St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-28

1t has been cool and the season is re-
tarded in the cotton region east of
tine Mississippi, while I'm Southern
New England and the extreme
Northwest the season is from one to two
weeks in advance, There has been an
excessive rain during the week along
the Atlantic coast from Maine to South
Carolina and over the cotton region
from the Atlantic coast westward to
Northern Texas. More rain than usual
also occurred in Southern Dakota and
over the greater portion of Nebraska,
Kansas and Colorado. In the principal
corn states of the central valleys and
also the spring wheat region OF Mime
sofa and Dakota the
RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK
was less than usual, but generally
amounted to half an inch, except in
where the rainfall exceeded three
fourths of an inch. Only light showers
occurred in the interior of New York,
Pennsylvania, Northern and Southern
Michigan, but about an inch and half
of rainfall in Western Pennsylvania,
last night. The heaviest rainfallS
occurred in Northern Georgia, where
the total amount :. for the week
exceeded four inches, while, from two
to three inches ofrain occurred over the
greater portion of the cotton region, eX-
cept in Texas, where no rain is reported
and in the extreme southeast portions
of Alabama and Georgia. where there
was visibly less rain than usual. The
rainfall for the season continues in eX-
cess generally throughout the Middle
and South Atlantic states. and
from the Texas coast northward
to the Missouri valley and in
Western Illinois, Eastern Wisconsin
and Northern Michigan. While the re-
cent rains oyer the Eastern Gulf States
and thence northward to the lake re-
gion indicate an excess of moisture for
over this section generally ranges from
four to ten inches for. the season, or
about eighty per cent of the normal
rainfall has occurred over the East Gulf
States, and less than eighty per cent
over the state of the Ohio valley.
Over the extreme Northwest, including
Minnesota and Northern Dakota, only
about 60 per cent of the normal rainfall
has occurred. The weather for the
week was generally favorable for crops
in the spring wheat regions. of Mime
sofa and Dakota, where a good
HARVEST IS IN PROGRESS.
Throughout the Northern states of
the Central valley, extending from Ohio
westward to Nebraska and Kansas, the
weather was favorable for corn. which
is reported as excellent and growing
finely. The harvesting of winter
wheat. grass and. oats was interrupted
by rains, and the weather in many To-
calities was too wet for the threShing.
Throughout the cotton region,
including the Gulf and South At
lantic states. reports indicate that
the weather was favorable for all grow
ing crops and that cotton is improving
rapidly; also, that tobacco in Tennessee,
Kentucky and Virginia was improved
and progressing finely, except that
planted on low ground in Virginia,
which is suffering from excessive rains.
The Middle Atlantic states: The week
was favorable for harvesting and grow
ing crops, In New York an average
crop of wheat and rye and barley
is reported, while corn is poor,
potatoes fair and oats above the average.
The excessive rains have, doubtless, in
jured the, fruit crops in New Jersey,
and grapes are reported a failure. Ex-
cessiye rains were generally injurious
except the. corn and bean crops. in
Northern New England, while in South
ern New England crops were generally
improved. except cranberries, which
were greatly injured by hail and vine
worms. Reports from Oregon state
that an average wheat crop is being
harvested rapidly. but that the recent
warm, dry weather has caused some in