The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24


wAsuNoroN, sept. 33.-lhc following
Is the weather crop bulletin for the week
ending Saturday September -, issued by
the signal office:
Tcmpcmturc-Thc week week ending
September - has been slightly warmer
than usual In the middle Atlantic States,
ou the south Atlantic coast aud from Lake
Superior westward To Oregon. II has
been slightly cooler than usual In tho
southern States aud from q 10 % below
the average daily temperature Of the week
from Ohio westward 10 the Missouri val
ley. Tho temperature for the season has
been lower than usual In all sections east
IT the Rocky mountains, except Ia por.
lions " Alabama, western Florida, Fast
Tennessee aud northwest Georgia, Whrrc
the seasonal temperature Is slightly In ox-
cess. Generally throughout tho southern
states the deficiency IN temperature Tor tho
frlsuu is lees than T., while Ia Now
England aud the middle Atlantic states
tho dviiyicury amounts b. . aud ~ tho
northwest the daily average temperature
has been from . 10 o below that OF pro-
ylOus years.
lAAlNlAN AN' lAlNlAl lNI we WIN lHt
been greater than usual generally la tho
states rust II the Mississippi except In
tho southern portions " the Gull states,
the heaviest rains having occurred in Now
England aud iu the southwestern o. u0Ith-
cn Georgia. the rainfall In these sections
ranging from two a. four inches Showers
orcufp.i west 1T the Mississippi. bat the
precipitation for the week was les than
usual. except iu PORTIONS Ut Kansas. Nc-
haskt nud Dakota. where the rainfall
slightly exceeded thp average Zoe thu week.
over tHu GREATER portions cot kansas aud
Nebraska tIv SEASONAL rainfall generally
uNprH,ls twenty inches. la southern Ia.
kutp % ranges from Us 90 10 inches aud ia
northern Dakota from 70 O. ~ inches.
GENERALLY about -u per cent ~ iHr usual
rainfall hIs secured 900 thU 'aa" region aud
Uu lice south Atlantic coast The seasonal
rainfall continues largely Toe Dy,y.s Iu thI
ruiHru portion ui tHu Cult .~ti.s, aud
slightly in excess in thr Middle Atlantic
States the interior of NDW England, tho
upper Mississippi. lul lower Missouri VAL
love and from southwestern kaugw south.
Wlrl to ihy Gull coast
General Remarks During the week tho
weather hls hyUu rather favorable iut all
growing crops IN the States OF tho Missis-
uUpi yaIluy. Reports from the corn belt
Indicate that the unusually large corn crop
h. sair from inst IN portions II Ken.
lucky heavy rains injured the t1hlrr' aul
corn crops probably 81 tur vEirui u. 10
per cont. but thv iult crop has lIpfgFrJ'
The weather conditions hlNu u..u iI'.fi-
Bio iuf wheat s.. lug iHmu uuI. i.' .u'
ter wheat states aud Hs 'Hr south m Ilh-
urssrp. Zoo ihr cotton region iIA Aii-
Lmt westward fu lrNH iUH ..f -
I.ru generally favorable iUr ul wHvHg
crops. l,rn,ut mius iu lysH. iwHw''i
lhy ittH crop ul cotton, while rIuf 81. 10
axe be- reported ip cotton Doe l."N. ',
due to heavy rains ln Louisiana .I1
weather improved tho condition wI DIc,
and WIS favorable i0f f,.' IarN.s... HIi
cotton picking. In Alabama ruI N....'
sppi conditions are reported moro
favorable iur thc cotton crop lH N..th
and south Carolina Doe CHua....." -
uuibyUuhlr. aud the crops Hr iO %
boz seriously damaged. Heavy r.nf h''o
affected lnIuIlousiy Che EuuHIuE ,i.t' "a
Sew luglud aud lhc m.bI.s h"alae
states
Note reports from thc weather crop
bulletin tor this season VII Nc HHtNa-
tuucd from this date from a.I states Hoiltn
and west ~ the Ohio nN,r lhr Nuilcui
Will b, issued iur thy cotton AMI lula'c0
regions. and iur che states uu the Aulnuo
TU4sf until further notice.