton in low grounds 

 Bain, 0.69 in. 



May 7.— Fair rains 

 start the re-planted 

 crops ; not one grass- 

 hopper in the land, 

 39d. 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 Bufler for water 



1860. 



January. — Moder- 

 ately cold. Rain, 1.5 

 Inch. 



February 1, 2, 3, 24, 

 25, 36.~Frost. 17th. 

 Rain copious,' Etist- 

 Texas. Whole rain of 

 month, 5 inches. 



March 5. — Prairies 

 green; corn-planting ; 

 woods gray. Frost, 

 38-9 cuts qS. cotton 

 and some corn, and 

 gardens. 14th. Rad- 

 ishes and lettuce. — 

 Whole rain, 1.5 in. 

 2Sth. 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-37th, good rains; 

 total, 3.8 inches. 



May 1.— Crops loery 

 promising ; no grass- 

 hoppers. 15th. Crops 

 wilt for want of rain. 

 25th. Corn tasseling; 

 very dry. 31st. Rye 

 ripe. 36th, 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 up. Much corn 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 

 18th,wheii this report 

 closes. 



