Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-14
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Conditions Good For the Orops-The Ohio
Valley in Bad Shape

| WASHINGTON, May 13.-The following is
| the regular weekly weather crop bulletin
| from the signal service bureau:
| The week ending May II was unusually
warm in the northern states, the aver
age daily temperature ranging from % to
80 above the normal, while in the south
ern states the temperature was variable,
being slightly cooler than usual along the
gulf and Atlantic coast.
The season is about one week in advance
in New England, New York, Pennsylvania
and the central valleys and it is from ten
to twenty days early in the northwest,
while in the southern states the thermal
conditions are about normal. The wealth
er for the week has been marked by an en-
tire absence of rain throughout the south
ern states and the Ohio valley, this area
being larger than that of any other week
since the issuance of the weather crop bull
letin The draught conditions in the
Ohio valley have become more threatening,
leaving the growing crops in that section
in critical condition, ii not permanently
injured.
Light showers occurred over New Eng
land and the middle Atlantic states, and
generous rains. although unusually less
than the normal for the week are reported
from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota. Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas and northwest Mis-
souri,, which doubtless improved the crop
conditions in those sections. Excellent
rains are reported from the Pacific coast,
from the northward of Los Angeles, the
rainfall ranging from one to three inches,
occurring oyer the wheat regions of that
coast where the season at rainfall previous
ly ranged from oue-third to onehalf the
usual amount. The dry week has still
further reduced the seasonal deficiency in
rainfall throughout the Ohio valley, where
the precipitation has been less than 40 per
cent of the normal There has
been an excess of rainfall for the sea-
son along the Atlantic coast south of
New England and from Texas north
to Dakota. There is a slight deficit of
moisture in Texas and the western por
tiOns of the cotton region and large
deficiency in the seasonal rainfall from
mississippi and Alabama north TO Mich
igan.
The weather during the week generally
throughout the southern states and cen
trail valleys has been I'm favorable to the
crops owing to the deficiency of rain. This
has been especially the case in the Ohio
valley, where the total absence of rain
combined with unusually high tempera- |
ture has augmented the wrought condi- |
tions previously reported, and some dam
age has resulted to wheat, oats and to- |
bacco along the Ohio river. 1t is prob |
able that this section Will be |
visited by rains tomorrow which |
may in a measure prevent extensive |
injury. Reports from the cotton belt in
dictate that the entire section is in need of |
rain, and owing to cool nights it has been !
found necessary to replant cotton in some
sections. Warm weather and numerous |
showers in New England and the middle
states proved favorable to all
crops, the growth of which was unusually |
rapid, and although the crops are in eX-
cellent condition, more rain would be ben
efcial.
In the northwest the general effect of
the week was to improve the crop
This statement applies
to Minnesota Dakota Iowa, Ne
braska Kansas, Northwest Missouri and
portions of nothern Illinois. Some re-
planting in this section will be necessary,
owing to high winds, which uncovered and
scattered seeds.
The weather was favorable for corn
planting throughout the corn belt,
Dakota reporting an unusually large acre
age and planting well advanced. The con-
dltion of the fruit crop is encouraging in
all sections, New England and the middle
states reporting the fruit crop as excellent
while in Tennessee and Alabama fruit has
been slightly i'll jured by light frost.