The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-16

the WEATHER AND CROPS.
ne al~nal Service weather nnI Crop
Dsilsssns n-~nnc5-A Re~ame 81 Cen-
atf1sa< fsr the first Two Months 81 the
Year me Condislon ~ Fall Sewn Crors
a she Prssrns Tssae.
WASHINGTON. March h--Ths chief Sig
nal ciIicer yesterday issued crop wealth
er bulletin containing general summary
of weather conditions covering the period
from Januar, Ito March 4 this year. Tbs
issue Of the weekly crop weather bulletin
from the signal Office Will b resumed
next Sunday. Yesterdays bn'Ictia says
.During the season from January q
March 3. the weather has tren colder
thrN usual in all districts except In the
Southern states east Of the n ssissifp'.
and also Southern Rocky Mountain sta
tionS where the daily average tenn.
peraturc has been slightly above the
normal. Ovsr the greater portion o.
the wheat and corn regions Of the North
west the daily average temperature for
fhe seasons ranges from i've 70 eight de-
grees below the norma. The month Of
February was warmer than usual gener-
ally throughout the South Atlantic ano
Gulf States and from the Missouri val
lev westward to the Pacific coast. the de-
partures from the monthly norma, being
greatest at Rocky Mountain stations
where the monthly mean temperature
ranged from to IS dogs. above the nor
NAL
In the Mississippi valley and generally
throughout the Northern States the
month ~ February was co,dertha usual.
the variation. from the normal being about
I deg. in The eastern portions OF the
United States and from 10 deg. IN
the Upper Mississippi valley and Upper
Lake region.
During the week ending March 3 the
weather has been colder than usual In all
agricultural districts The daily average
temperature for the week in the c7rn and
wheat regions Of the central valleys
ranged from 20 IS deg. below the nor
mai. Throughout the Southern States
the daily average temperature Of the
week was from to 5 de-. colder than
usual.
During the season from january to
March 3 the rainfall. including snow, has
been less than usual. except in the south
ern portion Of the Gulf States, lows and
Wisconsin and generally at Rocky mount
in excess In Ohio and the Central Mis-
-sissippi valley the deficiency TOR the sea-
son ranges from to 4 inches, while the
actual rainfall In these sections ranges
from 90 10 - per cent. Of the normal
From 50 20 100 per cent Of the usual
amount Of precipitation ID reported Ia the
eastern portion OF the cotton region. in
the tobacco regions Of Virginia and Ten
nesseee. and Iowa, Dakota and Western
Minnesota
The rain fall along the Gulf coast from
Pensacola westward 20 Galveston and in
Texas has been largely in excess Of
the normal. the actrai amount Of rain
fall being from 8 to 50 per cent. in excess
Of the usual amount During the week
ending March the rain-fai was slightly
in excess in the region west Of the Nssis-
Eippi and near Lake Superior In the
Lake region and interior Of the Middle
At antic States the precipitation differed
but slightly from the normal, while the
deficiency in the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States generally exceeded ] inch.
which indicates almost total absence u
rainfall.
The summary Of the weather condition
from January 70 date indicates that the
weather has been generally favorable Tor
coming crops ia the Southern States, al
though in some sections the cold wave
which occurred in the last week N Febru-
ary caused some damage 90 fruits-
Reports from Kansas and Nebraska in
dictate that weather conditions have
been exceedingly favorable during
the rast winter; the ground 10 re-
ported IN good condition. the wheat
screaxe large and condition excellent
fbeurhing and planting are in progress
~ far north - Southern Kansas aud
Missouri. while the ground remains
frozen generally in the States north Of the
Ohio river. where the deficiency Of rain
Haii OF last season aud the slight amount
u snow and low Temperature during the
winter leaves the wheat and pasturage
~ had condition Generally in the Mid
die States the weather HIS been favorable
Cor prospective crops; wheat and rye are
reported in good condition, except in
Northern New Jersey