St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
CROPS AND THE WEATHER.
Uncle SANS Bulletin for the
Week Ended Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The follow
lowing is the weather crop bulletin for
the week ended Saturday, Aug. 81,
1889, issued by the signal Office. Tenn
perature-The week ending Aug. 81
has been slightly cooler than usual in
the Southern, Middle Atlantic and New
Englal d states. The daily temperature
in the South Atlantic and east
ern portion of the Gulf states
ranged from three to six degrees below
the average of the week. In the North
west. including the states of Missouri
and Upper Mississippi valleys and the
upper lake region, the week Yves IN
usually warm. the daily temperature
from Lake Michigan westward to the
Missouri valley ranging from six to
nine degrees above the normal. The
temperature for the season from Jan.
to Aug. 81 has been slightly below the
average of previous years from the lake
region southwark to the gulf and South
Atlantic coasts, within which area the
season is slightly retarded. 1t has been
warmer in New England, New York
and PENNSYLVANIA, and generally
throughout the states west of the Mis-
SiSsippi river, the greatest excess in
temperature occurring in
DAKOTA AND ADJOINING STATES,
were daily temperature for the entire
period has been from 2 to degS. above
the normal. PrecipitatiOn-There has
been much less rain than usual through
out the country during the week, an eX-
cess of precipitation occurring only in
Rhode Island, Southern Virginia, and
portions of North and South Carolina
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showers occurred generally along the
Atlantic and east gulf coasts, and in
Georgia and Tennessee. Very light
local rains were reported from the up
per lake region and the North
west, but no rain occurred in
the states of the Ohio valley,
Illinois, eastern Iowa, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, West Tennessee, Northern Alabama
and Mississippi. The seasonal rainfall
continues in excess from New York
southwark to Florida, and from the
Missouri valley southwark to Texas.
The entire cotton region has received
more than so per cent of the usual rain
fall. The rainfall over the principal
corn producing states has been uneYenly
distributed, and while the greater pOr-
ton of this area has received about 50
per cent, portions of Illinois, Kentucky
and Ohio have reported less than 20 per
cent of the average rainfall of the sea-
son. General remarks-the weather
during the week was
UNUSUALLY WARM AND DRY
throughout the corn belt ana the eX-
IRENE Northwest, causing corn to ma
ture rapidly, but the crop is much in
need of rain in some localities. Hot
winds and drought have caused some
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Missouri. Early corn in the central
valleys was much improved by the hot,
dry weather. The absence of rain has
affected grass, fruit and tobacco unfa-
vorably in the Ohio valley. while Show
erS in Tennessee have improved the
tobacco crop. Reports from Texas
indicate that the weather for the
week was very favorable for cotton and
the crop is being secured rapidly. In
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
the cotton crop was much improved by
favorable weather, but more rain is
needed, especially for cane in Louisiana.
Considerable damage has been done by
boil worms in Arkansas and Mississippi,
but injury from this source is less
threatening, In South Carolina and
Tennessee the weather was
UNAVOIDABLE FOR COTTON
while i'll Alabama the crop was i'm
proved and is reported in good condi-
lion. In the Middle Atlantic states, in
Guiding New Jersey. Delaware, Penn
sylvan a and New York, the weather
was favorable. causing corn to mature
rapidly, with prospects of large crop.
Potatoes were improved in New York,
but need more rain, while in Pennsyl-
vania and New England the potato rot
continues, with a prospect of a short
crop of inferior quality. In New Eng
land the weather was cool. but an
average crop of corn is ripening rapidly.
The fruit crops in this section are gen.
orally in good condition, but the yield
of apples will be light. A tobacco crop
and a large second crop of grass have
been secured. Reports from the Pacific
coast indicate that recent rains have
been beneficial to the root crops in Ore
gOn, and the forest fires reported have
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